The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 Author: Sue Townsend Published: Mandarin Paperbacks‚ 1983 Setting: from Thursday January 1st to Saturday April 3rd (Two years later) Plot Summary Adrian is an acne plagued thirteen-year-old teenager who reports his thoughts and experiences in his secret diary every day. He finds himself confronted with all sorts of problems‚ worries about his father who works all day and is a heavy smoker and drinker‚ about his dog that runs away and regularly has
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Analysis: Martha McCaskey Harvard Business Review The Issue: This case focuses on Martha McCaskey. McCaskey is a relatively recent Harvard B-School grad on the fast track at Seleris Associates. She is a consultant who specializes in competitive analysis for corporations. McCaskey has been assigned as lead on project Silicon 6. She has a strong track record for delivering quality on her projects‚ which is why she was chosen as lead for this project. The focus of the project is to reverse
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6/12/2013 Martha McCaskey Marco Rangel lEADERSHIP AND BUSINESS ETHICS The following is a summary of the case study which narrates the ethical problem that Martha McCaskey‚ faces during her work or a particular project she is heading. She has to decide between paying Devon (another consultant) for information she needs for her analysis on the Silicon 6 project‚ or abandon the project altogether to maintain the integrity of her company and in the process loose the recognition from her
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Martha McCaskey case analysis Background McCaskey‚ 29‚ a HBS graduate‚ worked in the Seleris’s Industry Analysis Division (IAD)‚ a consulting firm in San Francisco branch. Her jobs were to analyst and report the competitive advantages of competitor companies to her clients. The employees of this company were separated into two groups‚ old and new guard. The members in old guard such as Rendall and Kaufmann often paid ex-employees of target companies to obtain highly sensitive information. IAD’s
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Martha McCaskey is a recent employee of Seleris Associates’ Industry Analysis Division. She has been working for the consulting company for the past eighteen months. Throughout this time‚ her supervisors and managers have been very satisfied with the work she has been performing for their company. Not only does she perform group assignments by herself‚ but she also conducts thorough research‚ and completes her assignments in an outstanding‚ and timely manner. As a result of her outstanding work‚
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displays she also injected some personal experiences related to the gems and their expense. She was nice and I enjoyed her company. Then she spotted someone else and spoke with her about finishing the tour. This was where we met Sue not the T-Rex but the one doing the mineral tour. Sue did know what she was talking about she was quite knowledgeable about the gems. She spoke the names differently and what seemed to be the
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Read Source 1‚ the online travel article called Rafting on the Grand Canyon by Elisabeth Hyde. 1) What do you learn from Elisabeth Hyde’s article about where she has been and what she has been doing? From the article‚ we learn that Elisabeth Hyde went rafting on a ’13 day‚ 225-mile trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.’ She describes the trip as a ‘Disneyland’ like experience with ’a white-knuckle‚ roller-coaster ride’. Hyde also comments on how she found it quite scary but ‘exhilarating’
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Sue Rodriguez- Assisted Suicide By: Monique Sue Rodriguez‚ once a woman who was lively and healthy women much like the rest of us was given the horrible news that she had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in early 1991 changing her life tremendously. Little did she know her fight for equality of life would create a milestone in Canadian Law. Sue Rodriguez fought long and hard to demand the right to assisted suicide‚ which at the time was illegal under
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I have chosen Sue Lawty as my artist because I think artist creates a sense of feeling of calm energy through the use of variety of shape like pebbles. The muted colours sue Lawty uses remind me of being on a beach; I am inspired by sue Lawty’s use of shape which creates the experience of joy. I enjoy the ways that sue Lawty exploits the textural qualities of the materials she has used. Sue Lawty‚ originally from Derbyshire‚ and talks about the progression of her practice. From traditional tapestry
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Martha McCaskey The Seleris Associates Industry Analysis Case Study Abstract For the past 18 months Martha McCaskey has been an exemplary performer with high integrity and been assigned as a project leader to a crucial high profile project named Silicon 6. Upon successful completion of Silicon 6‚ McCaskey has been promised a promotion to group manager. McCaskey is being pressured by senior management to finish the project and have an action plan to present to the client. Now she has some options
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