This document will be used to explore the organizational patterns and the information that is depicted in the illustration created by Charles Joseph Minard. Six patterns will be documented and explored in the order they are listed in the textbook. Examples will be given to support each of the patterns used in the map. The information is displayed in a chronological order for a French campaign against Russia in the years 1812 to 1813. The light gray line represents the troops heading towards Moscow and the black lines are the retreat. For the retreat, the temperature is recorded on October 18th and follows the almost two months to December 7th, which would be chronological. The document is in the form of a map which would categorize it as spatial. While it is not a map that could be used to find a specific location, it does follow some of the characteristics of what is expected of a map. It is based on …show more content…
The text gives an overview of the more detailed information that is on the map. An example would be from the text “Figurative Map of the successive losses in men” and the map showing the troop amounts at the beginning of the campaign and the losses of men till the conclusion. The map displays comparison and contrast in terms of the number of men and the temperature. An example would be that the retreat line would dramatically narrow on the dates that the temperature is recorded which compare the cold weather to the loss of life. The strength of the army can be compared from the beginning to the end of the campaign by examining the troop numbers. The example for classification or partition would be simply the assault towards Moscow as one part, and the retreat as another. This is also shown on the map by the change of color in the troop numbers. The temperature and the influence it played in the loss of life are classified on the
It is far easier for us in the present than it was for those at Gettysburg, to look back and determine the path that the leaders should have taken. As students, studying battles such as this, we have the advantage of hindsight, knowing the outcome. Nonetheless, we can still learn valuable lessons from it. To do so, this analysis will explore some of the decisions of the leaders at Gettysburg, and how they were affected by the operational variables. This essay will scrutinize some of the leaders at Gettysburg, and the impact of their actions. The outcome of this analysis will show that what was true in 1863 is still true today. While many variables are vital to a successful army on the battlefield, none should be neglected. Each variable discussed in this examination will prove to be important, but the information battle will be paramount in the battle of Gettysburg.
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The battle of Stalingrad has often been referred to as the turning point of World War II. Stalingrad, now called Volgograd is located on the river Volga in the southern part of western Russia. It was of extreme importance because it was the last stronghold protecting the vast oil fields that lay beyond it to the east. Hitler believed his Operation Barbarossa would be an easy victory, claiming that troops would be home for Christmas. There was much symbolism in Hitler’s decision to attack Stalingrad and that was due to that it was named after the Russian leader Stalin and would cause a great loss of morale in the Russian army if the German army could capture it. The German 6th Army ran into incredibly fierce resistance on the part of the Russians. As the battle waged on for nearly 3 months the daily bloodbaths of the street battles began to take their toll on both sides. Russia’s use of snipers began to cost the Germans more and more lives everyday. Most famous of...
Hackett Fischer's in depth descriptions of the typical attire of the participants in these events was also very helpful in allowing the reader to feel more connected with what really happened. Hackett Fischer describes the uniforms of many of the various ranks of British soldiers. Specifically, he describes the British Regulars in great detail.
In order to debate this thesis statement, this essay will describe the relationship between situational understanding and visualization before presenting the challenges facing commanders to draw the desired end state.
The book starts out by talking about how they all went to school together. He introduces all of the characters and describes what they all are like. The characters in this book learn to deal with the cold nights and their growling stomachs. Some of the soldiers would sneak out and get hay to cover up with during the night. (Page 40)
In September of 1942, the German commander of the Sixth Army, advanced his troops to the city of Stalingrad where Hitler ordered the Wehrmacht to secure the oil fields and take Stalingrad. Stalingrad was a target location due to its manufacturing and center of communications for parts of Russia. Hitler had extra motivation to take Stalingrad because the significance of the name, it was named after the Soviet Russian leader Stalin. Russia had been war torn and devastated from previous attacks and battles from the Germans, they knew they had to persevere and hang on along enough to defeat the German Army. The Soviets did have somewhat of a warning of the German attack, they shipped out cattle, grain, and other main supplies, but most of the civilians stayed. Hitler was very confident he could take this city down without losing major causalities. While Hitler was planning the attack the Soviet Marshall Zhukov was planning a major counterattack. Marshall Zhukov had 6 armies of 1 million men ready to attack the Germans. Both the Germans and Soviets had flaws in their attacks but, t...
For example, chapter VII’s title: “I didn't even know They were sore at us!”. This illustrates how the community had no clue they were being attacked or the reason for it. As the ships were sinking and being hit by torpedoes and midgets were showing up the time kept increasing. At that time the thoughts and feelings of each man during each second leading up to the bombing and deaths of many soldiers. It shows just how unprepared they can be, and just how untrained they are at putting clues together as the attack is
In document A, it shows all the soldiers who died. In that way a soldier would not quit because he would not want a soldier to die for nothing. In the estimated deaths, the percentage was was less than fifty percent which means that more than fifty percent of the soldiers survived. In document C, it shows how much hardship the soldiers went through at camp. All the soldiers suffered through the winter there. With the support of their fellow soldiers, most of the soldiers stayed to keep on fighting for independence. In the camp Valley Forge there is a doctor there to try to keep the soldiers healthy and safe. In document C, it says and paints a picture of all hellish experiences they went through. All those soldiers went through so much, they were too far in the war to quit. In that way, a soldier would stay to carry on those who lost their lives in
By successfully defending the city of Stalingrad the Soviet Union were able to deny Hitler his summer 1942 objective of paralysing the Soviet war effort by interrupting Russian oil supplies and seizing the Caucasus oil fields. This achievement was made possible through the stubborn and ferocious resistance of the Red Army within the confines of Stalingrad and the meticulously planned counteroffensive which led to the encirclement of the entire 6th army outside the city. In addition, compared with their German counterparts, the Red Army were highly organized, they had superior lines of communication and were better equipped.
In ‘Deconstructing the Map’ Harley looks at the writings of two well-known philosophers’ Michael Foucault and Jacques Derrida, looking at their argument’s around maps. Foucault, a renounced philosopher in cultural theory, examines the external power and the omnipresence of internal power in the cartographic representation of place. Derrida applied conceptions of literary understanding to the maps construction. Derrida’s argument was that like a literary text a map could also be read, and using theory Harley was able to deconstruct the map. Another name that is just mentioned in this essay is Panofsky; Erwin Panofsky was an art historian, “most frequently associated with the concept of iconography, matching the subject-matter of works of art to a symbolic syntax of m...
The claim being discussed here is that the only way a map or a way of representing things can be useful is if it simplifies the knowledge that the actual territory gives, that is, if it reduces the salient i...
Organizational structure within an organization is a critical component of the day to day operations of a business. An organization benefits from organizational structure as a result of all it encompasses. It is used to define how tasks are divided, grouped and coordinated. Six elements should be addressed during the design of the organization’s structure: work specialization, departmentalization, chain of command, spans of control, centralization and decentralization. These components are a direct reflection of the organization’s culture, power and politics.
Showing the war, Tolstoy describes Napoleon’s attack on Russia, the battle of Borodino, the slow retrieval of the Russian army, the conquest of Moscow by Napoleon, the fire in Moscow, and the retrieval of Napoleon’s army during a deadly winter. Naopleon had to retrieve from Russia under attacks by Russian peasants and horsemen on those who fell behind. His army also sufferes from cold and hunger, since the Russians destroyed all food supplies. The takeover of Moscow by Napoleon proved to be useless, and in the long run, destroyed a large part of his army.
In order for one to evaluate and identify with the diverse business structures, he/she must be aware of the meaning and standards that makes that structure. Various businesses functions in different ways as the world is full of technology and new structures, company cultures and new ways in which companies are run. In order to fully grasp the concepts of Organizational structure and culture in the movies, I will use the Movie Up in the Air and The Devil Wear Prada movies to analyze a business scenario from them.