Samuel Mockbee, famous American architect, teacher, and artist, can by right be called one of the most extraordinary artists of twentieth century. If the main purpose of art is primarily developing human life and soul, then Samuel Mockbee achieved the highest manifestation of major goal of art.
Samuel Mockbee was born in small town in Alabama in the year 1944. He felt an inclination towards art and architecture in the early childhood and since then he never changed his mind. After finishing school and serving in the army young Sam went to Georgia to study architecture. In several years, after graduating from Architecture School Mockbee started working as an architect. From this time he began his path in direction of serving people putting all his efforts and talent to improving life of common southern American inhabitants. He founded an architectural company with his close friend that later gained many national awards. However the major project of Sam Mockbee as an architect was Rural Studio. As a program within Auburn University the Rural Studio involved architecture students to create buildings for poor people of Alabama made of non-expensive recycled material that were both functional and beautiful. “The house must be warm and nice… but it needs to have a spirit” Mockbee used to teach his students. Samuel Mockbee won numerous awards including the MacArthur genius grant. Samuel Mockbee died in the year 2001 from leukemia. Continue reading →
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams has served as a ground for a bulk of scholarly literature. Some of them deal with external impacts upon the writer’s work such as addiction to alcohol and pills and the influence of the autobiography on the presentation of the South. Others dig deeper into the intricacies of Williams’ imagination and conceptual framework for his plays.
The influence of alcohol is in depth explored by Roy Starling in “The Impact of Alcoholism: The Writer, the Story the Student” (1990). The critic claims that the play is dedicated to the impact of alcoholism of Mr. Wingfield. By deciding to leave the family, this man “casts his wife, Amanda, and children, Tom and Laura, into roles for which they are badly suited, a truth Williams demonstrates by giving the Wingfields an illfitting wardrobe” (Starling 1990: 89). He also claims that Tom, Laura, and Amanda also “tend to exhibit symptoms of the alcoholic’s disease, for example, the escape from and/or denial of reality” (Starling 1990: 89). This is an interesting perspective on the retreat into the imaginary world so typical of the whole Wingfield family in the play. However, in my view, this is in many ways a simplification of the motives of the characters; in fact, people tend to start drinking not only because of the need to escape from reality. They may be motivated by cultural attitudes that sanction drinking, and the Wingfields may never develop the harmful habit once they find other ways to escape. Continue reading →
Introduction
The problem of political leadership and leadership in a whole has been a subject matter for many years, that’s why it has a long history. As long ago as the ancient world era a leader was considered to be an individual, who was able to create an account.
Certain political and social situations needed their leader, and during every historical period, there were theories explaining specific characteristic features and objectives that a leader should possess. Among the most famous theories about political leaders are the doctrines of Italian philosopher N. Machiavelli, German scientist Friedrich Nietzsche and German philosopher Carl Marx. Continue reading →
Table of Contents
- Introduction.
- Body:
– Importance of culture (Ethnocentric, Polycentric orientation, Regiocentric, Geocentric international practices);
– IKEA Way (France, Benefits of Swedish management);
– Internal hiring (Being non-Swedish, Disadvantages, Advantages);
– Goals of Human Resource Department;
– HRM extension;
- In summary.
- Conclusion.
- Bibliography.
People are the key asset of any company and international organizations strive to develop and adopt Human Resource Practices that would allow identification, selection and recruitment of the talented employees from around the globe. Continue reading →
Together with procedural, retributive, and restorative justice, distributive justice forms one of the basic types of justice. It is “concerned with the fair allocation of resources among diverse members of a community” (Maiese, 2003). In this case, fair allocation implies the resources available for distribution, the responsibility of the society for equitable distribution of available resources, the procedure of this distribution and the resulting patterns (Maiese, 2003; Ascension Health, 2005).
For instance, in the realm of education, the application of distributive justice means that everyone should receive equal access to quality secondary and higher education as there is a fundamental human right to receive education. Continue reading →
In this research, we will analyze a decision making model that relates to successful team ventures. At the idea stage of a team venture, one of two processes is assumed to occur. An individual may get an inspiration for a new venture by recognizing a market’s unmet need (also known as an opportunity). This can be termed the “lead entrepreneur” approach, in which one person gets and processes information, often from members of his or her social network, as well as from personal experience at work, at school, or at home, or from the news media. Most other types of innovation also emerge from such an idea-generation phase (Kamm, 1997, p. 101). The primary decision to be made at this first stage is whether or not to act on this idea for a new venture.
As Scott notes (1991, p. 156), “Organizations do not spontaneously emerge but require the gathering and harnessing of . . . materials, energy, information, and personnel.” The next major set of decisions to be made, therefore, is where these resources will be sought. This is the first step in the implementation stage of a team venture. It addresses how individuals or groups decide to seek a partner or partners to help them supply resources. Continue reading →
What is leadership? Leadership is the ability to encourage and lead people who believe in you. A leader is a person who stays on the head of the particular group of individuals and makes important decisions for them. What is more, he is responsible for his people, whereas they provide him with the right to represent their collective opinion. The primary duty of every leader is to unite his group and help them reach their goal. As you see, it is complicated to be a good leader, and there are very few examples of the outstanding leaders, whose experience one wants to follow.
Mahatma Gandhi is one of the brightest examples of real leaders who managed to save the entire nation and show a new way of development to millions of people. Continue reading →
A healthy outside starts from the inside. In my opinion, this quotation is right whereas our health is a complex category. When one is healthy, it means that he is psychologically and physically healthy. If you are ill, you will never enjoy your life. The burden of your disease will always weigh upon your mind. Even if you are wealthy and successful, your money will not make you happy unless you become healthy. Thus, one can say that human psychological well-being depends on his physical health. I believe that this hypothesis is out-of-date. The actual truth is a bit different. Our physical health is often determined by the psychological wellbeing. Our entire body is controlled by brains and nerves. Therefore, the key factor is human psychics. If your brain is damaged, you will never be healthy. When you have problems with nerves, the specific functions of your body will be disturbed. Continue reading →
What do you know about the historical roots of racism? How can we solve this problem once for all? These are the kinds of questions students wrestle with in producing college essays about racism each and every day. Obviously, racism is a widespread and relevant problem all over the globe. Racism is defined as a negative attitude towards a person or group of individuals whose color of skin or ethnicity differs from yours. This topic is both controversial and thought-provoking. No wonder, when students are asked to write a persuasive essay about racism at school, college, and university, they are expected to share their opinion on this issue but sometimes have difficulty expressing it. Moreover, they should think about the solution of this shameful problem, though it is a challenge to expect students to be able to find a solution that has escaped leaders around the world.
Below you will find a few tricks that will help you to put together a good hook for a racism essay:
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Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Have you noticed that the average temperature on Earth is increasing gradually? Fifteen of the sixteen warmest years have been detected since 2000. About 200 000 people die from the negative impact of global warming annually. It will not be a mistake to say that global warming is one of the most relevant problems of our time. It affects people, animals and plants. In addition, it causes harm to our economy inasmuch as the level of water increases flooding the supplies of fresh water, fields and crops. Enormous coastal areas will be flooded as well and millions of people will lose their home. This tragic scenario waits us if we do not take care about the solution of this noteworthy problem. Continue reading →
