Abstract This paper looks at the process of land aquisition of African Americans after their freedom from slavery from the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and after the Civil War. It examines how they formed their own small towns and communities away from the hostile whites and proceeded to educate themselves in order to negotiate with whites over land. It shows how many blacks had to return to their masters in order to earn a wage, how some got government grants to buy land for schools and churches and how in 1865, the Freedmens' Bureau was opened to help blacks acquire the land that they had been promised by the government when they were freed.
From the Paper "Many blacks moved away from their former white masters, but some blacks, who had gotten on fairly well with their masters before they were freed, went back to work for those same masters, only this time it was for wages. This is how many blacks were able to buy land and have somewhere for they and their family to live. Sometimes these white masters"now bosses"would give the black man some of their land and let them build something on it. This was another way that black men acquired land after the Emancipation Proclamation and their freedom."
Tags: blacks, whites, slavery, freedom, masters, freedmen's, bureau
An annotated bibliography covering literacy education, language structure and acquisition, cognitive issues, and learning and teaching strategies and tools
Abstract This paper covers many of the topics dealing with the education of the hearing impaired. It looks at several of the methods of communication employed by the hearing impaired (oral, sign, etc.), deaf culture, technology for the deaf (cochlear implants, text telephones (TTY), hearing aids, etc.), teaching strategies for working with deaf students in a mainstream classroom, interpreters, books containing deaf characters, and strategies for improving literacy (reading and writing). Included in the paper are an introduction, a detailed annotated bibliography divided into the sections listed in the subtitle, and a conclusion. Also included are an appendix of additional sources and a series of tables for quick review of what is covered in the annotated bibliography.
From the Paper "The education of deaf students has been an issue of debate for centuries. Some people believe that deaf students, preschool through college level, should be in a self-contained classroom or special school. Others believe that mainstreaming deaf students into a regular classroom is the best way to prepare these people to function in the hearing world. The Education for All Act of 1975, mandating that children should be provided education in the least restrictive environment, has led to more deaf children entering regular public schools."
Abstract This paper shows that change is the way to progress and inevitable in the process of the progress of the world. Any dynamic business organization will have to adapt to keep up with the changes in the world, and there are many methods to successfully adapt. The paper looks at methods a manager could use to effectively communicate changes within an organization.
From the Paper "In any service organization, the emphasis may be on increasing customer focus so that the customer's needs are met better, improving the cost effectiveness in the provision of service through lower cost solutions, and increasing productivity through better technology. All this involves leveraging experience curves, the transfer of new technology in a better manner through the use of global systems and reducing slacks within the system. The entire quality of service has to be improved through faster resolution of problems..."
Abstract This report examines the history and evolution of BB&T throughout its existence, with special focus on the company's current status and the ways in which its incorporation of Internet technology has strengthened its position among clients and competitors. The status of BB&T is examined from four major perspectives: a historical and factual recounting of the company's developments and undertakings over the course of its history, followed by an examination of industry-wide trends and the status of competitors with regard to these same trends. The specific strengths and weaknesses of BB&T's strategy are examined through the lens of the company's own stated philosophies and plans. Finally, the current products available to consumers from BB&T are evaluated with regard to their contribution to the company's bottom line and its relationship with customers, as well as their individual impact on the upholding of the philosophy established by the company in the prior section. The challenges facing BB&T, as well as the opportunities for evolution and growth constitute the summary of the corporation's status.
From the Paper "In the business arena, BB&T offers basic business management tools such as basic banking accounts and insurance services as well as business-related financing, investment and consulting designed to raise capital, and products designed to manage employee compensation packages, insurance, payroll services, and retirement accounts. BB&T offers specialized consulting packages for almost any imaginable business endeavor, including international expansion consulting and services and assistance selling an existing business."
Abstract The goals of this paper are to describe IBM and Lenovo as two separate entities prior to their merger and then trace the factors that led to their merging. In analyzing this merger, the factors or components that were part of the planned effort, as well as those that were unanticipated, are discussed. In addition, this analysis sheds light on problems and opportunities that the merged company faces. The entire paper's analysis is presented from the perspective of the market mix on one side, and the directions of the markets Lenovo is entering globally on the other. With an acquisition of this magnitude there are sure to be challenges and risks of integrating both companies together. To organize all components of this analysis, the paper concludes with a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis.
Outline:
IBM and Lenovo Pre-Acquisition
Analyzing the Acquisition from a Marketing Perspective
SWOT Analysis of Lenovo Post-Merger
Lenovo Post-Acquisition Marketing Mix Analysis
From the Paper "In comparing the history of both companies, there are many parallels that emerge specifically from IBM's PC Division on the one hand, and the rapidly expanding manufacturing and selling expertise of Lenovo throughout China, India, and Russia according to Hamm, Roberts, and Lee (2005). The first and most obvious is the variation in business models that the PC Division had relative to the many other divisions of IBM, namely a focus on services revenues and margins being typically higher than product revenue (IBM Financial Analysis, 2001). Second, the pricing strategies inside IBM have favored a premium price for high performance in everything from minicomputers to mainframes and all the products in between. "
