...Anthropology 202 Fall 2015 Instructor: Ian Kalman Written Assignment: Ethnographic Observation This assignment is an exercise in ethnographic observation. Students are asked to choose a location in the Montreal area for a field site. There, they will spend at least an hour, taking (hand-written) notes on what they observe. Successful sites are those in which, to some extent, what is considered ‘normal’ differs from the observer’s own sense of normal. In other words, students are asked to go to a place where taken-for-granted knowledge differs from their own and report on their experiences and insights. In doing so, you make something that was previously strange slightly more familiar, and write about it. Students are then asked to write their papers in two parts, including both a description and analysis of their experience (total 1800 words maximum). Analyses should be no more than 400 words. Papers will be assigned a grade based on the success with which they, (1) demonstrate they have chosen a site appropriate for anthropological observation, (2) richly describe what they observed, and (3) draw out and support interesting interpretations rooted in their experience. Assignments count for 30% of the student’s final grade. Unexcused late submissions will be penalized five points per day of lateness. Papers must be submitted in word format electronically before 2:30PM on Tuesday, October 20th. Please note that as this is an electronic submission, you will be...
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...Table of Content Summary 1 Introduction 1 Situational analysis 3 PESTEL Analysis 3 SWOT Analysis 7 Competitive Edge Analysis 7 Recommendation 9 STP Analysis: 9 Marketing Objective and Goals (SMART) 16 Marketing Mix (7Ps) 16 Conclusion 20 Reference 21 Summary This report is focusing on the washing machine sector of Whirlpool Corporation in the UK market, firstly give a situation analysis of the broad market, which including using PESTEL SWOT and Competitive Edge, analysing both internal and external environment of the business combined to demand of customers; secondly offer several recommendation to the business using STP, SMART and 7Ps models; finally a brief conclusion is given. Introduction Washing Machine is one of the most common household appliances in the UK, with many global brands sharing, such as Hotpoint, Bosch, Beko and LG etc. Whirlpool is one of them with a range of washer and dryer products. Even though these global brands compete in other home appliance sectors as well, washing machine marketing competition seems less fierce than other short life appliances. The market share of Whirlpool's washing machine can be calculated either by value of sales of customer possession. Graph 1(Westgarth, 2014) showed the market shares of several brands in the UK market by value. It is clear that Whirlpool only counted 3%, which is the lowest, only one tenth of the market leader Hotpoint. Graph 2(Westgarth, 2014) illustrate another picture of...
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...WEEK 8 FINAL PAPER: DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS Purpose The purpose of this diagnostic analysis is to create an opportunity to use the ideas and concepts discussed in the course in the analysis of a real organizational situation. The situation may be drawn from your experiences, or if you are not working or do not have a frame of reference, then research an organization through the online library (www.greatplacetowork.com/). Your choice of the situation is important and will take considerable judgment and discretion in deciding whether it is feasible to use it for the purposes of the papers. Discretion and confidentiality are of utmost importance in this analysis. So, disguise the source of the case study (unless it is drawn from public record) through use of appropriate pseudonyms. Learning objectives of the Final Paper: 1. Identify an organizational situation for the purpose of analysis (the situation must be sufficiently complex to generate enough material to satisfy the requirements as outlined below) 2. Analyze how the images, concepts and theoretical frameworks help to make sense of the situation 3. Construct a case study that relates evidence to theory and provide an appropriate analysis and explanation of the situation described Organizational Analysis in a Nutshell Organizational analysis is the ability to examine an organization/organizational situation so that its fundamental characteristics are made clear. It is not simply spotting problems...
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...state. Therefore a tendency has prevailed that the EU’s external behavior can be understood through a combination of understanding the EU’s sui generis qualities, and a reliance on the tools of comparative politics. Consequently, the subject of international relations of the European Union’ is a neglected one. This volume/book widens the perspective from ‘the EU as a global actor’ to ‘international relations and the EU’. This focus does not rule out consideration of the EU’s credentials as an international/global actor, rather it connects this issue to the broader study of IR and of international policy-making. Thus ‘International Relations and the European Union’ is about both the place of Europe in the world and the way the world contributes to the shaping of Europe. At the same time, it is about the place, actual and appropriate, of the EU in the academic subjects International Relations. Previous Stages of Knowledge: In general, the EU has drawn an extensive attention of the scholarly writings on its historical evolution, the process of integration, and the particular roles and functions of its institutions. But in terms of an international actor, the EU too often in the past has been dependent on some major event or policy, such...
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...discourse and to try to define some key terms used in discourse analysis, with the aim of clarifying its scope in such a way that it can deal with a wide range of problems and phenomena, but in a more systematic and coherent way. Discourse analysis refers, in a very basic sense, to talk. What most people do most of the time is talk, because to do anything requires talk and, often, texts, both in private and public spheres. However, until recently, little attention has been given to what people actually say and do in particular everyday circumstances. People talk about the world, about their work, about others and their relations with them. And in talking, they do things. That was Austin’s (1962) revolutionary insight into an aspect of language that had not been fully recognized: the pragmatic function of language, what language does to make social life possible. This turn to language, or to discourse, has had the effect of breaking down barriers between different social sciences concerned with the analysis of everyday social life. 1.2. Definitions of discourse Discourse analysis is widely recongnised as one of the most vast and least defined areas of linguistics. One reason for this is that the understanding of discourse is based on scholarship from a number of academic disciplines that are quite different from one another, such as, the philosophy of language, pragmatics, sociolinguistics. In a very general sense, two definitions are prevalent in the field, which underlie...
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...“Shutter Island”. According to Ferdinand de Saussure and Charles S. Pierce, two founding fathers of semiotics; a sign consists of “the signifier” and “the signified”. The signifier of a sign is the form in which the sign takes, and the signified stands for what the sign represents. [2] Let’s take for example, a picture of a young boy crying. In this scenario, the little boys face would be a sign, the act of him crying would be the signifier, and the signified would probably be that the boy is sad because something has gone wrong. Delving deeper into semiotic analysis, there are two types of relationships signs and signifiers can have with each other; they are syntagmatic or paradigmatic relationships. Signs and signifiers have a syntagmatic relationship when they come together to give meaning. On the other hand, they have paradigmatic relations when they can be compared with other signs or signifiers outside text and still make sense when replaced. [3] Using the previous example,...
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...thinking itself is defined as “the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgment.” This applies to almost everything one may come across as a problem, and comes in handy in a number of situations. The first part of critical thinking itself is knowledge. One begins by learning as much as one can, such as what the problem is in the first place, what is happening, and some possible solutions. Next is comprehension, or understanding of what one can do with what one is presented with. Then comes application, actually using what what has comprehended to solve or alter a part of the problem. Analysis of what happened after the application has taken place, observing the results. Then synthesis, putting things together, such as the idea, or notes, or an actual physical thing, to form a conclusion, and get past the problem, or obstacle. Critical thinking comes into place many times when learning in a new environment, especially when picking up a new textbook, or taking an assignment seriously. In that situation, one takes in as much information about something, then forms an idea of how to tackle the problem before them. Like breaking down a large assignment into a few smaller ones, or for some, vice-versa, and lumping a few assignments into a larger project. Learning how to go around a problem in different and new ways can lead to more experimenting and adventurous ways to learn. My personal blind spot in an ethical sense, is unrealistic role expectations.I tend...
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...it is not to say that globalization is the single determinant of modern cultural experience, nor that culture alone is the conceptual key that unlocks globalization's inner dynamic. It is not, therefore, to claim that the politics and economics of globalization yield to a cultural account which takes conceptual precedence. But it is to maintain that the huge transformative processes of our time that globalization describes cannot be properly understood until they are grasped through the conceptual vocabulary of culture; likewise that these transformations change the very fabric of cultural experience and, indeed, affect our sense of what culture actually is in the modern world. Both globalization and culture are concepts of the highest order of generality and notoriously contested in their meanings. This book certainly does not aim at an exhaustive analysis of either: more modestly it tries to grasp the main elements of globalization in what might be called a cultural register. In this first chapter I offer an orientating understanding of the concept of globalization within this register, and then try to show why culture and globalization matter intrinsically to each other. Globalization as Complex Connectivity To construct this argument I begin with a simple and relatively uncontentious basic understanding of globalization as an empirical condition of the modem world: what I shall call complex connectivity. By this I mean that globalization refers to the rapidly developing...
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...Karl Marx developed conflict theory or class conflict. Functional analysis or the idea that pieces and parts come together as a whole to make up the society is similar to conflict theory in the sense that you can say the CEO of a company’s part in society is to be in charge and run the company. The same CEO in conflict theory says that he makes too much money and is bad to society. Conflict theory and functional analysis differ in that functional analysis is that for a society to work well, each part of the society must all work like a well-oiled machine. When one part fails, like on a car, tires specifically, you can get into car accidents and people get hurt. In conflict theory, if the CEO fails, they can be replaced, if a worker fails, they can be replaced. A third theoretical perspective called symbolic interactionism “is that symbols-things to which we attach meaning-are the key to understanding how we view and communicate with one another.” (Henslin 23) This makes the most sense to understanding society because it doesn’t put specific bias towards a position such as a CEO or an employee. Individuals choose objects they place value in and then interact with these objects based on the amount of value they put in. Symbolic interactionism is the least helpful of the three towards a true understanding on how the American society functions. We can’t determine how much value each individual American places on each object they come across throughout their lives. Henslin,...
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...of testing syllogisms and analyzing proofs. In this essay, I will examine Rene Descartes’ various methods of doubt, to show that the philosopher did not rely on the single reductio ad absurdum in his famous proof of his own existence. Descartes, as we will see, employed several different approaches to philosophical proofs, and he was not the mechanistic logician that his mathematical background might suggest. It will be the argument of this essay that Descartes applied different methods of doubt to different problems, depending upon whether the problem was epistemological, scientific or theological in nature. Existential Doubt: Do I Exist? The first and best-known method of doubt employed by Descartes involves reductionism, in the sense that he used a negative or reverse logical path to get to his first most basic principle. In the Meditations on First Philosophy, he first distinguished between the categories of knowledge, arguing that there are some types of knowledge which are subject to illusion or imprecision and some which are not. The basic “knowledge of things in which we have apparent certainty includes...corporeal nature in general, and its extension, the figure of...
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...explore William James’ analysis of emotion as set out in his 1884 essay . It will attempt to discover the main points of his view, and then present Sartre’s rebuttal of this view taken from his essay on emotions . Concluding with an explanation regarding why Sartre’s account is flawed and James’s argument is the stronger of the two, it will use outside examples to demonstrate the various weaknesses and strengths within the two perspectives. William James analysis of emotion revolves around his theory that an emotion is nothing more than the senses and feelings we experience in our bodies that come about after we perceive something. He says that “ … the bodily changes follow directly the perception of the exciting fact, and that our feeling of the same changes as they occur is the emotion”. He gives several premises to back up this theory. First of all, that if you were to take away the bodily changes and senses that we associate with an emotion that you would have nothing left of the emotion. He refers to the state of fear and how there would be no emotion left, if the feelings of “… quickened heart-beats nor of shallow breathing…” were taken away. It would simple be a state of being, as opposed to an emotional state. Presenting an emotion with out the bodily changes that are associated with it is, as James states, is “… inconceivable.” As well, James then states how difficult it is for human beings to re-enact the bodily functions that take place when an emotion is carried...
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...Polarica’s wild berries:an example of a required storage capacity calculation and where to locate this inventory. INTRODUCTION Polarica is a company in northern Sweden. It is worldwide distributor of variety specialty food items. During the lastcouple of years the volume of wild berries, mostly blueberries,has increased a lot. This expansion forces Polarica to consider investments in freezing-in capacity and cold-storage capacity. Industrial Logistics, Lulea University of Technology were engaged to help Polarica to decide if they really needed additional capacity and, if so, where to geographically locate it by conducted a simple heuristic model base on load-distance analysis. With this model, the problem is tackled and solved. Q1: What capacity measure does Polarica used? According to David Barnes (2008) Capacity defined as level of activity or output that can be achieved (by operation, facility or organization) in given period of time under normal working conditions. However capacity needs to related to organization’s ability to supply output in order to meet customer demand. In the same way capacity defined, it is difficult to measure. So do happen to Polarica’s where the storage capacity needs to calculate and to revise the inventory location. Polarica selling wild berries and others specialty goods where the nature of the goods is perishable where inventory control play important role in their operation management. The measures that Polarica’s used in operations are...
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...Online Risk Assessment Analysis John Hayes University of Illinois at Chicago Online Risk Assessment Analysis Several models of health beliefs and behaviors have been developed to help determine whether an individual is likely to participate in disease prevention and health promotion activities. The purpose of the health assessment is to establish a database for the client’s normal abilities, risk factors that can contribute to dysfunction, and any current alterations in function (Pender, 2001). Of the two models, Health Belief Model and Health Promotion Model, the model that most reflect my belief is the Health Promotion Model. The Health Promotion Model is a way of thinking that revolve around the philosophy of promoting better health physically, emotionally, socially, spiritually, occupationally, environmentally and intellectually. Because I am aware of the relationship between lifestyle and illness, I strive to develop health-promoting habits, such as getting adequate exercise, rest, and relaxation, maintaining good nutrition and reducing stress to lead a better quality life. The following are the results of my health assessment. Perceived benefits of action * According to my health assessment, the data reflects that I have a sense of self-responsibility and personal accountability for my health. I have a tendency to be more engage in maintaining health-promoting behaviors, due to past experiences of poor health with family members. Much of my attitude and behavior...
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...is a clear sense of an organization’s objectives and a sense of how it will achieve these objectives. It is also important that the organization has a clear sense of its distinctiveness. For the leading strategy guru, Michael Porter (1996), strategy is about achieving competitive advantage through being different – delivering a unique value added to the customer, having a clear and enactable view of how to position yourself uniquely in your industry, for example, in the ways in which Southwest Airlines positions itself in the airline industry and IKEA in furniture retailing, in the way that Marks & Spencer used to. To enact a successful strategy requires that there is fit among a company’s activities, that they complement each other, and that they deliver value to the firm and its customers. The three companies we have just mentioned illustrate that industries are fluid and that success is not guaranteed. Two of the firms came to prominence by taking on industry incumbents and developing new value propositions. The third was extremely successful and lost this position. While there is much debate on substance, there is agreement that strategy is concerned with the match between a company’s capabilities and its external environment. Analysts disagree on how this may be done. John Kay (2000) argues that strategy is no longer about planning or ‘visioning’ – because we are deluded if we think we can predict or, worse, control the future – it is about using careful analysis to understand...
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...Freud once referred to the human nature in terms of repressed sexual desires for the safety of societies (Freud, 1950; 1973; 2003; 2005; 2006; Storey, 2012). According to Freud, living in community means humans abandoning their sexual instincts in order to coexist with others (Freud, 1973). Freud’s major contribution to psychology is the understanding of the unconscious as a place, in the human psyche, where repress desires exist and can only be fitfully repressed (Freud, 1973; 2003; 2005; 2006). Through the lens of Sigmund Freud, his work on Psychoanalysis (1973), The Dreamwork (2006), Totem and Taboo (1950), Civilization and Its Discontents (2005), and The Uncanny (2003); this paper will describe the foundations of the unconscious and how...
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