... Media Influences on American Culture 6 – 10 p.m. Tuesdays Course Start Date: 06/14/2011 Course End Date: 07/12/2011 University of Phoenix South Florida Campus Miami Learning Center 11410 NW 20th Street, Miami, FL 33172 Whenever there is a question about what assignments are due, please remember this syllabus is considered the ruling document. Copyright Copyright © 2011, 2009 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. University of Phoenix® is a registered trademark of Apollo Group, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft®, Windows®, and Windows NT® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Use of these marks is not intended to imply endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation. Edited in accordance with University of Phoenix® editorial standards and practices. Course Description The course provides an introduction to the most prominent forms of media that influence and impact social, business, political, and popular culture in contemporary America. It explores the unique aspects of each medium as well as interactions across various media that combine...
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... | | |Media and American Culture | Copyright © 2011, 2010, 2009 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description The course provides an introduction to the most prominent forms of media that influence and impact social, business, political, and popular culture in contemporary America. It explores the unique aspects of each medium as well as interactions across various media that combine to create rich environments for information sharing, entertainment, business, and social interaction in the U.S. and around the world. Policies Students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Campbell, R., Martin, C., & Fabos, B. (2010). Media and culture: An introduction to mass communications (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s....
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...NORTHCENTRAL UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET Learner: Terry L Green THIS FORM MUST BE COMPLETELY FILLED IN Please Follow These Procedures: If requested by your mentor, use an assignment cover sheet as the first page of the word processor file. The assignment header should include the Learner’s last name, first initial, course code, dash, and assignment number (DoeJXXX0000-1) justified to the left and the page number justified to the right. Keep a Photocopy or Electronic Copy of Your Assignments: You may need to re-submit assignments if your mentor has indicated that you may or must do so. Academic Integrity: All work submitted in each course must be the Learner’s own. This includes all assignments, exams, term papers, and other projects required by the faculty mentor. The known submission of another person’s work represented as that of the Learner’s without properly citing the source of the work will be considered plagiarism and will result in an unsatisfactory grade for the work submitted or for the entire course, and may result in academic dismissal. | | BTM8102-8 | Kris Iyer, PhD | | | Business Research Methodology | GreenTBTM8102-2 | | | <Add Learner comments here> ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Faculty Use Only ------------------------------------------------- <Faculty comments here> ...
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...behavior | 9 | POLITICS: Power in action: | 11 | What are the Reality of Politics | 11 | What is Organizational Politics | 12 | What is Power? Power is the capacity to influence the behavior of others.3 The term power may be applied to individuals, groups, teams, departments, organizations, and countries. For example, a certain team within an organization might be labeled as powerful, which suggests that it has the ability to influence the behavior of individuals in other teams or departments. This influence may affect resource allocations, space assignments, goals, hiring decisions, and many other outcomes and behaviors in an organization. Definitions of power abound. German sociologist, Max Weber defined power as "the probability that one actor within a social relationship will be in a position to carry out his own will despite resistance." Along similar lines, Emerson suggests that "The power of actor A over actor B is the amount of resistance on the part of B which can be potentially overcome by A." Power appears to involve one person changing the behavior of one or more other individuals -- particularly if that behavior would not have taken place otherwise. Contrasting Leadership and Power Leadership focuses on goal achievement. It requires goal compatibility with followers and focuses influence downward. Power is used as a means for achieving goals. It requires follower dependency. It is used to gain lateral and upward influence. Using power. ...
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...(OB) is about understanding how people and groups in organizations behave, react, and interpret events. It also describes the role of organizational systems, structures, and processes in shaping behavior, and explains how organizations really work. Drawing from fields including management, anthropology, sociology, information technology, ethics, economics, and psychology, OB provides a foundation for the effective management of people in organizations. Because it explains how organizations work from individual motivation to team dynamics to organizational structure, knowing about OB is essential to being effective at all organizational levels. Because an organization’s people are responsible for gaining and keeping a competitive advantage, understanding how to mobilize and motivate employees is critical to organizational performance. Businesses excel when employees understand how their behaviors influence an organization’s performance and enable strategy execution, and when they are led effectively and are motivated to do their best. Competitors can often copy a firm’s technologies, products, processes, and structures, but it is difficult to duplicate a core of talented, knowledgeable, motivated employees who work together to achieve the firm’s goals and who care about their firm’s success. Understanding and practicing OB concepts is critical to understanding organizations and gives individuals, managers, and organizations the skills and tools they need to be effective. Organizational...
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...Alessandra Korber 10/11/17 Turnbull Interest groups and Lobbyists Interest groups and lobbying play a big role with the political aspects of America. Interest groups are super important with most of the political systems in place. Interest groups provide citizens with the means to channel citizen’s concerns with policy makers and administrators (Interest Groups., n.d). An interest group is a group of people with common goals who organize to influence the government (Interest Groups., n.d). A lobbyist supports and persuades the government officials to support the policies their certain interest group may favor (Rennie, Ph.D., n.d). Interest groups and lobbyist benefit us by allowing different strategies and attempt to influence one of the...
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...INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI BANDUNG MBA Programme GraduateSchool of Business http://www.mba.itb.ac.id INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI BANDUNG MBA Programme GraduateSchool of Business http://www.mba.itb.ac.id MM5002 People in Organization CHEVRON PACIFIC INDONESIA CLASS (X48) FEBRUARY 2013 MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI BANDUNG http://www.sbm.itb.ac.id/mba MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI BANDUNG http://www.sbm.itb.ac.id/mba Contents 1. Vision and Mission of MBA-ITB 2 2. Learning Goals of MBA-ITB 2 3. Learning Outcomes of This Course 3 4. The Course Structure …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3 5. The Course Plan 5 6. Lecturer Profile 13 7. Grading 14 8. Students Guidance 15 9. References 15 1. Vision and Mission of MBA-ITB Vision: “To be A World Class Program of Master and Business Administration that Creates Ethical and Entrepreneurial Leaders” Mission: * To educate and develop future leaders in business * To develop sustainable education program for building human resource capacity needed for enhancing industry competitiveness in Indonesia 2. Learning Goals of MBA-ITB In General, The MBA-ITB’s learning goal is to develop students to have the following characteristics : * A Strong competence in business and technology-based management as well as decision making capabilities as...
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...Planning Paper MGT/230 May 28, 2012 Week II Assignment Page 1 Planning Paper As assuming the role as a executive for a major company such as BP you can often expect to prepare presentations and present them for the board of directors. When you are in the meetings it’s generally about updates and informing the board members of the organization’s direction and potential changes that may be implemented. The first thing that has to happen is that the two structures of differentiation and integration will have to come together in efforts to help with the planning phase of this project. The goals of BP Oil Company are to become the world’s number one supplier of oil and to be the wealthiest organization in the oil industry. However there are a few other competitors that the company has to stay in competition with, such as Amoco Oil Company, and Wa-Wa, Exxon Mobile Gas Company as well as Sunoco, Gulf Gas and a few other local gas stations. Each state in the Unites States happens to have their own local gas stations some are the small “mom and pop” type of business within a rural town or area. And in the urban and suburban localities there are a lot of franchises of BP oil called Valero and a different mixture of the other competitors as well. Alongside of those franchises BP is the companies name and the goal is to start a better form of marketing and...
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...Open University of Nigeria Headquarters 14/16 Ahmadu Bello Way Victoria Island Lagos Abuja Annex 245 Samuel Adesujo Ademulegun Street Central Business District Opposite Arewa Suites Abuja e-mail: centralinfo@nou.edu.ng URL: www.nou.edu.ng National Open University of Nigeria 2006 First Printed 2006 ISBN: 978-058-434-X All Rights Reserved Printed by Goshen Print Media Ltd For National Open University of Nigeria iii CSS 105 COURSE GUIDE Contents Introduction......................................................................... Aims................................................................................... Objectives........................................................................... Working through the Course.............................................. Course Materials................................................................ Study Units........................................................................ Textbooks and References.................................................. Assessment.......................................................................... Tutor Marked Assignments (TMA)................................... Final Examination and Grading.......................................... Course Marking Scheme..................................................... Course Overview/Presentation Schedule............................ How to get the most from this Course................................ Tutors and...
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...likely to succeed even when faced with the greatest types of adversity. In the movie, Apollo 13, the cast of characters is faced with achieving a goal under severe pressure and numerous problems, that if not successfully attained will cost people their lives. [1] The organization had a common goal that was securely set in the minds of each team member and each member was well aware of what failure could ultimately cost the entire organization. Even under this tremendous pressure filled climate, the team was able to use different types of decision making techniques in order to be effective in solving the issue facing them. While the movie was of course dramatized to reach audiences, it was based on a true story. This gives the emotions, personal interaction and problem solving techniques projected by the film a strong basis as to how teams should aspire to function in today’s environment. The background of the team ultimately began with the competition between the U.S. and Russia and their space exploration programs. The Apollo 13 mission was at this point a routine trip to the moon. U.S. astronauts had completed a mission to the moon one year earlier, so the Apollo 13 mission received very little media coverage. The crew consisted of three astronauts; Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Fred Haise (Bill Paxton), and Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon). All three were heavily experienced and knowledgeable about their mission, especially captain Jim Lovell as he had already completed a prior...
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...Managing Operational Behaviour Assignment -Case Study of Li Shufu, chairman of Geely 2014.1.14 Managing Operational Behaviour Assignment -Case Study of Li Shufu, chairman of Geely 2014.1.14 Content 1 Introduction 3 2 Background Information 3 3 Gaining Support and Trust 3 4 Use networking to sustain the powerful station 9 5 Conclusion 12 1 Introduction Managing organizational behaviour (MOB) comprises a wide variety of topics, such as motivation, leadership and organizational design, which relate to different aspects of behaviour in organizations (Knights et al., 2007). Specialists within different function of business are inevitably working with others. Likewise, generalist managers are involved in coordinating their activities with different specialist functions. Crucially, these are not only simply impersonal activities requiring technical skills, but also organizing capabilities that are identified as leadership, communication and motivation. This paper will provide a case study of Li Shufu, chairman of Geely Automobile Holdings. The first part will focus on how Li gained trust and support at Volvo Car Corporation after acquisition, and then the seconded will look at how Li derived and sustained power from the networking. 2 Background Information Established in 1927, Volvo Car Corporation has been one of the best-known luxury automobile manufacturers in the world. And in 2010, Volvo Car Corporation was acquired by Zhejiang Geely Holding...
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...Globalization and Organization “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” Albert Einstein Devin Brown Economics 2015-2016 How I interpret this quote by Mr. Einstein is that humanity will one day annihilate themselves close to extinction, by the weapons they have and will create in the future. When it happens, the remaining inhabitants will have to repopulate and use the ancient methods of living again. In this assignment, the key debates are the socialist against the capitalist system respectively, how it affects the political, economical and cultural aspect of globalization, with reference to theories and examples to illustrate them. The dependency theory states that the poverty of low-income countries stems from their exploitation by wealthy countries and the multinational corporations that are based in wealthy countries. This is used due to the example of Coca-Cola (a multinational corporation from the west) abusing India’s water supply in villages to make their products because of the capitalist system of minimizing production costs without governmental interference (as India is quite high in terms of corruption) and the pollution it created. This situation got so problematic that India had to shut down the factories that produce the product, which may end up hurting their political ties with United States of America (U.S.A) and the economic as it losses jobs for the low...
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.....................5 Effective Communiation........................................................................5 Motivation…………………....................................................................6 Group Diversity....................................................................................7 Decision Making…...............................................................................8 Climate of Trust and Collaboration.....................................................8 The Desire for Success.........................................................................9 Recommendations………………........................................................9 Conclusion…….………………........................................................12...
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...Vishnu Venkateswaran Writing 140: Section #64330 Rory Lukins November 15th, 2013 Assignment #4 The Tea Party’s Illegitimate Reactions to Perceived Failures of Society Signs that read “revolt against socialism”, arguments racing across the floors of Congress, and meddling in the electoral process to protest against the Democratic agenda are just a small number of the Tea Party’s activities. The Tea Party is a movement spurred on by CNBC’s Rick Santelli whose angry rant rouse the fervor of many a conservative. (Skocpol & Williamson, 1) In particular, he argued against the economic stimulus package introduced by the Obama administration in 2009. Shortly after, the official commencement of the Tea Party movement began with a rally of the fiscal conservative. It started out as a grassroots movement and later evolved into a widespread local and national organization. With generous funding from conservative billionaires and large political organization committees, the Tea Party grew exponentially from state to state. Tea Partiers called for a cut in taxes and public spending as well as deregulation of business operations to lower the national deficit. These individuals started their protest by conventional rallies with signs denouncing Obama’s policies. This later escalated, however, into endorsing candidates into the GOP and reforming the Republican Party. The Tea Party’s activities have contributed towards the recent government shutdown causing scorn amongst many in American...
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...For office use: Grade ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR Group Assignment No. 1 Submitted by: Group No: 1. MANISH RATNA (151425) 2. MANMOHAN (151426) 3. NAMAN AGARWAL (151427) 4. NAVEEN AGGARWAL (151428) 5. SANCHITA ROONGTA (151441) 6. SHREYA AMBEGAONKAR (151446) SECTION: D Batch: MBA-FT (2015-17) Institute of Management, Nirma University Date of Submission: 14th Aug 2015 UNDERTAKING To Whom It May Concern: We Manish, Manmohan, Naman, Navenn, Sanchita and Shreya hereby declare that his assignment is our original work and is not copied from anyone/ anywhere. If found similar to other sources, we shall take complete responsibility of the action, taken thereof by, OB Team. Group No.: Section: D Batch: MBA FT (2015-17) Date: 14th Aug 2015 Signature: Name: Roll No.: INTRODUCTION In this assignment we had to check the various traits that are shown by various managers in different organizations. We contacted different managers and tried to find from them according to different surveys as to how they feel and experience in an organisation. We have used various surveys to interpret their behaviour and have provided an analysis of our own. The various traits surveyed are attitude, job satisfaction, conflict management, communication, basic need satisfaction, power & politics, ATTITUDE & JOB SATISFACTION Name of the Manager: Sachin Garg Organisation: Loylty Rewardz Mngt...
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