...Provide a definition of organizational culture and its importance to leaders. Organizational culture is defined as the values and behaviors that contribute to the unique social and psychological environment of an organization (Northouse, 2013). This can include the philosophy, experiences, expectations, and values that keep a company held together. This is based on the shared attitudes, beliefs, customs, and formal/informal rules that exist in the firm’s corporate culture (Northouse, 2013). This can be shown in how a company conducts its business, how it treats its employees, and how it treats its customers. These factors greatly affect how productive and efficient an organization is and how it is viewed by the employees. This helps leaders to have a better understanding of how and why employees behave in accordance with the culture and towards objectives assigned by management. Every firm or organization has a different and unique culture that is ever changing. It is important for leaders to identify the culture so that they can help to mold and form it to the most productive culture possible. Define the role an “adaptive” (transformational) vs. “strong” (transactional) culture performs in transforming an organization. Transactional leadership is defined as the influence of a leader towards his subordinates using rewards and punishment as a motivation mechanism (Northouse, 2013). This is based on the idea that a leader must give or take something from subordinates...
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...created and published a magazine, The American Rifleman for members and became more politically involved. In 1934, the NRA established the Legislative Affairs Division that disseminated information to members and asked them to get involved with local and national government. The NRA was specifically interested in laws that included gun rights and the Second Amendment. The NRA established the Institute for Legislative Action, or ILA in 1975, citing a need to defend the Second Amendment from political attacks. The NRA publishes multiple magazines; the most recent addition is named America's 1st Freedom. It was created to “cater to a more mainstream audience, with less emphasis on the technicalities of firearms and a more general focus on self-defense and recreational use of firearms(nra.org).” In 1990, the NRA established the NRA Foundation. It is a tax exempt organization that raises money to educate people on proper use and safety of guns and to support educational projects. According to the NRA, the Foundation is meant to specifically “benefit a variety of American constituencies including youth, women, hunters, competitive shooters, gun collectors, law enforcement agents and persons with...
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...Gun Control Angela Bauch Grand Canyon University: PHI-105 21st Century Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills 01/24/2016 Gun control is one of the most divisive issues in American politics. “The term “gun control” refers to any government policies that influence the availability and use of firearms among the general public or distinct subsets of the population” (Chapman & J. Ciment, 2013). Gun control groups would like to initiate additional restrictions on firearms, but also to eliminate legal limitations on the right to possess and carry firearms. Gun control laws should be strengthened because it will reduce crime rates, would decrease crime due to concealed carrying, and is not a constitutional right. Gun policy at the state and federal levels need to strengthen gun laws because violent crime rates are high. Initiate additional restrictions on firearms to reduce crime. “One of the more emotional arguments for greater control of firearms is the number of gun-related accidental deaths that occur each year, especially among children” (G. Carter, 2012). “Supporters of gun control argue that firearms restrictions are reasonable measures that reduce injury and death” (R. Chapman & J. Ciment, 2013). “Passions run deep on the issue of gun control, indicating highly distinct and conflicting attitudes toward firearms in American culture” (R. Chapman & J. Ciment, 2013). However, a regenerated boost in the violent crime rate could ensue in more forceful pressure...
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...The NRA created and published a magazine, The American Rifleman for members and became more politically involved. In 1934, the NRA established the Legislative Affairs Division that disseminated information to members and asked them to get involved with local and national government. The NRA was specifically interested in laws that included gun rights and the Second Amendment. The NRA established the Institute for Legislative Action, or ILA in 1975, citing a need to defend the Second Amendment from political attacks. The NRA publishes multiple magazines; the most recent addition is named America's 1st Freedom. It was created to “cater to a more mainstream audience, with less emphasis on the technicalities of firearms and a more general focus on self-defense and recreational use of firearms(nra.org).” In 1990, the NRA established the NRA Foundation. It is a tax exempt organization that raises money to educate people on proper use and safety of guns and to support educational projects. According to the NRA, the Foundation is meant to specifically “benefit a variety of American constituencies including youth, women, hunters, competitive shooters, gun...
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...that can be studied through the corrido are practically unlimited, and these ballads can be used as historical documents of important aspects of modern Mexican and Chicano life, as well as of the daily trials and tribulations of the pueblo the popular or common classes. Narcocorridos have and can be a positive to Mexican culture. The same cannot be said about its growing influence in American culture. In respect to historical significance of traditional Mexican corrido influences, narcocorridos provide a view of public/popular opinion not otherwise found in the media or other sources similar to the role of rap music in the U.S. Originally before modern technology or radios, corridos were passed along by word of mouth through family, friends, and traveling workers. Although the subject matter has changed, corridos remain rebellious, political, and an oral form of historical narratives. Corridos are often intensely serious, and they have always mirrored social and political concerns. They serve as repositories of both myth and history for a people not often served by mainstream newspapers and other media. Corridos are deeply ingrained in Mexican and Chicano culture, and are a standard form of marking major events in both public and daily life. In the beginning, Mexican corridos mimicked traditional Austrian and German Polk ballads and also had Spanish roots. It wasn't until the Mexican War of Independence that Mexicans began to make the corrido ballad a part of their cultural identity...
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...Enesi Aliu-MBA 732 –Consumer Behavior Consumer Possession on the Extended Self Write Up on Gun Culture in America. Introduction The culture of Gun use and ownership by private citizens date backs to the days of the founding fathers, with the bill of rights passage in 1791.The use and possession of guns and firearms has historically been rife with controversy. In 2008, with the Heller V District of Columbia case, the Supreme Court finally clarified the right for individual Americans to bear arms thereby settling century’s long debate on one of the most controversial issues in American history. The culture of Gun ownership and personal attachment individuals feel about guns and firearms is a very interesting dynamic. In the old confederacy (Now nicknamed Red States), according to Barack Obama in 2007,people in this region who feel left out of the modern day progressive society tend to cling to their guns and religions as to further find a sense of purpose and fulfillment. While this view point cannot be empirically proved, there is a level of validity in such a claim as historically known, those areas tend not to support any form of Gun Control. In the more liberal parts of the country, from New York City to the New England Colonies, the attitudes towards gun and firearms ownership is more subtle, there is no religious following however statistically the occurrence of gun crimes and other mass shootings is more prevalent in this part of america than in the old confederacy...
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...when you think of culture wars? In my opinion, a culture war involves violent acts portrayed against one another’s own culture. However, when I looked at the definition it defines as; “a metaphor used to claim that political conflict is based on sets of conflicting cultural values. The term frequently implies a conflict between those values considered traditional conservative and those considered progressive or liberal. The "culture war" is sometimes traced to the 1960s and has taken various forms since then” (www.wikipedia.org). The origin of the culture wars can be described from the 1800s to present day America. The term culture wars has been used by the English for many years to refer to battles between cultures, struggles between cultures literally, and so on. For example, there was a culture war between the Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck of the German Empire back in 1871 to 1878 against the influence of the Roman Catholic Church. “As an American phenomenon, its origin was in the 1920s when urban and rural American values came into clear conflict. This followed several decades of immigration to the cities by elements considered alien by the earlier immigrants and was a result of the cultural shifts and modernizing trends of the Roaring 20s, culminating in the presidential campaign of Al Smith” (www.wikipedia.org). In 1990, however, sociologist, James Davidson Hunter described his view on how he saw a huge problem with American politics and culture. “ He argued that...
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...Rap lyrics and its influence Many rap lyrics glorify violence and guns. Every lyric can affect us in its own way, either it is positive or negative. Many US citizens think rap lyrics should be forbidden, because the lyrics are about topics that can affect us to take catastrophically choices. There are hundred points of views around this, but is it right to deny people to listen to what they want? The latest years there have been several shooting situations in American schools where teenagers have shot teachers and fellow students. This can have a connection with the lyrics in raps. Tupac, Dr. Dre and Eminem are some rappers who are writing about violence. Some of their lyrics are called “Hit Em Up”, “Ni**a witta gun” and “One Shot 2 Shot”. These rappers are very popular among teenagers. Rappers often have opinions about violence and guns that invite people to use guns as self-defence. This is one reason rap lyrics glorifying violence should be forbidden. Five percent of the teenage population in the US bring weapons to school. Rappers encourage wearing weapons because you never know what is going to happen and who you are meeting around the corner. Even though this is true, I think it is paranoid thinking that it always is a chance to be killed or beaten up. I think everybody needs to see more from different perspectives. US citizens who think rap lyrics that glorify violence should be forbidden need to see what rap listeners are missing when they are not listening...
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...In the documentary "Guns, Germs, and Steel", Jared sought to determine the roots of inequality in the world when one of the natives from New Guinea, Yali, once asked him how "the white folk had more cargo and us New Guineans have nothing." This question would spark Diamond's journey on discovering the reason that some people were more privileged than others and where that privilege came from. Diamond would later come to the conclusion that geography played a major role in some civilizations progressing faster than others, as the availability of stable land and nutritious crops enabled societies to fulfill their primary needs, allowing for specialization which led to technological advancement. This technological advancement in a sense then became the determining force for development of societal of cultural values. On another hand, Diamond's work also reveal that Europeans have also derived their innovation from other nations, suggesting that groups construct knowledge for each other, allowing for a...
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...Jackie Combs, Colin Endo, Henric Razon, Arlene Roche SP151 S. Pastor 3/4/2014 TITLE: Exploring the culture of Rock N’ Roll GENERAL PURPOSE: To inform SPECIFIC PURPOSE: The purpose of this presentation is to inform our audience of classmates about the culture of Rock N’ Roll, and its impact of artists from the 50s, 60s, 70s & 80s era. CENTRAL IDEA: The culture of Rock N’ Roll is an interesting culture to explore because it has so many influential artists of all eras and for many decades it has played a big role in society. INTRODUCTION I. We will we will rock you! The language of rock n’ roll has such an influence on the moods and attitudes on many, young and old alike. II. There are many rock musicians that have made their influential mark in the entertainment world, but today we will introduce to you just a few who we feel has “rocked” the world of music. III. Relevancy* IV. We have done extensive research on our topic and have looked at credible sources from the Internet, reference books, and articles. We hope you will enjoy learning more about the genre of rock music just as we have. V. Today, we will share highlights about the *, *, awards and recognition, and their lifestyle associated alcohol and drugs of abuse. BODY I. 1950s (Henric Razon student one) II. 1960s(Colin Endo student two) III. The 1970s was marked by an emergence of a variety of new rock styles, with...
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...Gun Control in America Peter Z Bliss ENG/215 February 2, 2012 Kim Holloway Gun Control in America Gun control is a debate topic that comes up every election and when a major event happens that involving guns. Pro-gun lobbyists say “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people” [ (Hagan, 2007) ] the anti-gun advocates want to take away the right to bear arms. This topic has no right or wrong answer it is a preference of the individual. This is why gun control is such a fiercely debated topic. Implementing gun control Gun control cannot determine an accurate measurement according to research as there are two key components to the research lacking. What is the crime rate with no gun control? There is no documented research showing what the baseline is without gun control. Different government parties have each placed their own gun controls as a universal solution. These controls are mandatory locks sold with every gun purchase, and limitations on different classification of guns a citizen may own (Moorhouse & Wanner, 2006). Part two of measuring gun control is making sure the gun control laws are in place along with proper enforcement of the law. An example of this could have a blanket gun control law for a state. Each county within that state will potentially have a different outcome of this law. With the effort their law enforcement offices and judicial system place on enforcing that law. Gun control law enforcement is a large part of the accurate measurement...
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...Influences of Entertainment Media Paper Amber Kay Kolkmeyer June 22, 2015 HUM/186 Megan McLendon The interrelationship between entertainment media and culture I feel like culture sometimes adapts the media, taking it in a little and affecting how it is. There are certain cultures that don’t let the media in at all because they don’t want it to interfere the way their culture is. I think the media can sort of melt into different cultures, sometimes the entertainment media promotes culture. In what ways have various forms of entertainment media shaped American culture and its values? Entertainment media has had a huge influence on American culture and its values. It has grown rapidly over the years. The American culture has allowed the entertainment media to provide us with the news and such more. It started with the radio, then the newspaper, then television, and now the internet. Television these days has a lot of sex, fighting, drugs, violence, and a good bit of adult language. This has a negative impact on American culture too. The internet has the most impact on American culture in today’s society. With the internet, you can access anything you want. People tend to believe everything they see on the internet, and you can’t just believe it all. Video games is another form of entertainment media that has shaped American culture. Are the social influences of entertainment media mostly positive or negative? I believe that negative outweighs the positive influences...
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...Cultural Differences Paper COM/360 Nicole Kragt Cultural Differences Paper “People must live and interact together for the culture to survive. In doing so, they must develop a way of relating that strikes a balance between showing concern for themselves and concern for others” (Koester & Lustig, Chapter 5, 2010). There are over 7 billion people in this world with thousands even millions born even day, but we as individual units think we live our lives as independents. We are not without influences and influences are not without purpose. Culture, along with many other influential factors, plays a vital role in a child’s development into the next generation. How one is accepted within their environment can have an everlasting impression on their value scale. We live our lives through the microscopic view, but hope for the potential of the next scene to be in accordance with our teachings and cultural norm. Society can play a larger role in the acceptability of diverse cultural patterns and beliefs, and these accepting factors can lead to a change or hybrid adaptation to their surrounding environment. In this paper, the movie Crash is used to examine the dimensions of cultural patterns, identity, and bias within the reading of theories and philosophies in the Intercultural Competence: Interpersonal Communication Across Cultures textbook. Impact of Cultural Differences in the Film The film Crash is a movie about racial and social indifferences in Los Angeles...
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...Influence of Visual Media Paper Carolyn R. Slaughter HUM/176 October 6, 2013 Dr. Steven H. Mathew Influence of Visual Media Paper What would this world be without the influence of visual media? People want to see what is going on in the world around them. In the United States people want to watch TV and it has a great influence on culture experiences. People want to keep up with the latest celebrity gossip, and political pros and cons. In today’s society visual media is used in new ways, at one time people were only able to watch TV in their homes, now it’s available on digital televisions, DVD, smartphones, tablets, and computers. At one time there were only three major broadcasting networks available (ABC, NBC, and CBS) for viewing primetime movies and shows in America. These networks would appeal to a general family audience. (Lule, 2012) Visual media is an important aspect in many people lives; it provides entertainment for many people. The entertainment media has shaped the American culture and its values in many different ways. Today the young as well as the old try to mimic what they see celebrities do. If Miley Cyrus Twerked on a YouTube video, and her fans went insane over the video, now the young people who are her fans wants to do the Twerk dance in spite of how ridiculous some may view it as being. Parent have to preview the content their children are watching on TV whether it be in movies, videos, or music. After viewing the video on YouTube it is easy...
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...Organizational Behavior Trends Paper We live in a society that makes it imperative for organizations to follow the markets fluctuating trends. Since the early 1900’s the factor that caused the chain reaction of events was technology. Since the early 1900’s when Ford introduced the assembly line to the public, the transportation market grew slowly, emerging into what we now know as global expansion. With the technological uprising a need for economic expansion to the diverse cultures slowly began to analyze the effect of how the misunderstanding of diverse cultures can lead to unethical decision making. With these two factors in mind, technology has been a commodity that we have adopted into our everyday lives making it virtually impossible to accomplish certain tasks without; this all leading to work related stress. Impact of Technology After the introduction of the assembly line in 1910, the mass production of vehicles made it possible for people to purchase them at a more affordable price. The automotive industry had such an effect on the technological uprising, that new markets market began expanding. For example: the car brought the east and the west coast closer together, by facilitating it for individuals to travel. It also called for the expansion of the oil industry, and the expansion to the suburbs. The vehicle is what we have adopted as a necessity because it facilitates travel to and from work greatly. But one of the most noticeable stress factors that...
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