Fall 2017 New Students Series Lan Hoang COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - SIPA Admissions Blog

Fall 2017 New Students Series Lan Hoang COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - SIPA Admissions Blog In today’s installment of our New Students Series,  we’re welcoming Lan Hoang, from Hanoi, Vietnam.  Lans interest in international affairs began with a senior thesis project about Vietnamese refugees while studying at the University of Hong Kong. After graduation she spent some time with the United Nations in Bangkok, where she worked on migration-policy issues in the Asia-Pacific region. Lans background pairs nicely with her chosen concentration, Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy. Attending SIPA has been a lifelong ambition, as she grew up flipping through the pages of Columbia University publications. Howd she get access? Well, Lans father is actually a 1995 SIPA  graduate. Despite her preparedness  for the program, she said she was surprised to read her acceptance letter and jumped for joy upon reading the good news. Lan, were happy to have you here, too! Full Name: Lan Hoang Age: 24 Degree Program: Master of Public Administration Concentration: Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy Hometown: Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam Undergraduate University: University Of Hong Kong Undergraduate Major: International Politics and Sociology Undergraduate Graduation Year: 2015 What’s your professional background? Graduated in the summer of 2015, my professional journey of two years revolve around social development and particularly migration policies. It all began with my senior years thesis on the welfare of Vietnamese and African asylum-seekers in Hong Kong. This led me to learn about the heart-wrenching stories of the suffering faced by the Vietnamese refugees, my fellow countrymen, since the end of the Vietnam War. This sparked my interests in the different types of cross-border movements. I then went on to conduct research on the empowerment of migrants and their families for a research institute in Kyrgyzstan, as well as gender equality in Vietnam. This was followed by a one-and-a-half year stint with various United Nations agencies in Bangkok, working on high-level dialogues on migration policy in the Asia-Pacific region. Did you apply to SIPA to change careers or to gain experience in a career path you already have experience in? Applying to SIPA, I hope to leverage my research skills and professional experience in migration policies. This is to address situations of vulnerable migrants in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly those of refugees, asylum-seekers, and female migrants. That said, I have also had a growing interest in the field of data science and technology. Furthermore, I realize the importance and benefits of being open to new experiences, so I am very excited to see how my professional interests evolve throughout the next 2 years! What was your reaction when you found out you were accepted to SIPA? Disbelief! It was a very late Friday night in Bangkok when I anxiously opened my SIPA portal account. The wait was starting to wear me down and my tendency to be self-critical probably didnt help either. Then the confetti shot across the laptop screen and I found myself jumping up and down with my partner. This feeling of joy and disbelief didnt go away until a few days later. Why did you say yes to SIPA? My dad attended Columbia SIPA and graduated in 1995. As cliche as it sounds, my dream of attending SIPA grew as I was flicking through the Columbia Alumni Magazines sent to him each year in high school. That was a vague and much more naive dream of my younger self. As the years passed and my professional goal took its current form, I realize SIPA is the perfect place for me to pursue a career in the policy field with an international outlook and the UNs presence. Also, who doesnt love being in NYC? And so these reasons are enough to me to pick SIPA over other similar top-ranked graduate schools in the US and Europe. What do you most look forward to as a graduate student at SIPA? The classmates from different corners of the globe. The exposure to a wide range of policy topics. The endless (but also very competitive) opportunities to pursue my professional goals. Do you have any apprehensions about starting graduate school? Financial expenses while at SIPA and in NYC! Despite receiving a partial scholarship from SIPA, the tuition bills took away quite some joy from the initial thought of attending SIPA. That said, I know a SIPA education is a professional (and personal) investment. This is also the common concern among both incoming and current SIPA students and I love the we-are-in-this-together spirit that it creates as a result. What are your goals after SIPA? Post-SIPA, my grand professional vision is to join the bilateral and multilateral efforts to protect migrants at the International Organization for Migration UN Migration Agency. I would be at the forefront of formulating policies for effective migration governance that adheres to international standards and fulfills migrants’ fundamental rights. Im also mindful that this goal my change, but perhaps most importantly is to become more well-rounded and more attuned to the policy challenges throughout the international community. If you could change one small thing about your community, country or the world, what would it be? Perhaps just one small tweak in the way our brains are wired, so that we would have a much easier time picking up new languages. That way language barriers would no longer exist (while we are still able to preserve the cultural values carried through languages) and thus people around the world would be able to communicate with one another better. This thought certainly needs more fine-tuning, but it comes from my own frustration that emerged from the years gallivanting through the less English-speaking parts of the world. Tell us something interesting about yourself: Apart from being a self-proclaimed photography enthusiast, movie buff and book lover, Im very excited to be joining the Lindy Hop (swing dance) scene in NYC and living near Harlem where the dance came from! [Photo courtesy of Lan Hoang] *Note: This series is published in its original form with no editing.

The Reformation And Its Impact On The Early Modern Period

The reformation was a drastic event in the early modern period that launched Europe into a massive conflict of widespread violence, through both political and religious factors. The political scene had remained very much the same before the beginning of the reformation in 1517, with many philosophers sharing similar ideas on how to handle the issues of sovereignty and private property. Religion was a long debated factor before the reformation however was brought inadvertently to the forefront of most political works in the early years of the Protestant Reformation. This event completely changed the way in which philosophers constructed their political discourse as seen with More and Martin Luther, who although despite being placed on†¦show more content†¦This shift from promoting an ideal Utopia in his work to openly and aggressively defending the Catholic Church is one of the first examples of the Reformations affect on changing political discourse from criticisms to open violent outbursts and pleas of aggression. Adding to this further is More s response to Tyndale in 1531, where More states the Reformation is a genuine danger to all of Catholic society4. More was eventually executed but stated â€Å"I die the Kings faithful servant, but Gods First†5 revealing although More hated the Reformation, he had stood by his religious values, including his King, making his political writing still plausible in terms of how an authority, such as a monarch, could work hand in hand in a religious society. 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It had caused changes in many parts of Japan such as society, government, military, etc. Some of these changes still can be seen in the Japanese society today such as emperors are honored by Japanese citizens and seen as a special figure. Since this reformation had a great impact on development of Japan, it can be consider as a very important part of Japanese

Essay on My Philosophy of Teaching - 999 Words

Philosophy of Education Throughout the history of education, there have been many different philosophical views. The views have varied from Platos The Republic, to Rousseaus Emile. Plato believed that the purpose of education was to create a perfect city-state, while Rousseau believed that the purpose was to develop people, who freely choose good. Both of these philosophies cooperate with my beliefs; however, my beliefs do differ in some aspects. Through my philosophies covering the nature of humans, curriculum, and teaching methods I hope to better educate the students and America a better place to live. First, I believe that humans are naturally good. The environment that a child grows up in affects the way that they act.†¦show more content†¦When you integrate ~ --- the students who are on higher level of education with the ones with a lesser level of intelligence, you are only hurting the students. The lower achievers will not be able to learn at the same pace as the leaders of the class and will get discouraged. While on the other hand, you have the leaders of the class waiting for other students to keep up and he or she is not getting the full education deserved. Plato and Socrates believed that the purpose of education was to create a better city-state. I agree with this philosophy. A good educational system encourages this by teaching students how to learn and think for themselves. If I can educate students, it will help them to make the right decision by reasoning and in return will help make the community a better place. As a teacher, I am going to have a method of teaching that I will go by. The methods that I would us relate to Rousseau s philosophy. I believe that you should not tell the student the answer, however, you should let the students figure it out for themselves. 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“by the Waters of Babylon” vs Epic of Gilgamesh. Free Essays

â€Å"By the waters of Babylon† Vs Epic of Gilgamesh. A lot of stories concerning religions and cultures have lot of similarities and differences, despite the fact that they are not from the same era of time. Humans used these stories and writings to express their culture and religious views. We will write a custom essay sample on â€Å"by the Waters of Babylon† vs Epic of Gilgamesh. or any similar topic only for you Order Now â€Å"By the Waters of Babylon† is very similar to the writings of the Mesopotamian writings in The Epic of Gilgamesh more specificlay â€Å"The story of the flood† and â€Å"The Return†. These similarities include many gods in both, a unique quality in the characters of both than can include â€Å"born to greatness†, people of both writings lead to their death themselves, John and Gilgamesh Come home with lessons. etc In most of all ancient influences, there are characters in the stories, who are born to some kind of greatness, or we can say, a special type of person. In â€Å"By the Waters of Babylon† when John and his father goes to the dead places, John, explains that only priest can touch metal and are believed to have special powers that no other normal human being would have , â€Å"and then he who touches the metal must be a priest or the son of a priest† (Benet 75). This shows how is John born to greatness, being the son of a priest and can touch metal wherever he wants. The priests are believed to have special powers that no other normal human being would have. This compares to the Epic of Gilgamesh, when Author of Epic of Gilgamesh said â€Å"Two thirds they made him god and one third man† (Prologue). This shows how Gilgamesh was born to greatness by having 1/3 characteristics of man and 2/3 of god and this compares the born to greatness in both the writings . Some religions and cultures believe in one god; monotheistic religions, and others believe in many gods; polytheistic religions. In â€Å"By the Waters of Babylon† Benet’s main character, John, speaks of The Place of the Gods, â€Å"It is forbidden to cross the great river and look upon the place that was the Place of the Gods –this is most strictly forbidden† (75). When speaking of gods house means multiple gods, this shows that the religion in which John follows is polytheistic and worships many gods. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh speaks of the names of the gods, means a lot of gods ,â€Å"There was Anu, lord of the firmament, their father, and warrior Enlil their counselor, Ninurta the helper, and Ennugi watcher over canals† (N. K. Sandars 25). This shows that the Mesopotamians and people from â€Å"By the Waters of Babylon† were both polytheistic and believed in multiple gods. Almost in all writings there are lessons or message that characters learns in the end ,the same thing happened in our story, where ,Gilgamesh and John both learned lessons in the end of their voyage or journey . In â€Å"By the waters of Babylon† when john returns from the Place of Gods ,â€Å"But they are men who build the city, not dos or demons. †John says â€Å"They are men . I remember a dead man’s face† (Benet 85). This shows how John came home with a message, about the ,City of the Gods, that it is really New York City, and the gods were actually humans, so they have nothing to fear. And on the other side, Gilgamesh also comes home with a lesson which is that immortality is not obtained by some flower or going on a journey but you can be in hearts of the tourists and explorers but making your name fame , which Gilgamesh does but making Uruk’s walls and being in the hearts of people forever. And so, with that it proves a lesson learned in both writings. How to cite â€Å"by the Waters of Babylon† vs Epic of Gilgamesh., Essay examples

Opportunity Development Through Corporate Venturing

Introduction Firms engage in new ventures to remain competitive. New ventures are endeavors in pursuit of new revenue streams. The firm has to consider internal and external factors that are likely to affect the revenue in the process of identifying new ventures (Armstrong et al. 2004).Advertising We will write a custom essay sample on Opportunity Development Through Corporate Venturing specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More This paper discusses the introduction of a new mobile money transfer service as a business venture. A firm could engage in internal or external corporate venturing. The business venture is born because of a gap identified in the market. Again Boston Consulting Group (2005) suggests that this calls for the need for customers to transfer money at minimal charges and with relative ease. The venture requires a large capital outlay. Implementation and commercialization of the service is expected to follow the business li fe cycle. Success in marketing of the new corporate venture will rely heavily on how well the marketing appeals to the customers’ adoption process. The organization selected is a mobile telephony company. The business opportunity is provision of money transfer services through the phone. External analysis of the firm This involves analyzing the opportunities and threats the environment holds for the business. For the purpose of this analysis, the environment can be grouped in macro and task environment. The macro will involve an analysis of the political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal framework. An evaluation of the task environment will involve an analysis of the customers, suppliers, labour and competitors (Chen Chang Fan 2008). On the macro-economic front, it will be critical to analyze the economic trends. Opportunities prevailing include economic expansion, which will boost demand for the service (Gilley 1989). With a growing economy, the need to transfer money conveniently and fast stands to guarantee uptake of the service by customers.Advertising Looking for essay on business economics? Let's see if we can help you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More On the political front, the country is stable and there is an active campaign to market the country to willing investors. Socially, the nature of the country’s populace is such that very few are banked. This implies that small and medium scale businesses transact through other avenues other than banks (Boston Consulting Group, 2005). This presents the firm with potential clientele. Technologically, the customers stand to benefit from the new service in that there will be no need to travel or exchange physical documents like cheques and receipts to confirm sealed deals. The service will facilitate business transactions that are geared towards economic growth. The inconveniencing paper trails of money transfer will be reduced, consequently, th e initiative will contribute to environmental conservation of trees and less dumping of paper (Centennial business summit 2008). There are challenges that one ought to overcome in case implementation of the new venture is to succeed. Some of the challenged include obtaining political goodwill, competition, financing, lack of specialized equipment. As such, customers could take too much time to warm up to the new service for fear of security of their funds. Ultimately, the regulators may be opposed to such a venture or limit transfer amounts (Armstrong et al. 2004). Internal analysis This will involve an analysis of those factors that create a competitive advantage and those that limit the firm. These are strengths and weaknesses that the firm meets in its operation. The strengths and weaknesses count as the salient aspects to consider under internal analysis in relation to strengths. These include experience of the firm, management of the firm and its recent successes, market penetr ation by its marketing and sales team. According to Wheeler, Fabig and Boele (2002), availability of a platform on which to run the new service are fundamental in this endeavor. Effective information management systems count significantly in the smooth operation of the business that effects better decision making. Good standing with financial institutions guarantees credit lines that favor the company. As Carrand and Oliphant say: Before you commerce in business you must have a certain sum of money available for starting the enterprise; that is, a certain amount of Business Capital. The amount of capital need will naturally depend upon the nature and extent of the business concerned. It is not essential; however, that you should possess all this capital yourself, as a great deal of modern business is carried on with borrowed capital.Advertising We will write a custom essay sample on Opportunity Development Through Corporate Venturing specifically for you for only $16. 05 $11/page Learn More But you must remember that if you run your business on partly borrowed capital you will have to pay interest on the sum borrowed and therefore will be at a disadvantage compared with a competitor who uses his own capital. (Carrand and Oliphant, 1973, p 21) It must not be lost to the firm that there are inherent internal weaknesses to contend. Some of these weaknesses include drying up of credit lines because of bad debts, worn out plant and machinery, poor market research, poor staff preparedness and management and duration of patents. The firm already has an existing base of distributors. It only needs to tap in to this existing network by incentivizing the distributors through commissions and bonuses based on the volume of the new product they move. The business venture is born because of a gap identified in the market. As Mugala writes: A company should start by analyzing the environment. It should set a market intelligence system to track im portant developments and trends such as changes in income, spending patterns, savings rate, regulatory framework, etc. After identifying the implied opportunities and threats, it should then evaluate the opportunities in terms of their attractiveness, size, growth potential and profitability. It should choose those opportunities for the company possesses the required strengths or f it can develop (Mugala, 1999, p 25). This presents the need for customers to transfer money on minimal charges and relative ease. In addition, the venture sits well with the firm’s mission to be the leading telephony company in the country. Such a venture will go a long way in giving the company a competitive advantage. Resource base Availability of resources necessary for the success of the venture will be crucial. Finance for the entire venture will have to be availed. The scale of the venture will determine if external funds will need to be sourced from financial institutions or rights issue.Adv ertising Looking for essay on business economics? Let's see if we can help you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More Some of the key aspects of financing will include infrastructure (plant and equipment), sales and marketing, hiring of specialized skills and training of new and existing staff (Boston Consulting Group, 2005). The success of this venture will rely heavily on the marketing and commercialization of the new service. Secondly, information technology needs will need to be addressed. This involves infrastructure of the new operating system, good information management systems, hiring of back office operators, and training of existing distributors on the mechanism of the new money transfer system (Swift Zadek 2002). Thirdly, a critical look at intellectual property rights will be paramount. This includes branding of the money transfer system and patenting of the service. Fourth, the legal aspect of the transfer of money through a new platform will need to be addressed with the regulator. The firm had previously got on board a data hub service. This venture required a large capital outlay on the onset. Profits from the venture were only realized in the growth stage of the products life cycle (Unity Marketing 2005). This venture was undertaken to cash in on the desire expressed by many organizations in the economy to concentrate on their core competencies and transfer overheads related to their non-core business functions to more specialized companies. The business gained traction by strategic advertising, venturing into new market segments, increased sales promotion activities and maintaining stable prices (Lovelock and Wirtz 2007). Being a business in the emerging industries category the firm was able to attract a lot of attention and investments in the early stages of the product. This led to a rapid grow of new customer, increased market penetration and competitive advantage. To achieve this, the firm had to take a considerable risk. It took the research and development team one year to conduct feasibility studies before the venture was given a go ahead. The ventu re was aimed at adding to the firm existing product portfolio and adding value to its customers. The venture was an initiative of the firm with no outside partnership. This meant the firm had to have a solid business proposal to convince banks to advance credit. Along the process of research and development up to the product introduction point, many challenges were encountered. Some of the challenges encountered included, logistical problems, availability of skilled labour and technical problems. However this served to galvanize the team contributing to the eventual success of the project. â€Å"It is desirable that one should know something about the general nature of the business one proposes to carry on. This gives experience. Yet you will find that a good many tradesmen have the vaguest knowledge of its more technical side† (Carrand and Oliphant, 1973, p 21). New business venture proposal Emerging industries have tremendous growth and equally face is a great deal of compe tition and uncertainty. With this in mind, the firm should seek to create a win early strategy which enables a company to grow as quickly as possible in the process creating a brand name that customers can associate with (Birch 2002). The company has to be the best by establishing highly efficient performance standards. In so doing, it creates a gap between itself and the competition. Apart from that, this new venture establishes a superior niche market. The company being in the telephony industry should take advantage of new technology to reap maximum benefits since technology changes rapidly. With ever present competition, building brand loyalty will be key. The quicker the company creates brand loyalty, the better placed it is to insulate itself from the competition. Innovation is the key word, a daily process for any marketer in the liberalized world today. Technological innovations have turned this world into a global village. Managing a cross-cultural global market is a challe nging task for the marketing personnel. Corporates are having a hard time to look at their products getting to markets prior to making a decision on the marketing strategy (Mugala, 1999, p.25). Recommendation of a suitable implementation mechanism Implementation has to be in line with the set plan on management, finance, human resource, marketing and operations. Since it’s a money transfer service a trial will have to be conducted on a test market before the eventual roll out to the entire market. As suggested by Timmons, Gillin, Burshtei Spinelli (2010), the company will outsource the training of the new service to another firm. The firm will be responsible for the training of all the existing and new distributors. They will supply the materials needed for the service and brand the distributors premises. Training will be a continuous process. This is because an additional improvements made on the product will have to be communicated to the distributor without failure (Biebe r Meurer 2010). This will enables the company to concentrate its efforts on the operations of the new venture. Teamwork will aid achieve better results. A good team outperforms a group and outperforms all reasonable expectations of its individual members. Meaning a team produces synergy. Team members must be committed to each other’s personal growth and success, as well as that of the team. Team members also share ideas on what traditional or company policy orientation. Management functions such as planning, organizing, setting performance goals, assessing performance are important to consider. Again, developing their own strategies to manage change and securing their resources are of fundamental consideration (Carrand Oliphant 1975). In any given market, buyers differ in the speed and willingness to accept new products. Buying behavior of customers needs to be understood by a company launching a new product. An individual goes through a set of successive decisions before b uying a new product. The adoption process involves awareness, interest, trial and confirmation of the new product. Adaptor categories include innovators, early adaptors, early majority and late majority. The firm intends to launch into the market a mobile service, which enables customers to receive and send money through their mobile phones. This will be done in line with the business cycle that involves the introduction, growth, maturity and decline stages. At the introduction stage, competitive advantage will be gained since the company is the first to venture into the market with such a product. In the process, the company will create brand recognition. This strong brand recognition will serve as a strong switching cost. In the event that a competitor may surface, customers will be reluctant to switch to the new entrant (Boston Consulting Group, 2005). This competitive advantage should be maintained by continuously improving the product with the change in technology. The marketin g objective at this stage is to promote consumer awareness. At the growth stage, there is less pressure and there will be exciting advances in new technology and sales volume. At this stage, developing innovative expertise will be easier. Being the only service of its kind in the market, the service is likely to enjoy huge demand. This will most likely attract new competitors. The company will have balance short-term returns with long-term viability. Sale will grow rapidly and this may attract competitors (GOOGOL 2000). The objective at this stage is to maintain growth in sales by improving on the new venture. New distributors may be interested in the new venture due to the returns in the venture. The firm will cease this opportunity as a market development strategy. At the maturity stage, the service is likely to have four characteristics. It will lack continued growth, it will lack patent protection on some of the key technologies, experience will cease to provide an advantage to other competitors and it will have few avenues for differentiation (Unity Marketing 2005). The firm may consider introducing other services on the same platform that add value to the customer. For example, pay bill services, purchase of goods and collaborating with banks on mobile banking. At the decline stage, the firm should re-evaluate its viability. Should it find that its competitive advantage is still strong, it should reposition the business as a long term survivor in a dwindling market. There are four strategies to consider at this stage. The firm should either divest (sell out), harvest (let the business wither gradually), niche (focus only on a section of the market with sustained demand), and leadership (position itself so that it has the lion’s share of the dwindling market). For the venture to succeed a great investment has to be made on human resource development. The technical department has to make sure that there is no server that is not functional as this mi ght delay funds transfer and inconvenience customers. The focus of Human Resource Development (HRD) is to develop the most superior workforce. Organizations have many opportunities for HRD both within and outside the workplace. This will regulate motivation among regular and non-regular employees. The need for human resources development should be understood by both the employees and the employer. HRD should be implemented systematically. HRD is important in an organization to do the tasks. Non-regular employees can be given training. In today’s scenario it is important to educate and train employees about the change. Quality needs to be assured. There are many strategies for this development. First, there should be a plan. This plan should be discussed and adhered to. Finally, this plan should be executed for the desired output. The employees should also benefit from it. The extent to which people will give suggestions and ideas for improvement will depend to a large extent on human resources development strategies in a firm (Unity Marketing 2005). Conclusion The mobile telephony industry is a rapidly changing industry in terms of technology. A certification acquired today may not be valid after three years. Reviews have to be made to the old certifications. This makes human resource development a continuous process (Unity Marketing 2005). This asset has to be protected from competitors who will be out to offer good deals to the firm’s employees. Long-term investment plan will be necessary to aid the firm’s new venture to be the best and eventually roll out its operations globally. 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