Swiss made watch for centuries was an equivalent of high quality and reliable product. The history of development of the watch producing industry accounts for over five centuries. However the most rapid development of wrist watch took place during the twentieth century. The case that was presented for study described the difficulties, which Swiss watch industry had to go through during the period and presents the problem, which the most powerful Swiss producer, Swatch group is presently facing. The essence of the problem is that during the last several years the sales of the company began to fall. The reasons for this problem can be very diverse, as stated in…

Introduction In the contemporary world the concept of culture can hardly be defined because different people have different views of culture. In fact, this is probably one of the most arguable concepts of the contemporary society and many authors paid a lot of attention to the research of the problem of culture. Among the variety of works dedicated to culture, it is possible to single out the works written by Raymond Williams and Terry Eagleton. It is worth mentioning that the latter is a follower of Raymond Williams who may be viewed as the predecessor of Terry Eagleton. This is actually why in their works it is possible to trace…

The period in medieval history between 800 AD and 1100 AD is characterized by the feudal disintegrity, which as a result led to the creation of modern European states of France, Spain, Germany, Italy, etc. It took a period of nearly 6 centuries for the modern European states to transform from disintegrated feudal counties to modern unified states. Such process was especially prolonged for Germany, which finished unification only in the second half of the nineteenth century. Feudal disintegrity, which followed Carolingian empire, after the death of king Charlemagne, lead to the creation of national states all over Europe, it led to the development and local languages and local cultures,…

The modern day management has different problems namely the problems of change of today and tomorrow. The problems of today are the very problems that a manager encounters when working under current laws for the current market and with the current competitors. The future problems are the long-term effects that arise with the things that might as well as be perceived as normal for the business. In the following essay I am going to speak about change approaches and the three areas that present problems for the management. The relevance and implications in areas like company internal communications, organizational structure, and diversity at the work place. Company internal Communications. Corporate…

Prior to analyzing certain theories and consider their distinct points of view I would like to get into some detail regarding the notion of normative theory in order for the reader to better understand what each theory has to say about each other. Normative with respect to theory and philosophy is the opposite from descriptive and explanatory. Descriptive and explanatory statements on the other hand are falsifiable statements that strive to clearly describe the reality from a specific point of view. The normative statements, on the other hand, make use of the affirmative things about what things should or ought to be, how one should consider and value them. The…

Introduction The theme of religion can be widely found in the writings on the modern poets. Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Thomas Hardy, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Ezra Pound, W.B. Yeats and many others expressed their opinion on religion. It is remarkable, that most of the poets of the given period were disappointed with the Christian religion. That disappointment can be seen in many of their writings since it was sure to be reflected in their works. A truly poetic and creative soul couldn’t help but expressing on that issue. However, it is remarkable, that the thoughts expressed by the poets are rather common for the given time period. The romantic ideas…

Intro Aboriginal people and Canadian people form uniqueness and identity of Canada, so the government of the country should do everything to save this identity and so to raise the standard of living for both, Aboriginal people and Canadian people. Canada should everything to settle the appropriate aboriginal claims and at the same time to maintain its sovereignty. Canada is moving in this direction now. Canadian government has settled a number of comprehensive and specific claims that give some freedom to the aboriginal population but don’t threaten Canadian identity. Earlier Aboriginal people used to live along all the territory of modern Canada, now in most cases they inhabit the metropolitan…

Introduction Anarchism is a political philosophy that combines a lot of doctrines and standards that reject any compulsory government and any form of ruling. This political philosophy has a rather long history. There are lot of types and kinds of anarchism with different points of view on this philosophy. Still there is no one single definite position that all the anarchists follow. The main divergence of opinion for anarchists deals with economic arrangements. Different Schools of Anarchism There are a lot of different schools, which have their own concepts of anarchism. The representatives of these schools often come into collision with each other, because they uphold their principles. Every school…

Whole School Literacy Strategy 2003-2005 implemented in Fitzgerald State School is a very successful example of a whole school literacy program. It is designed in a consistent and comprehensive manner with a view to equip student with all the necessary literacy skills to function effectively in the society. The strategy opens with the presentation of its vision, goals and definition of key terms. Four Corners Literacy Model follows, which specifies how to link text types to social power. Then two separate models are presented in the fields of composition/making and comprehension/reading. In order to make results more measurable, a table of code competency level is included. The strategy ends with…

The period of Indian history, starting from the beginning of the seventeenth century, was marked by the British domination. In 1600, the Queen of England, Elizabeth met the demand of the big group of merchants and gave them a big trading company. This company is known as “The Governor and Company of Merchants of London, Trading into the East-Indies.” This group of merchants got monopoly rights for trade with India. During the period from 1601-1613 the merchants, who worked in this company made several trips to India. They developed trade and manufacture in India. “Hawkins was rebuffed by Jahangir, but Sir Thomas Roe, who presented himself before the Mughal Emperor…