The Transition Into Womanhood By David Michael Kaplan

Activity-Based Systems: Measuring the Costs of Resource Usage Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan Robin Cooper is a Professor at the Claremont Graduate School and Robert S. Kaplan is a Professor at the Harvard Business School. This paper describes the conceptual basis for the design and use of newly emerging activity-based cost (ABC) systems. TVaditional cost systems use volume-driven allocation bases, such as direct labor dollars, machine hours, and sales dollars, to assign organizational expenses…

Across several different cultures, there are different ways in which people of a community recognize the emergence of a young girl into womanhood. In the United States the most common is the famous Sweet Sixteen which as in the name states: relates to being sixteen years old, getting a car, and having some sort of celebration to commemorate the birthday. Among others include the Quinceanera which is usually equated with Mexico and Bat Mitzvahs which is a Jewish girl’s rite of passage. Another…

Narrative Therapy, developed by Michael White and David Epson during the 1980s, is a way for the client to separate themselves from the problem they are experiencing. The person is not the problem; the problem is the problem. As part of the therapy, the client becomes the narrator of his or her life story. Each experience the client has in their lives becomes part of his/her story, a chapter. Created to be collaborative, the client becomes the narrator and learns that they have the skills to make…

Overview of Narrative therapy Narrative therapy was developed Michael White and David Epston. It is said to be an approach to family therapy that is built on the belief that reality is constructed, organized and maintained through the stories we create. (Corsini & Wedding, 2008) According to Corey’s key terms and definitions narrative therapy is “a postmodern approach that is based on the therapist’s personal characteristics that allow for creating a climate that encourages clients to see their stories…

As suggested by the biggest proponents of the Balance Scorecard, Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton, “What you measure is what you get. Senior executives understand that their organization’s measurement system strongly affects the behavior of managers and employees.” Hence, after a year-long research with many companies, they devised the Balance Scorecard (BSC) measure which revolutionized the traditional thinking about performance measures. By looking beyond the traditional financial performance…

The Industrial Revolution and the “Cult of True Womanhood” The Industrial Revolution was a period of industrial and urban growth in America during the 18th and 19th centuries. This period marked a transition from an agrarian based system, to one focused exclusively on economics and commodity production. Industrialization introduced innovative technology and the formation of factories would ultimately change how goods and materials were made. During the American Revolution, women were responsible…

Black womanhood is extremely complex because this is a group of people who have marginalized for centuries. There is a burden put on black women that other groups do not experience. Being a woman in today’s society is a burden alone, but on top of that being African American presents another set of obstacles. Linda Brent in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl and Janie Crawford in Their Eyes Were Watching God, are both black women who are oppressed by society as a whole, particularly males. Since…

Everyone goes through changes in life, especially ones that define who you are. In David Kaplan’s short story “Doe Season,” he portrays a young tomboyish girl that metamorphosis into a young woman over a short hunting trip. Not only does the young girl enjoy spending time with her father, but she enjoys the things that he does – shooting, camping, hunting. This is not typical of your average girl, or even a 9-year-old girl. Throughout the story there are symbols that show the audience Andy’s conflicts…

as a teenager, the first time kissing someone, maybe the first time being out after dark, or even the first time dressing formally. Specifically, prom serves as a significant milestone in an adolescent teenage girl’s life as she makes the transition into womanhood. On the site, Stage of Life.com, a young student blogger described prom as “a happy celebration for the top classes’ years of hard work that got them to where they are going.” While most would agree to all the statements previously made,…

financial functions and the people that may be associated with financial organizations are a concern to controllers. Controllers need to be informed of impacts and have alternative procedures in placed as employees leave the company to make the transition process go smoother. Monetary controls are a huge focus of Controllers during a company 's downsizing efforts. Managing internal controls over financial reporting is also a critical aspect of downsizing that Controllers should not lose sight of…