An ever changing behavior
Over the course of a 5 day observation, I noticed attitudes and behaviors of my stranger that I didn’t see the previous week. For the 5 day observation, my stranger had a bit of an erratic behavior, changing from introvert to extrovert just like he changed up his Nike kicks.
Conclusions 1:
Based on the amount of Nike clothing my stranger wore, I expected my stranger to have a substantial amount of money. Everyday, my stranger came to class with at least one Nike apparel product. This suggested to me that my stranger either has someone working for the company or has a reasonable amount of money to afford brand new Nike shirts and Nike shoes
Conclusion 2:
In further detail of Conclusion 1, I assume my stranger’s parents
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graduated from the University of Houston’s Bauer College of Business. For two of the days, my stranger appeared in class with a University of Houston Bauer College of Business shirt. From this I assume my stranger either wants to go to the college himself or his parents attended the college and now own a business. Conclusions 3: Based on my observations of my stranger for most of the days, he came to class and sat slumped in his seat and arms crossed.
From this I assume my stranger in not interested in a traditional classroom and would much rather be doing something else. From his business shirts, I assume he has an interest in pursuing business himself and is just in the class for the college credit
Conclusion 4:
Based on my stranger’s comments, I assume he is a shy, introverted person most of the time but occasionally breaks out of his shell and talks to people. On the first day, he was non-social, but on the second he was very communicative to his surrounding peers. From this and his dress for both the days, I assume, if he is trying to look sharp, he will be more conversational to those around him. This is indicated by his fashionable outfit on the second day and plain outfit on the first.
Conclusion 5:
Based on my stranger's hair, I assume he enjoys keeping it simple but fashionable. For all but 1 of the days he had the same spikes in the front hairstyle. This indicated that my stranger felt comfortable with one hairstyle rather than changing it up. This could possibly suggest my stranger is not one to take big changes and one that is not likely to make changes very
often. During the observation, my stranger’s behavior gave me a glimpse into his personality, The easiest observation, however, was my stranger’s apparel. Plain clothes meant it was a normal day. It also meant he was going to be an introvert for the class. A well-dressed apparel meant he was having a good day. It also meant he was going to be an extrovert for the class. His drastic change from introvert to extrovert was comparable to nothing besides his ever changing Nike kicks.
This episode of "30 Days" Morgan Spurlock travels to a Navajo Indian reservation in an attempt to experience modern Native American life. While on the reservation he wants to know it if it’s a link to the past; a cultural escape, or is it simple a place time, and the rest of the world forgot.
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Executive Summary Introduction Kimi Ford, a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group, a mutual-fund management firm, was considering buying shares in the fund she manages, the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund, with an emphasis on value investing. Ford held an analysts’ meeting to disclose its fiscal-year 2001 results and, most importantly, to communicate a strategy for revitalizing the company. Nike has maintained revenue of about $9 billion since 1997. However, its net income had fallen from almost $800 million to $580 million. Moreover, Nike’s market share in U.S. athletic shoes has fallen from 48% in 1997 to 42% in 2000.
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A portfolio manager, Kimi working for a large cap fund company called NorthPoint Group, had a difficult decision to make while looking at Nike Inc. financials: whether Kimi should buy Nike shares or not for the fund Group she was working for. Kimi needed to consider all aspects of Nike Inc. financial position. On July 28,2011 Nike Inc. held a analyst’s meeting to disclose their fiscal year 2001 as well as to revitalize the company who wasn’t performing well. Thus, the meeting showed that Nike Inc. experienced some difficulties during the past years. First, Nike Inc. revenues have reached a plateau since 1997 of $9 billion and its net income has decreased from $800 million to $520 million. Also, it showed that Nike Inc. market share for their US athletic shoes had decreased from 48% in 1997 to 42% in 2000, their supply chain systems wasn’t efficient enough and a strong dollar has drove the company’s profitability/revenue down.
He says, “"extroversion," in contrast to more introverted people.” Extroversion describes people that are outgoing and love meeting and befriending people. Brian tells the audience in his TED talk that there are the three natures of people and extroverts help us understand them, “ First, our biogenic nature -- our neurophysiology. Second, our sociogenic or second nature, which has to do with the cultural and social aspects of our lives. And third, what makes you individually you -- idiosyncratic -- what I call your "idiogenic" nature.” Brian describes how he finds it intriguing how extroverts need stimulation all the time. Brian had mentioned introverts who are people who prefer their own company and are very shy. He explains which category he fits into, “I am an introvert, but I have a core project, which is to profess. I am a professor. And I adore my students, and I adore my field. And I cannot wait to tell them about what 's new, what 's exciting, what I cannot wait to tell them about. And so I act in an extroverted way, because at eight in the morning, the students need a little bit of humor, a little bit of engagement to keep them going in arduous days of study.” Brian brings about the idea that people can switch their personalities temporarily because of certain
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