...Praxis Based Learning Objectives: 1. Surrender of teleological proclivities in order to learn an Asian based pedagogy. In my opinion, this was the hardest objective for you to learn. You grew up with your ways that mom and dad taught you saying to never let anyone change whom you are. You could say you’re fairly stuck in your ways. I would say you finally were able to surrender your teleological proclivities on the last day of class. When Guru started “cheering” for you in the fight against Rama on the second to last day, that is the moment in which you let go. You felt honed in on the moment and didn’t think about what you were doing or the actions you were performing; you just did it. Guru said you had “tunnel vision” in that instant, and you felt the dance take you over. In the final dance, you again went “in the zone” and let the motions happen. With the constant sounds of “sir, tit, pong, tit” various forms of “cha,” you were about to solely focus on Rama and ignore the rest, just as you listen to Eminem before a big race. You must learn to let go of your proclivities sooner so you can enjoy life to the fullest. You must let go predispositions in order to learn from experiences and mistakes. 2. Preparation for stage and social performance through meditation, stretching, and trance in dance. As you wiped the floors daily did you pay attention to the different floor patterns? Next time take a look. Warning, you might get hypnotized by some. Everyday I reflected...
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...UNIVERSITY David R Hurtado | NIKE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA | | Nike in Southeast Asia Is it ethical for a company to move its manufacturing jobs from country to country looking for the best price to pay for its product? Can Nike afford to ignore the five forces outlined by Harvard University professor Michael Porter? No they can’t! If they do, they will end up like all those before them that have, closed! Before we take a look at why Nike is such a “Bad Guy,” let’s take a look at the American worker. For many decades now, they have been complaining about the loss of jobs and the lack thereof and blame large corporations for this. The fact of the matter is, the American worker has been pricing themselves right out of the job market for decades now. Nike is doing nothing different than its consumers do when they go from store to store or website to website trying to find the very best deal that they can. Why does the consumer act in this manner? Well I can tell you for me it is to keep as much of my money in my pocket at the same time getting what I want from the store. So why it is then, when corporations like Nike moves its jobs around the world trying to get the best price it can, get chastised for the very behavior that we as consumers partake in every day? I am not too sure of this but it might be because of our self-righteous-judgmental nature. The truth is Nike doesn’t employ the people in these so called sweat shops in Southeast Asia but merely buys product from independent...
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...very high that Nike was forced to take some measures to quiet down the public who wanted to know what was going on. In this paper we will examine the various difficulties Nike faced as they tried to balance both, the company performance and good corporate citizenship. We will also discuss what I would have done if I was in that position. Summary Nike, was founded in 1964 by Phil Knight, Nike's business model was developed by Knight while attending Stanford Business School in the early 1960's. In 1998, Nike was the leader in the sports shoe industry, with annual sales of $9.5 billion and a 40% share of the American sneaker market. It became a lightning rod for protest when alleged “sweatshop” conditions where happening in Southeast Asia. May 1998 is when Phil Knight, the founder and CEO, admitted that “the Nike product has became synonymous with slave wages, forced overtime, and arbitrary abuse.” What people couldn’t understand was how Nike could get associated with deplorable labor practices. The strategy that Knight developed involved outsourcing all manufacturing to contractors in low wage countries and pouring the companies resources in high profile marketing. They where trying to take the blame off by saying that “We don’t know the first thing of manufacturing. We are marketers and designers.” They did manage to be marketing a lot by placing the Nike “swoosh” on the uniforms of athletes such as Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. When manufacturing started it...
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...Complexity: The Southeast Asian Truth In the Introduction to the book, Everyday Life In Southeast Asia, the editors Kathleen M. Adams and Kathleen A. Gillogly briefly explains what makes Southeast Asia so diverse and the importance of regional studies in a global era of the world. The authors argue in the introduction that Southeast Asia is one of the worlds’ most dynamic, complex, and unique regions. The region includes eleven diverse and distinct counties, which some people are unaware of and that are commonly lumped into the general category of Asia. However, this idea is overshadowed internationally by news media, which only portrays Southeast Asia as an exotic vacation location or as historic disaster areas. This chapter represents the author’s efforts to convey to the reader the inherent complexity of Southeast Asia shared through the experiences of diverse people and explorations of their daily lives. This is meant to highlight the details of everyday life which offers a provocative lens for reflecting on more abstract cultural principles prevalent in the region. The authors divide the chapter into four brief parts after an introduction to their studies. The authors provide metaphorical details for what Southeast Asia is by asking a culture association question, whether the region would be considered a rose, unicorn, sponge, jigsaw puzzle, or a college. What is Southeast Asia? Is it just a subregion of Asia comprised of eleven countries? Or is it more than that a sponge-like...
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...Introduction Southeast Asia is an imagined region comprising eleven independent countries. Although these countries have many distinct patterns and thus defined as one region, they remain differentiated, from their indigenous history background, their environmental and physical differences, their religious tolerance, as well as their current political and economical status. The characteristic of this region can be described as: diversity (K Danielson, 2009). In my research paper, I will draw Indonesia as a representation of the whole Southeast Asia region. The reason for doing so is due to Indonesia’s diverse characteristic, which I believe is very representative of the region as a whole. By analyzing President Barack Obama’s speech: “Indonesia’s Example to the World”, I will discuss how Obama portrays Indonesia as a Southeast Asia country in five areas: environment, people, economic, politics, and religion. Further, I will bring up the ideas of Orientalism and Othering and discuss whether Obama’s speech reveals these two concepts and how these concepts helped illustrate Indonesia as well as the Southeast Asia region. Indonesia in Obama’s Speech In the first place, with regards to the environmental issue, Obama mentioned about the “tsunami and the volcanic eruptions” (B Obama, 2010). Truly, these are the life threatening environmental problems in not only Indonesia, but also the whole Southeast Asia area. I will cite the most recent event, Typhoon Haiyan in Philippine...
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...ISAS Insights No. 8 – Date: 25 October 2005 Institute of South Asian Studies Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library Building 1 Hon Sui Sen Drive (117588) Tel: 68746179 Fax: 67767505 Email: isaspt@nus.edu.sg Wesbite: www.isas.nus.edu.sg ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TERRORISM ON THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN REGION 1 S. Narayan 2 Introduction The most important sea-lane of communication (SLOC) in the Southeast Asian region is the Straits of Malacca, the main passage between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. It is 600 miles long and 300 miles wide on its western side. The length of the Singapore Straits, which connects Malacca with the South China Sea, is 75 miles, with an overall width of less than 12 miles. The Malacca and Singapore Straits provides the artery through which a significant proportion of global trade is conducted. Some 50,000 ship movements carrying as much as one quarter of the world’s commerce and half the world’s oil pass through these Straits each year. The second SLOC is the wider and deeper Lombok. It is less congested than the Straits of Malacca, is quite often used as an alternative passage and is considered a safer route. The third SLOC is the 50-mile long Straits of Sunda, another alternative to Malacca. Because the currents are strong and the depth of the water is limited, deep draft ships do not use these straits. The largest SLOC is the South China Sea. It stretches 1,800 nautical miles from Sumatra to Taiwan and is home to four principal island groups and...
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...This paper discusses the application of Chiba's tripartite model to Southeast Asian laws. Chiba criticises the 'universal' Western model jurisprudence as disregarding cultural specificity. Societies have always “cherished their indigenous law as an integral part of their cultural heritage.” In fact, Southeast asian countries are an epitome for ecclectic cultural and legal diversity. Chiba's tripartite model structures a legal-system into three parts, namely “official law”, “unofficial law”, and “legal postulates”. Chiba’s theory supposes that none of these elements ever exists in isolation; they continuously interact in dynamic fashion. Therefore in Chiba’s view law is always plural. The purpose of Chiba's model is to identify the structural alignment and function of the indigenous laws in relation to state laws which are, mostly, based on received Western law (with Hellenistic/Christian colouring). My thesis argues that the three elements continuously overlap, especially regarding legal postulates, and that the model cannot work without including Chiba's other two legal methodologies: “the dichotomies model” and the “model of received and indigenous law”. Chiba acknowldges these overlaps when he applied his model to Japan for instance. After all, Asian countries are driven by “an ongoing process of self-developing indigenous law.” Official laws are laws accredited by state authorities (state laws) and form the overall jurisdiction over a country. Interestingly, as customary/religious...
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...Asia is well known for its production of rice especially in Southeast Asia. Over 118.2 million tons of rice are exported each year from Southeast Asia ("Crop Explorer for Major Crop Regions - United States Department of Agriculture."). Indonesia being the third top producer of rice and Vietnam being the fifth largest producers. Thailand spent half of their labourers establishing rice paddies and creating rice. Asians believe rice is a symbol of fertility and life. Rice can provide instant energy to the consumer and it helps prevent some diseases, including cancer. To Asians rice is considered to be their main diet with other side dishes and it fed millions of families for 5,000 years. In some part of the world rice is a staple food for them...
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...Southeast Asians countries attained independence from their colonial powers after World War 2, and so would have attempted to establish a legitimate government in order to secure their independence. (T) More often than not, these countries looked into the Western-style democratic structure. Unfortunately, due to the limited exposure in running a democratic administration during the colonial era, the extent of establishing democracy was questionable. (I) This was because ‘attempts’ highlighted that actions to adopt democracy was met with both willingness and resistance throughout 1945-1997. But before one evaluates the extent of success of these attempts, it is crucial to note that democracy meant that the state was ruled by the people, and existed in either in the liberal form or the parliamentary form. Additionally, one needs to consider the features of Western-style democracy, politically and economically. A democratic political model would have the presence of multi-party, free and fair elections as well as the separation of powers amongst the leaders of the country. A democratic economic model would adopt capitalism that promotes free trade and economic stability. (C) With these in mind, the assumption put forth by the question holds as we recognise that there were attempts, to establish democracy. (A) However, there were varying degrees of success when carrying out said attempts if one closely looks into individual features of democracy that was present (or not present)...
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...20120206027 Article Title: Supplier development and cost management in Southeast Asia- Results from a field study Author(s): Marc Wouters, Ewout van Jarwaarde, Bianca Groen University of Twente, The Netherlands Journal: Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management 13(2007) 1. What is/are the research question(s)? The research questions are as follows: * What motives do international companies in Southeast Asia have for buying from local suppliers and investing in supplier development? * What priorities do international companies have for local supplier development initiatives? * What practice do international companies use for developing local suppliers? * How do companies manage the risk of transaction-specific investments in local supplier development in Southeast Asia? 2. Main theoretical arguments or hypotheses: Arguments: a) Motives for Supplier Development * Cost advantages * Reduction of lead times * Government regulation * Reduction of supplier dependency b) Priorities for Supplier Development, c) Supplier Development practices * Supplier assessment and feedback * Knowledge transfer * Financial investments * Involvement in operations management d) Transaction-specific investment- of international companies in Southeast Asia. Hypothesis: There is no hypothesis. 3. For the empirical...
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...Abstract Customer satisfaction analysis evaluates customers’ attitude and perception towards product of a company. Bata Shoe Company, the largest footwear manufacturer and marketer in Bangladesh conducts an assessment of customers’ satisfaction in a regular interval. The purpose of this study is to measure the satisfaction level of the customers of the company. Due to the entrance of new competitors, this assessment program has become an important tool to know the market condition, customers’ attitude towards competitors’ products, customer shopping behavior and experience at Bata store. This assessment program uses a standard questionnaire internationally. Here a same small study conducted by the same questionnaire with the prior permission of Bata shoe company Bangladesh. The study was conducted among the footwear user of this country. The sample of the study was 30 in number. Though the sample size is very small but it provided overall scenario of customers shopping experience and overall shopping behavior. Here the study tried to find out customers shopping experience at Bata store and other shopping stores in Bangladesh. There are some emerging shoe stores in Bangladesh which have already gained customers loyalty in footwear products. The study compared the Bata shoe company with other emerging shoe brands such as Apex, Bay Emporium, Jennys, Pegasas, and many unorganized shoe stores like at Elephant road. Bata Shoe Company compared with these other shoe stores on some factors...
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...Executive Summary Southeast Health Plans, Inc. is a service company that will provide health plan administrative services to self-insured employers. The company will concentrate on employers with 50 to 500 employees. Many of these employers have current HMO, PPO, or major national insurance carrier health plans. While the majority of employers with 500 or more employees have at least some element of self-insurance incorporated into their health care programs, our target market is often ignored by the major national insurance companies. While more than 80% of companies with 500 or more employees are self-insured, the management of Southeast Health Plans has identified that less than 25% of Atlanta area companies with 50 to 500 employees have self-insured plans. The market for self-insured and administrative services consist of those companies that are currently self-insured and companies that have other types of health plans that will be encouraged to shift to self-insurance. One factor in the transition to self-insurance is the availability of quality administrative and consultative services. Southeast Health Plans, Inc. is led by experienced management and has formed a strategic alliance with Blair Mill Administrator, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Pennsylvania, for the purpose of providing first class benefits management services to its target market. The key to success for Southeast Health Plans, Inc. will be the ability to attract the initial capital...
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...Addressing International Terrorism in Southeast Asia: A Matter of Strategic or Functional Approach? Terrorism is one of the global issues that the world is facing today. It is increasing drastically around the world and Southeast Asia is considered as one of the hot spot for terrorist activities. As an aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States, the US declared the global campaign against terrorism and put focus on combating terrorist groups that is located in Southeast Asia that are known to have ties to the Al-Qaeda terrorist network. The US dangled financial, diplomatic and military assistance to attract allies and supporters in the region in its effect to mobilize these Southeast Asian states in the global counter-terrorism campaign (De Castro 2004). The US provided military training, financial aid, and intelligence support. To conclude, terrorism is very rampant today. A terrorist attack might take place anytime and anywhere. The global counter-terrorism campaign of US paved the way to create a stronger international cooperation among Southeast Asian nations. But the so-called campaign seemed to ignore the fact that the strategic/military approach of the US in combating terrorism could further worsen the tension between the radical Islamist groups. The functionalist approach/cooperative security is possibly the best way to address the growing international terrorism in Southeast Asia and in the world. (204 words) References: De Castro, RC 2004...
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...CREATE Research Archive Non-published Research Reports 2007 A Brief Analysis of Threats and Vulnerabilities in the Maritime Domain Niyazi Onur Bakir CREATE, nbakir@usc.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://research.create.usc.edu/nonpublished_reports Recommended Citation Bakir, Niyazi Onur, "A Brief Analysis of Threats and Vulnerabilities in the Maritime Domain" (2007). Non-published Research Reports. Paper 5. http://research.create.usc.edu/nonpublished_reports/5 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by CREATE Research Archive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Non-published Research Reports by an authorized administrator of CREATE Research Archive. For more information, please contact gribben@usc.edu. A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF THREATS AND VULNERABILITIES IN THE MARITIME DOMAIN1 N.O. BAKIR University of Southern California, Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) 3710 McClintock Avenue, RTH 322, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2902 USA Abstract The attacks of September 11 have exposed the vulnerability of the American homeland against terrorism. Terrorists have already expressed their intentions to continue their aggression towards United States. Their goal is to incur maximum economic damage, inflict mass casualty, spread unprecedented fear among citizens and thus destabilize the nation to further their agenda. Many critical sites lay across US maritime borders, all of which could be potential targets to accomplish these goals...
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...Name: Dang Tran Bich Ngoc Student ID: BB110407 Assignment 1: Case Studies: Case studies in east and Southeast Asia in comparative perspective to show the similarities and differences of the development experiences in the region. I. Introduction: This paper reviews the pattern and trends of the development in East and Southeast Asia to recognize the similarities and differences in the region. It offers an extensive view of the Southeast Asian economic miracles in comparative East Asian perspective by comparing and contrasting the Southeast Asian experiences with those of the other high performing East Asian economies, as the World Bank (1993) chose to describe them. The following discussion will focus on the development experiences of Southeast Asia that have been considered high-growth economies, as well as East Asia countries. The Southeast Asia economies have been rather successful in applying public policies to realize their chosen developmental objectives, from the viewpoint of better advancing the course of human development, will be identified. II. East and Southeast Asia (ESA) economies • Human Development (HD): As well as being substantially different in the starting level of human development achieved, and although all have made substantial progress over the two decades, these economies show marked differences in the pace of this progress. Being already high-achieving, Japan recorded a modest rate growth of 0.26%, Singapore 0.61% and South...
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