Cultural Contributor Essays and Term Papers
746 Essays on Cultural Contributor. Documents 301 - 325
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Drawing on Appropriate Theory & Examples (i.E. Published Research, Case Studies and Personal Examples) Discuss the Extent to Which Managers Can Influence the Culture of an Organisation?
Culture is a term that is used in workplaces discussions but it is taken for granted that we understand what it means. In their publication In Search of Excellence, Peters and Waterman (1982) drew a lot of attention to the importance of culture to achieve high levels of organisational effectiveness. They made use of over 100 years of theory and research in cultural anthropology and folklore studies to inspire and legitimise their efforts. This generated
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Cultural Competency in the Workplace
Cultural Competency in the Workplace Today’s management in the workforce is composed of all types of people verses thirty years ago when white males held a majority of upper-management positions in companies. These positions are now held by a mixture of ethnic back grounds and women who hold just as many if not more management positions then men. Just by looking at the changes in management demographics shows how important it is for people to
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Freedom in the Hindu Culture
Freedom in the Hindu Culture Over the past three years in America we have been bombarded with the word freedom as a call to action or a word to persuade us to follow a specific view. Although our society was born on freedom as an idea, its meaning has been used in many ways. Hinduism is also a religion and a culture that places a lot of meaning on freedom but they give a different
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Culturing: Media Selection and Inoculation Technique
Exercise 5 Introduction: Many different species of bacteria look similar under the microscope and also have the same staining results (ex. Gram stain). To be able to differentiate between the different species, one can look at the metabolic differences (fermentation), as well as the environmental condition differences (temperature, pH, oxygen requirements). Being able to manipulate these conditions in a controlled environment can help to correctly identify the exact bacteria. Different media can be used to
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The Advertising Culture Is Having a Devastating
The advertising culture is having a devastating effect on our agendas of becoming the media's ideal of perfection, and behind all of this self-sacrifice the media and corporations are the ones succeeding, not us. In Culture Jam, by Kale Lasn, the founder of Adbusters magazine, he attempts to show the reader what our mass media has been doing subliminally. When the average American thinks of consumerism, we believe it is the promotion of the consumer's
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American Culture
American Culture American heroic mythology is rooted in the history or our movement west and in the legacy of open space, mobility, and rich natural resources. The migration westward into open spaces containing rich natural resources helped create a society emphasizing wealth, mobility, freedom, transformation, and opportunity for conquest. This was observed while watching Tombstone and when reading West of Everything. While watching Tombstone I noticed that the movie was really a battle between good
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Women Culture and Society
Women, Culture & Society 9/21/05 In Lorde's essay "Age, Class, Race & Sex: Women Redefining Difference", she states, "The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house". I took this statement's message as having to do with racism being the "master's house" and the various ways we express racial feelings and actions as the "master's tools". Therefore, this statement implies that we as women will not use our own tools to destroy what we have
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Corporate Culture and the Indian Software Industry
CORPORATE CULTURE AND THE INDIAN SOFTWARE INDUSTRY Introduction This article tries to explain the concept of corporate culture in general, its effects on the performance of employees in an organization. It then dwells on the specifics of the Indian software industry and then goes on to find out how organizational culture affects the performance of the software industry giving examples of specific software companies. Understanding and assessing your organization's culture can mean the difference between
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Clubbing Culture
CLUBBING CULTURE Nowadays, night clubs are very famous in all over the world especially among teenagers. There is a night club in every part of the country. Today, teenagers prefer to hang out in a pub or a night club rather than just go to the cinema and chill out in a cafй with their friends. Recently, partying at a club is regarded as a hobby for the rich. For example, the Hollywood famous jet
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A Southwestern Indian Culture Among Us Today: The Hopi Indians
A Southwestern Indian Culture Among Us Today: The Hopi Indians xxxxxxxxx Axia College Did you know that the Ancient Indian people of the Southwestern United States have dated back to the year 10,000 BC? First appearing toward the end of the last Ice Age, they were the first “Americans.” (Noble, 1998) When Christopher Columbus arrived in the America’s in 1492 and seeing the people of this land for the first time, he thought that he
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Are Expeaectation About Child’s Development Related to Different Cultures?
Parental expectations of their children's development can be influenced bymany factors. factors like media, family beliefs, personal experience. Expectations come from several sources- from parents, teachers, family, peers and ourselves. All these factors relate to social and culture beliefs. Piaget stressed the importance of the environment in children's learningm seeing children as active builders of their own knowledge. The social constructive perspective on child development places main emphasis on the importance of the social environment
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Davince Code Pop Culture
Mel Gibson paid out twenty million of his own money to produce and direct the critically acclaimed movie Passions of the Christ, which depicts the Biblical account of Christ’s crucifixion. The movie invited the viewers to learn more about the Christian religion and its beginnings. The book, The Da Vinci Code, written by Dan Brown, takes the reader on a wild journey in uncovering many hidden myths found throughout the Christian religion. Brown has emerged
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Brazil Culture
"The cultural context in which human communication occurs is perhaps the most defining influence on human interaction. Culture provides the overall framework in which humans learn to organize their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors in relation to their environment" (1). By going through the five dimensions of the cultural context of Brazil, a lot is revealed about the interesting culture, and gives a better understanding of how Brazilians live. The first dimension in the cultural context
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Mexico Culture
Mexico culture Have you ever been to Mexico and wonder how their culture really is? Here it is from previous experiencing it in real life. I found out how unique Mexico culture is. Mexican have so much pride in their family that they even have a great education program, and in their life style. Mexican people believe that the family sticks together no matter what. In a family there is one person in charge, meaning
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Cross-Cultural Differences Between Doing Business in France and China
As we revel in the wake of Globalization, models of organizations and styles of management are becoming increasingly similar. However, this conversion has a limit. Some cross-cultural differences will not disappear so easily and managers will have to understand and appreciate these cultural ‘oddities’ if they wish to run a successful business. Let us take China and France as examples of two very different countries that may have cross-cultural problems while doing business. First we
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The Development of American Popular Culture/electronic Media
The Development of American Popular Culture/Electronic Media Popular Culture is the arts, artifacts, entertainment, fads, beliefs and values that are shared by large segments of society in America. Knowing this we can see how the electronic medias have great influences over the American pop culture. Music, television, radio and movies have all been influences, sometimes, not good and sometimes they have. Before television, radio was the big link for current events being reported fast. It
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Family and Culture
“Family culture is a unique way that a family forms itself in terms of rules, roles, habits, activities, beliefs, and other areas” (“What is family culture?”, 2002). The perception of family is an aspect of family culture; this includes the interactions within the family and with others. Some of these perceptions can be defined as myths. A myth is a belief about someone or something that is believed to be true, but it is false,
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Rape Culture
Many of the attitudes, beliefs, and mistaken ideas about rape have been with us for centuries. By looking at myths, such as “women ask for it,” and “it would do some women good to get raped,” from a historical perspective, lead us for better understanding how they evolved. Women are still seen as the property of men, are protected as such. Men and women are still taught to occupy very different roles in today’s world.
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Cultures of Jindia
Ancient India India began as a small civilization, in the Indus Valley, on such sites as Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa, and Lothal (Keay 19). It was here that the early ancestors of Hinduism built their homes and civilization (Keay 19). Only later did Aryans arrive, signifying the change of period in India from Pre-vedic to Vedic (Keay 19). The first known invaders of India were Aryans (also mentioned sometimes as Indo-Aryans) (Keay 20). It is believed that
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Cultural Change in International Markets
Competitive pressures caused by globalization, deregulation, and discontinuous technological changes seem to have forced many organizations into considering radical change as a way of surviving and growing. A big part of this radical change has to do with accepting and handling cultural differences among other nations. Organizations pursue change to enhance their competitive positions and to grow. Cultural Change Culture changes over time, despite the fact that one of the more important attributes of culture
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Cultural Challenge
Nowadays, many of American entrepreneurs step into international markets. Opening the branch or subsidiary overseas has brought about the need for in-depth understanding of culture differentiation, the law and commercial customs. It is very important to understand the local cultures, languages, business practices and regulations. Steve Kafka, an American of Czech origin and a franchisor for Chicago Style Pizza, is considering growing his franchise into the Czech Republic. He had to overcome a great deal
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How Personal, Organizational, and Cultural Values Affect Decision Making
Paul Wehr Self-limiting Conflict: The Gandhian Style I have mentioned two basic categories of conflict regulation scholarship. In the preceding section we concerned ourselves with the first, specialists engaged in third-party intervention research and experimentation-intermediaries, negotiation, conciliation, communication control and modification. The second involves the study of ways of waging conflict that tend both to keep it within bounds and to limit its intensity or at least the possibility of violence-nonviolent social movements, nonviolent resistance
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The Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas Mba 501
Introduction There are many challenges to doing business in the U.S. and there are additional challenges that occur when the decision is made to do business in a foreign country. In this paper I will discuss the challenges Steve Kafka will face as he opens his business in the Czech Republic. Per the information given to me in the assignments, Steve Kafka is an American of Czech origin and he a franchisor for Chicago Style
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Cultural Assessment of the United States Army
Cultural Assessment of the United States Army Jackie Micklo Brie Schumacker Cesar Larrainza Tiffany Jones Evan Rothenberg Human Relations and Organizational Behavior ORG/502 James Patton January 12,2005 Be all you can be. An Army of one. These two phrases are recognized by almost everyone. The United States Army is one of three military departments (Army, Navy and Air Force) that make up the Department of Defense. The organization holds a strong set of core
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Cross Cultural Solutions
November 15, 2004 Dear (general), I am writing to you because I have just discovered a wonderful opportunity for an overseas experience that is bound to change my life. Cross-Cultural Solutions, a non-profit volunteer organization, offers a program that places volunteers in countries such as India, Ghana, Costa Rica, Brazil, Guatemala, Tanzania, Russia, China, Thailand, and Peru for a variety of community development projects. Cross-Cultural Solutions' mission is to operate volunteer programs around the world
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