...Puja Rudra PSY2012 Writing Assignment #2 Culture and Causal Cognition The article I decided to write my writing assignment on is Culture and Casual Cognition by Ara Norenzayan and Richard E. Nisbett. The purpose of this article was to understand the cultural differences in casual cognition. It was believed that casual beliefs differ among countries but essentially individuals come to the same judgments. Over the past decades, many psychologists believed that cognitive reasoning are all the same in all cultures. However, East Asian and American causal reasoning differs drastically. Culture-specific mentalities in East Asia and the West identified with the reasoning behind the differences in casual cognition. The East Asian mentality was said to be holistic, centering consideration on the field in which the item is found and attributing causality by reference to the relationship between the subject and the field. The Western attitude on the other hand, is diagnostic, centering consideration on the object, sorting it by reference to its qualities, and crediting causality taking into account rules about it....
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...AN ANALYSIS OF BUSINESS CASUAL DRESS CODES Renee Kare Oke November 24, 2015 Establishing corporate business casual dress codes requires both sensitivity and awareness of all the legal ramifications that such codes bring with them. Factors such as whether or not a job requires a uniform or requires certain attire for safety reasons can be extremely important in setting a dress code policy and in being able enforce it. Establishing guidelines A policy manual should include all specifications regarding dress codes, including the more relaxed dress code known as business casual. If your company’s policy manual does not precisely define what is considered “acceptable” business code standards have been lowered due to vague guidelines, you will have a much more difficult time enforcing any guidelines later. EMPLOYEES RESPONSIVENESS If employees are convince that their image and dress directly affect the company’s bottom line, they are more likely to be motivated to adhere to stricter dress code guidelines. If they know that a specified workday, such as a Friday, can be a day to relax their dress, they might consider it a reasonable trade-off to the stricter guidelines enforced during the other workdays. A professional image consultant from Dress for Success Inc. could conduct some workshops to educate employees regarding the importance of professionally even when the standard is business casual. POTENTIAL RESULTS If you decide to adopt a business casual dress code in the spring...
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...beautiful hair and shapes that fit their tiny clothes. Entering in A&F store, as you look on the walls, you would notice that the models all have the same look. A&F was known for hiring associates that also fit that look. A&F was also known for not hiring minorities and if they were hired it would be for stocking or closing up store. A&F was known for this practice and really didn’t mind the lost of not having the minority business, which prompt lawsuits to the company and drew attention to them, but this did not stop A&F. A&F also prevented to the sales of potential clients by racial profiling with the expensive of clothing. The greatest opportunities available in the marketplace for A&F to pursue A&F specializes in casual wear in marketing the younger generation in buying their products. They should pursue the older generation in finding out exactly what they are looking for and try to meet that need. The company could be more tolerant to the older generation. A&F will understand the need of the younger generation but to get an handle on the need of the older generation from the ages of 35-50 are not old but to maintain the in style look for that generation. Hitt,Ireland, Hoskisson states: Demographics began to shift the baby boom generation was aging. Those specialty apparel retailers who appealed mostly to teenagers realized that they needed to hold on to their consumer as they entered their twenties. A&F, AEOS, and even the Gap began to open, with...
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...Michelle Lyda Jessica Hutchman English 113 9 November 2011 Casual Wear In the fast-paced world of today’s news and media, the true meaning and emotion of many leading stories is lost in the endless reel of current events. James Merrill constructs his poem, “Casual Wear,” in a similar fashion; the first eight lines of the poem distantly describe a female tourist and a male terrorist, not as people, but as statistics. It is only in the final two lines of the poem that Merrill injects any emotion into the work and connects the two seemingly unrelated individuals. In “Casual Wear,” Merrill uses contrasting viewpoints to convey both the resolution of the terrorist and the direness of the death of the tourist. Most of “Casual Wear” focuses on “your average tourist” and “your average terrorist;" it is not until the last two lines that the poem reveals, indirectly, that the terrorist is responsible for killing the woman, who is given the title, in the last two words of the poem, “wife” (Merrill 907). The unexpected outcome provides the reader with the fierce shock of reality on a personal level. Since the only name given to the woman is “wife” and the odds were “1 to 910 against her strolling past the Embassy,” the reader is given the impression that this is something that could happen to anyone, anywhere (Merrill 907). The shift in tone from detached to very personal provides the reader with the stark contrast between a generalized newscast and the very personal level on...
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...3. MARKETING & ADVERTISING Developing a Professional Presence • By yenhui • Feb. 1, 2012 • 2028 Words • 21 Views PAGE 1 OF 9 Professional presence Professional presence is a dynamic blend of poise, self confidence, control, and style that empowers us to be able to command respect in any situation. Once acquired, it permits us to project a confidence that others can quickly perceive the first time they meet us. The importance of making a good first impression A positive first impression can be thought of as the first step in building a long-term relationship. The Primary Effect The development of professional presence begins with a full-appreciation of the first impression. The tendency to form and retain impressions quickly at the time of an initial meeting illustrates what social psychologist call a primacy effect in the way people perceive one another. The general principle is that initial information tends to carry more weight than information received later. First impressions establish the mental framework within which a person is viewed, and information acquired later is often ignored or reinterpreted to coincide with this framework. The First Few Seconds When two people meet, their potential for building a relationship can be affected by many factors. Within a few moments, one person or the other may feel threatened, offended or bored. Assumptions versus Facts The impressions you form of another person during the initial contact...
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...defendant and state their rights (not necessarily every time, there was a precursory statement of rights before the court began its session, but there were times when certain rights were re-stated or new rights needed to be addressed). The judge also asked the defendants if there was anything they had to say in support of their admission to whatever program they were applying for, and usually granted the program and a continuance for (usually) one year. Pretty much all of the cases we witnessed were like this. My most note-worthy impressions definitely started with how casually everyone was dressed. Walking from the parking garage to the courthouse, we saw a man in jeans and a button-down dress shirt, with fairly nice shoes. I thought that was casual, only to be later surprised when we got to the courtroom to find that most of the people in...
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...Mango has ditched the glitz in favor of more casual attire like that from Spanish rival Inditex SA, the world’s biggest seller of apparel and owner of the Zara brand. The change has helped Mango outpace Inditex in Spain’s 16.2 billion-euro ($21 billion) clothing market. “We had gone way too far with our focus on clothes for parties and events,” said Enric Casi, general manager of the Barcelona-based retailer. “Not even our employees wore Mango.” The casual push wasn’t the only lesson Mango took from Arteixo, Spain-based Inditex as it sought to address a decline in profit of almost 60 percent in the two years through 2011. That year, Isak Andic, the founder, chairman, and owner of almost 100 percent of the company, stepped back into a stronger day-to-day management role to help reformulate strategy. Since then, Mango says, the chain has cut prices by about 20 percent across the board, bringing them closer to Zara’s. And the company has stepped up expansion outside of crisis-weary Spain and placed more emphasis on the fast-fashion model that has helped Inditex prosper. “Mango is emulating Zara as much as it can,” said Luis Benguerel, an equity trader at Interbrokers in Barcelona. “It needs to follow a successful business in order to fix its mounting problems and achieve the type of growth Inditex has seen.” Fourth-Richest Two years ago, about 70 percent of Mango’s revenue came from party and event clothing and 30 percent from casual wear. Now, it’s the other way round, Casi,...
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...Assessment 1- Reducing Risk, Company: R.M Williams Functional RM Williams clothes and boots are steeped in history and the company has been trading since 1932 and has coined itself as “The Bush Outfitter”. Their functionality has always been core to their business. RM Williams is unique as they manufacture, distribute and retail their products and brand. They have been Australian designed and made, with high quality materials and great cuts. At the launch of Regional Express Airlines (or REX as it is known), the staff, Pilots, and flight attendants all wore RM Williams clothing and footwear. This moved RM Williams from just country clothing consumed by country people to clothing consumed by business people, and a business. Not only was the airlines bringing country people to the cities, it was bringing their fashion too. Perhaps RM Williams was expanding their target market from predominantly rural and country people to city people, and further segmentation to the urban young professional. The target market shift may have been due to economic forces – RM Williams looking for more stability from a city market, not just from people from the land, who had good seasons and bad. What was once a utilitarian need being met, may now be a hedonic need being met – or both. Physical The distribution of RM Williams clothing and boots has also changed with the times. From its humble beginnings of a mail order business, to only in a limited amount of stores and presence in Myers...
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...To: Michael Harding Subject: Reaction to Casual-Dress Policy Cc: Michael, After the inquiry you provided I have looked over the questions regarding the dress code and have provided some information pertaining to each question raised by Mr. Laughton. • Employees should be allowed to wear dark wash jeans on dress down days provided they do not have rips or holes. Shirts should cover midriffs and shoulders and represent employees with an element of class. • Restricting body art and piercings would help give the employees a polished look and would allow for employees to make a professional first impression on clients. • Supervisors need to inform employees when their clothing is inappropriate. This can prevent the same employees from having similar problems in the future. Supervisors might find it helpful to have a specific set of guidelines to refer employees to. • With detailed guidelines it would be possible for employees to have casual dress days. Employees need to remember they are representing the company. • One advantage of a dress up policy is that employees are likely to look acceptable even if they bend the rules. A dress up policy would also increase the reputation of the company because it will appear more professional. A dress-down policy simply confuses employees about what is considered appropriate. Casual dress policy can may simply cause more problems within the organization. I think you will find it most appropriate and in the best interest...
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...commitment and integrity also will be helpful in the advancement to manager or higher levels of the company. Honesty ranks high on the list not just to the company but the other employees that you will work with. The willingness to sometime swallow your pride and except jobs to help the company is always a plus. I have always looked at a job as if is my company ,corporation or work environment. Since I have been in business for myself I feel the need to put the same effort into whatever job that I’m doing. If the job calls for a strict dress code then follow the dress code. You should know if the job requires you to dress business /formal that usually means you have to wear a suit. If semi -professional you can usually wear a pair of casual dress paints and a button up. Attendance is a must always one of the critical elements in the success of any company. Many companies look for individuals who have shown or have been punctual in school or on the worksite. A lot of companies want to know, should they take a chance on you? Always follow the rules that have been set in place. Some employees forget this important point. Do not deviate from this rule a lot of times you may be terminate from that company. If possible enjoy yourself ,work, learn and respect others and your job and you should be...
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...Jordan Vickers English 101 3/1/15 Dramatic irony is a form of writing where the intended meaning of the words are very different from the actual meaning. The poems “Casual Wear” by James Merrill and “The ABC of Aerobics” by Peter Meinke are both examples of dramatic irony. James Merrill uses dramatic irony to satirize the wife tourist’s fancy designer clothes being worn by someone who could possibly die due to a terrorist act. Peter Meinke uses dramatic irony to satirize the fact that the protagonist runs for exercise but is also making fun of exercise in the poem. “Casual Wear” is written at first with a detached tone, then the tone changes to personal. “The ABC of Aerobics” is written with a solemn tone. James Merrill uses dramatic irony to satirize the wife tourist’s designer jeans and that she doesn’t know she will die. In the line “Signed with a Flourish, like the dead wife’s jeans,” the speaker is satirizing specifically the claim of responsibility from the terrorist, by comparing it to the fancy designer jeans. “Claiming Responsibility,” demonstrates verbal irony because the speaker is saying that the terrorist is claiming responsibility without actually taking responsibility. “People... of colored mist,” at the end of “Casual Wear,” the reader is left with empty, meaningless people. Peter Meinke uses dramatic irony to satirize the fact that the protagonist runs for exercise but is also making fun of exercise in the poem. The quote, “I join in despair knowing my arteries...
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...Casual Wear Michelle Lyda Jessica Hutchman English 113 9 November 2011 Casual Wear In the fast-paced world of today’s news and media, the true meaning and emotion of many leading stories is lost in the endless reel of current events. James Merrill constructs his poem, “Casual Wear,” in a similar fashion; the first eight lines of the poem distantly describe a female tourist and a male terrorist, not as people, but as statistics. It is only in the final two lines of the poem that Merrill injects any emotion into the work and connects the two seemingly unrelated individuals. In “Casual Wear,” Merrill uses contrasting viewpoints to convey both the resolution of the terrorist and the direness of the death of the tourist. Most of “Casual Wear” focuses on “your average tourist” and “your average terrorist;" it is not until the last two lines that the poem reveals, indirectly, that the terrorist is responsible for killing the woman, who is given the title, in the last two words of the poem, “wife” (Merrill 907). The unexpected outcome provides the reader with the fierce shock of reality on a personal level. Since the only name given to the woman is “wife” and the odds were “1 to 910 against her strolling past the Embassy,” the reader is given the impression that this is something that could happen to anyone, anywhere (Merrill 907). The shift in tone from detached to very personal provides the reader with the stark contrast between a generalized newscast and the...
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...display those same things along with self-confidence and self worth. As Twenge states, “The society that molds you when you are young stays with you the rest of your life” (Twenge 2). The images hold true to Twenge’s statement. Generation Me has evolved into an all about me society. The first image is that of a young, white, obese male walking through a crowded area. The young man is wearing a brown shirt with the phrase, “I’M #1 SO WHY TRY HARDER” printed front and center where everyone can notice. The second image has an older man, possibly in his sixties, dressed in a navy suit and blue tie and carrying a brown leather brief case. The older man is looking at a younger man in his twenties. The younger man is wearing a black suit jacket, casual striped button up shirt unbuttoned at the top, and jeans. Instead of a brief case, the younger man is holding a yellow binder along with a manila folder in one hand and a smart phone in the other. The images show GenMe’s focus on self. The younger men in each image are part of a generation that has grown up encouraged to focus on self, when maybe instead the focus should have been on personal health, respect for others, and having a positive impact on society. The two images spoke volumes because of the reading from Generation Me. GenMe has been raised, encouraged, and even praised to put self and self interest and happiness first. In image one, the young...
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...ough draft Working at a fine dining establishments Vs a pub 10 things that fine dining good quality food Fresh local ingredients Full service Greeted and seated by host or hostess Table service Ambience-usually calm and casual Service- attract individuals usually 10% of meal price- paragraph 3 Expensive- paragraph 1 Linens/ tablecloth linens Polished silverware Professional chefs- paragraph 2 More focused on décor 10 things that are focused on causal pub dining Inexpensive- paragraph 1 Use of napkins No table cloths Unpolished silverware Some are less focused on décor Cooks instead of chefs- paragraph 2 Causal dress code Less service- paragraph 3 Tips Contrast Both have different in expenses, causal dining deals with greeting the guest and seating them to there tables by host or hostess and fine dining deal with formal attire dress code. Compare Both payments are made after meals, both restaurants work long hour shifts either the front house or back house. Fine Dining Vs Causal dining comparison outline essay Introducation: Relating it to chefs perspective as a manager The two that will be introduced for fine dining are Gordon Ramsey vs momofuku noodle bar for casual The 3 points that are going to be highlighted in each of the paragraph are: quality of food, fresh local ingredients. Service, and expenses of the restaurants Thesis Paragraph 1:introduces the topic in main point formations, discusses the main points of the ideas...
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...you look while around others. If a person is going to an interview business casual attire is the best dress code to a standard dress policy. The major parts of dressing the part for an interview whether in person or on the internet you should use punctuality, attire should be presentable and netiquette should be simple and clear. Having a business casual dress code means that your clothes is to be ironed, and neat and take a good care of your hygiene. If a male was to dress for and interview his attire should require Khakis, or dress slacks, button down shirt, and dress shoes. As for females attire should consist of Khakis, or dress slacks, skirts, blouses, and a dress that is appropriate for a job interview. Female should also wear sensible shoes that are comfortable in to wear all day. Corporate casual wear consists of slacks (other than jeans). As for men they can wear casual chino pants, polo shirt, dress sandals, and a jacket. For women a sweater, dresses, blazers, and skirts. The four points to attire and business etiquette is punctuality, attire, table manners, and netiquette. For starters punctuality is a way to show courtesy and respect for others. Being tardy for work will lead to stress on yourself and the waiting party that are counting on you to be on time. Your attire is always about looking the part for the position you are applying for. But coming into an interview business casual attire would be the best route to go. Especially if you are going into an interview...
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