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  • 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
  • Francis Scott Fitzgerald

    Francis Scott Fitzgerald

    F. Scott Fitzgerald Francis Scott Fitzgerald's life is an example of both sides of the American Dream, the joys of young love, wealth and success, and the tragedies associated with success and failure. Named for another famous American, a distant cousin who authored the Star Spangled Banner, Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul Minnesota on September 24, 1896. The son of a wicker furniture salesman (Edward Fitzgerald) and an Irish immigrant with a lot of

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    Essay Length: 415 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 18, 2009 By: regina
  • The Culture of the Umuofia Society Before the Colonial

    The Culture of the Umuofia Society Before the Colonial

    The culture of the Umuofia society before the colonial infiltration, may be hard to understand but we are forced by Achebe to realize it has traditions and customs that make it work. Although, looking at it from our Judaeo-Christian point of view we may be appalled by some of their practices. We also have to realize that they have strengths. Things Fall apart is the idea of balance and interdependence, earth and sky, individual and

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    Essay Length: 1,352 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: February 18, 2009 By: Edward
  • Joan Sebastian Bach - Summary of His Life

    Joan Sebastian Bach - Summary of His Life

    Johann Sebastian Bach was one of the greatest composers in Western musical history. More than 1,000 of his compositions survive. Some examples are the Art of Fugue, Brandenburg Concerti, the Goldberg Variations for Harpsichord, the Mass in B-Minor, the motets, the Easter and Christmas oratorios, Toccata in F Major, French Suite No 5, Fugue in G Major, Fugue in G Minor ("The Great"), St. Matthew Passion, and Jesu Der Du Meine Seele. He came from

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    Submitted: February 26, 2009 By: Max
  • Downsizing and Organizational Culture

    Downsizing and Organizational Culture

    Downsizing And Organizational Culture Thomas A. Hickok -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract In this article Hickok argues that, ultimately, the most prominent effects of downsizing will be in relation to culture change, not in relation to saved costs or short-term productivity gains. In particular, the author notes three observations in relation to the impact of downsizing on organizational culture. First, it clearly appears that power has shifted away from rank-and-file employees in the direction of top management/ownership. Accompanying

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    Submitted: March 11, 2009 By: Bred
  • Circus-Circus Summary

    Circus-Circus Summary

    Circus-Circus was an unprofitable business and a small time casino when William Bennett and William Pennington purchased it in 1974 for $50,000. With a new marketing program in place and a stock offering in October of 1983, the company was rejuvenated. What it has become is a hotel/casino that is targeted mainly towards middle income gamblers as well as family oriented vacationers, but has not strayed away from the high rollers that are found in

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    Submitted: March 11, 2009 By: Bred
  • Francis of Assisi

    Francis of Assisi

    Francis of Assisi was a poor man who astounded and inspired the Church by taking the gospel literallyВ—not in a narrow fundamentalist sense, but by actually following all that Jesus said and did, joyfully, without limit and without a mite of self-importance. Francis was famous for his love of all creation. He called for simplicity of life, poverty, and humility before God. He worked to care for the poor. Thousands were drawn to his sincerity,

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    Essay Length: 3,052 Words / 13 Pages
    Submitted: March 19, 2009 By: Edward
  • 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: 654 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 19, 2009 By: Fatih
  • 60's Culture

    60's Culture

    The article "From counterculture to Sixties Culture" clearly demonstrates that the hippie movement was not just founded on pure rebellion from what their parents had prescribed. The article reveals that the 60s culture was a product of many factors including the youths reaction to the Vietnam War, the outpouring of self expression on college campuses around the continent, the constantly dynamic civil rights, and especially the rejection of the counterculture by the mainstream society. The

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    Submitted: March 23, 2009 By: Top
  • Francis Bacon's Scientifically Revolutionary Utopia

    Francis Bacon's Scientifically Revolutionary Utopia

    Francis Bacon's Scientifically Revolutionary Utopia The New Atlantis is a seventeenth century depiction of a utopia by Francis Bacon. In this novel, Francis Bacon continues on More's utopian ideas. Unlike More, however, Bacon relied on societal change via advancements in science and ones own awareness of his environment rather than through religious reforms or social legislation. The seventeenth century marks a period in history where drastic social change occurred. This change, however, was not as

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    Submitted: July 15, 2009 By: regina
  • Organizational Cultural Inventory Paper

    Organizational Cultural Inventory Paper

    OCI Paper I applied the Organizational Cultural Inventory (OCI) with the intention that it is a fictional company, J Enterprises. It will be assumed that it is one of the largest financial services companies in the world. The main emphasis of the responses comes from the department in which I work. However, the results could be indicative of the entire company. The OCI Circumplex showed that the company has a culture with moderately strong Oppositional

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    Essay Length: 1,357 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Cultures' Standard of Beauty

    Cultures' Standard of Beauty

    People are damaging and killing themselves to fit into societies definition of beautiful. Currently we live in a society that is composed of many cultures. These cultures can influence what ones day to day worries are; one of them is being part of a society’s definition of beauty. Some of these cultures are American, European, and Hispanic to name a few. These cultures have influence that way people live, act, and think. Often people

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    Essay Length: 1,144 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Vika
  • Summary of Boy U Fight like Girl

    Summary of Boy U Fight like Girl

    Alex Pham addresses the deception of online gamers in gender-switching and the effects it has on the online community in the article “Boy, you fight like a girl”. Both men and women are a part of this online community consisting of thousands of gamers that face several challenges. Among them are men who play as women not being taken seriously while women who play as men might lose respect by fellow gamers if their identity

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    Essay Length: 268 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Anna
  • 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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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Kevin
  • 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
  • Summary on Father Damien of Molokaiy's Life

    Summary on Father Damien of Molokaiy's Life

    Summary on Father Damien of MolokaiЎ¦s Life Who was Father Damien? „« Father Damien was formally known as Joseph de Veuster „« He was born on January 3rd 1840 „« Damien was born to a farming couple on Tremeloo Belgium. „« He attended college at Brine-le-Comte. „« He entered the congregation of the sacred Hearts of Jesus. „« He Became a Picpus Brother on October the 7th 1860. „« Damien followed his brothers dream,

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    Essay Length: 3,540 Words / 15 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Wendy
  • 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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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Vika
  • The Great Gatsby" Chapter 9 Summary

    The Great Gatsby" Chapter 9 Summary

    Writing two years after Gatsby’s death, Nick describes the events that surrounded the funeral. Swarms of reporters, journalists, and gossipmongers descend on the mansion in the aftermath of the murder. Wild, untrue stories, more exaggerated than the rumors about Gatsby when he was throwing his parties, circulate about the nature of Gatsby’s relationship to Myrtle and Wilson. Feeling that Gatsby would not want to go through a funeral alone, Nick tries to hold a large

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    Essay Length: 611 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Theorist Summary

    Theorist Summary

    u03d2 Theorist Summary • Why do you feel most aligned with this theorist or theory of psychology? I have chosen Carl Rogers as the theorist whom U feel most aligned with. Rogers theory, often referred to as Rogerian therapy, seeks to respond to clients in their immediate realm of being or their “immediate conscious experience”. (Rogers1977) described his therapy approach as one that would remove barriers or limitations so “normal” growth and development can take

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Top
  • 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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    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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    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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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Mike
  • 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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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Things Fall Apart Chapter Summary

    Things Fall Apart Chapter Summary

    Chapter 20 Plot: · Okonkwo returns to his clan in Umuofia. · Okonkwo faces the changes in the clan due to the white missionaries. Themes Power Umuofia is a strong and powerful clan. It is for this reason that Okonkwo wants to regain his authority within the clan. He wants to “show his wealth”. This can be achieved by having one of the wealthiest suitor for one of his daughters. Umuofia used to be powerful

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Victor
  • The Goal Summary of Mgmt Ideas

    The Goal Summary of Mgmt Ideas

    Summary of Management Ideas from 'The Goal' by Goldratt chapters 1-11 The Goal can be expressed in several ways. From the Financial Point of View, making money is The Goal – it can be measured in three ways: net income, ROI, and cash flow. Do not increase one at the expense of another. Try to make all three go up at once. Cash flow is a sink-or-swim situation. If you run out of money to

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    Essay Length: 365 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Stenly

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