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Virtual Community: Is this a Contradiction in Terms?, 2002.
The following essay examines the way in which adults and children in the United States are dependent on popular culture and the media for their belief systems, concept of socialization, issue of living conditions and learning ability.
1,840 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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The following paper examines the way in which virtual communities are the result of directed media oriented socialization that is governed by the geo-political policies of nations around the world without the nations being aware of it.
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"The phrase, 'virtual community', whenever written or read, gives the reader the picture of the postmodern era, to which we all belong. The term was as far as an alien in the dictionaries of most of our ancestors. But today most of us are familiar with the term and probably some are amongst us who are a part of this community. In the recent decades the whole concept of the World has changed and now we term it in phrases like 'global village' e.t.c. All this is related in a very netiquette way with the advancement of technology and, thus, media."
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Virtual Organizations And Virtual Offices, 2002.
A look at running a virtual organization.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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This three-page undergraduate paper compares and contrasts virtual organizations and virtual offices. The paper discusses the pros and cons of the two and comes to a conclusion.
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Contradiction and Class Conflict, 2002.
A reading of Engels' "Anti-Duhring" which presents the negative aspects and contradictions of capitalism.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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Friedrich Engels assumes an historical materialist mode of analysis to reveal the fundamental contradiction at the heart of capitalism and the social and economic conflicts that stem from this contradiction. This paper will demonstrate how Engels (following Marx) considered that this contradiction would inevitably foster antagonism between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. Unbridled competition would, almost paradoxically, lead to monopoly (cf. Microsoft, Air Canada). The resulting crisis would reveal the incapacity of capitalists to manage modern productive forces, leading to proletarian revolution.
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Keats: Contradiction and Identification in Nature, 2002.
Presents two of John Keats poems as classic examples of the Romantic Movement in Europe during the early 1800s.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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The poetry of John Keats (1795-1821) is representative of the Romantic Movement in Europe during the early 1800s. In this essay, Keats' (1919) "Bright Star" and (1819) "Ode to a Nightingale" are compared as classic examples of Romanticism's interests in the human soul, representations of perfection in Nature, and especially of depicting the emotions, passions, and sensualities of human existence. Both poems contain examples of Keats' own desire to portray the questions of life in contradictions.
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Coleridge's Contradiction, 2001.
A look at the effects of drug usage with regard to Coleridge's two poems, "Kubla Khan" and "Pains of Sleep".
1,144 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, $ 39.95
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This paper compares and contrasts two of Samuel Coleridge's poems, ?Kubla Khan? and ?Pains of Sleep? to illustrate what was going through Coleridge?s head, during his addiction and then during his withdrawal (which he was completely unaware of at the time).
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" It is believed that drugs open up the mind, allowing hallucinations and such to come about. For Samuel Coleridge, the use of opium for physical ailments (as was common at the time) helped him to write some extremely interesting and powerful poetry. Several of his poems obviously reflect the affect of his use and withdrawal of the opium, which was sometimes not so pleasant."
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Virtual Literature, 2005.
An analysis of two articles on virtuality or virtual literature.
4,140 words (approx. 16.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 143.95
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This analysis focuses on two articles on virtuality or virtual literature, including "The Condition of Virtuality" by N. Katharine Hayles and "The Written Word" by Walter J. Ong. The analysis compares and contrasts the views of Ong and Hayles on computer or electronic literature and conventional printed texts. Both Ong and Hayles maintain that virtual literature expands not limits subjectivity and the learning process from the flow of information.
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"Meaning is culturally constructed The word first orally transmitted then transmitted through print and now electronically transmitted remains paramount in the creation and transmission of meaning. Walter J Ong suggests that the .."
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Virtual Teams, 2005.
An examination of the issues concerning the virtual workplace and virtual teams.
3,874 words (approx. 15.5 pages), 17 sources, MLA, $ 105.95
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This paper proposes a study to identify the issues and concerns that affect the effectiveness and ability of virtual teams to operate at their highest potential. It looks at how decentralized and independent work centers and factories are an important part of modern organizations and how high levels of accountability and interaction are needed between these different cells or centers. The virtual workplace is defined as one in which the employees work remotely from the organization, that is away from managers and peers.
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PART 1-Relationships
Developing Relationships
Confounding Variables
Relationships that Need to be Studied
Summary
Part II-- Methods and Design
Research Methods and Designs
Strengths and Weaknesses
Research Methods and Designs
Conclusion
Bibliography
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"Virtual teams are never in physical proximity with each other. The bonding and familiarity that comes from working together is absent. Virtual teams are very task-focused. (Joinson, 2002) Studies indicate that virtual teams communicate differently as compared to those that interact face-to-face. (Warkentin, Sayeed and Hightower, 1997) In the former case, results and outcomes are very important in establishing the value of the team member. The managing and training of the team is important. Many concepts and tools used in traditional organization can be applied to virtual teams. Virtual teams however, also need more support and guidance than traditional teams. Technology plays a very critical role in the stability and success of the virtual team. Team members have to understand and embrace that the constant learning and training is required to keep up with new technology."
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Virtual Teams Management, 2002.
Examines the technology needed to facilitate virtual teams and what unique managerial features this set up entails.
5,712 words (approx. 22.8 pages), 16 sources, APA, $ 137.95
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This paper answers the following questions: What are some of the challenges unique to managing virtual teams? What are common causes of failure in virtual team arrangements? How does a manager create a sense of team among people who spend little or no time in the same physical space? What can managers do to foster successful virtual teams?
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A day in the Life of a Virtual Team
What is a Virtual Team ?
Challenges in Managing Virtual Teams?
Globalization
Managing Workforce Diversity
Dealing with Temporariness
Causes of Failure in Virtual Team Arrangements?
Battling Remoteness
Overcoming Communication Obstacles
Tackling Geography
Technology Challenges
Leveraging the Differences
Addressing Division of Labor
Successful Virtual Teams Management
Building Trust
Isolation
Building Cohesion and Team Identity
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Works Cited
Other Works Consulted
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"A day in the life of a virtual team If you were to spend a day watching a virtual team in action, it might look something like this. Joe, a sales representative managing a five-state territory, began his day in Atlanta, which is over 600 miles from his home office and over 3000 miles from corporate headquarters. Upon leaving his first meeting of the day, he was asked to return the following day, first thing in the morning, to present to executive management. There was only one hitch. In an effort to get executive management to the meeting, Joe promised that the presentation would include existing customer satisfaction testimony, a live demonstration of how the products would effectively solve their technical operations issues, a walk through of a return on investment analysis, a discussion on deployment timeframes, and that there would be time for Q&A with management and developers at the end of the meeting. Joe also had three more meetings to get to that day before he could start to prepare for the next morning."
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Virtual Offices, 2002.
An examination of the trend of virtual offices, part of the virtual organizations idea, which are the evolving trend in the business domain today.
1,156 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper provides a brief study of virtual office and virtual business and the success of this new model in the present day business environment; which will help us get a better understanding of this developing business culture.
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"Virtual organizations are different from traditional mergers. A Virtual organization is more of a network of companies that work together towards providing better service by way of their core competencies. In this way the domain expertise of each company in the virtual network is shared with the other members in the network resulting in improved service. Technology, Opportunism, ?No Spatial constraints?, Trust and Excellence are the five main attributes of any virtual business. [Luthans Fred]. Technology helps companies, which are geographically far dispersed to work together. Opportunism explains the nature of the relationship between the organizations coming together. Traditional merger of companies is a more solid and permanent process. Unlike traditional mergers, which involve a commitment, opportunistic concept in the virtual domain reflects the flexible nature of the relationship. Thus virtual organizations are entirely different from the traditional view of organizations as a highly organized and relatively solid structures. "
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Virtual Teams, 2008.
This paper describes the use of virtual teams in organizations.
2,225 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 69.95
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This paper explains that the emergence of virtual teams is satisfying the needs of different organizations because of globalization, mergers and acquisitions of companies in different geographical locations. The author points out that, with recent developments in the field of communication technology, traditional teams are being replaced by a virtual teams. The paper defines virtual teams as a collection of people, specifically tailored to the task that needs to be completed, relying on electronic forms of communication to accomplish its goals, across time, space and organizational boundaries. The author states that virtual teams reduce costs, permit the organization to work 24 hours a day and enhances the employment of the best people. The paper stresses that developing a virtual work team is not so different from developing a centrally located team.
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"Virtual teams are supported by both hardware and software. The common hardware that is used includes telephones, computers, modems or network cards, and communication links such as the telephone system and local area networks (internet access). Several kinds of technologies including video conferencing, groupware software, newsgroups, bulletin boards, electronic mail, and intranets can assist in making work coordination for virtual teams relatively simple and highly effective. Desk top video- conferencing in addition to "traditional" video conferencing are now being used."
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The Bookstore and the Virtual Age, 2002.
This paper is an in-depth examination of how the virtual age has affected the way small businesses are run, especially booksellers.
9,030 words (approx. 36.1 pages), 62 sources, APA, $ 187.95
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This paper examines the complexities of doing business in our virtual age, looking at the particular challenges of marketing a virtual bookstore. At the center of this paper is a case study of an individual who once owned a bricks-and-mortar bookstore and considered opening a virtual bookstore, only to find the marketing challenges too great. This study shows how the booksellers have had to adjust their own business practices so that they could interact in the smoothest possible way with virtual stores. This paper then presents some possible modifications that will allow this particular bookseller to succeed in today's virtual age.
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"Independent bookstores have traditionally taken chances on new authors, who often contribute substantially to making the marketplace of ideas more diverse. But the number of independent bookstores ? which have allowed new writers to find their audiences ? seems to decrease each day. The loss of these bookstores is not the same as the closing of a cute clothing boutique; each independent that closes takes with it some measure at least of the freedom of expression that exists only when it is used. The support of these newly emergent authors is something that virtual bookstore owners can use as a marketing strategy. This man, who is planning to open a virtual mystery bookstore later this year, intends to use this as a marketing strategy. Especially for mystery readers there?s always this search for new authors. Mystery readers tend to read a lot of books and they?re always running out of new works to read by their favorites, so they?re always looking for new writers. And that?s often very hard to find in a Barnes and Noble because they?re committed to these huge profits and sales figures. I?m not looking for that. I?m looking to make a little bit of a profit ? and I want to be part of the mechanism that brings new authors into the public arena. And I know that there are a lot of people who would appreciate that. I go to conferences all the time, and people are always asking when there?s going to be a bookstore all about new voices."
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The Virtual Self, 2008.
This paper explores how the mind and body interact with virtual environments, focusing on the book "Remediation" by David Bolter and Richard Grusin.
1,036 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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The paper examines "Remediation" by David Bolter and Richard Grusin, which looks at the changing relationships between people and the media. The paper concentrates on the chapter "The Virtual Self", which deals with the way human identities are transformed by their interactions with virtual technologies. The paper discusses Cartesian philosophy and shows how the concept of the virtual self totally disproves the Cartesian beliefs. The paper provides examples of virtual selves in contemporary media.
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"A major section of this chapter(pages 248-254) deals with the ways in which the mind and the body interact with virtual environments. These arguments look at Cartesian and anti-Cartesian elements of the virtual self.
"In order to understand these arguments it is first necessary to have an understanding of Cartesian philosophy. Basically Cartesian philosophy is based on the work of Rene Descartes. Descartes basically sees the mind and body as separate entities."
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Virtual Child Pornography, 2004.
Discusses the need for new laws surrounding the issue of virtual child pornography.
1,917 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 61.95
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Virtual child pornography refers to child pornography that does not portray an actual living child. Specifically, this refers to child pornography that is created by computer images. Virtual child pornography is currently considered to be legal, based on the ruling of U.S. District Court judge, Donald W. Molloy, who ruled that illicit images that do not involve actual children in their production or depiction, even when they appear to be child pornography, are protected by the First Amendment. This paper argues that virtual child pornography should be considered illegal, focusing on the protection of children. It discusses the Child Pornography Prevention Act (1996) within the justice system and proposes a solution to the problem.
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"An individual drawing or producing computer-images without viewing children in sexually explicit ways is very different than an individual who forces children to act in sexually explicit ways for the purpose of creating pornographic materials. The major problem with the CPPA appears to be that it places these two crimes together. This creates several problems. Firstly, it confuses the issue and does not allow the two impacts of pornographic materials to be considered, namely the effect on the real children involved in production of the materials, and the effect of the material on the pornographic industry. Secondly, it places two crimes with different levels of seriousness as one. This then results in the fear created, with individuals understandably concerned about being labelled child pornographers, when the material has been created for artistic purposes."
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Jack Handy's Virtual Office Management, 2002.
A critical analysis of an article written by Jack Handy in 1995 on the concept of the virtual office.
1,000 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
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In this essay, the author critically reviews and analyzes an article, entitled "Trust and the virtual organization: How do you manage people whom you do not see" by Jack Handy. In his article, Handy explores the concept of the virtual office and explains the potential effects of the virtual workplace on management, organizations, and society in general. The author of this paper gives a thorough but concise summary of the main points from within Handy's article. Following the synopsis, the author then critically reviews and analyzes the article.
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"At the organizational level, Handy says that employee motivation and loyalty will have to be approached in an entirely different way in the virtual organization. In the traditional workplace, the worker was a "hired hand, a human resource, employed to work the assets of the organization. Good pay, good prospects, and a challenging job were enough for most". Handy argues that this has changed, and the human resource in a virtual office, in an information age, becomes one of the most valuable assets of an organization. As such, it becomes increasingly important, and also increasingly problematic, to obtain the loyalty of workers."
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Dell's Virtual Integration Vision, 2007.
A look at how Michael Dell is transforming his vision of virtual integration into reality.
1,504 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper discusses how Michael Dell's vision of creating a direct selling organization that can quickly customize laptops and PCs, has directly lead to the disintermediation of an entire layer of distribution channels, and with it, transformed the development of supply chain partnerships that could scale to meet Dell's global growth. The paper looks at how Michael Dell's vision of virtual integration forces an entirely new set of dynamics on suppliers, the limited resellers the company relies on, trading partners and the many integration points that the Dell Value chain has both internal and external to the company.
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Executive Summary
Measuring Progress Towards Virtual Integration
Dell's Areas of Measurements regarding Virtual Integration
The End Game: Dell's Mass Customization Strategy
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"The internal culture of Dell is highly focused on analytics and the ability to quickly measure, monitor and modify direction. The fulfillment of the virtual integration vision is only verifiable through an extensive set of analytics, which is exactly what Dell invests heavily in to measure their progress to this goal. Dell specifically concentrates on inventory turns and the Return on Invested Capital, velocities of the small percentage of pre-build configurations through distribution channels, share of market within the government, educational and enterprise markets in addition to many other metrics specifically chosen to measure the efficiency of their e-business strategies, this company has also had to become very centered on metrics. "
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