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  • Portrayal of a Man

    Portrayal of a Man

    EL’Drece Taylor Professor Leslie HUMA 202 Section .004 17 April 2008 Portrayal of a Man African American men in the past years were viewed as their family’s backbone, supporting all needs and provisions. Completely opposite from slavery times and the period of segregation, today most African American men have gained the stereotype as being too dependent. They have developed a stubborn, lackadaisical attitude. Although they maintain their prideful nature, they rely heavily on the nurturing

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    Essay Length: 602 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: regina
  • Women in Pop Culture

    Women in Pop Culture

    If Oprah emphasized racial oppression more aggressively, would she be as popular? After reading Tammy Johnson’s article, I believe that answer to this question is probably no. I myself am a fan of Oprah and I believe that she is extremely generous and does more for the world in one year than most people can hope to do in a lifetime. I believe that Tammy Johnson raised some interesting points, but I don’t necessarily agree

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    Essay Length: 637 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Delta, Northwest Airlines, and Vancouver Airport: The Business Value of Customer

    Delta, Northwest Airlines, and Vancouver Airport: The Business Value of Customer

    Introduction Delta Airlines, along with many of its major competitors within the airline industry, have been utilizing self-service kiosks as a means to reduce, if not eliminate, the long lines at airport ticket counters. These kiosks offer business and leisure travelers the opportunity to print out a boarding pass, get a baggage ticket, or simply check the status of a flight on their own terms. To help Delta implement this initiative, Kinetics, USA, was hired

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    Essay Length: 1,287 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Max
  • Intel's Value Chain

    Intel's Value Chain

    Intel’s Value Chain Since 1998, Intel has developed and used an e-business strategy to maintain relationships with its customers, employees and suppliers. The company’s goal is to become a 100% ‘e-business enabled’ corporation. In terms of the value chain concept, Intel has reaped tangible benefits in the volume of business it does on the Web, as well as created savings of time and money for both itself and its customers. Intel's strategy in terms of

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Spanglish: Low Culture Versus High Culture?

    Spanglish: Low Culture Versus High Culture?

    Spanglish: low culture versus high culture? There are numerous critics of Spanglish among both Spanish-speakers and American-English-speakers. It is commonly assumed that Spanglish is a jargon: partly Spanish and partly English, “with neither gravitas nor a clear identity” . It is spoken by many of the approximately 35 million people of Hispanic descent in the United States, who, “no longer fluent in the language of Cervantes, have not yet mastered that of Shakespeare” 3. The

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Values and University

    Values and University

    Values and University Those who have the opportunity to attend a Canadian university are extremely fortunate for many different reasons. Not only are they educated in important subject matter, university helps students develop valuable core principles as well. Although there are many, we will be focusing on three main values throughout this essay; time management, self-discipline and respect. Through the discussion of these values, we will see how universities help to communicate and reinforce them.

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    Essay Length: 529 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Max
  • How to Implement Total Quality Management in Strong Cultures: Alignment or Saturation?

    How to Implement Total Quality Management in Strong Cultures: Alignment or Saturation?

    How to Implement Total Quality Management in Strong Cultures: Alignment or Saturation? At the end of this case study, Bernal Flores asks if he should use the alignment strategy or the saturation strategy to implement Total Quality Management (TQM) at the San Juan facility. When the implementation process at Playa Negra and Bocagrande is evaluated, it becomes clear that better choices in implementation and management’s role could have been accomplished. For Bernal, it is a

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    Essay Length: 1,419 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Vika
  • Love Portrayal in Modern Drama

    Love Portrayal in Modern Drama

    Henrik Ibsen is considered to be the father of modern drama. His objectives were to “see accurately and recreate poetically the world and its people, beliefs, ideas, conflicts, and correspondences” (Mergentha). The essence of modern drama is to remake, or mirror the society in which the authors lived in. However, at times, these realistic concepts are introduced in an environment that is completely absurd and surreal. It can be explained as the author trying to

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    Essay Length: 1,412 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Artur
  • The Culture of Fear Fears Based on Fallacies

    The Culture of Fear Fears Based on Fallacies

    The Culture of Fear Fears based on Fallacies Americans have a tendency to underestimate the power of the media and its influence over our beliefs and expectations in society. News is delivered to our homes in many different ways including the television, newspaper and word of mouth. It is our first instinct to take what we see and hear from authority figures or news stations to be true. Therefore, we do not realize that the

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    Essay Length: 2,622 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Vika
  • Cultural Context in View from a Bridge by Arthur Miller

    Cultural Context in View from a Bridge by Arthur Miller

    Examine how cultural context is established in two of the texts on your comparative course When examining the topic of cultural context, one must become immersed in the world of the texts under discussion. The historical and geographical setting of a work creates a world that the characters can credibly inhabit. They are influenced and shaped by the customs, moral values and social structures of that society. The cultural environment created offers the reader a

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    Essay Length: 1,878 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Importance of Ethnic Culture - How Important Are Cultural Roots for Yourself?

    Importance of Ethnic Culture - How Important Are Cultural Roots for Yourself?

    Importance of ethnic culture How important are cultural roots for yourself? There are many races in this earth some with more culture, morals, influence, and values than others. That still doesn't change the fact that we all live in this earth together sharing what ever piece of land we live on. No matter what race we are -- we are always influenced to believe in our roots. I am Hispanic, my roots are very strong

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    Essay Length: 778 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Mike
  • Value Chain Analysis

    Value Chain Analysis

    Introduction Value Chain Analysis describes the activities that take place in a business and relates them to an analysis of the competitive strength of the business. Influential work by Michael Porter suggested that the activities of a business could be grouped under two headings: (1) Primary Activities - those that are directly concerned with creating and delivering a product (e.g. component assembly); and (2) Support Activities, which whilst they are not directly involved in production,

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    Essay Length: 444 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Organizational Culture

    Organizational Culture

    Boeing is the top aerospace corporation and the largest producer of commercial and military aircrafts combined, with abilities in missiles, electronic and defense systems, rotorcraft, satellites, launch vehicles and advance information and communication systems. Boeing supplies to 145 countries in the world and is the number one exporter in US sales. Boeing’s headquarters is in Chicago, IL (Boeing, 2007). Planning Function of Management Of the four functions of management, planning is the first function to

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    Essay Length: 910 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Mikki
  • West Indies Yacht Club Resort: When Cultures Collide

    West Indies Yacht Club Resort: When Cultures Collide

    West Indies Yacht Club Resort: When Cultures Collide Project Cross-Cultural Management and Communication Outlines 1°) Introduction 2°) Symptoms 3°) Problems 4°) Solutions 5°) Evaluation of alternatives 6°) The best solution 1°) Introduction The West Indies Yacht club resort had been created by Joe Kimball who used to come into the north sound of Virgin Gorda and felt in love with this natural beauty. Kimball worked hard so his business could grow as fast as this

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    Essay Length: 1,223 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Anna
  • Modern American Culture and Indvisual

    Modern American Culture and Indvisual

    The 20th centaury is considered to be a money culture. Materialism, a devotion to making money and to having a good time are all products of a money making culture. All of technology is controlled by an interest in private profit (Dewey, p15). Sigmund Freud and John Dewy both see this day in age as a time devoted to the “scientific revolution” and profit from this drastic advance in mankind. Civilization, as we know it

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Value of a Team Charter

    Value of a Team Charter

    The Value of a Team Charter A team charter is an essential tool for any successful team. According to Dianna Mosher, a perfect team requires goals, communication, and "committing-in writing" to ground rules. It does not just happen. (2004, pg. 144) The team charter should provide a list of the team members and information about each member as well as an outline of the team goals, ground rules, and conflict management (see the Appendix for

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    Essay Length: 1,260 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Bred
  • 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
  • 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
  • Values & God

    Values & God

    Values in life are something that are extremely important to have in my life. A value is something that a person considers to be important to themselves. Financial values vary from person to person. Not everybody wants the same lifestyle. Some people dream of having expensive cars, spacious homes and many possessions. Others search for the simple life, uncluttered by material goods. Our values influence the way we earn, spend, save, invest and spend money.

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    Essay Length: 1,583 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Steve
  • 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
  • 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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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Mike
  • Achebe’s Portrayal of Women in Igbo Society

    Achebe’s Portrayal of Women in Igbo Society

    Chinua Achebe's first novel Things Fall Apart is a story about an Igbo village in the late 1800's. In the story, Achebe depicts women in Igbo society as a sadly oppressed group with no power. Women of the Igbo tribe were terribly mistreated, and had no respect outside their role as being a mother or a wife. In the novel, the author “analyzes the destruction of African culture by the appearance of the white man

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    Essay Length: 1,531 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Jack
  • 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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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Mike
  • 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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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Tommy

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