Leadership and Essential Business Process

Question: Discuss about the Leadership and Essential Business Process. Answer: Introduction An appropriate leadership is necessary and essential to operate the entire business process of an organisation. According to Rego et al., (2012), a good leadership plays an important factor in order to make an organisation successfully run its business in the particular market and industry. Leadership is the main factor, which transforms the potentiality of an employee of an organisation into an ultimate reality. Leaders usually play the role of major human resources of an organisation as they develop both the products and the potentiality of the employees. However, the significance of the leadership quality of the management should not be overemphasised. As opined by Peterson et al., (2012), an appropriate leader motivates and influences the employees in order to bring their best performances that will help the company to gain its desired success in short period. In this report, the importance of the leadership of an organisation will be discussed in detailed manner. Context Trisha Marmalade McEwen of My Food Bag and Christopher Luxon of Air New Zealand are two potential leaders, who perform their assigned task in appropriate manner for the success of the organisation. Trisha plays the role of business advisor of My Food Bag, a famous online retailer of New Zealand and Christopher holds the position of Chief Executive Officer of Air New Zealand. Both of these leaders motivates and influence the staffs of the organisations in order to retain the existing position in the market of New Zealand. The operating philosophy of these leaders are completely different from the other, however, both incorporate effective and potential strategies for motivating the employees in order to get things done in short period. Trisha and Christopher believe in teamwork and a high level of performance from the subordinate employees. The higher management cannot generate a perfect and suitable attitude alone for developed performance of employees, therefore, more or less every organisation involve leaders to motivate the employees and accomplish their performance. According to Day Antonakis (2012), leadership has the capability to resolve any issues with roper communication and strategies; even it can often reduce and mitigate the managerial issues regarding business operations and leadership. Both My Food Bag and Air New Zealand is going through some changes as there is changes in the delivery system in My Food Bag and Air New Zealand changes the process of online ticket booking within the structure of the organisation and the offered products and the entire marketing process in order to attract the new customers. Transactional vs. Transformational Leadership The leaders of every organisation employ different kind of leadership styles in order to influence the associated staffs of the organisation (Castner et al., 2012). On the other hand, as opined by Schaubroeck et al., (2012), the transformational leadership involves efforts that go beyond the management of regular business strategies and operations in order to take the company into the next level of success with perfect job performance of the employees. Transactional leadership styles involve a proper maintenance of the normal flow of the business operation within the organisation. The leaders, who concentrate on this type of leadership style, use the disciplinary power and provide the incentives in order to motivate the employees for performing on best manner. The contrast and compare in between the transactional and transformational leadership involves generally, the transactional leaders provide rewards to the employees if they perform better in the workplace than before. Whereas t ransformational leadership style solely concentrates on the motivation, influence, collaboration with the employees, the basic process of team building for drastic changes within the organisation. Youssef Luthans (2012) have argued that, the transactional leaders have less interest to guide the employees in strategic manner and influence the employees; therefore, every business operation may run in smooth manner. Hogg et al., (2012) have mentioned that the main concern of the transformational leadership is to motivate the employees for meeting the established goal of the organisation. In this type of leadership styles, there also process of incentives to the employees ad it seriously pushes the employees to perform in higher level than the previous one. As My Food Bag is going though few changes within the organisational structure, therefore, Trisha follows the transactional leadership style to influence the staffs of the company (Myfoodbag.co.nz, 2016). Trisha motivates the employees of My Food Bag in order to collect the freshest products from various parts of New Zealand. The delivery system of My Food Bag has been completely changed to the doorstep delivery to the customers in order to reach the customers in short period. My Food Bag offers the inhabitants of New Zealand a door-to-door delivery system from Sunday to Monday. However, the higher authority of My Food Bag has incorporated new policy of texting the customers before delivering the products and if the customers are unavailable at home, the suppliers will wait for hem for some fixed time. Trisha, the business advisor has arranged meetings with the higher management of My Food Bag in order to finalise this process and discusses with the employees if they are suitable to pursue their duties. Even if some employees are not readily agreed with the management decision, Trisha provides relevant information of the desired goal of the company in order to attain the success in the retail industry of New Zealand. The newly transformed delivery process of My Food Bag have made easy for the customers to use the service of this particular company. Air New Zealand has recently changed the technical process of domestic and international online booking in order to provide its customers far better services than the previous one. The new online booking process includes the change of the destination even after booking the tickets (Airnewzealand.com.sg, 2016). Even the management has decided to change the success story of Air New Zealand with advanced sustainability such as complete transformation in the social, economical and environmental field. However, the higher authority of Air New Zealand has made a policy of paying the basic differences in the fare with the change fee if it is applicable for the selected location by the management. Even in certain cases, the customers are not required to pay the extra service charges for the changes in the location. Christopher Luxon strictly follows the transactional leadership style in order to guide the staffs of Air New Zealand in appropriate manner for achieving the success of the organisation and to maintain the usual flow of the business operation. Christopher addresses with the team member for completing small tasks properly in quick manner. As Air New Zealand has gone through drastic changes, therefore, Christopher announces the reward and performance appraisals policy for the employees in order to influence them to perform in better manner than the previous one. Christopher is only concerned with the normal flow of the business operations after employing the new changes withi n the company for betterment and the changes should not hamper the sales revenue. Spillane (2012) has stated that, transformational leadership styles are more effective that the transactional leadership style for running an organisation in smooth and tactical manner. Incremental vs. Radical change There are serious debates to decide the best changes within the organisation including the incremental and radical changes, radical changes of an organisation clearly involves creativity and innovation for further success of the organisation. On the other hand, incremental changes include gradual and smaller improvements within the organisation. Hargreaves Fink (2012) have mentioned that only the current situation of an organisation determines what type of change is required to mitigate the existing issues in the organisation. As opined by Iqbal et al., (2012), the incremental changes include optimisation, streamlining, cost reduction, reliability and reengineering and radical changes engages completely a new platform, techniques, methods, philosophy and strategies. On the other hand, radical changes can be considered as a risky and not sustainable compared to the incremental changes within the organisation. However, radical changes suggest for a drastic changes instead of increment al changes, which suggests sustainable changes. Both My Food Bag and Air New Zealand have mastered creativity and innovation in their specific industry and market and the leaders, Christopher and Trisha are potential enough according to their respective industries. The success of My Food Bag is closely tied up with various business models and other existing competitor companies duplicate the strategies and policies of My Food Bag. On the other hand, Air New Zealand changes its strategy in order to run its globally successful business. As there are only few changes, such as doorstep delivery and delivery only from Monday to Saturday except Sunday in the delivery process of My Food Bag, therefore, there are incremental improvements. However, in the case of Air New Zealand, there are changes in the entire process of online ticket booking process and the payment mode; therefore, radical improvements have taken place in this organisation. The implication of innovation, creativity, designing is more complex for Air New Zealand instead o f My Food Bag. Burke (2013) has stated that innovation from a planned design and method can develop in radical manner the entire stricture if the organisation even it possess the potentiality to transform the entire rule, regulation, procedures and policies that can improve the business operation of a company in a particular marketplace in order to retain its position in todays competitive business world. The management of Air New Zealand has to involve the technological experts and software developer to change the format of their online page of ticket booking. In previous process, there were no chances of changing the destination after booking the tickets. However, the higher authority of My Food bag only changes the process of delivery of products to the doorstep of customers. According to Rafferty et al., (2013), the radical changes are only possible for famous companies, which can afford lump sum money on the entire changes of the strategy, structure, process, policies and rules. Radical changes can be implemented for the software development and adoption of new and modern technologies for providing the consumers a proper experience. However, Burke (2013) has argued that there are various empirical evidences, which suggests that the implementation of radical changes are far better than the incremental changes if done proper manner. Overcoming barriers According to Hackman Johnson (2013), every business organisation encountered some potential challenges and barriers during a drastic transformation within the operation process of the organisation. As the success of Air New Zealand is closely associated with the success of the nation, therefore, Christopher has adopted effective strategies in order to overcome the potential barriers that may influence the success of the organisation. Air New Zealand faces a serious level competition from companies like American Airlines Group Inc, Virgin Australia Holdings Limited and Qantas Airways Limited in the airline industry of New Zealand. The first barrier Air New Zealand encounters is its poor customer service desk, which has been proved unable to provide relevant information to the passengers regarding their online ticket booking because of the changed process of online ticket booking. The second possible barrier suggests that sudden technical problems because of the changes in the online process booking, even because of technical faults, the customers fail to book flight tickets, which obviously directly impact upon the sales revenue of the company. The third possible barrier involves that the routes, which Air New Zealand offers are limited than its competitor companies. All these possible barriers Christopher will face during the changes in the online ticket booking process. Christopher has thoroughly made a market research in order to understand the current position of the competitor companies in the airline industry of New Zealand. Christopher has played a perfect role as a leader within the organisation and has engaged potential market researcher to analyse the possible threats of Air New Zealand. Social media marketing strategy is effective to deal with the existing barriers and to satisfy the specified changes withi the organisation. Even there are brand development strategies followed by Christopher for improving the brand with providing appropriate and standard quality services to the customers. Christopher has focused on brainstorming strategy in order to discuss with both the management and the co-workers for reducing the price of air tickets a bit in order to capture the market. In order to resolve the third possible barrier, Christopher solely concentrates on following the trend strategy and has discussed with the business experts in order to offer completely new flight routes according to the demand of the consumers. Although Air New Zealand is fuel-efficient airliner and always come up with completely new initiatives with the constant changes in the demand and criteria of the consumers, still all these above-mentioned strategies will play a significant role to solve the potential possible barriers of Air New Zealand. All these strategies will help the company to play a fundamental role to save the natural environment and increase the tourism proposition of New Zealand. Effecting Change Figure 1: Lewins three-step model (Source: Marion Gonzales, 2013) As opined by Mowday et al., (2013), the changes within the organisation always need not to be complex process; if it is done in tactical manner, then the organisational changes are not at all critical. Kurt Lewins change model involves three significant steps such as unfreezing, changing and refreezing. Lewins three-step change model reflects a practical and simple model of understanding the transformation process. This change model also includes a perfect perception of the requirement of changes within the organisation and it determines the behaviour and attitude of the associated employees of the organisation because of sudden changes within the organisation. As Air New Zealand goes through drastic changes because of its changed online ticket booking process, therefore Lewins three-step model is effectively applied in order to manage the drastic transformation within the organisation. During the Unfreeze step, Christopher ensures the existing employees of Air New Zealand for the sudden change. Even in this step, Christopher asks the employees for some appropriate solutions that may help the process of online ticket booking process of Air New Zealand. In this last stage, the employees are ready to accept the changes, in this process it unfreeze the employees with their decisions. In the Change step, Christopher takes help of the software developer and business executives in order to execute the online format of the ticket booking process. Christopher motivates the associated software developer during the entire process of change and if they face some problems regarding development of the online format and loose hope to fix it. In Refreeze step, Christopher ensures that this change will become permanent with the incorporation of effective strategies such as social media marketing and digital marketing in order to provide the consumers a perfect opportunity to avail the facilities during the online ticket booking process. Figure 2: Kotters 8 step change model (Source: Cummings Worley, 2014) According to Marion Gonzales (2013), Kotters eight-stage change model is perfect in order to identify the significant elements of an organisation for successful and perfect organisational changes. Kotters eight-stage change model involves several steps such as, establishing a perfect sense of urgency, build a strong coalition, vision, communicate that particular vision, empowering others, planning and creating short-term goals, consolidate the developments and institutionalise the changes. In the case of Air New Zealand, Christopher has articulated a strong business case and rationale for the sudden change in the first step, in the second step, Christopher assemble a potential team with perfect influence, motivation and power within the organisation in order to lead the basic effort of the change. In the third step, Christopher creates an appropriate and compelling vision of the future in order to guide the employees towards the basic direction of the organisational changes. The fourth step consists of every possible and potential strategy in order to communicate the vision; even this step involves completely new behaviours of the associated employees and the higher authority of the organisation for role model. In the fifth step, Christopher remove the possible obstacles, which prevent the changes to be implemented successfully and with effective change system and procedure structures the undermining vision and mission of the company (Cummings Worley, 2014). In the si xth stage, Christopher plans a visible and relevant quick and short-term goal and implements it. After that, Christopher discusses with the higher authority of Air New Zealand and announces appraisals and reward for those employees, who will be thoroughly involved with the change process of online flight ticket booking and refund of money. In the seventh step, Christopher use credibility in order to transform the changed policies and procedures, which fails to fir with the established mission and vision after the changes within the organisation. Christopher plays an important role with the HR department of Air New Zealand in order to recruit potential candidates, who have the potentiality to implement the established vision. In the last step of this model, Christopher articulates the basic connection in between the complete new process of working and the organisational success in continuous manner. Christopher motivates the employees of Air New Zealand in order to weave a new busine ss culture with the effective and appropriate help of leadership development. Christopher has played the role of potential leader of Air New Zealand as this individual successfully plans effective strategies to mitigate the obstacles during the implementation of the organisational changes. As all the eight stages are perfectly applied for the situation of Air New Zealand, therefore, Kotters eight-stage change model has been proved perfect for Air New Zealand. As opined by Tannenbaum et al., (2013), all of these eight stages are completed systemic manner and all these steps effectively lead to the successful organisational changes. Christopher performs the role of potential leader within Air New Zealand in appropriate manner as this individual helps the entire team of the company to see and understand the requirement of the changes in the online flight ticket booking process for the significance of speed and attracting more number of loyal consumers than before. Christopher has a full support from the higher management of Air New Zealand for is credibility and the appropriate skills, knowledge and talent in order to drive the changes. Christopher also creates success metrics, shared roadmaps to support the changes, and confirms the understanding and acceptance of the changes. It is an obvious fact, that during any kind of transformation an organisation encounters various barriers in the particular industry. Same things happen in the case o f Air New Zealand, when the management decides to change the online format of ticket booking process, Christopher has to go through the existing airliners of New Zealand in order to understand their business strategy to attract the consumers in this competitive business world (He Brown, 2013). Only with effective leadership quality, capability and style Christopher employs these strategies and motivate the employees to perform their assigned roles and responsibilities for achieving the desired goals of Air New Zealand. Conclusion Not every organisation in todays market can have that ultimate level of luxury to manage the constant changes in the market, industry and within the organisation without the potential help of a leader. In this business report, the effectiveness of Trisha and Christopher has been explained in detailed manner. Their activities during the organisational changes are excellent and all their mode of techniques and tactics truly reveals the necessity of leaders within the organisation during successful changes for better future in the market of New Zealand. These leaders adopt, implement and accept the changes and influence the employees to follow the organisational changes only for the future success of the organisations. 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Acid Rain (1894 words) Essay Example For Students

Acid Rain (1894 words) Essay Acid RainMy first question is , What is Acid Rain? You hear about it all the timein the news and it is very important to the earths ecosystem. In simpleterms, acid rain is rain that is more acidic than normal. All objects in naturehave a certain level of acicicity but acid rain has too much acid in it. Acidrain is a complicated problem, caused by air pollution. Acid rains spread anddamage involves weather, chemistry, soil, and the life cycles of plants andanimals on the land and from acid rain in the water. Acidity is measured using apH scale, with the number 7 being neutral. Therefore, a body with a pH value ofless than 7 is acidic. On the other hand, a value greater than 7 is basic. ThepH of 5.6 has been used as the baseline in identifying acid rain, although thisvalue is controversial, therefore, acid ran is any rainfall that has an aciditylevel above what is expected in non-polluted rainfall. Any precipitation thathas a pH value of less than 5.6 is considered to be acid precipita tion. Readingsof pH 2.4as acidic as vinegarwere recorded during storms in New England. During one particularly acid summer storm, rain falling on a lime-greenautomobile leached away the yellow in the green paint, leaving blue raindropshaped spots on the car. Scientists have found that pollution in the air fromthe burning of fossil fuels is the main cause of acid rain. The major chemicalsin air that help to create acid rain are sulfur dioxide, known as (SO2), andnitrogen oxides, known as (NOx). Acid rain is formed high in the clouds wheresulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides react with water, oxygen, and oxidants. Thislethal mixture creates a mild solution of sulfuric acid and nitric acid. Sunlight often increases the speed at which the reaction occur. Rainwater, snow,fog, and other forms of precipitation containing these new solutions of sulfuricand nitric acids fall to earth as acid rain. Acid rain does not make up all ofthe acidity that falls back to earth from pollutants. Only half of the acidityin the air falls back to earth through dry deposition as gases and dryparticles. The wind blows and then these acidic grains are blown onto buildings,cars, homes, and trees. In some cases, these particles can eat away the objectswhich they land on. Dry deposited gases are sometimes washed from trees andother surfaces by rainstorms. When this occurs, the runoff water adds the newacids to the acid rain, making a more acidic combination than the falling rainby itself. One of the main causes of acid rain is the sulfur dioxide. Sulfurdioxide is one of the main ingredients which make up the deadly combination thatforms acid rain. Some of the natural sources that emit this gas are rottingvegetation, volcanoes, plankton, rotting animals and sea spray. However, theburning of fossil fuels, such as coal and oil, do not help the situation and arelargely to blame for approximately half of the emissions of this gas in theworld. Water moves through living plants, animal, streams, lakes, and oceans inthe hydrologic cycle. In that cycle, water evaporates from the land and sea intothe atmosphere. Water in the atmosphere then condenses to form clouds. Cloudsrelease the water back to the earth as rain, snow, or fog. When water dropletsform and fall to the earth, they pick up particles and chemicals that float inthe air. Even clean, unpolluted air has some particles such as dust or pollen. Clean air also contains naturally occurring gases such as carbon dioxide. Theinteraction between the water droplets and the carbon dioxide in the atmospheregives rain a pH of 5.6, making even clean rain slightly acidic. Other naturalsources of acids and bases in the atmosphere may lower or raise the pH ofunpolluted rain. However, when rain contains pollutants, especially sulfurdioxide and nitrogen oxides, the rain water can become very acidic. This problemis a problem of natures balance being tampered with. If not polluted, normalprecipitation would react with chemicals that are derived from bedrock in theair, soil, lakes, and streams and this rain would be neutralized. Since theprecipitation is highly acidic, these natural buffering chemicals will bedestroyed. When this occurs, the natural buffering effect does not occur, andnature wont keep its balance Acid rain has been a big problem for a longtime. Research on acid rain is just starting to make progress. In the past,little was kn own about the causes and effects of acid rain. Lakes, rivers,oceans, and other aquatic ecosystems are largely affected by acid rain. Thereason why acid rain has such a large affect on aquatic ecosystems is becausethere as so many routes in which acidic chemicals can enter the water. Chemicalsubstances enter the water in different ways. Some of the ways acidic chemicalsenter waterways are as dry particles. These chemicals can also get into thewater in forms such as rain, hail, dew, fog and snow. Another way that acidsenter the lakes is called spring acid shock. An example of spring acid shock iswhen snow melts in the spring rapidly as a result of a sudden temperaturechange. The acids in the snow are then put into the soil. The melted snow inreturn runs off to smaller water sources, and gradually make their way into thelarger water ecosystems. This causes a sudden drastic change in the pH level. Lord of the Flies: Chapter 9-12 Notes EssayAcid rain also affects architecture. Architecture is affected by both dryprecipitation and wet precipitation. When these particles land on building theyeat into the concrete eventually destroying them. This is a potential dangerbecause the infrastructure of the buildings can be destroyed, thus hurtingpeople occupying the building Acid Rain also has a direct affect on you and I. The SO2 and NO2 emissions give rise to respiratory problems such as asthma, drycoughs, headaches, eye, nose and throat irritations. The indirect affect of acidrain are on the food that we eat. Acid rain is absorbed in fruits, and in thetissues of animals. Although these toxic metals do not directly affect theanimals, they have serious affects on humans when they are being consumed. Acidrain is a huge problem which affects every person living in the world in somesort of way. Acid rain is a problem that can be reduced but not stoppedcompletely due to the needs of our modern society. Some ways that we could helpto reduce acid rain is by recycling, carpooling, and reducing. Acid rain is aproblem that can be controlled but it is up to the people of earth to controlthe problem. Bibliography1. Heij, G.J. and J.W. Erisman (Editors). Acid Rain Research: Do we haveenough answers? New York: Elsevier, 1995. 2.Comptons New Media Encyclopedia 19963. White, James C. (Editor). Acid Rain: The Relationship between Sources andReceptors. New York: Elsevier, 1988. 4.FAQ on Acid Rain(http://ns.doe.ca/aeb/ssd/acid/acidFAQ.html)

Volleyball Essay Topics

Volleyball Essay TopicsThere are many different volleyball essay topics that you can use to help write your final report. The following essay topics will help you come up with the best essay topic.Writing essay topics about your favorite team or player is always fun. You can also use these types of topics for covering the history of the sport, going back as far as you like. Use a lot of examples from the past and show why the teams that they are a part of are so good. If your research is accurate, you can find a bunch of other essays that you can use for this type of research.If you want to use essay topics that involve more detail about your favorite college or university, this will require more time, especially if you are writing an entire thesis. One idea would be to take a look at the teams that the school has played in the last few years. You can take notes and then write about why the teams were so good and why the competition between the teams was so great. It's a great way to research the teams and see how good they have been in the past few years.The next two essay topics are a little bit more technical. These types of topics are the kind that will require more research. If you are already familiar with the sport, then this might be a good place to start. If you are not familiar with the sport, it might be a good idea to read the literature about the sport and get some basic knowledge about it.For those of you who are still learning the sport, this type of topic is perfect. For those of you who do not know a lot about the sport, you should still go ahead and read the literature because it will give you some information about the sport. This type of research is really important because you don't want to rely on guesswork. Instead, you should have a solid base to base your findings off of.There are a lot of essay topics that include a little bit of argument. It is important to read the literature on the topic so that you can get some perspective. By read ing the literature, you will be able to see why the various arguments are made.There are several topics that will require you to provide references for your work. You need to get some references so that you can explain your arguments. The topic should also contain enough information so that you can provide as much information as possible in the essay.The topics you choose for your volleyball essay topics should fit with the level of education you have. If you are still a student, then the topic is going to have a lot of different elements. If you have some experience with the sport, then you will have less choice of topic.

Role of Women in Society

A woman is opposite sex of a man. Women have been of great importance for many generations. Women play the role of wives and mothers in any society. Some religious principals such as the Christians do believe that a woman was created out of man and was given the mandate of giving companionship to the man.Advertising We will write a custom essay sample on Role of Women in Society specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More This principal has some truth in the fact that in our society we see women giving companionship to men by being their wives. Apart from this, the woman is the one who gives new life. She posses a womb that a man does not posses. The womb was specifically created for the development of the baby. After this, she gives birth and becomes the mother to the baby. Women are more responsible when it comes to matters related to the family; they have to ensure that every thing is running smoothly as expected. Not only are women conce ntrated on matters of the family but in today’s generation, they are also a key player of the economy in different ways. In the past, the woman was seen as an inferior person who was only expected to remain at home, do the household chores, and take care of the babies. The man was the one to go to work and provide the daily bread for the family, which made men mistreat their wives because women had no power to raise their views or opinions but rather they had to submit to their husbands’ orders. Nevertheless, in today’s world, women go to work and earn money that they join with that of the husband to keep up the family. In addition, the small girls were also gender biased in the fact that they were expectected to remain at home and help their mothers in the house chores while the boys went to school to get education. This left the female child with no option but to remain uncivilized in her entire life. However, in today’s generation, the female child goe s to school and acquires the same education as the male child. It is considered unethical if the parents of the female child fail to take the female child to school and in some countries it is punishable by law. This has led the female child to develop into a very civilized woman that is well updated with the current matters that surround her. Today it is not a shock to see a woman driving good cars, building modern houses because they have become capable to do so. They benefit the economy of a particular country as stated earlier in the fact that they become tax payers which adds a certain percentage of revenue to that particular country.Advertising Looking for essay on gender studies? Let's see if we can help you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More They are also helping to solve the problem of unemployment because they are day by day becoming more innovative and establishing new businesses and companies that create job opportunities. This stance is really h elping the respective state and that is why the government of a particular country is protecting the rights of the women in their countries. The woman of today has been given the freedom to exercise their views and opinions concerning political matters. They can even try themselves for any parliamentary seat as long as they meet the legal requirements as stipulated by the constitution of that particular country. This has really contributed to the development of countries because men in power are aware of the present competition and criticism if they fail to deliver their mandate effectively. Women are also becoming key players in technological advancement all over the world, they possess innovative minds, they are developing machines and other related gadgets to reduce the manual work of human labor and increase the use of machines. This creates employment to the people that will be handling the machines. Women are also human beings that are identified by beauty. it is said that a w oman can take 50 percent of her time to look appealing. If a woman does not look beautiful, she faces discrimination in the society. This makes the women all over the world place their beauty as a priority and not as an option. Every man in the world desires to marry a woman that is envied by the society, therefore, the woman who does not maintain her beauty is at the risk of being left unmarried. It is important that all women should ensure that they maintain their inward and outward beauty if they have to be considered as beautiful and responsible in the society. Being a woman also has its disadvantages in various ways such as in the birth stage. Some women hate when they are pregnant so they try to avoid this stage and prefer an operation, which is costly and dangerous. Women also are disadvantaged when they are undergoing menstrual cycle because it is accompanied by some specific features. Another disadvantage that the majority of women hate is the issue of being submissive to t heir husbands. Although they may prefer to remain independent, they have no option but to get married because they need a man to bear and have a child. Even if they decide to get a child out of marriage that will affect their child or children lacking a father being part and parcel of normal upbringing.Advertising We will write a custom essay sample on Role of Women in Society specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More Being a woman is full of responsibilities because they did not elope from household chores even though they live in a civilized society. In fact, their responsibilities have increased because they have to perform their household chores as they still have to perform their household responsibilities. They also have to leave some spare time for spending with their families. That is why a research that has been conducted demonstrates women as people who can multi task unlike men who can only do one thing at a time. From the abov e essay, it is evident that women are creatures of great significant in our society today. They should not be prejudiced by anyone in the society. Women are continuing to establish roots and fight for their rights by developing their organizations that do fight for their rights. It is my hope that each woman in the world will embrace the traits discussed in the above essay to ensure that they truly know the value of being a woman. This essay on Role of Women in Society was written and submitted by user Bo B. to help you with your own studies. 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Free Essays on The Loss Of The Creature

Responding to Walker Percy’s â€Å"The Loss of the Creature† Imagine what it would be like to be the first person to discover and see the Grand Canyon in the reality of its beauty. Once an entity has been discovered, is the reality of it’s existence preserved, or does it lose it’s true essence forever after? If the latter, then is there a sure-fire way to ever recapture the significance and meaning attached to it? Or are we only able to see what preconceived notions we have of that entity, without having to struggle at re-discovering it? In the essay â€Å"The Loss of the Creature,† Walker Percy raises such questions, and by reflecting on my own experiences, I have come to realize that it’s rather difficult to find any significance other than what has already been placed upon the entity being seen and/or experienced. There is no re-discovery in experiencing something with pre-conceived notions or expectations. When my education had come to the point where I began to choose the subjects I wanted to study, I first explored my curiosity in art history and the French language. Over time, I became very fond and familiar of these subjects. After I finished taking the courses, I set out to create the pinnacle experience that would complete my education on these topics by planning a trip to France. I was going to see for myself, what most people only see in books, and I knew that doing so would give me more insight on the well known places and works of art that the larger majority of my peers would never have. However, on the day I actually visited the Louvre in Paris, the reality of my experience turned out much different than I had anticipated. I found myself standing amidst a sea of people pushing their way towards some small altar that was roped off so as to keep anyone from getting too close. I neared the front, feeling claustrophobic and highly aware of the odiferous, clammy bodies pressed against mine. The noise was... Free Essays on The Loss Of The Creature Free Essays on The Loss Of The Creature Responding to Walker Percy’s â€Å"The Loss of the Creature† Imagine what it would be like to be the first person to discover and see the Grand Canyon in the reality of its beauty. Once an entity has been discovered, is the reality of it’s existence preserved, or does it lose it’s true essence forever after? If the latter, then is there a sure-fire way to ever recapture the significance and meaning attached to it? Or are we only able to see what preconceived notions we have of that entity, without having to struggle at re-discovering it? In the essay â€Å"The Loss of the Creature,† Walker Percy raises such questions, and by reflecting on my own experiences, I have come to realize that it’s rather difficult to find any significance other than what has already been placed upon the entity being seen and/or experienced. There is no re-discovery in experiencing something with pre-conceived notions or expectations. When my education had come to the point where I began to choose the subjects I wanted to study, I first explored my curiosity in art history and the French language. Over time, I became very fond and familiar of these subjects. After I finished taking the courses, I set out to create the pinnacle experience that would complete my education on these topics by planning a trip to France. I was going to see for myself, what most people only see in books, and I knew that doing so would give me more insight on the well known places and works of art that the larger majority of my peers would never have. However, on the day I actually visited the Louvre in Paris, the reality of my experience turned out much different than I had anticipated. I found myself standing amidst a sea of people pushing their way towards some small altar that was roped off so as to keep anyone from getting too close. I neared the front, feeling claustrophobic and highly aware of the odiferous, clammy bodies pressed against mine. The noise was...

Using Groucho Marx, illustrate the progression from vaudeville, to Essay

Using Groucho Marx, illustrate the progression from vaudeville, to movies, to radio, to television in the history of popular culture. Be explicit about the time - Essay Example By studying the career of Groucho Marx in detail, much about the history of popular culture could be learned. Marx, having lived and performed in the first half of the twentieth century, bore witness to the advances in the way entertainment will be produced and delivered. Hence, Marx’s progress as a performer is interlinked with the revolutionary technological advancements of the day. (The Best of Groucho, 37) Vaudeville was a highly innovative form of entertainment that was very popular during the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. It comprised a series of short but action-packed â€Å"acts† that could range from comedy skits to dance and music to mimicry. The acts were performed for a direct audience similar to the contemporary theatre and hence required the actors to possess qualities of spontaneity and talents for ad-libbing. Groucho Marx was a prominent exponent of this form of entertainment. The comedy team of the Marx Brothers is best remembered for how they induced convulsions of laughter in the audience. Groucho’s quick wit and funny insults during the Vaudeville days are still remembered fondly by his fans. (The Best of Groucho, 37) The Marx Brothers’ made a move into a more conventional form of performance art when they worked for the Broadway show â€Å"I’ll Say She Is†. The success of this show led to the more popular shows like The Cocoanuts (1925) and Animal Crackers (1928). This was about the time when silent movies were taking centre stage. It led to both Cocoanuts and Animal Crackers being made into â€Å"talkies†. Its success led to further silent movie offers from Paramount Studios – Monkey Business (1931), Horse Feathers (1932) and Duck Soup (1933). Although these movies were regarded as classics by the critics, their box-office returns were uninspiring, leading to speculation that the Marx Brothers’ days in Hollywood were at an end. (Rosten 104). But

Taxi Driver by Julia Phillips and Michael Phillips Essay

Taxi Driver by Julia Phillips and Michael Phillips - Essay Example However, mise-en-scene techniques and slow moving camera shots soon reveal Travis’s point of view, positioning a subjective view of Travis’s world. The film uses camera movement and cinematography together with mise-en-scene at the outset to establish the tensions that build up to the violence. The film opens with the credits in the foreground of a taxi coming out of the steam of a street at night. A montage reveals rain beating against the taxi’s windshield. In the meantime, the yellow taxi is accented by rain and neon lights that bring it into sharp focus. Travis’s eyes can be seen moving from one image outside of the taxi to another as he travels Times Square and 42nd Street. The viewer sees what Travis sees: prostitutes, couples, and pornographic theatres visited by men. The camera alternates from the inside of the Taxi where Travis’s watchful eyes are moving and observing, to outside of the taxi to show the audience what Travis sees. These scen es are juxtaposed against a more tranquil, ordinary and inescapably artificial world. The camera takes the viewers to a campaign headquarters with red and white colours and signs and slogans that appear to be inconsistent with the world that Travis observes from his taxi. Travis sees the world as inherently diseased and is on a mission to root out violence, disease and decadence. He becomes infatuated with Betsy, a campaign worker played by Cybill Shepherd. Point of view via mise-en-scene is displayed through scenes in which Travis’s point of view and his disconnect and social isolation comes across. For example, in an attempt to connect with Betsy, Travis gets it right the first time when he has coffee with her. On his next date with Betsy, he takes her to a seedy, sexual film. Betsy is no doubt offended by this effort at connection. By taking this approach, the viewer is drawn into and observes the distorted mind of Travis at work. Camera movements and mise-en-scene functio n to highlight Travis’s distorted mind and subjective point of view. For example, the camera picks up views of New York City that demonstrate just how Travis sees the world around him. A camera shot from inside Travis’s taxi picks up drug addicts and prostitutes. This is the world that Travis sees and is distracted by. He does not see beyond these images and forms his opinion of the outside world accordingly. The camera, by showing a view outside the taxi that selects drug addicts and prostitutes takes the viewer into the disturbed mind of Travis. This is world that Travis sees and is fixated on. A world diseased and decaying and in need of cleansing. Mise-en-scene is also used to demonstrate contradictions. The camera depicts a seemingly ordinary man, dressed neatly and appearing to be respectful and naive. Yet, the camera follows and depicts Travis visiting seedy theatres and writing letters to his parents that reveal that Travis would like to live an ordinary life, but is trapped by his perceptions of a diseased world. In his letters to his parents, Travis unrealistically himself as a working man on the verge of marrying a respectable woman (Betsy) when it is well known by the time of writing, that Travis has been rejected by Betsy. Therefore, the underlying message is that there are contradictions between that which occurs in Travis’s mind and the world in which he actually lives. The contradictions are reaching a fever pitch and this is