Ursula Burns

PRINCIPLE: • Managing a Diverse Workforce have been proven to be a daunting task, which comes with it fair share of scrutiny and large amount of censure from a political, ethical, and religious stance. The United States is more diverse than it’s ever been, reflecting the entry of women into the workforce, immigration from other countries, the aging of the population, and shifting pattern of work and retirement (Lawrence & Weber, 2014). • Managing a Diverse Workforce a manager is required to…

What is a shapeshifter? Shapeshifters are human like creatures that learn how to change their form to whatever or whoever they want. Some common versions of these creatures include, but are not limited to, vampires, werewolves, skinwalkers, and wendigos. Shapeshifters are seen commonly through mythology. Shapeshifters are myths, which means that there are multiple versions of them. One version is from the tv series Supernatural. In the show Supernatural the shapeshifters can become anyone they…

How different would our world be if everyone was accepted and treated equally? There are two authors Ursula K. Le Guin who wrote the “The Wife’s Story” and William J. Brennan who wrote “Texas v. Johnson Majority Opinion” and the director of Bullied by Bill Brummel. They talk about acceptance and non-acceptance. Our world would be at peace if we were all accepted and treated equally. The reason there is violence in the world is because of people not being accepted. Through the different stories,…

I did my paper on Shel Silverstein.Shel silverstein was a successful kids author, cartoonist, poet, and folk songwriter. He was born in Chicago Illinois on September 25, 1930.He started drawing and writing a young age. He went to study at Chicago academy of fine arts (known today as Art institute of Chicago) but then dropped out to join the army in 1953. While in the army he drew and wrote cartoons where they were published in the Pacific Stars and Stripes magazine. (www.thefamouspeople.com)…

Case 2 Review Question: 1. How would Xerox define diversity? How has its definition changed over the years? 2. What are the seven reasons why Xerox should be motivated to diversity their workforce? Illustrate how Xerox shows it values workplace diversity. 3. Does Xerox embody or defy the “leaking pipeline” phenomenon? Why? 4. Research question: Compare Xerox to other Fortune 500 companies. How are women and minorities represented at the highest levels of each organization? How can these…

As humans, all of our personalities are in some way or another bound by the human condition. The best thing we can try to do is to be as well rounded as we can, balancing our different characteristics. However, some people have personalities which are more extremely one sided, and grow consumed by that single unchecked characteristic. In Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, each character of the Buendía family represents and epitomizes a single aspect of the human condition.…

We have been told by history that there are the few people such as John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Ursula Burns, and Jay-Z, which followed their passion with hard work and persistence until they have finally arrived at the American Dream. However, Mr. Gladwell, you claimed, “If January 1975 was the dawn of the personal computer age, then who would be in…

Title - The ones who walked away from Omelas Author - Ursula du Guin Date - 1975 Summary - Omelas is a Utopian city. The city is said to portray pure happiness, the type that is only seen in dreams and imaginations. The city is seen to portray perfection on the outside but we come to learn that that is…

The typical American dream is to have the all-American family with the wife, the husband, a son and a daughter, a steady income, a nice house, a two-car garage, but it is more than that. People come from all over the world to escape poverty and hardships from their own countries and come to America to make something of themselves or to simply have a peace of mind for their family. This is the land of opportunity where all sorts of people with different race and religion are supposed to be…

Xerox Corporation founded in 1906 is a leader in business process and information technology outsourcing, and in document management services. The company headquarters are located in Norwalk, Connecticut and operates in 180 countries across the world. As of December 31, 2015 the company had approximately 143,600 employees (Xerox Corporation, 2016). The company started out as an invention of xerography by Chester Carlson, a patent attorney, in 1938 as a result of the tiresome work he had to go…