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  • Family Health Nursing Paper

    Family Health Nursing Paper

    Family Health Nursing Paper Introduction The family, what can be more important to an individual than ones own family? "Families serve as the basic social unit of society." (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2004, p. 563) This paper will discuss the family, its importance for nurses, how the family has changed from the traditional nuclear family and will attempt to paint a picture of what a family is today. Additionally the author of this paper will define

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    Essay Length: 1,148 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Cultural Metaphors

    Cultural Metaphors

    Cultural Metaphors Culture is a behavior that consists of several critical elements, such as language, religion, race and ethnicity, clothing and politics. Culture is what one does in his/her daily life. In order to understand others, we must first keep in mind that every culture carries its own set of values and assumptions. Culture is an evolving, ever changing civilization, which includes several different groups of people. For immigrants, America is a land of opportunity;

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    Essay Length: 904 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Edward
  • Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper

    Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper

    Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper Culture consists of patterns, explicit and implicit, of and for behavior acquired and transmitted by symbols constituting the distinctive achievement of human groups, including their embodiments in artifacts; the essential core of culture consist of traditional ideas and especially their attached values. The basis of all human artifacts, behaviors, and beliefs is the groups’ specific value system. Values as “conceptions of the derisible” represent the core of any

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    Essay Length: 574 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Structure, Communication, Culture, and Motivation of a Company

    Structure, Communication, Culture, and Motivation of a Company

    Structure The structure of a company is very important in order to be a successful company. Some companies tend to leave all the decisions and ideas to the top executives or consultants. Other businesses let anyone who works for the company to have a proposal introduced no matter what position the employee holds in the company. The company I work for would be considered “bottom- up”, which means any employee can come forth with

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    Essay Length: 442 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Mike
  • Evaluation of American Culture

    Evaluation of American Culture

    Evaluating American Culture The American culture is very diverse and eclectic. Not every single person has the same views on a given subject, partly due to environment, race, age, and religion. This exercise in where we surveyed five people made that very noticeable. I surveyed five people, five people of which have the same job environment, but varied from the age of 18 to 34. Surprisingly, the age was not a major factor in their

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    Essay Length: 594 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Artur
  • Gene Brucker Has Argued That the В‘family’ Constituted the Basic Nucleus of Florentine Social Life Throughout the Renaissanceв...’how Important Was the Family in the Social Relationships of Renaissance Florence?

    Gene Brucker Has Argued That the В‘family’ Constituted the Basic Nucleus of Florentine Social Life Throughout the Renaissanceв...’how Important Was the Family in the Social Relationships of Renaissance Florence?

    The family was very important in renaissance Florence as it constituted the primary unit of association. Within renaissance Italy there can be seen to be three distinct ideas as to what constituted a family, the nuclear or immediate family, the extended family including aunts, cousins, grandparent and the bloodline or linage which included all ancestors who shared the family name. The Florentine concept of the family or famigilia was, as theorized by Goldthwaite, the nuclear

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    Essay Length: 351 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: David
  • Comparison of Characteristics of Cultures Referencing the Human Relations Area File:

    Comparison of Characteristics of Cultures Referencing the Human Relations Area File:

    Comparison of Characteristics of Cultures Referencing the Human Relations Area File: Marriage, Tradition and Familial Structure Among the T’u-Jen and Korea (Pre-Modern) Introduction The cultures this paper will endeavor to compare are that of the Mongours, specifically T’u-jen, as stated in the HRAF and the traditional Korean culture. The T’u-jen are Mongols inhabiting the northwestern parts of China, specifically Kansu, descendent of a group who served the Ming Dynasty as borderland protectors. They remained settled

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    Essay Length: 2,804 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Mike
  • Full-Time Housewife, Good for Family

    Full-Time Housewife, Good for Family

    As far as I am concerned, it is good for China to have such a phenomenon that more than 30% of women in China prefer to stay at home taking care of their children and the housework. First of all, it is the traditional culture for Chinese women to stay at home taking care of their children and the housework. In the ancient China, hardly any women were in the working place. Women had told

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    Essay Length: 409 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: regina
  • Multi Cultural Roles of Women in Business

    Multi Cultural Roles of Women in Business

    OUTLINE 1. Introduction a. Women in business b. Personal interest in subject c. Women in the world 2. History of Women in US a. Women’s rights b. Women’s rise c. Women today 3. History of Women in the World a. Women’s firsts b. Places where women are currently oppressed c. Other women’s movements outside of US 4. Women in business a. Europe b. Asia c. Latin America/Caribbean d. Africa/Middle East 5. Cultural Sensitivity a. US

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    Essay Length: 2,741 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Changing of American Families

    The Changing of American Families

    The Changing of American Families Television reflects how American families are viewed. Leave it to Beaver and The Brady Bunch were the ideal families in the 1960’s and 1970’s, and in the 80’s, it was Family Ties. When the 1990’s approached us, television shows took on a whole new outlook on American Families. There were shows such as Full House, which was about a single father raising three daughters with the help of his brother-in-law

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    Essay Length: 1,064 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Yan
  • New Cultural Experience: Coptic Orthodox

    New Cultural Experience: Coptic Orthodox

    New Cultural Experience: Coptic Orthodox It was 8pm on the 8th of April when I arrived at the St Mary and St Merkorious Coptic Orthodox church for my cultural experience. I was a little nervous at this stage as I did not know what to expect. I was worries that I may inadvertently insult or upset the people of this culture. I was asked if I understood the Coptic language and after stating no, I

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    Essay Length: 1,759 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: David
  • Vietnamese Culture

    Vietnamese Culture

    My Bicultural Values After the fall of Saigon in 19, Vietnamese Americans became members of one of the United States’ largest refugee groups. The Vietnamese came to the United States from a culture vastly different from most American cultures. My two oldest brothers were among the hundreds of thousands who escaped communist Vietnam as “Boat People” in 1984. They fled with the clothes they were wearing and my parents’ wedding rings tucked inside. My family,

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    Essay Length: 933 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Cultural Dimensions in People Management

    Cultural Dimensions in People Management

    April 30th, 2008 Yongbei Liu Jingbin Xu Jingling Zhang Xianjing Zhou EMLyon Cultural Dimensions in People Management For any international organization, it is of extremely significance to understand cultural differences and make good use of them in the global context. Through insight into a culture perspective, the article analyzes the role and impact of culture. It starts by introducing prerequisite concept of socialization and then deals with four cultural dimensions on the national level. Finally,

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    Essay Length: 1,850 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Yan
  • How Workforce Culture Can Boost Corporate Performance

    How Workforce Culture Can Boost Corporate Performance

    How workforce culture can boost corporate performance. This article addresses how the performance of employees and of an organization as a whole can be affected when the culture of the organization is not made clear to employees and when these cultures differ vastly from the values and beliefs of the employees. It is stated in the article that culture can determine mutual trust between a manager and an employee and the productivity the organization. The

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    Essay Length: 492 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Yan
  • Cultural Differences Between Poland and England

    Cultural Differences Between Poland and England

    Culture may have its sources in different aspects of human life, as: language, nationality, education, profession, group, religion, family, social class, corporate culture. All these elements influence every member of a society and thus, culture is learnt and transmitted to others. Differences between people within any given nation or culture are much greater than differences between groups. Polish people and British, although have a lot of common in terms of historical inheritance, they vary in

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    Essay Length: 2,492 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Bred
  • Family as the Cornerstone of American Society

    Family as the Cornerstone of American Society

    The family as the cornerstone of American society between the 17th and 19th century ''The family has always been the cornerstone of American society. Our families nature, preserve and pass onto each succeeding generation the values we share and cherish, values that are foundation for our freedoms. In the family, we learn our first lessons of God and man, love and discipline, rights, and responsibilities, human dignity and human frailty. Our families give us daily

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    Essay Length: 288 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Mike
  • Pa Chin’s ’family’

    Pa Chin’s ’family’

    All through time, successive generations have rebelled against the values and traditions of their elders. In all countries, including China, new generations have sought to find a different path than that of their past leaders. Traditional values become outdated and are replaced with what the younger society deems as significant. Family concentrates on this very subject. In the novel, three brothers struggle against the outdated Confucian values of their elders. Alike in their dislike of

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    Essay Length: 1,380 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Edward
  • Family Description & Structure

    Family Description & Structure

    Family Description & Structure Even though the Agbayani family is of Filipino descent, they can be seen as similar as any other working class nuclear family living in the United States. Reynelyn's household and immediate family consist of her father (Rodrigo), mother (Lorna), older sister (Heidi), younger brother (Leo), and herself. Her extended family on her father's side live in Seattle and her extended family on her mother's side live in Ilocos Sur, a provincial

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    Essay Length: 1,364 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Janna
  • Culture and Defining the Role of Leadership

    Culture and Defining the Role of Leadership

    Culture and Defining The Role Of Leadership Abstract I believe a person can be taught to lead and manage but one can't be taught how to effectively and successfully lead and manage. I don't believe the corporate culture of the organization has to with it. I think leading and managing has to do with the individual person. How that person is motivated, how that person sees him/herself. Can he/she lead effectively or is managing

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    Essay Length: 1,106 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Janna
  • Hofstede’s Cultural Model

    Hofstede’s Cultural Model

    Introduction: Due to rapid technology advancement, we now live in a ‘small world’ with a global marketplace. Foreign ideals and culture are easily spread and adapted by indigenous people in all corners of the globe via radio, television and now especially, computers software and the Internet. This whole dilemma has been termed as “Globalisation”. The concept of globalization refers to increasing global connectivity, integration and interdependence in the economic, social, technological, cultural, political ad ecological

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    Essay Length: 1,173 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Organizational Culture

    Organizational Culture

    Ms. Denise Danford Strategic Review Committee Head November 29, 2005 Re: Implementing changes to increase success Dear Ms. Danford, Upon reviewing your case, it is evident that, while a very successful company, many changes must occur in order to continue MACHO’s success into the future. There are three main issues that are the basis for all underlying problems. There is a lack of communication at MACHO both vertically and horizontally. Additionally, it appears that there

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    Essay Length: 2,639 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Bred
  • The Oddyssey in Popular Culture

    The Oddyssey in Popular Culture

    Many forms of popular culture today are inspired by themes, characters, and other references in various types of classical literature. John Denver’s song “Calypso” parallels with a number of the themes in Homer’s the Odyssey. The Odyssey’s themes involving Odysseus’ journey back home and the aid of gods and goddesses directly influence “Calypso.” The first stanza in Calypso is influenced by Odysseus’ journey to back to his homeland. The first couple of lines compare

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    Essay Length: 656 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Wendy
  • The Family an Example of a Primary Group

    The Family an Example of a Primary Group

    1. INTRODUCTION “The family we are born into is the small group to which most of us owe our primary allegiance for the first fifteen or twenty years of our life, and, indeed for many people in our society, it remains a focus for allegiance throughout their lives.” (Douglas 1983: p86 Quoted from Tajfel 1978:p179) People can establish or grow their social structure, status and leadership abilities just by being a part of a group

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    Essay Length: 2,835 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Steve
  • Ainu Culture

    Ainu Culture

    Sirokanipe ranran piskan Konkanipe ranran piskan. This Ainu poem is about an owl deity. It roughly translates to “Fall fall, silver drops, all around fall fall, golden drops, all around” (Selden). The Ainu worshiped all aspects of nature as gods, believing animals were spirits temporarily visiting the earth. The Ainu are an ancient people of nature, living in close communities and are now a minority of Japan. The Ainu used to live in Honshu, Japan’s

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    Essay Length: 1,357 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Romani Culture

    Romani Culture

    Culture exists in every society. It is the specific learned norms based on attitudes, values and beliefs. Culture is often based on long standing traditions that have been passed from elders to the younger generation. It can be evolved through societal and religious influences. Changing culture, though difficult, can be done through choice or imposition. When cultures are isolated they tend to stabilize and change is slow or ceases. When culture makes contact with other

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    Essay Length: 1,343 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Mike

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