Newport

After attending Christopher Newport University for two semesters, it is simple to observe the pattern of the way the university conducts itself. From the registrar’s office, to the Trible Library, to the classrooms, and even the residence halls, there is a clear system of assumptions and rules in place for how life is to be conducted on campus. From the first moment one arrives on campus, it is clear that this university is professionally managed with high expectations. These expectations are not just in place for the students, but for the faculty and administration, as well. The way this image is conducted in classes and in practice could be another matter entirely, for how does one measure authenticity in education? Through personal experience…

Growing up, I always envisioned college to be a terrifying experience; I would be away from home for what I thought would be forever, surrounded by unfriendly strangers, and struggling to keep up with my professors as they discuss subjects meant for only experts in a field. Now that I have one semester of college under my belt, I wish I could tell my past self to stop expecting the worst. Christopher Newport University has become a home away from home for me, and only the opposite of my…

Anne Hutchinson was a religious leader who was born in England in 1951. She was killed in 1643 in an Indian raid killing in the state of New York which wss in the colony of Mid-Atlantic. Anne Hutchinson fought for women’s rights and she gave many girls and women hope that they might have rights again as shown by this quote, “ From the early Christian era, female activism in religious life gave some women high visibility, thus preserving their voices in the historical record. The splintering of…

It is about the feeling that emanates from a place as a combination of the physical environment and the surrounding community that produces a feeling of place. A place encapsulates an entire community of people and the folklore that is associated within the place. One must embrace their surroundings in order to get the full feeling of being from a place. I consider my place to be the state of Rhode Island. I grew up in that area and and connected with the people neighboring me and got in…

Wal-Mart Culture Wal-Mart attempts to have a people and group based organizational culture. They want employees to enjoy working at Wal-Mart and working together. It is important for Wal-Mart so that employees feel as though they make a difference and care about the business. It is also important to make Wal-Mart an enjoyable workplace to make up for the low wages and lack of benefits. It also important to garner positive attitudes from employees as it helps prevent…

History/Background Walmart began as the vision of Samuel Moore Walton during the 1950’s in Bentonville, Arkansas. Walton founded his company on the concept of the five-and-dime store blended with customer service, large stores located in small towns, valued products, low prices, and employee profit-sharing to create the largest retail empire in the world in terms of earnings and employees. By marketing to consumers who fit his business profile, Walton was successful in creating a niche…

Advertisements are deceiving; cigarette companies use them to target consumers of different social statuses, race, and ages. The majority of the ads portray an image that makes the consumer believe that if they use their product they will look or be as happy as the person shown in the ad. Yet many ads do not show the side effect that their product can have or the effect it can cause on the consumers health. For example in my ad, it tries to convince young adults to buy Newport cigarettes. The ad…

The organizational metaphor that best describe Newport News Shipbuilding is the flex and transformation metaphor. The organization is affected and changed because of the environment, whether internal or external. Though there may be change that occurs, the organization is able to self-organize, change, and self-renew to align with its original identity (Morgan, 2009). According to Morgan (2009), with change there is chaos because change naturally emerges out of chaos. As part of the changes that…

“Bienvenidos a Newport Beach” by Firoozeh Dumas The story starts off in Whittier, California, then ends up in Newport California. But first the author describes his home in Whittier, which he wasn't very fond of.. Dumas say’s “[f]rom [his] living room window, [they] could see [a] big Kentucky Fried Chicken bucket that was always lit up at night” (Dumas 89). Also Dumas discusses the troubles that he had with his two neighbors. The first ones he talked about “had two dogs that always pooped on…

From the jobs he had growing up he learned to work hard. Working hard wasn’t an option for Walton, because, he had to pay his own way. Walton got his first retail experience by working for a J.C. Penney Company. He went into the Army during World War II, then, returned in 1945. Sam borrowed 25,000 from his father in law to open his first store in Newport, Arkansas. Walton and his younger brother James came to own 15 Ben Franklin Stores. In 1962 Sam took a risk and opened the first Wal-Mart store…