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Case: IBM's Decade of Transformation: Turnaround to Growth 1. What factors led to IBM’s problems? 1. IBM’s mainframe thinking- in terms of pricing and cost structure IBM tried to launch it in the middle market-and it bombed. It also blinded IBM to the much faster evolutionary path of the PC. 2. IBM’s marketing efforts missed the mark. No one ever looked at the IBM ‘s PC as being inferior, but IBM did nothing to sell it. 3. Compaq and Dell stole IBM’s PC market with the right price and the right

Hamlet and Oedipus as Tragic Heroes The theme of tragedy is strongly present throughout Oedipus and hamlet. Both stories revolve around a plot of murder and personal loss. They consist of a dark mood and scenery as well as a tragic conclusion. A similar concept in the characters is their noble heredity and ideals. Additionally, they possess a mutual trait, known as a tragic flaw. Oedipus seems unable to manage his anger, causing him to act abruptly. Consequentially, he unknowingly killed his father

Stoicism is a philosophy focused on the pursuit of virtue as a means of permanent happiness through denouncing all external desires which may corrupt this path. Whilst the central view that one should only focus on things they can control is easily applied to materialistic externals, the more personal the connection, the harder it becomes to practice. The major flaw of Stoicism, highlighted in McGill’s ‘The Issue of the Satisfaction of Desire’ is the belief that emotion is a product of mistaken judgments

Revenge is one of literature’s most common and important themes. Some may think of it as overused or simple, however, when revenge is in play one of two things is true: The character seeking revenge was disturbed before they were wronged or the need for revenge was so strong that it caused the character to become obsessed. The obsession is toward the one that wronged them, making it so that the obsessed loses themselves along the way. Which means that the revenge that was so hard fought for, was

Revenge is taken very frequently and for many people who are involved it can be either good or disastrous. I chose the theme “Everybody feels like they need revenge”. This theme is portrayed in the novels “True Grit” by Charles Portis, “Band of Brothers” by Stephen E. Ambrose and the films “Braveheart” directed by Mel Gibson and “Gladiator” directed by Ridley Scott. In the film “Braveheart”, William Wallace, who is a scottish peasant in medieval Scotland whilst under English occupation, Finds out

“The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.” Lucius Annaeus Seneca What is the purpose of punishment? Ultimately a fair and effective punishment must not only prevent future transgressions, but also teach a valuable life lesson. While some punishments may seem standard: a grounding for breaking curfew, a detention for misbehaving in class, a jail sentence for robbery, not all punishments are so cut and dry. Take the case of Casey Heynes. A video which has since

Born in 1 BCE, Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Stoic philosopher whose writings cover a vast range of topics concerning the human experience. The public’s conception of stoicism as a school of philosophy predominantly focused on “embracing misfortune without complaint” is somewhat distorted from the actual beliefs its outstanding figures held. Seneca’s approach to ethics caught my interest, after thinking over his arguments, I found myself agreeing with much of what he had to say, that is if I interpreted

comes from the first century roman philosopher Seneca, in his book On Anger. In his first extract of his book Seneca describes how anger is uncontrollable and therefore useless (Seneca, 101). To support this, in the second extract, Seneca rebukes the argument that anger can be used as motivation, by stating that he believes virtue and moral outrage at injustice can provide enough motivation to make change (Seneca, 103). Further, in his third extract, Seneca argues that anger should not be used as motivation

Would you be willing to let go of your deepest darkest fears to pursue the honorable? According to Seneca, “For what prevents us from saying that the happy life is to have a mind that is free, lofty, fearless and steadfast - a mind that is placed beyond the reach of fear, beyond the reach of desire, that counts virtue the only good, baseness the only evil, and all else but a worthless mass of things, which come and go without increasing or diminishing the highest good, and neither subtract any part

Throughout the tragedy All My Sons, Kate Keller holds tightly to the idea of her son Larry being alive; however, when his death is revealed to her, she is forced to face the truth and a katharsis is created. Unlike the other two tragedies, there is pity but not a true purging of that feeling. Kate (Mother) has not seen her son in three years, yet she does not accept that he is gone. She plants an apple tree in his memory, and the apples still cling to in the summer- like her clinging to the existence