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An IBM Change Story: Transformational Change from Below and Above 1. Who were the forerunners/ advocates of the change? Change From Below David Grossman is a computer programmer at IBM. -John Patrick is a member of the strategy task force at IBM. Change from Above Lou Gerstner was IBM’s CEO in the 1990’s. Samuel Palmisano…

Large scale nationalistic values arose in 19th century Europe. This was a time when the majority of the political systems favored liberalism, a belief that there should be a free market economy and also people were rewarded because of their talent not there inherited privilege. Nationalism can be defined in many ways. The simplest is…

Shakespeare’s Othello includes the memorable tragedy of a husband’s jealousy, a wife’s innocence, and man’s ability to manipulate any situation. In the play Othello, Othello sees the person that he is in many different ways. For example, in Act I, Othello states that he is “rude in speech and little blessed with the soft phrase…

Transformation and inertia are presented as conflicting forces, balanced against one another in a kind of universal tension. The individual changes biologically as well as intellectually and spiritually, but his physical progression from youth to old age follows a path more or less set by nature. Nature itself changes cyclically, but the cycle of the…

Tim Winton once said “Our Culture is obsessed about belonging, but people haven’t grasped the notion that you have to earn belonging, to earn some kind of comfort and ease of familiarity with yourself’’. Peter Skrzynecki’s poems Feliks Skrzynecki, St Patricks college and 10 Mary Street reflect this idea through many different ways and in…

Edgar Allen Poe is one of the greatest poets. Hes scary, weird, and wrote some insane tales. Virtually all of Edgar Allen Poes stories concerned themes of human perversity and involve the technique of ratiocination. Most critics believe that The Fall of the House of Usher reflects both characteristics. I agree, in this short story…

Sir Gawain And The Green Knight is a masterful early-English romance. Including both the fantastic (i. e. the green knight), tradition (i. e. Arthur’s court) and adultery, the story touches upon important parts of entertainment, even today. The constant alliteration was key in creating such an enjouable piece of literature. I also enjoyed the daring,…

Now Jack is an old man of sixty five – a friend of mine and he is an invalid. Having been a child of two years he injured in a car accident and became paralyzed forever. It made a great pain for his young parents and then for him when he began to understand what…

A monologue from the play by Henrik Ibsen NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from The Collected Works of Henrik Ibsen, vol. vi: The League of Youth/Pillars of Society. Ed. William Archer. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1912. BERNICK: I didn’t get you here to argue with you. I sent for you to tell you that…

Hashani De Silva Professor Shepherd ENGL2089 Intermediate Composition 11/02/2014 Discourse Community Teaching has always been an occupation that amazed me. I believe it to be one of the most important jobs that anyone could ever embrace. A person choosing their career to be a teacher is essentially choosing to take on the role that is…