Category: Essays

The concept of separation of powers is an important aspect of the Constitution of the United States of America. Throughout history, this concept has been the subject of discourse among contemporaries such as Aristotle, who favored a mixed government consisting of a monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy, James Harrington, who won the minds of the American public and shaped their political discourse, John Locke, who separated powers into Legislative and Executive, and Montesquieu who expanded on Locke’s 1690 “Civil Government” in 1748 by adding the judiciary branch (Mahler). In consideration of these great minds and authorities, as well as the means for just ruling of the public, the Constitution was created with an aim to provide people with a balanced government system. Today, this is executed with the checks and balances systems that has made the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches of the US government interdependent on and accountable for one another (Kurland and Lerner, ch. 10). Continue reading “Essay: The Separation of Powers in USA”

The paper represents a review of “Prior Experience and Patterning in a Prisoner’s Dilemma Game” by Albert Silverstein, David Cross, Jay Brown and Howard Rachlin. The researchers experimented with the prisoner’s dilemma game analyzing the efficiency of different strategies and revealed a cooperation-preserving effect of pattering of trials that were played in the form of game.

Traditionally, a prisoner’s dilemma was a subject of a particular concern of specialists dealing with the problem of decision making. Along the variety of researches and discussions related to this problem, it is possible to single out the study conducted by Albert Silverstein, David Cross, Jay Brown and Howard Rachlin and which they depicted in details in their article “Prior Experience and Patterning in a Prisoner’s Dilemma Game”. In this particular work, the authors basically focus on the effect experience and patterning in prisoner’s dilemma game produce on individuals and their behavioral reactions. Continue reading “Prisoner’s Dilemma Essay”

“The Commitments” by Roddy Doyle, being written in 1987, produced a significant impact on the cultural life and became a significant novel in Irish literature. The work became even more popular when Alan Parker created a film “The Commitments” based on this novel and soon this film gained public recognition and was so successful that it still remains quite popular. At the same time, it is worthy of mention that the reason for such a popularity of both the book and the film may be found in its theme since, basically, “The Commitments” both the book and the film are focused on the theme of hope which is extremely important for practically all individuals, especially in the modern extremely materialistic world where there is little room for hope. Continue reading “The Commitments Book Review”

The author of the painting “Convergence” Jackson Pollock was born in the United States of America I 1912. He is considered to be one of the most prominent painters of Abstract Expressionism, and especially so-called Action Painting. Pollock never used careful brush strokes while creating his masterpieces.  He used to spread his canvas right on the floor and pour or drip different kinds of paint right on it. Pollock did a lot of experiments with his paintings, he never hesitated if he had to lean or step on his canvas. He implemented multiple changes to his existing works before finishing them. Pollock’s style of painting is unique and original, and his “Convergence” is a good example to prove it.  But can it be considered an example of fine art? Continue reading “Action Painting Essay”

Bank of America is one of the most important financial institutions of the US. This is why its senior management team and its successful work are extremely important for normal functioning of the whole organization. The current senior management team seems to be very professional and perspective, especially, taking into considerations their experience and past work.

On discussing the main members of the senior management team of the Bank of America, it is primarily necessary to dwell upon the two key business line marketing executives for its Global Wealth and Investment Management division, which is particularly important in the current situation when the world economy tends to globalization. One of these two individuals is James Drury who has been recently named marketing director for Bank of America Global Wealth and Investment Management.

It should be pointed out that before this appointment he was managing partner of Boston-based Lochridge and Company Inc., a strategic consulting firm. He basically focused on marketing definition and assessment, development of segment-specific strategies, processes and organizations, and implementation of strategic growth initiatives for an array of clients. He also held key positions at The Allen Group and SC Johnson Wax that was also quite useful for his professional growth. Continue reading “Bank of America Essay”

California has always been perceived as a land of an American dream. Not only because Hollywood made the numerous people world famous, rich and successful. The whole state in the southwest of the United States is a dreamland. That is probably why the aspirations are so high, when one thinks of Los Angeles. Despite numerous flattering allusions provided by show business, LA is quite a problematic place to live.

We will not discuss highly controversial topics like drug use or sexual liberties – these are police concerns. The topic I would like to concentrate on is the problem of unemployment in the county. Continue reading “Unemployment in the US Essay”

Description of Products and Services

The company’s product line is going to include the following products:

• Sunblock Tanning Pills that provide protection for the skin within 15 minutes equivalent to the levels SPF 15, SPF 30, SPF 45.
• Chewable Sunblock Tanning Pills for children with protection levels SPF 15, SPF 30, SPF 45.

Both types of products will aim at making the vital task of saving the skin from harmful effects of sunbathing easy and even enjoyable. Protection of the skin from sunburns is of great importance since the UV radiation stimulates production of the melanin pigment in the skin. Melanin is extremely dangerous for a human being because it can lead to skin cancer. Even those who never develop this deadly disease can find their skin aging and developing wrinkles under the influences of sunburns. Continue reading “Medicine Business Plan”

Strategic decision making is very important in the current situation and is actually applied in different spheres. Not surprisingly that recent researches are often dedicated to this problem, especially being applied to prisoner’s dilemma games as one of the major tools of behavioral researches. In this respect, it is very important to trace the impact games played produce on the decision making process and this is exactly what Ivo Vlaev and Nick Chater attempted to research in their article “Game Relativity: How Context Influences Strategic Decision Making” where they thoroughly analyze the existing models of strategic decision making.

First of all, it should be pointed out that the authors of the article are particularly concerned about the effects prisoner’s dilemma games played in the past produce on players’ current strategic decision making. To put it more precisely, they argue that the reliability of a traditional view on the prisoner’s dilemma game experience is under the question since traditionally it is viewed that only the game that is currently playing may define the strategic decision making and the past game experience of the players produces little impact on their decision making in the current situation. Continue reading “Strategic Decision Making Essay”

In the beginning of the book we can see that boys needed order and maintained the features of the civilized world they had by using conch. It kept them allied together and gave particular rules and laws for their group (society). The supreme law was that whoever holds the conch has the right to speak his mind and will without any interjection or disrespect. The case is a resemblance of having a policeman’s badge or, if thinking on a larger scale, even the mace in our parliament. Thus, boys had an organized system of living, based on reason, knowledge and insight given by the experience of living by adult rules.

However, the Lord of Flies had an even greater power that excelled the one of conch – fear. That’s what Jack used to gain power over the rest of the castaway boys. His promises to kill the beast decreased boys’ fear and that’s what made him eventually win over the group. Continue reading “Lord of the Flies Symbolism Essay”

Given highly important implications of quality, especially the possibility of selling goods world-wide using recognized quality standards, North American companies have implemented international quality standards such as ISO 9000 or ISO 14000. However, some entrepreneurs at small companies have complained that for the investment they put in meeting these standards and obtaining certification, the payoff was not enough. For example, at Delaware North Companies that received ISO 14000 certification, John Huey spent 18 months and about $115,000 to certify the company’s guest spots in two national parks. Although this improved employee morale, the certification did not trigger a rise in sales (Clifford 2005).

Many North American companies have turned to other methods of quality improvement, in particular Edwards Demings’ philosophy. Implemented at Ford Motor Company, the Deming Method helped the auto maker “set an industry record for net income” in 1987 (The Deming Library). Ford’s managers overcame wrong attitudes and united their employees in one team. Continue reading “Total Quality Management Essay”