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  • The Good Earth in Relation to Food and Culture

    The Good Earth in Relation to Food and Culture

    The following in a report on the themes and action of The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck as it relates to food and culture. This novel tells the story of Wang Lung. He is a man who rises from being a poor farmer to a very wealthy man because of his faith in the good earth. In the beginning of the story Wang Lung tries to see as little water as possible because

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    Essay Length: 1,928 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Vika
  • Euro Disney: The First 100 Days

    Euro Disney: The First 100 Days

    Euro Disney: The First 100 Days Disney's Product and Formula for Delivering It The Walt Disney Company, founded in 1923, has a wide range of products which, added together, maximize the value of the firm and seek to "create happiness". As stated in the Company Overview, there are four major streams which all add up to a well thought and successful enterprise. Firstly, motion pictures are produced at The Walt Disney Studios, to then be

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    Essay Length: 1,048 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Canadian Culture: The Northern Mosaic

    Canadian Culture: The Northern Mosaic

    Canadian Culture: The Northern Mosaic Canada is one of two countries located in North America and is the second largest country in the world. It is situated just north of the United States and constitutes the northern part of the country, excluding Alaska. Over the years Canada’s culture has been influenced by European culture and traditions, mainly that of the French and British. Canadian culture has also been influenced by the countries’ first people, the

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    Essay Length: 1,472 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Artur
  • Managing Corporate Risk

    Managing Corporate Risk

    Managing Corporate Risk 1 Managing Corporate Risk: Value at Risk Managing Corporate Risk 2 Managing Corporate Risk: Value at Risk Corporate risk, or impaired enterprise value, represents a legitimate concern for many corporations. Unfortunately, it is a measure that is largely ignored by most private corporations. Properly managing risk is a multiple step process that requires: (a) Examination of enterprise value (b) Value at risk exploration (c) Corporate governance This review of corporate risk focuses

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    Essay Length: 600 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Corporate Social Responsibility: Now and Then

    Corporate Social Responsibility: Now and Then

    With the recent corporate scandals involving such companies as Enron and Martha Stewart, the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has once again made its way to the forefront of contemporary management ideologies. However, CSR itself is not a new concept. In fact, societies as far back as the Ancient Mesopotamians (circa 1700 BC) incorporated CSR in their businesses. “King Hammurabi introduced a code in which builders, innkeepers or farmers were put to death if

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Cultural Misconceptions

    Cultural Misconceptions

    Thomas Lane English 1001 3/5/07 Cultural misconceptions Many cultures are often misunderstood by the rest of society. This lack of understanding by society at large of specific cultures often leads to misconceptions about a given society. These generalizations apply to all types of cultures and they also apply to societies understanding of the Hyphy movement. The Hyphy movement is a culture with many aspects yet there are many misunderstandings regarding this culture that have been

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    Essay Length: 489 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: July
  • The Culture Challenges of Doing Business Overseas

    The Culture Challenges of Doing Business Overseas

    University of Phoenix MBA 501 David Francom September 17, 2007 Introduction A major challenge of doing business internationally is to adapt effectively to different culture. Such adaptation requires an understanding of cultural diversity, perceptions, stereotypes, and values (Hodgett &Luthans, 2006). Doing business overseas has its challenges as well as it rewards. This paper will analyze some of the challenges and rewards in doing business overseas. I will also discuss some of the major differences and

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    Essay Length: 802 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: regina
  • Corporate Social Responsibility

    Corporate Social Responsibility

    Introduction:- Definitions of CSR:- There is no universally accepted definition of CSR. Selected definitions by CSR organizations and actors include: •"Corporate Social Responsibility is the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as of the local community and society at large" World Business Council for Sustainable Development. •"A concept whereby companies integrate social and environmental concerns

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    Essay Length: 374 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Monika
  • Case Study of Euro Disney (mgmt 322)

    Case Study of Euro Disney (mgmt 322)

    Case Study of Euro Disney (Mgmt 322) To this day, EuroDisney struggles to keep its doors open, while the American and European theme parks continue to thrive. My paper for my International Business course deals with the many problems that marked the opening of EuroDisney ... ________________________________________ For years, the Disney theme park empire was built upon three crown jewels located in California, Florida, and Japan. Combining the familiar, family-friendly characters and images upon which

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    Essay Length: 2,367 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Victor
  • Cultural Changes Inside Worldwide Telecommunications, Inc

    Cultural Changes Inside Worldwide Telecommunications, Inc

    Cultural Changes inside Worldwide Telecommunications, Inc. Today, the merging of computers with telecommunications technology has been a major contributor to globalization because modern technological advancements have made instant communication possible. People take it for granted that they can pick up a phone and connect to someone else halfway around the world instantly, hearing them as clearly as neighbor next door. Technological trends are breaking down international barriers daily, and these trade links make contact with

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Culture Aspects of Business Negotiation: American Culture Vs Japanese Culture

    Culture Aspects of Business Negotiation: American Culture Vs Japanese Culture

    Business Negotiation Japan VS United StatesIntroduction: Undertaking any business requires a number of skills. These would normally involve negotiation which is defined as a voluntary process by which the involved parties could reach an agreement on common business matters (Cellich and Jain 2004). One of the main purposes of such a process is to enhance the elements of the business at hand; to gain a better deal than simply accepting or rejecting what the other

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    Essay Length: 1,214 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Mike
  • Culture of Uganda

    Culture of Uganda

    The Culture of Uganda The Republic of Uganda, located in the heart of Africa, is known as one of the friendliest African countries. It is located in East Africa, surrounded by Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Tanzania (Wikipedia, 2006). Uganda was established in 1914 with help from the United Kingdom; however, in 1962 Uganda became an independent nation. Currently, Uganda is ruled by President Yoweri Museveni, who has been the President of

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    Essay Length: 1,297 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Vika
  • General Foods Corporation

    General Foods Corporation

    In 1967 General Foods Corporation was a large, quickly growing corporation and they were actively looking for new projects in which they could invest their capital in. They were looking to increase their share of the dessert market. Currently the company is studying a proposal of whether or not to accept a new project for producing instant dessert (Super project), among many other projects. Some other major products from General Foods included Post, Kool-Aid, Maxwell

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Victor
  • Resorts Help Earnings for Disney

    Resorts Help Earnings for Disney

    A strong performance from Walt Disney World and other Disney theme parks helped the company reach another profitable quarter last winter. The company reported Tuesday that while total sales were up just 1 percent to $8.07 billion, profit reached $931 million for the second quarter of the 2007 fiscal year, 27 percent better than profits posted in the same three months in 2006. With that, Disney offered diluted earnings of 44 cents per share to

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Yan
  • Corporate Success and Leadership

    Corporate Success and Leadership

    The link between corporate success and leadership CAs promote strategic planning, internal controls, accountability and the like, but let's face it, leadership is the primary success factor in any journey ?in business or elsewhere. The reason is simple: a leader has the ability to bring together the right people, to clearly define their roles and to convince them to take on the required tasks no matter how thankless and unglamorous some of them might be.

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Steve
  • Popular Culture and Sexual Identity

    Popular Culture and Sexual Identity

    For some time now, the media has played a significant part in the views of how sexual identity is displayed. Traditional male was displayed as the strong rugged type and the traditional female a weak homemaker or sex symbol. In poplar culture, these views have changed. The feminine revolution of the 60’s and 70’s, have changed the way the roles of women are displayed. The homosexual revolution of the 80’s, 90’s have enabled Gays

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Television as a Cultural Forum

    Television as a Cultural Forum

    Television can be considered a cultural forum. By cultural forum, this means issues and points of view can be discussed openly and almost without punishment. These issues can vary anywhere from male dominance in the household, to wars, to racism, to political jabs and still be covered under freedom of speech. Television can hold a wide variety of opinions which may offend, but for the most part due so to prove a point. In the

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Anna
  • Plowing in Hope: Toward a Biblical Theology of Culture

    Plowing in Hope: Toward a Biblical Theology of Culture

    Hegeman, David Bruce Plowing in Hope: Toward A Biblical Theology of Culture. Moscow, ID: Canon Press, 1999. 128 pp. $10.00. Plowing In Hope is a book that sets out to be a biblical theology of culture. It examines culture within its redemptive-historical context by beginning with the first two chapters of Genesis dealing with God’s commands to Adam and Eve and then ending in Revelation with the disclosure of the New Jerusalem. David Bruce

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    Essay Length: 1,485 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Victor
  • Organizational Culture Inventory

    Organizational Culture Inventory

    Organizational Culture Inventory Introduction The unit I selected to study is the Sales and Service department of the organization where I am employed, Verizon Telecommunications. It is the customer service department in which customers call in to order new service, add services or products to existing service, and report any questions, comments or complaints. In addition to placing orders for services, if a customer has a problem or a technical issue, my job is to

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    Essay Length: 911 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Artur
  • Culture in an Organization

    Culture in an Organization

    Culture in an Organization An organizational culture is the internal environment of an organization including the shared beliefs and values that influence the behavior or organizational members (Schermerhorn, Hunt, & Osborn, 2005). Having a strong culture allows an organization to operate with their sight on the future that should be supported by well developed and well communicated beliefs and values. A high performance level, emphasized teamwork, and risk taking will also be prevalent in a

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    Essay Length: 965 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: regina
  • Enron Corporation and Andersen

    Enron Corporation and Andersen

    Case 4.1: Enron Corporation and Andersen, LLP Team A: University of Phoenix ACC 492 Charlo Reynolds March 24, 2008 Case 4.1 Enron Corporation and Andersen, LLP 1. What were the business risks Enron faced, and how did those risks increase the likelihood of material misstatement in Enron's financial statements? Enron's business risks involved risks such as fraud; however, their ultimate failure was when they entered into aggressive transactions involving special purpose entities (SPE's). The problem

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    Essay Length: 2,910 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Cultural Values Personal Ethics

    Cultural Values Personal Ethics

    Running head: CULTURAL VALUES AND PERSONAL ETHICS PAPER Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper August 8, 2005 Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper All people have personal values and ethics, just as they have cultural values. Often times, those personal values and ethics may clash with those of their employer. As an example, as an individual, a person’s ethical guidelines might require honesty, integrity and respect. If that individual works for a company that does

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    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Disney Is Not Taking over Childrens Lives - Persuasive Speech

    Disney Is Not Taking over Childrens Lives - Persuasive Speech

    I strongly disagree with Fowls comments. He believes that Disney is taking over children’s lives and that it reinforces a simplistic and narrow view of life. I do not believe that this is correct. Every little girl wants to be a beautiful princess and every boy, a big, strong man, who fights off the bad guys. These are just dreams though and we want to give our youth something to believe in. I also believe

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    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Bred
  • Disneys Gennder Sonception

    Disneys Gennder Sonception

    Disney’s Gender conception. Gender within Disney cartoons and film has been a recurring theme throughout his works life. Many critics have expressed there concerns with Disney and how he has portrayed gender stereotypes from his full length animated films to his actual screen films. When critics write of Disney’s stereotyping of gender it all carry’s out in the same themes of how women in the Disney dynasty are harmless and they are looking to be

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    Essay Length: 2,099 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Southwest Airlines: Culture, Values, and Operating Practices

    Southwest Airlines: Culture, Values, and Operating Practices

    Southwest Airlines: Culture, Values, and Operating Practices Evaluation of the company’s position and strategy: Southwest Airlines is one of the air-travel industry’s great success stories. For most companies, such rapid growth will cause problems: legions of frontline employees taking up the mantle of decision making from core executives and, inevitably, stumbling. A clear and precise strategic principle can help counteract this shortage of experience. In Southwest’s case, employees have consistently made trade-offs in keeping with

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    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Steve

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