Raymond Boudon, the Leader of "Methodical Individualism"
Biography - 1 pages - Philosophy
Raymond Boudon is a philosopher and one of the most eminent French sociologists of the 20th is century and the beginning of the 21st century with Alain Touraine, Michel Crozier and Pierre Bourdieu. He was born on January 27, 1934, in Paris and died on April 10, 2013, in Paris. Raymond Boudon is...
The Serious Game: Strategy and market analysis
Case study - 20 pages - Business strategy
Mobiclic, MS Flight Simulator, NASCAR Racing, RollerCoaster Tycoon, Dance Revolution are all concrete examples of the explosive popularity of the serious games. Classified by their nature, they satisfy different needs. Mostly played by the young generation, these games are also a source of...
Malongo's coffees
Case study - 12 pages - International marketing
Back in 1934, Malongo coffees came into being in a small roasting shop in the heart of Nice. After the Second World War, the brand was launched on the radio.In 1980, the first cafés were opened in Cannes and Nice. In 1992, Jean-Pierre Blanc, the general manager of Malongo met Father Van de Hoff...
Information technology industry in Singapore
Presentation - 41 pages - Business strategy
The International Data Corporation's Information Society Index 1999 ranked Singapore as the 4th most dominant information-driven economy and society in the world, after the US, Sweden, and Finland. The World Teleport Association named Singapore the 1999 Intelligent City of the Year. The digital...
Information technology industry in Singapore - published: 12/05/2002
Market study - 41 pages - Business strategy
The International Data Corporation's Information Society Index 1999 ranked Singapore as the 4th most dominant information-driven economy and society in the world, after the US, Sweden, and Finland. The World Teleport Association named Singapore the 1999 Intelligent City of the Year. The digital...
'Night' at the Core of Elie Wiesel
Essay - 4 pages - Literature
Elie Wiesel is an internationally renowned writer and Holocaust survivor. His expansive collection of work is all derived from his first book, which is called 'Night'. It is the foundation for all of Wiesel's works and shared ideas. His ideas, which centralize around a bluntly honest look...
The Spanish Higher Education System - published: 20/02/2009
Essay - 13 pages - Educational studies
Although Spain is our closest neighbor, we notice that in the education sector, we have many differences. Even if this country is knows for parties or corridas, we may find several very famous universities such as the universities of Madrid, Bilbao, Alicante, and Barcelona. In fact, in the...
Analysis - "Pathways and transitions, and "Boys, Girls, and Achievement: Addressing the Classroom Issues
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
This essay presents a comparative analysis of two research texts: “Pathways and transitions, Post-16 (Ball et al 2000)” and “Boys, Girls, and Achievement: Addressing the Classroom Issues. (Francis, B 2000.)”. The two research texts are analysed by highlighting the sorts of...
Discuss the Advantages and Disadvantages of Space Exploration
Essay - 2 pages - Philosophy
The desire to explore in space certainly is an expression of never-ending human curiosity that leads us to conquer new lands that have not been discovered yet. It is only a domain of knowledge and technology that is solely concerned with travel beyond the atmosphere of our planet Earth, as well...
Public Relations in the Nonprofit Sector
Thesis - 5 pages - Business strategy
Public relations is a growing field, not only in the United States, but around the world. Today more and more businesses and organizations are recognizing that the reputation, profitability, and success of a company depend largely on its relationship with the public. Public Relations employees...
The Spanish Higher Education System
Essay - 13 pages - Educational studies
Although Spain is our closest neighbor, we notice that in the education sector, we have many differences. Even if this country is knows for parties or corridas, we may find several very famous universities such as the universities of Madrid, Bilbao, Alicante, and Barcelona. In fact, in the...
Probation report: Six week training course at the Lannion local mission
Internship report - 11 pages - Psychology
This report is a summary of my probation during my third year as faculty of the psychology department. This work had been requested by my faculty for the validation of my license in the year 2009-2010. I did this training course at the local mission of Lannion for six weeks, alternating this...
A researched investigation on best practices for English Language Learners (ELL)
Essay - 7 pages - Educational studies
ELL students represent a large percentage of the population within schools in the United States. This group of students is actually increasing more than that of English speaking students. (Shore, 2001). This group also has a very high drop out rate, coupled with low ranking grades, academic...
Books, myths, and music
Essay - 3 pages - Arts and art history
This document comprises four detailed presentation topics in the fields of music, myths, and books.
The management of the expatriation in France and Europe
Dissertation - 42 pages - Human resources
After 30 years of mass unemployment, mobility has become a reality. Viewed more as a threat than as an opportunity to advance in life, mobility is in fact often a prerequisite for a job that is both stable and of quality. The year 2006 was proclaimed by the European Commission as "European Year...
Alice in Plato land: The allegory of wonder
Essay - 5 pages - Literature
For millennia, philosophers from Plato to Descartes to Wittgenstein have argued over the nature of reality, its objectivity and apprehendability. Alice in Wonderland explores the nature of reality using logic, philosophy, and mathematics. The device of the rabbit hole, which establishes the...
Heaven and hell: Aldous Huxley opens the doors of perception
Book review - 9 pages - Literature
Unlike any other mammal on earth, man possesses the unique ability to traverse various levels of the mind in order to alter and create his own perceptions of reality. Unlike any author in modern literature, Aldous Huxley charts man's explorations into the realms of the mind in his books The...
Entertainment industries and globalization: Focus on the music industry - publié le 09/01/2009
Case study - 8 pages - Journalism
For the past decades, globalization has represented the center of each and every interest from the populations, the firms, the states and the international organizations. It has invaded every aspect of our lives in a way or so, from the way we dress to the things we buy and the leisure we have....
Claude Levi-Strauss: Modern times
Case study - 7 pages - Literature
Claude Lévi-Strauss was born in Brussels on 20 November 1908, to a Jewish family from Alsace in the vicinity of Strasbourg. However, he spent his child-hood and his life in Paris, his family having left Alsace at the 1871 German annexa-tion to remain French. The young Strauss operates in an...
An outline of the various opportunities available for those pursuing a career in nursing
Thesis - 7 pages - Educational studies
There are thousands of different job opportunities throughout the world. Most of these jobs have branches that give a person even more opportunities. Although nursing has not always been broad, nursing in the present day has many different positions that a person can fill and is a great example...
Recruiting in India: Tracing a path through the education system
Presentation - 26 pages - Educational studies
This presentation will talk about the background of the professionals from India. It will start with looking into the traditional and the new (agent based) models of recruitment before moving onto a closer look at the use of agents in recruitment. It will then move on to take a look at the role...
La Moria Grandissima and the Legacy of the Pandemic
Thesis - 5 pages - Ancient history
It is widely agreed that the Black Plague first emerged in Europe in the fourteenth century around the years of 1347-48. One of the deadliest and most significant pandemics in human history, the Black Plague changed not only the face of Europe, but Asia as well, and in some ways the human race...
Entertainment industries and globalization? Focus on the music industry
Essay - 9 pages - Business strategy
For the past decades, globalization has represented the center of each and every interest from the populations, the firms, the states and the international organizations. It has invaded every aspect of our lives in a way or so, from the way we dress to the things we buy and the leisure we have....
The Privatization of France Telecom
Thesis - 10 pages - Business strategy
France Telecom experienced a period of profound transition between 2004 and the first half of 2005. The transition process was brought about via a change to the strategic plan with the success of Ambition FT 2005, marking the completion of the financial turnaround of the group and the...
Organizational culture of the new Air France - KLM group
Case study - 36 pages - Management
The terms "intercultural", "globalization", "internationalization" are increasingly gaining relevance in the current business scenario. Today, with the internationalization of firms in the context of the formation of the European market and the globalization of economies, it is interesting to...
The feasibility study of Hachette Books in Japan
Market study - 8 pages - Services marketing
Founded in the last century by Louis-Philippe Hachette, Hachette Book is now one of the major players in publishing in France and has a strong international base. Hachette Book brings together forty publishers in France and Europe. Annually, it publishes more than five thousand editorials in the...
The Ten Oxherding Pictures
Dissertation - 19 pages - Philosophy
The 'Ten Oxherding Pictures' are also known as jugyuzu and are the creation of 12th century Kakuan Shion Zenji, a Buddhist priest who lived on Mount Ryozan in China during the end of the Northern Sung Dynasty (1126-1279 AD). He taught that all beings are fundamentally endowed with...
Avoiding Disaster: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Essay - 5 pages - Film studies
Disaster movies are often associated solely with cheap thrills; nothing more than vehicles for big explosions and even bigger budgets. The modern perception of this film genre (as well as its subgenres) seems to be nothing more than that of a means for movie studios to spend a lot of money, and...
What was Socrates' role in ancient Greek philosophy?
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Modern history
Socrates was arguably the most important figure in ancient Greek philosophy. At the time, there were many different forms of philosophical enquiry that were explored. Many philosophers questioned and made deductions about the state and properties and purpose of the natural world encompassing...
The High Price of Consumerism
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
“Education is not a preparation for the future, it is the future itself,” Read my bold shopping bag from the University Store. It was the first week of school, and nearly every fresh student was proudly sporting one of these bags, oblivious to the notion that their education is...
