...Mark Jones, a Production Manager, has been transferred from the manufacturing plant in his hometown of Chicago to his company's overseas manufacturing plant in Osaka, Japan. You are the company's I-O psychologist. Using Hofstede's Five Basic Elements of Culture Distinction, write an e-mail message to the Vice President (VP) of Production discussing at least three cultural differences that Mark will experience in managing front-line plant workers in Japan in contrast to in the United States. Also address how cultural differences may play a role in individual differences Mark will experience. Your e-mail message should also include at least three recommendations on how managers can take up overseas tasks with minimum transition problems. State the rationale for your recommendations. Because the VP of Production is a busy individual, restrict your e-mail message to one to two pages. Type the e-mail message in Microsoft Word, and send it to the M1: Assignment 3 Dropbox by Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Where appropriate use structured text—bold format, headings, bulleted lists, and graphics—to clarify your meaning and to make your document easier to read. Remember texting language will not be acceptable. Dear Vice President of Production, Mark Jones, a Production Manager, has been transferred from the manufacturing plant in his hometown of Chicago to his company's overseas manufacturing plant in Osaka, Japan and I am writing to let you know the differences that Mark will experience...
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...Literature Review 1. Mami Wata Mami Wata is portrayed in many visual forms sometimes depicted as female or male. Her images forms the image of goddess sometimes portrayed as holding serpents and other forms of cultural figures. The Nigerian cultural tale starts with Mami Wata as a daughter to Yemaja. She takes the form of mermaid and her tales predominantly surround coastal areas. Her tales are mainly religious and she people accuse her of playing part in many sea associated calamities and tragedies including abductions when people are swimming, sinking ship, storms and other forms of water catastrophic events. Although she depicts in visual form as human, she is believed to be a spirit of the underwater and her abductions lay basis that her survivors tend to come back wealthier and in better status than they left. Her visualization mostly comes with a serpent wrapping around her bosom; between her breasts. People believe that sometimes she passes through marketplaces in the figure of a complete human. Mami Wata takes form of a superstitious being with string powers and negative personality attributes. Nigerians believe that she has the power to make people sick and that only she can take away these particular ailments. People blame Mami Wata for all kinds of body diseases and conditions. Barren women blame her for her ability to make people infertile. People also believe that Mami Wata has the ability to cure these sicknesses and also has the ability to make women beautiful...
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...of this, that’s you And you’re loving roger all real and true All day, 24 hour I still want you even when it’s crowded Make The neighbors know my name, shout it Girl, you the bae, go ahead and pave the way, ayy And trust it just me and you, don’t dare doubt it You can twerk it how you want I ain’t gunna call you Miley Im loving me some you Started from the bottom baby Then you went and blossomed Cause I luh ya pussy I didn’t know it but I know it now Think I need you and I need you now Aint had none like you in a while I Luh Ya Pussy, I Luh Ya Pussy I Luh Ya, Luh Ya, Luh Ya, Luh Ya Pussy 3x Yeah That’s My Coochie I luh ya, luh ya, luh ya, luh ya pussy [French Montana:] I love you, mami, I-I love you, mami Baby, you the shit, I-I love you, mami Shorty got me catching feelings...
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...often exploited in hip hop artists (mostly male) music videos just to shake their big butts in a tiny bikini fully exposed. Sometimes it seems that males treat these woman like objects instead of human beings. Nowadays it’s considered the norm for these girls to dance around basically naked which is unfortunate, but what’s even worse is that some of these women are completely okay with doing this just to get their names out there for possible jobs in the future. It’s not only music videos that exploit these women, it even started back in the day when hip hop was started to get into the gangsta rap phase. The movie “Boyz In The Hood” is a perfect example of women’s bodies were exploited in hip hop culture. Also Rivera’s article Butta Pecan Mamis is another great article explaining the exploitation of women’s body through hip hop. In the movie “Boyz in the Hood” women and their bodies were exploited during a lot of parts in the movie. Doughboy who was played by Ice Cube was one of the main people to exploit women and their bodies. When he just got out of jail his mother threw him a welcome back party and everyone in the neighborhood was there. All of the guys would be on one side and the girls on the other, but the men would talk about them saying what they would do to them if they had the chance. Or who gets more “bitches” than the other as if they are not people, instead they are treated like trophies. Doughboy proceeds to call them bitches and hoes throughout the whole movie...
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...Yunior reluctantly starts these actions, he continues to steal and sell drugs to support his family. Yunior gives this money to his mother so occasionally Yunior and his mother can shop at the mall. Yunior doesn’t complain about the long walk because “[his mother] doesn’t go out much, so when she does it’s a big deal. She dresses up, even puts on makeup. Which is why [he doesn’t] give her lip about taking her to the mall…”(Drown, 96). Yunior wants his mother to be happy, even though they are struggling to stay afloat. Even before Yunior and his family immigrate to the United States, they still have financial troubles. When Ramon goes to the United States, he borrows money from Yunior’s grandfather. Mami tells Papi “You had best remember where this money came from”(Negocios,167). Mami needs Papi to stay loyal to the family so his immigration can benefit the whole family. However, Yunior’s father stops sending money while he lives with Nilda. This allows for the connection that forms between Yunior and his mother, and eventually Yunior and...
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...sime ne 18 nentor 1997 vendi sikur u qetesua disi. Bej shaka, une s’ndikova fare. :) Une isha femija e pare ne familjen time. Mami im ishte shume e bukur e re dhe si shpirte, babi gjithashtu , dhe vazhdojne te jene. Une isha shume e kuqe me tipare te bardha sy bojeqielli dhe pak e shemtuar, gjithsesi isha bebe. Ne moshen nje vjecare me prinderit e mi shkuam ne Greqi. Sipas historive qe me tregon mami , sepse une nuk mbaj mend shume gjera, u ambientova shume shpejte madje mesova rrjedhshem greqishten. Tani nuk mund te them asnje fjale. Pas dy vjetesh qendrimi atje u kthyem ne Shqiperi . Kur u ktheva ketu gjeja qe kisha me shume qef ishte te shkoja nga gjyshja nga ana e mamit. Me kujtohen shume mire ato mbasdite te gezueshme kur nena ime me mbante prej dore dhe me shetiste neper parqet e qytetit. Tezja ime me e madhe me donte shume fare edhe une e doja shume shume ,madje vazhdoje ta dua. Ne ato kohe rreth viteve 2000 ajo ishte studente ne Tirane ,por per te me bere mua qefin kursente leket nga ushqimin dhe me blinte lodra. Dhe si te gjithe femijet qe i duan shume lodrat edhe une i doja , por me shume dhuruesin e tyre. Kur isha kater vjece lindi Juxhini, vellai im. Ne fillim isha shume xheloze pasi mamin e doja vetem per vete , edhe vellain e doja ,por me kushtin qe te mos ma merrte mamin. Kur u bera per ne klase te pare me ne fund e kuptova qe mami ishte e te dyve dhe nuk do te ma merrte njeri. Ne klasen e pare rashe me mesuese V. Lloshin dhe 16 nxenes te tjere. Ishte pak...
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...JUNOT DÍAZ RIVERHEAD BOOKS a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. New York 2012 RIVERHEAD BOOKS Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA • Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3, Canada (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) • Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England • Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd) • Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd) • Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi–110 017, India • Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, North Shore 0632, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd) • Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Copyright © 2012 by Junot Díaz All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission. Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights. Purchase only authorized editions. Grateful acknowledgment is made to reprint an excerpt from My Wicked Wicked Ways. Copyright © 1987 by Sandra Cisneros. Published by Third Woman Press and in hardcover...
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...The judiciary is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state. The judiciary also provides a mechanism for the resolution of disputes. Under the doctrine of the separation of powers, the judiciary generally does not make law or enforce law but rather interprets law and applies it to the facts of each case. Judicial system of the Republic of Kazakhstan consists of the Supreme Court and local courts established in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Constitutional Law. To local courts refer: 1. region and equal level courts (city court of the capital of the republic, city courts of republican level cities, specialized court – Military court of the Republic of Kazakhstan and others); 2. district and equal level courts (city, inter district, specialized court - military court of garrison and others). In the Republic of Kazakhstan there can be created specialized courts: military, economic, administrative, juvenile and others. The unity of legal system of the Republic of Kazakhstan is provided by: • general and single principles of justice, established by the Constitution and the Constitution law, procedural and other laws; • implementation of legal power in single forms of legal proceedings, established by the laws; • applying of existing legislation of Kazakhstan by all courts; • legislative support of single status of judges; • obligatory fulfillment...
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...Drown Drown, the compilation of ten short stories written by Junot Diaz narrates the experience of Hispanic Latino teenagers with different themes and from one part of life to another. He pictured the world of Drown as a rough, violent, poor and seemingly hopeless experiences. The compilation of stories narrated by Yunior tells his stories from different points of view of life. The events and experiences mentioned in this novel by Diaz are what most Hispanic teenagers go through. As the novel begins with “The fact that I am writing you in English already falsifies what I wanted to tell you.” (Drown). This epigraph in beginning by Gustavo Perez Firmat gives a clue of focusing Hispanic community. After reading the whole book my question is this book merely story telling or autobiographical? This question came to my mind by relating Diaz’s interview in Colbert’s show. Stephen Colbert, the host of show when asked him how he came to America, Diaz answered that his father first came to New York, settled here and called them over. Diaz also mentioned that he saw his dad the first time as he was away from family and once they landed to America his father took them to New Jersey which was weird according to Diaz. Same scenario was somewhat presented in beginning of Drown but through Yunior- the narrator. Diaz used the specific words and some symbols which the reader can almost feel the story as if it is real. Diaz, who was born in Santo Domingo in Dominican Republic and migrated...
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...When Ramon got home from work, “He just pushed past [his wife], held up his hand when she tried to talk to him and headed right into the shower” (Diaz, “Fiesta 1980” 23). Here the reader sees how Ramon is apathetic towards his wife. He does not regard her as an equal. The narrator says, “Mami didn’t think these excursions would cure anything, but the one time she had brought it up to Papi he had told her to shut up, what did she know about anything anyway?” (Diaz, “Fiesta 1980” 35). This reinforces the idea that he does not see her as an equal. He puts her down and does not believe she has any valid opinions. He is an assertive character that uses his masculinity to put down his wife. Ramon’s masculinity can be seen when he sees his brother in-law. Yunior says, “[Ramon] and Miguel gave each other the sort of handshakes that would have turned my fingers into Wonder bread” (Diaz, “Fiesta 1980” 31). It is as if their handshake is either a symbol of power, or strength, as if it were a broadcasting of their machismo. Ramon is asserting...
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...In Mountains Beyond Mountains, Tracy Kidder describes a new sister organization that joined Partners in Health (PIH), Socios en Salud operating in Peru. PIH’s contrasting methods of maintaining Zanmi Lasante in Haiti and Socios made their expansion difficult, but greatly helped the new populations they served. Haiti and Peru have different political struggles which affect the potential of healthcare PIH can offer. Haiti’s government was overthrown by the Haitian army, resulting in a lot of violent political protest. Many were severely injured, which caused Zanmi Lasante’s focus to shift. Instead of working to cure those with tuberculosis, Zanmi Lasante had to nurse those victimized by the Haitian army. Not only did injuries delay Zanmi Lasante’s work , the Haitian army blacklisted PIH founder Paul Farmer for a few months. Likewise, a civil war in Peru caused the new government to place strict regulations regarding when Socios en Salud could care for people. Patients had to complete Peru’s custodial care before being surrendered to Socios. After the government let Socios care for their treatment failures, they laid heavy taxes on them. Each Socios patient costed PIH $15,000-$20,000 in contrast to Zanmi Lasante’s $150-$200. Socios could not help as many patients with tuberculosis because of the added cost, and focus shift to those injured. These problems demonstrate how crucial Paul Farmer’s leadership is to PIH. The most valuable qualities a leader can demonstrate is humility...
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...able to purchase the business from someone else and buy additional inventory. The bank found that they needed to make a capital investment in George’s Trains. The building for the shop was owned by someone who wanted to terminate the lease but George was able to buy the building for himself. He did not want to lose his customers that he had acquired while at this shop. To get this loan from the bank, George needed to make sure he was watching his spending in order to maintain the loan. ” A small business person today can find not only someone willing to lend, but a lender who at once is efficient, knowledgeable, generous, supportive, protective, patient, accessible, instructive, reasonably priced, and an active small business advocate.” (Mamis, 1996) When George found out that the main product, Lionel Trains dropped, he needed to stock new product lines in...
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...Prologue Ako nga Pala si Natasha Julie Ann Cameron.. haba ng name ko noh? Ashie for short, apelyedo ko po ang Cameron :DD NBSB ako, dahil naniniwala ako na sagabal lang sa pag-aaral ang mga lalaki,. I hate guys except for my kuya, blame my father he left us without a trail, iniwan niya kami nila mommy, what is LOve? -for me epal, darating kung saka di pa ako handa. well, kahit NBSB ako may mga manliligaw parin ako, hihihi. pero no luck na ata ngayon, kasi dati pa yun na mga manliligaw... nag sawa na sa kakahintay. kaya ayon, wala na, pero okay lang.. **/if you want to read it on your mobile fone copy paste niyo na lang ‘toh sa notepad. :D sa ibang phone nababasa ‘toh as it. I mean as MC word talaga pero yung iba ebook so you need to cpy paste this pa sa notepad and then saka niyo isend sa cp niyo.. kung myphone gamit niyo you’re lucky enough. copy paste mo lang ‘toh sa notepad and send mo sa cp mo. okay na! kung nokia naman gamit mo, N70 na o-open siya as note.. I don’t know sa ibang model….AT! hindi ko na rin poi to na edit TT^TT, so sorry sa mga wrong spelling,wrong grammar.etc. hope u understand. thanks! :*** Chapter 1 "Natasha! bumaba kana dito kakain na" - mommy "coming right up mom"- me pag baba ko, hmm, mas safe ng idescribe na si mommy ang nag handa ng food namin kahit hindi, >:) "good morning Kuya" –me lagi ko siya ginegreet, kahit di niya ako ginegreet. close kami pero di niya lang type mang bati pag umaga. :D 1 year agwat namin, kaya close. "Ashie...
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...Setting & Situation It was a typical day, I was picking up my six year old, Xavier, from school and like always, I asked him how his day went and what color did he earn for the day. He is in kindergarten and they are ranked for their behavior of the day using a color system. When he comes home with pink, it means he had a great day, green means a good day, yellow means a day in which they struggled to follow orders or behave, and red meaning they were sent to the principals office. My son immediately replied that he earned green, I congratulated him and that was that for that particular conversation. The conversation was later picked up at home after dinner when he was doing his homework. The setting of this conversation took place at our kitchen table when I was looking over my son’s folder so that I could initial it on the square that has the graded color for the day. His teacher requires the parents to initial the folder everyday, that way she knows that we are actually looking at our kid’s folders. The first thing I noticed when I opened my son’s folder was that the color green was marked in pretty dark for that day, it seemed as if he put a lot of pressure on the green marker. Next to his color there was a note from the teacher that read, “Xavier had a rough day at school today because he cut Rosaura’s hair with a pair of scissors.” I immediately turned to my son and asked him if he had cut a classmates hair with scissors. The expression on his face changed from...
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...In the book, When I was Puerto Rican, Esmeralda Santiago vividly illustrates her family’s life in Puerto Rico. Through her excellent description, it is as if the reader is experiencing her struggles, victories, and more importantly her love of Puerto Rico. The main character is Negi (Esmeralda). Her family consists of her parents (Papi and Mami) and her two (2) sisters (Delsa and Norma). Later on in the story, her mother gives birth to Hector and Alicia. Despite being in a dysfunctional family, they are loving and caring towards one another. When I was Puerto Rican, is a story about coming of age and maturity. The theme of maturity can be seen early on in the book and it is a reoccurring theme so far. Negi being the oldest sibling often...
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