While having an initial strategy for evaluating decisions is integral to Frank’s success, a much larger onus must be placed on his ability to frame his actions to appease the perceptions of others. Without Frank’s ability to do this, it would be tough for him to be trusted at times and to allow him to work with others in good faith moving forward. As Frank begins framing his attack on the president, he appeals to many people’s emotions and desire for power and recognition for their acts, in doing so he is able to get a large group of people behind him without fully revealing his goals and is able to use each relationship he has created to destroy more and more of President Walker’s cabinet. In each of the integral interactions that Frank has throughout the first season, it is evident that he has been sure to frame his actions so that each person he works with feels at ease.
When Frank is first asked about helping with the education bill, he states clearly to the president’s chief of staff that he will do whatever the president needs him to do. Frank is framing this for the chief of staff so that she feels that he is committed to the party and is willing to be a helping hand. Frank was able to make this initial statement seem genuine and as though there were no cruel intentions towards the president moving forward. As Frank continues to work on the bill, he is faced with another situation in which he must frame the idea of relinquishing the control of the educational bill from its original owner to Frank. Frank does this by offering to be the martyr due to the initial bill proposal being leaked to the public. Donald, the man responsible for the bill determines that Frank shouldn’t have to take the blame for his bill and woul...
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...n this scenario, Frank was trying to convince Tusk of why it wouldn’t be beneficial unbeknownst to the President and was pleasantly surprised.
As the plot continues to thicken in the second season of House of Cards, there is no telling what opportunity will find it’s way to Frank Underwood. With his strategic thinking, ability to frame his thoughts to change perceptions, and his ability to negotiate to create commitment devices for those he works with the future is unclear for how much power Underwood can possibly obtain. Only time will tell whether pragmatism or opportunism will take control of Underwood’s mind and how he chooses to define himself based on these types of actions. Frank clearly is trying to make a difference in the world, whether that difference is dark and misleading or pure and truthful is only to unfold in the next season of House of Cards.
Background Information In implementing a strategic plan for Coastal Medical Center, our consulting team has conducted many analyses and formed numerous strategies in order for Coastal Medical Center to be successful. Such assessments include an internal analysis, external analysis, gap analysis, and SWOT analysis. In conducting these analyses, our consulting team was able to better understand the internal environment, external environment, where the organization currently stands in terms of performance, and the major strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that oppose the Coastal Medical Center. From our inquiry, we will be able to establish a strategic plan that best fits the organization’s needs.
George Washington Plunkitt was a complicated politician from New York in the 1900’s. He had his own questionable way of seeing what’s right and what’s wrong. Plunkitt’s Ideas of right a wrong sometimes seemed to be off. However, some of his ideas about things that needed to be reformed were as true then as they are now. Plunkitt seemed to be a man that knew how to get what he wanted out of people with very little effort. From the perspective of an outsider this could make him hard to trust, but to people then this wasn’t a problem.
The first way that Frank overcomes adversity in his memoir is when he gets a job as a paper delivery boy to help support his mother Angela and his siblings because his father drinks away all of his money at the local pubs. “Mrs. O’Connell gives me telegrams to deliver to Mr.Harrington, the Englishman with the dead wife that was born and bred in Limerick…” (326). This quote tells of how he has to work and do work that he really does not like to help out his family and their situation. Frank is overcoming adversity by providing for his family and saving money to
Person vs. Society: Frank must learn to cope with the people who are unforgiving of his mistake and think he should receive further punishment. It is difficult for him to hear negative remarks and ruthless comments for strangers saying he should have greater consequences, even though he is paralyzed for life.
Family should be of the upmost importance. Through the use of characterisation Frank McCourt questions the significance of his family unit through the use of his selfish actions. In the text the father gets his first job and “Mam is happy”. Frank Senior does the right thing by getting himself a job to support his family. In 1930, Ireland Friday was payday “Mam is out of bed … cleaning … and singing” This is explicitly showing that the mother is a traditional housewife that is happy she doesn’t’ have to rely on charity. However, later on in the text, Mam has cooked dinner and is waiting for Frank to return home, but Frank does not come home until well after the p...
Frank has an interesting view on the way man has progressed morally. I think that he says that we don’t really know our morals until we have them truly questioned. In this he implies that the people who have strong morals, not only will stay true to them, but will survive. An example of this is Randy Bragg. Randy, on the day of nuclear fallout, stopped on the side of the road to help a woman. This shows that he has respect for the human race as a whole. The opposite of this was Edgar Quisenbury. Edgar valued nothing but money. In the end, the absence of money caused Edgar to become an example of Darwin’s “Only the strong” theory as he shot himself.
After analyzing the Coastal Medical Center, it is apparent that the employees and staff have no conception of the mission, vision, and values of this health care facility. In addition to this lack of structure, CMC has many projects in the midst of production that lack support of a common goal, employees are unsatisfied with their jobs, the two boards lack ability to agree on strategic decisions for the organization,, and the medical center has a dismal reputation when it comes to quality care.
Frank Wheeler yearns to appear mysterious, intelligent, and manly, causing him to gloss over his true identity and lose touch with himself. In his youth, he dreams of riding the railroad, going so far as to plan different routes for his trip on a railroad map. He rehearses how he will act, talk, and interact with other people and buys outfits from an Army and Navy Store that perfectly convey a rugged image. Frank conceals the signs of his true self—Boy Scout emblems and the immaturity of adolescence—in exchange for this foreign identity. Others knock him down because they doubt he will play the role well, but from that point onward, Frank aims to become a man. His life in New York City reflects this goal: Frank, a war veteran, shares a one-room apartment with his friends which he uses with the girls he brings home. With increasi...
Frank’s selfish desires is what drives him to find the approval that he was looking for. When Tub and Frank arrive at the tavern, Frank begins to tell Tub his desires in a way to manipulate Tub, “Tub, have you ever been in love?” Frank proceeds on telling Tub on how he’s in love with a 15 year old, but making Tub feel guilty which only leaves Tub the option of approving his desires. Frank does this because he needs the approval of anyone
Throughout his life, Frank struggles to find his place causing him to take on the role of a strong, attractive, masculine man, thereby hiding his weak side. With the help of mirrors, Frank is able to adjust his face through “tightening his jaw and turning his head a little to one side to give a…commanding look” (Yates 16). By doing this, he gives off a more masculine vibe. Often he chooses to do this when he is around April so she notices that Frank is a real man. Through physical strength, Frank is also able to prove his masculinity. During a fight between Frank and April on Route 12, Frank swings “out one trembling fist…and brought the fist down on the roof of the car” to not only prove his strength to April but to all the cars passing by (Yates 29). Frank tends to be blinded by his insecurity of unmanliness and as a result makes bad decisions. April gets pregnant twice and knows that she is not responsible enough to take care of them, nor does she want them. April turns to the idea of an abortion, but Frank finds out and immediately talks her out of it b...
Helping the frank family was really risky, when it comes to the laws. Mr Kraler points out the dangers of helping them,“ it’s illegal, then, the ration books? We’ve never done anything illegal.”(Goodrich, Hackett 705). Miep, would do anything illegal, just to save or even make them happy. Some people, like miep, can be careless of the laws, just to protect those that they love, but sometimes that's a good thing, to have the courage to protect who you would do anything for, even though you know the
“Just Frank” represents a real man in the story. Frank was an alcoholic homeless dude who always told Bobby that he wasn’t a real man. Bobby thought Frank was no man to be living on the streets drinking all the time. Until one day, “Just Frank” was killed saving a girl being dragged into
...nent person to achieve more positive good in the end. Just as Machiavelli says, in The Prince” there is no moral basis to judge the difference between legitimate and illegitimate power”, which Frank Underwood believes in also due to the way he earns his power. The contrary to this argument is the belief in deontology where, presenting the preceding “image” is considered wrong therefore it should not be even considered unless the official incurs true virtue. In Machiavellian philosophy, one should not worry about the means of what it takes to present virtuous characteristics as long as they earn the positive outcome and earn others trust. In House of Cards Frank Underwood portrays those “virtuous characteristics” but what he truly believes in is the belief of consequentialism, so that ultimately his colleagues and even the president will listen to what he wants done.
Game Theory was said to have been introduced by Emile Borel in 1921. Borel was a French mathematician who published papers on the theory of games. From this standpoint and according to the article “Game Theory”, Borel could have been named the “first mathematician to envision an organized system for playing games” however; evidence has shown that Borel did not develop his ideas any further. This is the reason why most historians have given credit to John Von Neumann.
Many social interactions we encounter on a daily basis that involve personal decisions simultaneously involve decisions made by others that affect the overall outcome. Any situation in which the outcome is dependent on the choices of two or more people is what defines an interactive decision. Game theory studies the human behavior involved in these strategic settings, which surround the interactive decisions. In order to label a social interaction a game there needs to be two or more decision making agents, called players, each with two or more options to act upon, called strategies, and a clear understanding of what each player’s preferential outcome is that are associated with numerical payoffs (Colman, 2016). For example, when two people