...International Management Globalization October 9, 2015 Globalization is the process of social, political, economic, cultural, and technological integration among countries around the world between nation and nation (Luthans and Doh). Globalization for every region, country, and city-state within a country has gone through globalization many times, in various different ways. There are many ways and reason for a country to go through globalization, by choice to advance and become relevant with the rest of the world, or by force by other nations. Globalization has a long history. The Greek globalization goes back all the way through ancient times. They began to spread across Asia in its southwestern sector, northern Africa and then onward to southern Europe. Alexander the Great would be a main reason as to how Greece provided its globalization matters into these other regions. In fact, there are cities named for Alexander in Iraq (Iskandariya), Egypt (Alexandria), and Turkey (Alexandria Troas) (Geo). When it comes to globalization there are many different factors that come into play as to what degree of globalization can occur. For Greece there were many positive factors in play. Physical characteristics such as the topography of the soil were a huge factor. There is also the vast presence of natural elements and the climate that goes along with it. If a country can globalize on what nature gives them on a daily, monthly or yearly basis, there is great reason to globalize...
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...to do with fish cakes? Part of James N. Davidson's answer is that the ancient Greeks understood the temptations of pleasure somewhat differently from us. We think of some desires as being addictive -- those for alcohol, cigarettes or cocaine, for example -- and often we see addictive desires as bringing misery rather than pleasure. Meanwhile, most pleasures, Davidson suggests, do not seem to us compulsive at all; controlling a desire for bacon sandwiches or beach holidays is not like controlling a weakness for the bottle. The Greeks, on the other hand, while not conceiving addiction as a special category of desire, considered a fierce struggle against desire to be a normal state of affairs. In contrast with the clear dos and don'ts of the Judeo-Christian tradition, Greek ethics were more a matter of degree. The Greek motto was meden agan, ''nothing in excess''; the goal was not to conquer desire but to manage it. Pleasures lay all around; eels and tuna, wine and women -- all were part of a spectrum of delights potent enough to bring disaster if not governed by self-control. Without quite saying so, Davidson seems to hint that he finds this a happier, healthier idea of the appetites, with a lustier sense of pleasure's power....
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...Open Letter to a Young Negro (by Jesse Owens) All black men are insane…. Almost any living thing would quickly go mad under the unrelenting exposure to the climate created and reserved for black men in a white racist society…. I am secretly pleased about the riots. Nothing would please the tortured man inside me more than seeing bigger and better riots everyday. Those words were spoken by Bob Teague to his young son in Letters to a Black Boy. He wrote these letters to “alert” his son to “reality” so that the boy wouldn’t be caught off guard—unprepared and undone. Are his words true? Does a black man have to be just about insane to exist in America? Do all Negroes feel a deep twinge of pleasure every time we see a white man hurt and a part of white society destroyed? Is reality so stinking terrible that it’ll grab your heart out of your chest with one hand and your manhood with the other if you don’t meet it armed like a Nazi storm trooper? Bob Teague is no “militant.” He’s a constructive, accomplished journalist with a wife and child. If he feels hate and fear, can you ever avoid feeling it? Whether it’s Uncle Tom or ranting rioter doing the talking today, you’re told that you’ll have to be afraid and angry. The only difference is that one tells you to hold it in and the other tells you to let it out. Life is going to be torture because you’re a Negro, they all say. They only differ on whether you should grin and bear it...
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...Financial Markets and Institutions: Sovereign Debt Crisis By Aims of the research To examine and analyse the impact of Europe Sovereign Debt Crisis on financial markets and institutions in the UK. To determine the areas affected by the crisis and at what level Reasons of choosing the topic To explore the effects of the Sovereign Debt Crises on the Eurozone if one of the member states defaulted and the magnitude of the spill over effect on other nations in EU. This area of study is of great interest not only for the wider public, but for policy makers alike. It can be argued that in comparison to other monetary unions, such as the U.S, the Eurozone countries are far from being economically integrated, let alone politically integrated. Objectives of the research To have insight into Europe Sovereign Debt Crisis and to examine its consequences on the UK economy. To explore the impact of Europe Sovereign Debt Crisis on the financial management, auditing and reporting practices of UK based financial markets and institutions. To compare pre and post performance of UK financial markets and institutions as a result of Europe Sovereign Debt Crisis. Summary of the articles Arghyrou and Tsoukalas (2010) Luff and Peacegood (2012) Duncan (2011) Veron (2012) Arroyo (2011) Arghyrou and Tsoukalas (2010) Outlined the main cause and trigger of the Europe Sovereign Debt Crisis. Defined...
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...Psych 1 Research paper Psychological Disorders Psychological disorders can be very serious, and in most cases are very serious. As many as 450 million people suffer around the world from mental illnesses, including various anxiety disorders, mood disorders, psychotic disorders and more. Psychological disorders can be mentally debilitating and even lead to self-harm and suicide. These disorders and illnesses are nothing to joke about and should be taken seriously. Psychologists point that while someone may have a disorders, they shouldn't be looked at as they're disorder. For instance a child with autism should not be referred to as an "autistic person". Instead we should say "people with autism" because there is so much more to people than their disorder. We are all still humans, regardless of the disorder or illness that some of us may have. Psychological disorders may not always be noticeable to friends, family and/or their surroundings as we may not be able to see their disability. Psychological disorders are often referred to as invisible disabilities, because even though someone may have one, they're often able to hide it from you. I think the majority of people that choose to hide their mental illnesses is due to the fact they don't want to be looked at as "crazy". I, myself, have an anxiety and mood disorder and I can say I choose to hide this from most people because I don't want to be looked at as "a crazy person" or mentally unstable, even though that may very...
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...Throughout time, there's been this saying that it's called "woman" because she is made from "man." This basic belief appeared since the beginning of mankind (or at least since the written bible. Consequently, this created the superstition that women are inferior to men. Taking a look at basic world history and it's sociology, there's a consistent pattern that appears against women. For instance, "Female Hysteria" used to be a medical term for women who showed any type of abnormal behavior. In fact, the word "Hysteria" is greek, meaning "Uterus". This is due to the fact that women are viewed as the weaker gender. The play, "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller is about a mistress name Abigail Williams what wants John Proctor to be her lover for life, but Mr. Proctor would not leave his wife, Elizabeth Proctor, for her. So, Abigail seeks vengeance...
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...As the theorist Michel Foucault examines history to explore the layers of structure of power, I find the history of wedding tradition to be fascinating. “He uses history to dispel the sort of routine, instituted self-assurance people have about reality of such entities as the mental disorders they fear they may be suffering from, or the inner sexual needs they believe they have to release. Foucault has examined various kinds of systems of thought through which people have come to identify themselves as subjects.”(Rajchman) And then another good quote about Michel Foucault is “For more than a decade, his elegant shaved skull had been an emblem of political courage-a cynosure of resistance to institutions that would smother the free spirit and stifle the right to be different.” (Miller 13) I will be exploring how the present days views are reinforced; the dominant message of how a wedding should be and then how in some movies, the post-feminism is displayed which slightly alters this dominant image. I will be also exploring the mix of cultural traditions within the wedding to see how the structure is similar or drastically different. I will discuss Marx’s Materialism ideology aspect of the domination of the ruling class and explore the aspect of the base and superstructure with the mode of production/the system of economic relations within the institutions surrounding wedding ideology. Through close textual analysis, I will show the dominant ideology of the wedding industry...
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...Odysseus and Aeneas, the two epic heroes who both visit the Underworld for their own reasons, are representatives of Greek and Roman cultures. The depictions of their journeys to Hades from The Odyssey by Homer and Virgil’s Aeneid leave us unlimited fantasies about the Underworld, and they let people start to think about the life and death. Some of Odysseus and Aeneas’ backgrounds and their experiences of visiting the Underworld are similar; however, their motivations, personality and developments are very different. Based on what I’ve read from The Odyssey and Aeneid, I think Aeneas is a greater hero, but Odysseus’s purpose, social status, characteristics and developments make him is better “brought to life”. First of all, one of the reasons that why Odysseus is more like a human being than Aeneas is is their motivations for visiting the Underworld are different. Both of Odysseus and Aeneas are former soldiers in the Trojan War, but they are on different sides in this war. Aeneas wants to find a new place for him and the Trojan remnant to settle, so he goes to the Underworld for visiting Anchises-who can gives him directions to his future. In the case of Odysseus, his purpose of heading to Hades is not that noble. He just wants to go back to his home after the destruction of Troy, and he needs to know how could he do that by asking Tieresias. From their motivation, I think Aeneas is a selfless person. According to Aeneid, “Roman, remember by your strength to rule/Earth’s peoples—for...
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...proportions, is the intense fear and dislike of foreign people, or the unknown. Could the two be the same exact thing? Doesn’t the medical condition sound a lot like racism? Where do you draw the line between the two? How do you decide if it is the disease or just plain hatred? In most cases, xenophobia is caused by a past experience, usually a negative one. People who suffer from xenophobia view the unfamiliar external element as a potential threat. This feeling is usually exaggerated and overstressed. Xenophobia comes from the greek words xenos meaning “the stranger” and phobos meaning “fear”; thus making the meaning of xenophobia “the fear of strangers”. The thought that what is different can hurt them might trigger an extremely violent response in a xenophobic person. A patient diagnosed with xenophobia may prompt symptoms similar to other phobias, including anxiety, increased breathing (tachypnea), quickened heart rate (tachycardia), shortness of breath, panic attacks, nausea, trembling, and profuse sweating. Xenophobia can be detected when an individual takes ridiculous precautions to sidestep interaction with strangers. An unexplained fear disturbs the individual’s life; the person is aware of that but has no understanding of how to take control and overcome that fear that is not in check with reality. In many cases, it is possible that the disorder is undiagnosed as the patient learns to avoid situations that may cause anxiety or find excuses that distract them from their uncommon...
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...HREQ 1700 MID –TERM REVIEW SETTLER COLONY: Were colonies that settled or move to a new country, colony or a “new world”. This settlement was an important characteristic of colonialism in the 19th century. In the development of the course settler colonies especially European settlers affected the live of First Nations Women in Canada, in terms of their culture, lifestyle, family organization, and religion. European colonies devaluated native population with regulations like the Indian Act. DIFFICULT KNOWLEDGE Knowledge that often challenges the dominant ideology, which is difficult to accept and we reject it and its source, or we embrace it without a critical evaluation. DIASPORA Comes from the Greek term “diasperin”, Used to refer to any ethnic population forced or induced to leave their original homelands. Also people who leave their homelands to find work or search for asylum. An example of diaspora in the topics cover in the course is the high amount of Chinese population who came to Canada to work. They weren’t forced, rather they chose to start a new life in a new place. Also, during WWII, the boats of Jewish who came to Canada looking for asylum. This term have helped me gaining knowledge about the migration of different ethnic population to Canada during the 19th and 20th century. THERE IS NOTHING OBJECTIVE ABOUT OBJECIVITY Objectivity means to have a neutral position in a specific topic or issue. Been objective is not possible because any ideology or thought always...
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...the Battle of Issus and two years later at the Battle of Gaugamela. The work is traditionally believed to show the Battle of Issus.[5] The mosaic is held to be a copy of either a painting by Aristides of Thebes, or of a lost late 4th century BC fresco by the painter Philoxenos of Eretria. The latter is mentioned byPliny the Elder (XXXV, 110) as a commission for the Macedonian king Cassander.[6] Alexander and Darius[edit] Detail showing Alexander 1893 Reconstruction of the mosaic depiction. Despite being damaged, the two main figures are easy to recognize. * The portrait of Alexander is one of his most famous. Alexander's breastplate depicts Medusa, the famous Gorgon, and his wavy hair is typical of royal portraiture as established in Greek art of the fourth century B.C. He is portrayed sweeping into battle at the left, on his famous horse, Bucephalus,[7] and focusing his gaze on the Persian...
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...Pani/” (Pr 2.3-4). Coming before any of the action of the novel, the reader asks, and for good reason, why these three gods or sets of gods? Then in the final book, Daphnis gives “a0naqh/mata…tw~| Dionu/sw|…tw~| Pani\...tai~j Nu/mfaij” (4.26.6-8). Here Dionysus has filled the place of Eros, or, as I shall argue, Dionysus represents the same universal force as Eros in the earlier books. These divinities, Eros/Dionysus, Pan, and the Nymphs, directly influence the lives of the titular protagonists. Their influence serves different purposes depending on what the situation calls for, but, overall, the influences could be labeled as such: Eros/Dionysus controls their lives, the Nymphs nurture the youths, and Pan enflames their passion. In many Greek novels, Eros functions as a stock figure, “not much more than a convenient method of setting [the] plot in motion” (Turner 119). Critics have heavily studied the role of Eros in this novel, and many find that the text of Daphnis and Chloe can be seen as an introductory text for syncretic monotheistic religions, specifically that of Orphic Dionysus. This argument holds valid, yet, I think, over reads the text, and Chalk admits as an introductory text, it is merely “allusive” and not clearly instructive (36). Philetas certainly describes the “cosmic Eros” found in Hesiod’s Theognis in his interaction with Eros in his garden, but overall that Eros functions better for the book’s aim than the Eros subordinated to Aphrodite (Chalk 35). Epstein...
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...reimagines the final book of Homer’s Iliad. The Iliad is the pretext for Malouf’s novel and unlike other forms of intertextuality Malouf does not mask his debt to The Iliad (Chandler 204). The use of The Iliad by Malouf is self-conscious and arguably the intertextuality is critical to the comprehension of Malouf’s novel. Despite the overt intertextuality with The Iliad, Malouf uses the novel form to shift from the epic narrative of The Iliad to focus on character-driven storytelling. Holquist discusses how the move from epic narrative to the novel form is characterised in the work of Hegel and Lukács: It begins with the Homeric Greek heroes who have very little if any, sense of having unique selves . . . And the story ends with modern men, so saturated with self-consciousness that they seem to wander the world alone, alienated from themselves and their culture—and alienated ultimately from the cosmos itself (Holquist 72) The use of the novel form shifts the focus to the individual, the ordinary, and the humble. It removes the focus on the classical cult of heroism (Conrad 1). In Homer’s text Zeus instructs Priam to ransom his son’s corpse (Rieu 439), but in Ransom Malouf portrays this as Priam's decision. Priam has the freedom to make his own decisions and shape his destiny; the implication for the reader is that Priam is a modern man and despite being set in Ancient Greece we can empathise with Priam. We can explore the theme of freedom in Ransom by looking at ‘who speaks’ in...
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...The Importance of Ergonomics in Human Resource During the last years, ergonomics has been one of the mentioned sources in managerial theory and practice. Ergonomics is a major component of the human resources management and also, it is an important factor of performances. It is the link between efficiency, effectiveness, security and heath within an organization. Ergonomics contributes to the development of Human Resources Management in many ways. Therefore, ergonomics must become one of the major interests of the managers. Ergonomics, from the Greek word ergo means work and nomos means laws. Simply, it means “fitting the job to the worker”. Appropriate function to fit a suitable job of worker is a key importance that a human resource management should look after. As we talk about corporate world, there is gradually increasing pressure on companies to start to behave socially responsible as a response to social, environmental and economic requirements. The society faces a period of changes that have occurred since the beginning of the crisis and revealing weaknesses in the economy. We become witnesses of rapid changes and challenges posed by globalization, lack of resources, demographic structure and innovation. Objective necessity becomes a corporate social responsibility (CSR) already at the companies’ level. One of the possible appliance through which we can contribute to the sustainability of CSR are sustainable ergonomic programs. Ergonomics The IEA defines ergonomics...
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...Abnormal Psychology Test #2 Study Guide with Answers TRUE/FALSE 1. Most people with mental disorders behave in a highly irrational or dangerous manner. ANS: F 2. People who are strange, weird, or bizarre have a mental disorder. ANS: F 3. People with mental disorders are strange, unusual, and noticeably different than other people. ANS: F 4. 5. There can be no universal definition of abnormality. ANS: T 6. Ideas about what are normal and abnormal vary over time and across cultures. ANS: T 7. Abnormal behaviors and feelings are often exaggerations of normal states. ANS: T 8. Normal behaviors can be categorized as distinctly different from abnormal behaviors. ANS: F 9. Every human being experiences at least mild versions of the feelings and behaviors that are found in mental disorders. ANS: T 10. Most mental disorders have both psychological and biological causes. ANS: T 11. If a disorder can be treated with medication, that disorder must be caused by a physical problem. ANS: F 12. Every emotional and behavior has both a psychological and a biological aspect. ANS: T 13. Cognitive therapy is based on the belief that problematic emotions and behaviors can be changed by modifying problematic thoughts. ANS: T 14. A classification system is only useful when its categories consistently and accurately fit the phenomena being classified. ANS: T 15. A classification system is only useful...
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