... Over the course of my study, I have learned and experienced many different milestones that I could use in my life. Throughout the course, I have completed three different milestones. My paper will be divided into four major sections, all of which I will describe briefly on what I learned. Section one, also milestone one, of my paper will be where I first began to set my vision for the course. In this section, I will bring in information I have gleaned from the self-assessments that I completed in this milestone. In section two, also milestone two, I will briefly explain and present my work from the SWOT analysis. In section three, also milestone three, I will present my work from my PEST analysis and briefly explain what I learned from the analysis. Section four of my paper, which is milestone four, I will create a chart showing three practical goals I developed during the course. Also in this section, I will briefly explain whether the overall plan benefited me and also what I learned about myself. Over the course of my study, I have learned many things about myself that I did not know anything about. The course helped me to figure out what could benefit me. I have completed three major milestones throughput the course, all of which I have gained some kind of knowledge about. The first milestone I completed was basically self-assessments reflecting on myself as a person, student, and professional. It also gave me a chance to organize my thoughts about what I wanted...
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...This major work began for me on the reading of Junichirō Tanizaki’s ‘Some Prefer Nettles’. The tale itself, highly symbolic and tinged with an unmistakable pathos, ultimately led me to select as a focus for my major work the Taisho period of Japan, a period of social, political and literary fermentation. The Taisho period was a time of literary reflection on the changes the Meiji period had brought about, it was a period where a great many authors turned their minds towards locating an authentic cultural identity distinct from Western influence. Decidedly thus influenced by this topic, my critical response was to have the purpose of illustrating the tensions that exist between modernity and traditional culture, additionally dealing with the...
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...Running head: OCI SURVEY Organizational Culture Inventory Survey Results Analysis Glenn E. Richardson DeVry University MGMT 591 Leadership and Organizational Behavior OCI SURVEY Abstract My company’s OCI primary style is “affiliative”, with a secondary style of “humanistic-encouraging”. These styles align within the “constructive” portion of the Human Synergistics OCI Circumplex, and indicate a people-oriented, high order needs-based actions focus. An “affiliative” style is indicative of a company’s emphasis on cultivating constructive, interpersonal relationships. A “humanistic- encouraging” style encourages a people-oriented style with all members helping each other grow and develop. My company’s limiting style is “approval”, which comprises behavior such as conflict avoidance, superficial relationships, and “going along to get along”. These traits run contrary to the company’s primary styles and inhibit full potential for organizational success. My LSI survey aligns well in comparison to my company’s OCI survey. Both surveys indicate a dominant style of “affiliative”, indicating that both my company as well as myself place strong emphasis on friendly and open relationships. Comparing limiting styles show my LSI style as “achievement”, whereas my company’s OCI style is “approval”. Contrasting these traits indicates that I show a tendency to exhibit aggressive- defensive, task oriented behavior that promotes self-promoting thinking...
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...considered a driving force behind human actions in any country of the world; it plays part in politics, economics, progression, and every aspect of a community. It is transmitted to generations and generations thereafter. I chose Japan because they appear distinctly different in business interactions than the United States, and as an accounting major, I have an interest in how various cultural traits may or may not determine a way a country conducts business in the global community. My research will include analysis of various dimensions of culture to include: communication, religion, ethics, values and attitudes, manners, customs, structures and organizations within Japan’s culture, and education. The analysis should reveal how the elements and dimensions of culture influence businesses conducted with locals of the region; how do the elements and dimensions as well as the local business interaction compare to the United States’ culture and local businesses; and, implications for United States’ businesses who wish to conduct business in Japan. Although the fore mentioned are the basis of the cultural analysis, I hope to unfold how past/ current political constraints limits Japan’s maturity within the global community, for example, the limitations imposed by the signing of Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security. Over fifty years ago, Japan and the United States signed the “Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security,” to assist in the containment of Communism that was overtaking the...
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...The differences in travelling preferences between postgraduate students in Poland and United Kingdom Module name: Research Methods Word count: 4978 January 2014 1. Abstract The purpose of this report is to determine the differences between travelling preferences among British and Polish postgraduate students. Moreover, the report aims to establish the patterns in which a cultural background influence travelling and to detect similarities between British and Polish attitudes. Therefore, the research is a comparative, cross-cultural study. In order to achieve the purpose, 5 structured interviews were carried out that helped to construct a questionnaire. The analysis of qualitative and quantitative data shows that the cultural background has an effect on postgraduate students' travelling preferences and that there are certain differences between British and Polish travelling tendencies. The particular aspects that affect those preferences are: language, socioeconomic status, geographic area and customs. However, owing to the global phenomena, the cultural backgrounds are disappearing and students' travelling preferences become more and more convergent. The author believes this research will form a valuable asset for tourism industry and it will be a base for future research. 2 2. Table of contents 1. Abstract ......................................................................................................................................................
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...Project Paper The Role of Cultural Values in Business Ethics: the case of ICT companies Muhammad Fikri Bin Ahmad (1022133) (Email:fikriahmad91@gmail.com) Mohamad Amali Bin Maulan (1013901) (Email: aku_amali@yahoo.com) Muhammad Muslim Bin Samsudin(1012545) (Email: aim_messi@yahoo.com) Tengku Muhammad Ihsan bin Tengku Hishamuddin (1027923) (Email: ihsan_libra@hotmail.com) MGT 3020 Business Ethics Section 1 IIUM Gombak 15th June 2011 The Role of Cultural Values in Business Ethics: the case of ICT companies Tengku Muhammad Ihsan Bin Tengku Hishamuddin, Mohamad Amali bin Maulan, Muhammad Muslim Bin Samsudin, Muhammad Fikri Bin Ahmad Kuliyyah of Economics And Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, Gombak, Malaysia. ABSTRACT Purpose-This paper aims to obtain views in ICT company regarding the role of cultural values in company performance in terms of customer satisfaction, skills in solving problems and capability in adopting new technologies and its influence to people behavior in terms of innovativeness and motivation. This paper also contributes to the discussion of cultural values in business ethics. Methodology-Data are collected through one on one interviewing process with 15 managers. Findings-The two main findings are firstly identified the moderating effects association between cultures in Malaysia with ICT company performance in terms of profit, customer satisfaction and capability in solving problems and adopting...
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...even not at all with American students and creating a barrier between the two populations. International students lack of awareness towards activities that Americans tend to practice and do not wish to get involved with them and vice versa. I then will be observing International students in public spaces to try to understand where this phenomenon comes from and why it is so drastic. As a participant observer, I will use my own bias to explain how it feels to be in the skin of an International student and try to convey why they separate themselves so much. In my study I wish to introduce a concept that wasn’t visited a lot in communication studies, the concept of international students that tend to “stick together” instead of including themselves deeper in the American culture. My study will be qualitative as it is an ethnography. I do not wish to make an educated prediction about international students since it is a topic that was not covered thoughtfully as well as since I wish to do my study in one university only. My study would be then qualitative, to gather my data, I wish to observe students in...
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...| 2015 | | | [Cultural Analysis - brazil] | MKT 6003 RESEARCH PAPER | Abstract I currently lead a team called Pontonet as part of my responsibilities as Sr. Strategic Customer Manager who is based in Brazil. When I began my job in August I was quickly introduced and held meetings with my manager and a co-worker. I noticed very quickly that our abrasive American ways of communicating was not effective by listening in on conference calls with the three of us. I noticed as well that there was a seemingly deep sense that creating a more relation type of Management/Vendor management style was would make for a clearer and cleaner method than the alternative. I learned in haste that my report Jurandir at Pontonet began to surpass expectations quickly in comparison to other vendors in a surprisingly quick time frame. This paper shall also attempt to analyze the business and social culture of Brazil from an American point of view. In addition my purpose is to help achieve the most success when participating in a leadership activity with Pontonet. By having a better grasp of the cultural norms I believe that it will greater help me to have an advantage as a leader for this 3rd party management role I have accepted as part of my responsibilities. It is my understanding through research that Brazil’s business culture is much more stringent than the United States. In this paper it will be my intent to provide analysis and review the current business culture and...
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...Title: IBM and The Emerging Cloud-Computing Industry Case Study Analysis Introduction The character of a company -- the stamp it puts on its products, services and the marketplace -is shaped and defined over time. It evolves. It deepens. It is expressed in an ever-changing corporate culture, in transformational strategies, and in new and compelling offerings for customers. Those are the words that start the chronological history on the IBM website [1]. I couldn’t agree anymore with that statement. I am often very fascinated by the evolvement of technology stories I get to hear quiet often from my fellow senior coworkers. One of the stories I enjoy is about the large IBM370 computer my workplace once owned in 1970’s. From my understanding it occupied a whole room and it required several people to operate. That was less than a half century ago. Today the smart phone’s memory is much higher than that computer. For my time what I could relate to, is the floppy disk which of course is obsolete today. I am sure my kids will be fascinated by the floppy disk someday just like I get fascinated by circular slide rule that predated the calculator era. In place of floppy disks or another external memory, in the cyber world today, cloud computing is taking place of all those external memories. IBM website defines Cloud computing as, the delivery of on-demand computing resources everything from applications to data centers over the Internet on a pay-for-use basis [1]. Background...
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...Cultural diversity and maturity assessment Name: Instructor: Course: Date: Cultural diversity and maturity assessment Introduction I am an African America male of 43 years of age. I am a family man who is married to one lovely, lady. I have been married for the last sixteen years, and God has blessed us with two children. I have a highly rewarding job which has able to sustain my life up to this point. I am a sales manager in an American company. In addition to this, I also serve as pastor in my church. I am Christian who strongly beliefs and practice moral Christian virtues. I am a widely travelled man. I have travelled to many parts of the world such as Italy, Africa, Germany and Switzerland. My experience as a pastor and manager has made competent in handling many issue in life. I have undergone a lot of transformations in the course of life to become highly diversified and a flexible person who is able to interact comfortably with diverse cultures. My journey in various part of the world has made appreciate many cultures. This paper focuses on assessing my cultural diversity and maturity by addressing how my life experience such as upbringing, work, education, social and religious interaction have contributed to making a culturally mature person. Culture can simply be defined as the way of life associated with particular people. There are very many cultures in the world that are totally different from each other. Character refers to individual characteristics and...
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...identity, gender and migration, Cross- cultural perspectives in contemporary art Foreignness, Identity and Gender, Cross-cultural narrative in contemporary art Neither here nor there, Foreignness in contemporary art, Cross- cultural perspective (include key words, give indication of my approach to key questions) Introduction The thesis will be an integral part of the practice lead investigation. I propose to undertake an interdisciplinary study, focusing on the intersection of contemporary art, philosophy, psychoanalitical and cultural theory. Parallel with writing the thesis, my studio...
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...explore the potential ability of company market. However, if the management of international team be ignored, they will creat a variety of communication obstacles and disturb the deployment of the enterprise. Globalization and cultural diversity turn social fields and organizations into very dynamic places. Across borders, across cultures, cross-organizational collaboration on multiple levels there are many great challenges. Language and cultural differences sometimes cause communication difficulties, and some unexpected problems sometimes also can let a person off guard. There will be trouble in any teams which will make the team work uneffectively so that we need arrangement and leadership. In a word, we need to study some successful experience about international team management and learn to overcome the difficulties and solve the problems to creat more benefits. The assignment main contain three parts. Firstly, there will be given some theories about teamwork and international management. Secondly, there will be a successful team case and some comments and analysis. I. What is international team? Team with Diversity of Countries Members Globalization is the main point that we must take into account in a company in order to succeed with cultural diversity....
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...Introduction Present there is a high number of companies worldwide, which have moved some activity of the company to another country. There are many variations of what activities companies choose to move, though some activities have remarkably higher tendencies of being moved. After the Second World War there has been a high number of companies, which move industrial activities such as manufacturing of textiles, cars and ships. During the recent decades there have been other tendencies for moving activities abroad, hence services as in helpdesks, and non-physical products such as programming. One of the countries, which have a very high influence on these activities is India. The purpose of moving an activity to another country has various reasons, for instance trips abroad or high accessibility to skilled resources, but the major reason is to reduce costs of these activities. For that reason India have made a high impact on these activities as of the low wage level. India is in general one of the successful countries when it comes to offshoring IT enabled services. It has for many reasons, but the major factor is India’s cost competitive labor, vast human capital, and their education system, which made them excellent English speakers. Yet, there is still many companies, which have not moved any activity across borders. The reason they have not may differ. As mentioned above some industries have a higher disposition to become offshored, and some activities may not profit from...
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...Influence of early attachment relationship on development Introduction: It is understood, through lifespan psychology, that the psychological development of an individual is a process that continues throughout an individual's life, this development consists of both internal and external dynamics. The well theorised theme of attachment forms the basis of this study. Attachment focuses on the formation of early relationships and their influence on later developmental outcomes. The social constructionist perspective explores "how knowledge about sex and gender has been constructed within particular historical and social contexts" (Wood et al 2007) this perspective assumes that the knowledge comes from social contexts and is evidenced predominately by an individual's use of language. This study explores the paradigm of attachment from the social constructionist perspective. The paradigm of attachment is concerned with a "strong, ongoing emotional bond between two people" (Wood et al 2007) and suggests that attachment is fundamental to emotional, social and cognitive progression. Bowlby, an attachment theorist purports that attachment is a survival instinct in infancy, and once established it remains relatively fixed throughout life. Positive attachments created in vertical relationships, that is an "attachment to someone who has greater knowledge or social power - a typical example is a child's relationship with a parent or a teacher" (Wood et al 2007) forms a secure foundation...
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...Log My Personal Interest Project topic was chosen with my micro world in mind, due to my interest in art as well as being a Visual Art student. Through studying gender roles during my Visual Art course and exploring social exclusion in Society and Culture, it compelled me to want to learn more about the representation of women within the art world. As a socially aware individual with an interest in art, I felt the need to explore these inequalities to see if they still exist and how this may impact on other young artists. The research methods that I chose were interview, statistical analysis and content analysis, which would provide me qualitative results, as well as quantitative by being able to collect data and statistics. Originally, I planned on conducting a focus group discussion, however as my project progressed, I decided on content analysis as it allowed me to observe a variety of sources and immerse myself in the art world. By choosing an interview I was able to gain insightful knowledge from four females who were either art curators or historians and one male who is an art historian. This gave me qualitative results as I was able to receive in-depth answers from numerous people and allowed and exploration of my cross-cultural by interviewing both genders and gaining their perspectives on this. However, there were some limitations such as by completing my interviews through e-mail, I was not able to ask any follow up questions for answers to be further elaborated...
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