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I Think, Therefore I Am

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Institution
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I Think Therefore I Am

Influential work of Descartes is well known among individuals who have a keen interest

in understanding and development of Modern Philosophy. “I think therefore I am” is his

conception that reflects the importance of thought process and regards human’s thinking ability

as a proof of existence. The cognitive process of reflection fosters doubts in the reality of

elements and other objects in the surrounding. It may be an imagination, a mistake or a

deception. In any case, when people doubt, they get to know hidden realities due to critical

thinking on the subject matter. Descartes regards this “critical thinking” as key to unveiling new

findings. However, philosophical notion of Descartes has gained acceptance as well as

disapproval from other theorists due to the presence of other influences that determine the

objects’ existence.

“I think therefore I am” statement sets the basis for Descartes argument in the

philosophical world. To comprehend this philosophical notion, one has to put themselves in

Descartes’ shoes. He has tried to identify what could be known with full conviction. Descartes

assessed the detailed knowledge and proposed that nobody can know anything with complete

certainty. His attempt to search some realistic thing led him towards the conclusion that his

thinking ability itself is the proof of his existence. From this Archimedean Point, he built a new

body of knowledge about the existence of God and human beings. Descartes regards body and

mind as two separate and different entities. He proposes that thinking process doesn’t rely on the

physical body, and his existence would end with the seizure of his thought process. The presence

of the body is not sufficient proof that “I exist.” The body is divisible, non-thinking and extended

while the mind is indivisible, thinking and non-extended (Descartes, 1970).

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Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche has criticized the Descartes notion by contending that

there is no proof of “I Exist” as he has not provided any reliable verification. Nietzsche argues

that there could be some other source for the thoughts coming in Descartes’s mind. In

consequence, “I exist.” lacks confirmation and the only certain thing is the presence of thoughts

(Appiah, 2003). David Hume has also criticized the Descartes’s view of perfection. His

statement “Perfection can only come from perfection” is a weak argument as it proposes that it is

impossible to visualize traits that are not present in oneself. His belief that the only way to

understand and accept the God is to magnify own qualities lacks clarity. According to it, a weak

person cannot visualize the powerful and influential figure, but in reality, such imagination is

possible (Dicker, 2013). 

Another common opposition to Descartes’ notion is that some giant evil figure might

make someone think that “he exists.” Descartes contends that doubt might occur as a result of a

dreaming state, misleading senses or the mischievous Deity. For instance, if God is deceiving

him; Descartes regards this act to cheat as proof of his existence. According to him, to get

deceived, one must exist. He further contends that belief in a fair God is must to gain trust on

own self. This belief could be derived from conviction and faith on the truthfulness of one’s

perception of ideas. Notion still lacks the clarity as clear ideas cannot prove the existence of

God, but the principles of doubt and basic concepts of rationality (Dicker, 2013). 

In conclusion, certain weaknesses prevail in Descartes’ proposed notion. Criticism from

David Hume, Friedrich Nietzsche, and John Locke have highlighted the flaws in his basic

conception. So, in light of modern philosophical facts, his statement fails to hold true.
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References

Appiah, K. A. (2003). Thinking it through: An introduction to contemporary philosophy. Oxford

university press.

Descartes, R. (1970). I think therefore I am. The philosophical works of Descartes, 1.

Dicker, G. (2013). Descartes: An Analytic and Historical Introduction. Oxford University Press.

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Sample 2

Strategic Quality and System’s Management

[Name]

[Course and Section]

[Instructor]
[Date]
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Strategic Quality and System’s Management

Effective Operations Management

Operations management involves a whole process, starting from product/service idea to
its designing, developing and ultimate delivery to the end consumer (Krajewski, Ritzman, and
Malhotra, 2013). Contemporary era has observed a significant rise in competition among all
business areas including banking sector (Marquez, 2002). Mainly, small and medium banking
organizations like Luis bank are induced to use operations management techniques in every
process of organization’s activities (Grigoroudis, Tsitsiridi, and Zopounidis, 2013). In context of
Luis Bank, effective operations management could be ensuring introduction of attractive product
lines, introducing innovativeness in service delivery process, maximizing customer satisfaction
through efficient complaint handling and developing a highly competent, service oriented staff.
Strategic objectives of organizations could only be achieved by effectively managing the whole
product/service delivery process. Especially, in the case of service organizations, operation
management involves ensuring high-quality products, optimum utilization of resources, minimal
redundancy, and ultimately higher customer satisfaction. So, Desmond could achieve all
organizational objectives by employing effective operations management tools and tactics. To
achieve the corporate objectives, Desmond has to ensure the effective resource allocation or
possibly reallocation, including human expertise to maximize the productivity. To increase the
profit margin, he would have to cut down the less profitable product lines in order to put more
focus on profitable ones. In simple words, getting the maximum output from minimum resource
input is the prime objective of effective operations management.
Existing operations management processes
Productivity, profitability, performance and overall market share are the effective
indicators of existing operational efficiency of Luis Bank. Currently, to achieve the
organizational objectives, the bank has opened ten branches by allocating 130 staff to handle the
overall customer base. As the information is limited, it could be said that there are certain
improvement areas, like, the bank has been operating in the market for whole five decades.
Goodwill and market reputation could be effectively capitalized by embedding innovativeness in
offered product lines. Moreover, in service organizations, front line staff plays a critical role. A
fully trained front line staff could help the organization in expanding its overall customer base.
Organization already possesses around 130 staff, all that need to be done is conducting effective
training sessions, employing the latest technology, carrying out field surveys to decide which
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product lines needed to be abandoned and which need to be focused upon, and making the bank
as fully customer-centric firm.
Effective Quality Management
Quality management processes ensure effectiveness and perfection of offered
services/products by the organization along with providing high quality (Goetsch and Davis,
2014). Operations management and quality management are the two sides of the same coin that
assist enterprises in accomplishing strategic objectives with combined effort and impact (Jeong
and Phillips, 2001). Three prime factors that help organizations in meeting high standards of
quality include planning, compliance and monitoring of services/products’ quality throughout the
process, starting from idea emergence to ultimate delivery to end customer (Jeston and Nelis,
2014). Now, in the case of Luis bank, an organization can embed Six Sigma into each and every
process to ensure the perfect compliance with quality. It could be done by reducing the time to
introduce new products, continuous and critical assessment of product portfolio, reducing
complaint handling time and meeting high-quality standards without incurring a cost. Such
perfect compliance could automatically enhance the overall operational efficiency and assist in
the accomplishment of organization’s strategic objectives (Kaynak, 2003; Oakland, 2014).
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References
Goetsch, D.L. and Davis, S.B., 2014. Quality management for organizational excellence.
pearson.
Jeong, K.Y. and Phillips, D.T., 2001. Operational efficiency and effectiveness
measurement. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 21(11),
pp.1404-1416.
Jeston, J. and Nelis, J., 2014. Business process management. Routledge.
Kaynak, H., 2003. The relationship between total quality management practices and their effects
on firm performance. Journal of operations management, 21(4), pp.405-435.
Krajewski, L.J., Ritzman, L.P. and Malhotra, M.K., 2013. Operations management: processes
and supply chains. Pearson.
Oakland, J.S., 2014. Total quality management and operational excellence: text with cases.
Routledge.
Grigoroudis, E., Tsitsiridi, E. and Zopounidis, C., 2013. Linking customer satisfaction, employee
appraisal, and business performance: an evaluation methodology in the banking
sector. Annals of Operations Research, 205(1), pp.5-27.
Marquez, R., 2002. Competition, adverse selection, and information dispersion in the banking
industry. Review of financial Studies, 15(3), pp.901-926.
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HOUSE NO. 350-C-1, ST NO. 2

CHOUR HARPAL, PESHAWAR
ROAD,
Faryal Malik RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN.
faryalmalik89@gmail.com
92-306-5088390

OBJECTIVE
To learn and grow on a continuous basis. Life is learning and working
hard. As far as one more step could be taken, I am eager to take that
step and work hard to expand my knowledge. I love to work for social
sector and want to attain self-actualization stage

SKILLS
Taking initiative Handling workplace Conducting background
to take complex pressure research
projects
Report Writing MS-Excel SPSS
Blogging Multitasking Atlas-ti
NVIVO Article writing AMOS
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EDUCATION
MBA (MPhil Equivalent)
(2011 – 2014) Bahria University, Islamabad Campus
CGPA 3.65 (Cum Laude, Silver Medalist)
MAJORS Marketing
Human Resource Management (Double
Master)

BCOM
2009-2011 - 1st division AIOU, Islamabad

Higher Secondary School Certificate

2005 – 2007 - 1 st division Government Post Graduate
College Satellite .
Town Rawalpindi

Secondary School Certificate

2003 – 2004 - 1st division Quaid-e-Azam International
School, Peshawar Road Rwp.

PROJECTS

Course Projects

 Developed Marketing Plan of launching a Product (Tablet) in

Pakistan.
 Conducted financial analysis of Engro limited.

 Developed Marketing plan of launching jewelry shop.

 Created a financial plan of Al-Noor Academy.

 Visited Fauji Cereals to inspect quality control and practices being

implemented there.
 Prepared Business Plan of a new business named Health Corner.

 Visited Zong to observe their whole recruitment and selection

process.
 Developed a business plan for a new idea “Finishing School.”
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 Designed full project progress report on a mega project named

“Safari Enclave.”
 Visited Jubilee Insurance Company to make a comprehensive report
on their corporate culture.
 Developed project progress report on a mega project named “Safari
Enclave.”
 Wrote Case Study on Zong recruitment and selection process.

 Wrote Case Study on Webpreneur Academy business failure

 Wrote Case Study on Bahria University recruitment and selection

process.
 Prepared business plan of training institute backed by research
feasibility.

HONORS AND AWARDS:

 Maintained 2nd position in Rector Honor List throughout
seven semesters.

 Won Silver Medal

 Earned 2 Silver and 1 Gold Star for excellent

performance at workplace

EXPERIENCES:
 Worked as Research Assistant of Marketing
Cluster Head at Bahria University.
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Time Duration: 10 months

• Prepared various research reports intended for publication
• Data Collection, Data Entry, Data Analysis and Data
Interpretation
• Prepared reports to be utilized for writing magazine articles
• Designed strategic plan for Bahria University
• Numerous short news articles
• Working on o research papers for publication in HEC
recognized journal.

 Worked as Research Executive from January 2015

to June 2015 in the writing department at Axproz
Rawalpindi.
Time Duration: January 2015 to June 2015

 Handled a number of projects on daily basis from different fields

 Managed projects requiring SPSS software frequently

 Quantitative data analyst

 Qualitative data analyst

 Worked as Senior Quality Assurance Executive at

Content Verge from July 2015 to July 2016.
 Experience of handling the shift, communicating with clients on
daily basis, quotation handling, coordination with sales

 Conducted two complex training sessions on SPSS (Basic +

Advanced) at organization level and various training
sessions at departmental level.
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 Took part in screening process by evaluating the tests

 Other experiences:

 Did an internship at Askari Bank Limited for six weeks in

different departments of the bank.

 Participated in Mega Business Plan Exhibition run by University

and project was highly appreciated by Rector of Bahria and chief
guest.

 Worked as field associate at Value Resources Research and

Development firm and took part in GIZ Islamabad Education
Sector Plan.

 A completed final year research project based on extensive

market research. Detailed field studies in the form of interviews
and surveys were carried out to conduct the need analysis.

 Voluntarily assisted in writing a conference paper titled:

“Short-term study abroad programs and global
citizenship.” The paper was presented at the international
conference and was declared one of the best papers
submitted on that day.