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  • The Punk Rock Culture

    The Punk Rock Culture

    Specific Purpose: To inform the audience of the punk rock culture. Thesis: The punk rock culture is something that you all have probably been exposed to, but may not know much about. Organizational Pattern: Topical I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll. Chains, studded belts, and Chuck Taylors. Mohawks, mosh pits, and social defiance. What kind of person do you think of when you hear these phrases? B. Relevance: Whether you

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    Essay Length: 1,171 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Monika
  • Rave Culture

    Rave Culture

    Rave Culture What is a rave? Raving is a highly subjective experience. One person's best rave is another person's worst. Any attempt to analyze rave culture must recognize the highly personal factor of the experience. Author Daniel Martin defines a rave as “a long period of constant energetic and stylistic dancing exhibited by a large group of people in a hot, crowded facility providing continuous loud House music and an accompanying strobe lit psychedelic

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    Essay Length: 1,247 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: July
  • In This Culture

    In This Culture

    In this Culture Gary Soto and Cathy Song, the authors of Black Hair and Lost Sister, along with so many other ethnic backgrounds in the United States have had to come to terms with their culture. Living in America, it’s hard to think outside the box because of stereotypes and pre-dispositions. In order to find you’re self and come to terms with who you are as a person apposed to what the rest of the

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    Essay Length: 549 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Differences in Culture

    Differences in Culture

    Trade allows businesses to exploit economies of scales by operating in international markets, and international competition stimulates higher efficiency and reduces monopoly power. International trade also enhances consumer choice, and international competition between suppliers helps to keep prices down. This again generates better products for consumers and enhances the overall standard of living. But there are factors in international trade that makes it more difficult than domestic business. Differences in culture are one factor, which

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    Essay Length: 259 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Top
  • Exploring Specific Cultural Attitudes

    Exploring Specific Cultural Attitudes

    I was not surprised of my results from Exploring Specific Cultural Attitudes. I am very interested in individuals who come from different countries, who speak a different language and acts differently from me. One day, I would like to visit other countries. I visited Mexico when I was sixteen years old, and I was amazed how some of these individuals lived. For example, I noticed that there was no real running water, no shoes for

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    Essay Length: 743 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Victor
  • Working on Common Cross-Cultural Communication Challenges

    Working on Common Cross-Cultural Communication Challenges

    We all have an internal list of those we still don't understand, let alone appreciate. We all have biases, even prejudices, toward specific groups. In our workshops we ask people to gather in pairs and think about their hopes and fears in relating to people of a group different from their own. Fears usually include being judged, miscommunication, and patronizing or hurting others unintentionally; hopes are usually the possibility of dialogue, learning something new, developing

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    Essay Length: 2,572 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Discuss How You Would Go About Shaping a Response That an Animal Does Not Ordinarily Make. Identify the Animal and the Behaviour Clearly and Explain How You Will Go About Eliciting the Desired Response from the Animal.

    Discuss How You Would Go About Shaping a Response That an Animal Does Not Ordinarily Make. Identify the Animal and the Behaviour Clearly and Explain How You Will Go About Eliciting the Desired Response from the Animal.

    Learning Theory attempts to explain how an individual or organism learns. Learning can be achieved through observation, social facilitation, formal teaching, memory, mimicry, classical conditioning and/or operant conditioning. Among these different theories of learning, classical and operant conditioning gives the most interest to animal trainers http://www.wagntrain.com/OC/. Ivan Pavlov was known for his experiments with dogs and his classical conditioning. Pavlov had this observation that when a hungry dog who sees a bowl of food salivates.

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    Essay Length: 337 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: July
  • Culture

    Culture

    1.Culture is how we function as a group. Values, technology, etc. We live out our lives in the social groups in which we belong. 2.Culture Shock is, the difficulty people have adjusting to a new culture that differs from their own. 3.An example of culture shock is going to another country or another culture. 4.Ethnocentrism is the judgment on other cultures, thinking that our culture is superior. 5.Cultural Relativism is the recognition that social groups

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    Essay Length: 280 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Top
  • Cja 420 - Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice - Disparity and Discrimination

    Cja 420 - Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice - Disparity and Discrimination

    Disparity and Discrimination Penny Turberville CJA 420/Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice John France March 26, 2007 Disparity and Discrimination Disparity can be defined as an inequality while discrimination can be defined as a prejudice. I will set forward to define these terms as they relate to the criminal justice system and how the terms relate to one another. I will also provide examples of each. In criminal justice disparity means that there is a

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    Essay Length: 682 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Waffle House: Pop Culture Icon

    Waffle House: Pop Culture Icon

    Waffle House: Pop Culture Icon Waffle House remains cemented in pop culture as a place where one can enjoy a meal with friends at any hour. This image of a fun, all night hangout has recently been tarnished by multiple allegations of racism on the part of both customers and employees. Our group feels the best way to combat this negative association between the restaurant and discrimination would be for Waffle House to become positively

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    Essay Length: 2,950 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Vika
  • Cultural

    Cultural

    When we enter the world we enter naked physically, socially, and culturally. Unlike other living creatures humans need social experience to learn their culture and survive. Only humans rely on culture rather than instincts to ensure the survival of their kind. The natural thing to humans is to create culture. Culture has to be learned it is not apart of a biological make up; but our biological make up makes culture possible. We as humans

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    Essay Length: 720 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Artur
  • T-Shapes

    T-Shapes

    Discussion about arranged marriages In the western world people usually choose their own marriage partner but this is not the way for all cultures living in western society. Arranged marriages still happen. For example many Indian families who have settled outside India still uphold this tradition. Often the most important aspect is the bond between the two families, rather than the relationship between the couple being married. Property or land with the aim of securing

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    Essay Length: 501 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Pyramids of Two Cultures

    Pyramids of Two Cultures

    Pyramids of Two Cultures For many centuries' people have been fascinated by ancient cultures and treasures. During the last two centuries the science of archeology and modern inventions allowed people to get inside of the Egyptian and Mayan pyramids and discover the treasures of Egyptian pharaohs and Mayan rulers. Most of what we know about Egypt we owe to the pyramids. Thanks to Egyptian belief in the afterlife we can now find out about the

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    Essay Length: 2,270 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Enriched Cultural Identity - the Purpose of the Measurements

    Enriched Cultural Identity - the Purpose of the Measurements

    Enriched Cultural Identity -The Purpose of the measurements The Purpose of the measurements is to find out how many times each person uses libraries in London. This is further reviewed by classifying whether the use of library is electric or non-electric. By doing so, the differentiation would give a better understanding on library usage. The measurements seem to aim at learning how the London citizens well respond to the benefit, which includes being more educative,

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    Essay Length: 578 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Bred
  • Report on Organizational Culture of Uniqlo and Giordano

    Report on Organizational Culture of Uniqlo and Giordano

    Report on organizational culture of UNIQLO and Giordano Target companies UNIQLO HK Limited and Giordano International Limited in the apparel industry Industry background UNIQLO Hong Kong Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of fast Retailing Co. Ltd. from Japan. The first UNIQLO store was opened in 1984 and then developed with an amazing speed to become a huge aircraft carrier in apparel industry in Japan and even the world, combining all facets of its businesses including

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    Essay Length: 1,206 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Monika
  • Culture Shock

    Culture Shock

    Culture Shock Essay The United States of America is a country in which many people from all over the world come to live together. Unlike Canada, which is a multicultural country, it is a melting pot since each person brings his/her own peculiarity to enrich the culture of this country. But this melting pot process is not always without problems. When people from other countries come to America, they may experience some form of culture

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    Essay Length: 1,206 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Enron’s Corporate Culture: Doomed for Failure

    Enron’s Corporate Culture: Doomed for Failure

    Organizational culture can be defined as the system of attitudes, beliefs and values that are collectively expressed in support of organizational structure. Organizational culture is a pattern of shared basic assumptions that dictate the behavior of individuals within an organization. Culture determines which practices are appropriate and which are not, effectively developing standards, guidelines, and expectations for individuals within an organization. Although they work hand in hand, there is a definite distinction in the beliefs

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    Essay Length: 1,803 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Possible Cultural Changes Inside Google Company

    Possible Cultural Changes Inside Google Company

    A multicultural workforce can present difficulties with teamwork and communications. The problem is that in a multicultural work environment there is different communications styles, traditions, rules, etc. Large companies such as Google Co, the one that we are going to be studying have to organize and manage work teams around the globe. This represents a big challenge for the company. In this research paper we are going to analyze how a multicultural workforce can bring

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    Essay Length: 2,007 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Artur
  • Hypothesis: Social Class Determines How Asian Teenagers (aged 15-17) Do in Gcse Rather Than Culture

    Hypothesis: Social Class Determines How Asian Teenagers (aged 15-17) Do in Gcse Rather Than Culture

    Hypothesis: Social class determines how “Asian teenagers (aged 15-17) do in GCSE rather than culture. Culture is hard to define and operationalise between different “Asian” groups. In test after test, nationally, Chinese and Indian students show superior performance in mathematics and other subjects compared with their Pakistani, Bangladeshi (also “Asian”) and non-Asian counterparts. In 2003, according to National Statistics, 71% of boys and 79% of girls achieved 5+A*-C GCSE/GNVQs. These statistics were significantly higher than

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    Essay Length: 3,794 Words / 16 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Business Culture of Best Buy

    Business Culture of Best Buy

    Business Culture of Best Buy, Circuit City’s biggest competitor Best Buy’s vision is to make life fun and easy for consumers. Their business strategy is to treat customers as unique individuals, meeting their needs with end-to-end solutions, and engaging in energizing the employees to serve them, while maximizing overall profitability. As of March 2008, Best Buy operated 923 stores in 49 states. In the United States, Best Buy offers five revenue categories: 1. Consumer electronics

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    Essay Length: 740 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Monika
  • African American Culture

    African American Culture

    African American Culture Music Spirituals This is a religious song sung by the black people in the southern part of the US and are often influenced by African melodies. The spirituals are typical working songs and often content stories and persons from the Bible. Many of the slaves, in fact, thought of themselves as modern children of Israel who were looking for freedom. The songs first become well-known outside the southern states when the slaves

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    Essay Length: 1,168 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Janna
  • Native American a Cultural Diversity

    Native American a Cultural Diversity

    The American Indian is a very unique and integral part of Amreican history,with a very rich and beautiful cultural background.There are over 558 federally recognized tribes in America right now,and another 126 who have applied for federal recognition.At the time of first contact with Europeans, the United states was fully occupied by Indian Nations and some 300 Indian languages existed,approximately 106 of which are still spoken.The diversity and hetrogeneity of the American Indian community cannot

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    Essay Length: 1,363 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Jon
  • Culture Interview Summary

    Culture Interview Summary

    I interviewed a friend of mine named Leticia. She is from Ghana and is a sophomore at Frostburg State University. In 1996 my father came here to further his education and he realized there are better opportunities out here as well. “He wanted us to get the best education possible and a better life so he brought us as well.” So he sent for his family. When they got to the United States they were

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    Essay Length: 868 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Anna
  • Cultural Assessment of the American Red Cross

    Cultural Assessment of the American Red Cross

    Abstract A cultural assessment of the American Red Cross (ARC) is presented. Research was conducted via the World Wide Web, article review, site assessment, and interview of a key official within the organization. The ARC was found to have strong ethical values and a mission which incorporates resources across our great nation. The ARC takes pride in being “America’s most trusted charity.” The culture of the organization is strong while also being able to allow

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    Essay Length: 1,114 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Henry Ford’s Automobile and It’s Effects on American Culture

    Henry Ford’s Automobile and It’s Effects on American Culture

    Henry Ford’s Automobile & It’s Effects on American Society Brian Miller Professor Sheehan 10 December 2007 HIST 1120-03 Over the course of the 20th century, the automobile has gone from being an expensive toy of the rich, to being the standard for passenger transport in most developed countries around the world (Urry). Not unlike the effects of the introduction of Railways into society, automobiles have changed social interactions, employment patterns, goods distribution and the basic

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    Essay Length: 1,921 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Tommy

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