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The Amish Culture

use of or involvement with modern conveniences. Their choice to eschew the intrinsic benefits of contemporary technological advan...

Leadership and the Creation or Maintenance of Positive Cultures

to ensure that the rules were obeyed and the productively was maintained or increased. (Huczyniski and Buchanan, 2003). The focu...

Anthropology of Rock Music

The Science Daily reports that songs with violent lyrics increase aggression ("Violent Music Lyrics," 2003). A study conducted by ...

Cultural Consideration in Psychiatry

can complicate the provision of care for some Moroccan patients. Several more considerations will be outlined in the remainder of...

Gary Jennings/Aztec

eloquent, but "inadequate to catch every individual word, not to mention nuances and adroit turns of phrase" (11). As this illustr...

Culture and Socialization; Assessing Change

it may vary from person to person and organisation to organisation, however, when entering an organisation it is often possible to...

Italian Business Culture

of prescribed gender roles. Societies that express a high degree of masculinity (MAS), as versus femininity. High MAS cultures are...

Similarities between Classical and Popular Music

works (Kaptainis, 2002). "A paint-by-numbers Mona Lisa is not to be confused with what is hanging in the Louvre" (Kaptainis, 2002,...

Cultural Influences on Medical Care; Indian Hindus

is in charge of all domestic affairs. Younger newly wed couples will often live with one set of parents, even if they are going to...

Scott Joplin & George Gershwin

time," then shortened to "ragtime" (Porter, 1973, p. 2). The innovations that Joplin brought to ragtime were remarkable and uniqu...

The Body In Consumer Culture: Performing Masculinity

buff model. Indeed, it can easily be argued that while there is some form of embellishment in most advertising, employing bodybui...

The Relationship Of Sharia Law And Islam

in the Islamic world is to cultivate and perpetuate a sense of unity where jurisprudence is concerned, otherwise known as the ongo...

Overview of Culture and Cultural Diversity

to their ethnic, religious and/or racial origin. When educators and policymakers speak of cultural diversity, and particularly reg...

Religion: Symbols, Systems, Thought and Practice

strong independent Church (based on the assumption of the Corpus Christianum common to all three confessions) through which he des...

Using Technology to Manage Ethics

point is valid. He asks his listeners to consider a situation in which the government "eliminates" someone; if a person were to ac...

A Common Difficulty in International Business Operations; Culture Differences

they are instigated and can often be seen as a reflection of the values and working methods of the senior management. While many b...

Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions; The Case of Santander and Abbey National

after the acquisition of Abbey National (Harwood, 2005). Santander is a Spanish bank, was performing well in its own marke...

Assessing the Culture of the Company through News Articles Applying International Management Cultural Dimension Models

cultural influences. Looking at the background of both these countries there are similarities and differences which will help plac...

Intel Corporation Analysis

different arenas. However, there is a very serious lack of minorities and women at top levels. Introduction and Industry Analysi...

Asian Cultures and Business Management

separate provisions that include: equipment and supplies; games and practice schedule; per diem and travel; academic tutoring; coa...

Literacy, Language, Culture And Identity

identity for people, a sense of where they themselves belong in history as well as in their own culture (Moll, 2001). If we consi...

Organisational Culture; A Case Study

and ever changing (Trice and Beyer, 1993). Organisational culture embodies what is and is not accepted within an organisation in t...

Convergence Culture; the Case of the Game Call of Duty 4

games. Against this background it may be argued that Call of Duty 4 could have been perceived as reaching the end of...

The Relationship between Culture Modernity in South Korea

rituals undertaken in line with societal values of the time which may reflect events, to architecture output which lasts well beyo...

The Culture of the Philippines

The vessels were rowed, and some of the larger ships held up to 100 rowers per side, in addition to armed troops (Philippine civil...

Wal-Mart Organizational Culture

The assumptions emerge through experiences the group has in solving problems and dealing with different types of challenges patter...

Enron And Corporate Culture

Innovation and risk taking - willing to experiment, take risks, encourage innovation (Smith, 2004). 2. Attention to detail - payin...

Canadian Culture

governmental funding for the arts and culture in Canada would lead to an influx of American and British cultural programming and a...

Empowerment Case Study

persuade Ed to just give it a try. He reminded Ed the company had been very slow to make changes, to create new products and they ...

One Way to Determine Effectiveness of Leadership Development

A journal article is reviewed in this essay, Understanding the effects of leadership development on the creation of organizational...