...Unites States-Centric Views Comparison Mark D. Pacheco Axia College University of Phoenix Unites States-Centric Views Comparison The table comparisons show distinctive characteristics synonymous with the categories of descriptors identified for both individuals listed as Christian Americans and or Muslim Arab Americans. It is uniquely and formally identical in some categories as well as substantially different in other categories, yet still; some characteristics are open for discussion as to their identification to both parties involved. Based on results of independent surveys taken which was not scientific, substantiated or verified by any governmental agency of the United States, or Christian or Muslim Arab American groups or societies. The results are taken from ordinary American citizens not associated with either group of individuals, nor affiliated in any religious capacity, nationality, race, color, or ethnic background as identified as Christian American and Muslim Arab American. In this survey, one could say this is wholly independent and un-biased in the results given. Popular to contrary belief, most Americans give their opinions on subjects based on a few characteristics enveloped primarily with their up-bringing, moral and ethical values instilled in early childhood, their personal belief in governmental policy and societal values. As young children, teenagers, and young adults of parents and communities across this nation, individuals may...
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...United States Centric Views Comparison Ryan A. Miller Eth 125 12/18/2011 Christine Boyer United States Centric Views Comparison In completing the comparison table of Christian Americans to Muslim and Arab Americans, I found that both my friend and I included many similarities as well as differences in regards to the placement of the various descriptions. For instance, some similarities that we both agreed on included the following: not oppressive to women, patriarchal society, immodest dress, women who go to work, flexible moral values, and political environment open to both sexes, feminist, and socially inclusive. Both my friend and I included the categories family oriented, secular content in education, devout, conservative political views, religious content in education, law abiding, religion part of government, moderate political reviews, violent, governed by Biblical Law, fanatically religious, peaceable, moderate moral values, and religious values perpetrated in politics all among the both category. Both of us felt that each group portrayed a certain spectrum regarding each descriptor and have looked at extensive research in order to include such assumptions. My friend and I felt that governed by Qur’an, oppressive to women, women as homemakers, socially exclusionary, modest dress, undereducated, and socially oppressed all belonged under the Muslim and Arab section. Despite our success in similarities, we also had experienced some differences in opinion...
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...Axia College Material Chelsea Miller Appendix D United States-Centric Views Comparison Consider this question: What are an average American’s perceptions about Muslim/Arab American and Christian American groups? Copy each descriptor from the paragraph below and paste it into the table according to how you think an average American would categorize the descriptor. Would each descriptor best apply to Christian Americans only, Muslim and Arab Americans only, or to both groups? In organizing this information, you are conveying what you think most Americans perceive about these groups, so there are no “right” answers. In fact, your table categorizations may be markedly different from what you personally believe is true. Descriptors Good neighbors, family oriented, oppressive to women, not oppressive to women, women as homemakers, women who go to work, patriarchal society, modest dress, immodest dress, well educated, undereducated, religious content in education, secular content in education, devout, law abiding, conservative political values, moderate political values, governed by Biblical law, governed by the Qur’an, fanatically religious, religious values perpetuated in politics, religion part of government, male-dominated political environment, political environment open to both sexes, violent, peaceable, socially exclusionary, socially inclusive, socially oppressed, socially compliant, sexist, feminist, strict moral values, moderate moral values, flexible moral...
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... |ETH/125 Version 6 | | |Cultural Diversity | Copyright © 2010, 2009, 2007 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course is designed to educate students about issues of race and ethnicity by presenting historical and modern perspectives on diversity in the United States, and by providing tools necessary to promote a respectful and inclusive society. Students will complete several activities that allow them to examine their own values in relation to the values of various other racial and ethnic communities. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Schaefer, R, T. (2006). Racial and ethnic groups (10th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson...
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...eastern European countries are at the top of the rankings. The gap between China and the U.S. in overall manufacturing cost before transportation is less than five points. The report therefore highlights a significant reordering or shift in global manufacturing competitiveness amongst the world’s top twenty-five export economies over a ten year period where Mexico and the United States showed the most improved competitiveness versus all others, while Australia and Brazil experienced the greatest declines. BCG analyzed the manufacturing costs of the world’s twenty-five leading manufacturing economies against four key variables including manufacturing wages, labor productivity, energy costs and exchange rates. The twenty-five economies account for nearly ninety percent of global exports of manufactured goods. The rapid changes in wages, labor productivity, energy costs, and exchange rates drove the changes in relative manufacturing-cost structures. Of these, wages most differentiated manufacturing economies. These changes led to four categories of relative competitiveness wherein most manufacturing-centric economies fall. The first category is Under Pressure, which include...
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...Running head: GLOBAL BUSINESS CULTURAL ANALYSIS: TURKEY Abstract A global business cultural analysis is a tool used in order for one to become more familiar with a culture, more attune to the implications that the culture has on the business conducted by the people group of the culture, and more aware of the attitudinal and behavioral implications a member of a different culture should expect when working with members of the people group. In exploring the varying cultural elements, one examines the role and perception of women, the role and influence of religion, and the role and perspective of time. The cultural elements have an impact on business that should be considered by a U.S. American seeking to conduct business with members of this people group. Global Business Cultural Analysis: Turkey Primary sources serve to provide a foundation for definitions when pursuing a research project. They are also beneficial for defining terms and establishing reasons behind why one might pursue a particular research topic. When beginning a global business cultural analysis, it is important to understand what is meant by the term culture. Hofstede defines culture as “the collective programming of the mind that distinguishes the members of one group or category of people from another” (Hofstede, 2001, p. 9). The people group focus for this study is the members of the Republic of Turkey. Though the culture in Turkey differs from that of other people groups around the world, this...
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...What is Human Dignity? By Mette Lebech, Faculty of Philosophy, National University of Ireland, Maynooth The English expression ‘human dignity’ consists of the predicate ‘human’ and the noun ‘dignity’. The adjective qualifies the noun, thus determining the kind of dignity in question as the human kind. The adjective has a similar function in the expression ‘human being’: Here it qualifies the noun ‘being’, to determine the kind of being in question as a being of the human kind. ‘Human’ is etymologically related to the Latin for earth, humus, so that ‘human’ means what is ‘earthly’ (as an adjective), or an ‘earthling’ (as a substantive). Generally speaking it means what is proper to the kind that ‘we’ are, or to the species of rational animals, referring in particular to their kindness (humanity) and their fallibility (‘all too human’). ‘Dignity’ comes from the Latin noun decus, meaning ornament, distinction, honour, glory. Decet is the verbal form (which is impersonal), and is related to the Greek δοκειν − to seem or to show. The Latin participle form decens, -tis, has survived in the English language in the adjective ‘decent’. But dignity means, generally speaking, the standing of one entitled to respect, i.e. his or her status, and it refers to that which in a being (in particular a personal being) induces or ought to induce such respect: its excellence or incomparability of value. Paradoxically, dignitas translated the Greek αχιομα, when Latin was adapted so as to deal with...
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...Journal of International Business Studies (2009) 40, 1432–1454 & 2009 Academy of International Business All rights reserved 0047-2506 www.jibs.net Down with MNE-centric theories! Market entry and expansion as the bundling of MNE and local assets Jean-Francois Hennart ¸ CentER and Department of Organization and Strategy, Tilburg University, The Netherlands Correspondence: J-F Hennart, Professor of International Management, CentER and Department of Organization and Strategy, Tilburg University, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands. Tel: þ 31 13 466 2315; Fax: þ 31 13 466 8354; E-mail: j.f.hennart@uvt.nl Abstract Both Anderson and Gatignon and the Uppsala internationalization model see the initial mode of foreign market entry and subsequent modes of operation as unilaterally determined by multinational enterprises (MNEs) arbitraging control and risk and increasing their commitment as they gain experience in the target market. OLI and internalization models do recognize that foreign market entry requires the bundling of MNE and complementary local assets, which they call location or country-specific advantages, but implicitly assume that those assets are freely accessible to MNEs. In contrast to both of these MNE-centric views, I explicitly consider the transactional characteristics of complementary local assets and model foreign market entry as the optimal assignment of equity between their owners and MNEs. By looking at the relative...
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...which is truly faster and better. The following paragraphs will provide an overview of both wireless networks, and will include a contrast and compare of 3G wireless networks to 4G networks in relation to application and services, user perception, network architecture, and data throughput. The information offered will also differentiate between 4G LTE, 4G WiMax, and 4G WiBro networks based on upload and download speeds, user perceptions, backward compatibility, and service availability. The following paragraphs will also identify the competition between the 4G LTE carriers and why it has been so fierce, as well as how subscribers will benefit from this competition. When shopping for 3G and 4G wireless networks, consumers will have to comparison shop to find a service that will meet their particular needs. Today, most cell phone providers offer both 3G and 4G wireless service in conjunction with Internet service. Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T are just a few of the providers that use 3G as a standard mobile Internet service, in addition to providing 4G service. However, subscribers also need to be aware that 4G is a different service with a different network. Since 4G networks are fairly new, as of 2010, the price tag tends to be expensive (Wimax Wifi Technology & Broadband Internet, 2011). To access wireless service subscribers need to have a service plan, a network, and equipment for connecting to the Internet. For...
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...which is truly faster and better. The following paragraphs will provide an overview of both wireless networks, and will include a contrast and compare of 3G wireless networks to 4G networks in relation to application and services, user perception, network architecture, and data throughput. The information offered will also differentiate between 4G LTE, 4G WiMax, and 4G WiBro networks based on upload and download speeds, user perceptions, backward compatibility, and service availability. The following paragraphs will also identify the competition between the 4G LTE carriers and why it has been so fierce, as well as how subscribers will benefit from this competition. When shopping for 3G and 4G wireless networks, consumers will have to comparison shop to find a service that will meet their particular needs. Today, most cell phone providers offer both 3G and 4G wireless service in conjunction with Internet service. Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T are just a few of the providers that use 3G as a standard mobile Internet service, in addition to providing 4G service. However, subscribers also need to be aware that 4G is a different service with a different network. Since 4G networks are fairly new, as of 2010, the price tag tends to be expensive (Wimax Wifi Technology & Broadband Internet, 2011). To access wireless service subscribers need to...
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...Conclusion Amazon is a revolutionary e-marketplace that is both world-renowned and extremely efficient. Amazon has gone from a small company run out of a garage, to a Fortune 100 company run all over the world. Amazon fulfills their mission statement every day by being a customer-centric company that offers over 200 million products at the lowest prices possible. Amazon is a very Background image of page 3 innovative company that creates and manufactures many products. They are always expanding and trying to create new ways to make their company and the lives of their customers better. Amazon’s biggest competition as an e-marketplace is eBay. Amazon currently leads this market by having a more organized, effective, professional, and easy to use website. Furthermore, Amazon’s brand personality is that they are a fast, friendly, innovative company that can be trusted. All of these traits make Amazon the website where most customers choose to do their shopping. Also, Amazon makes their customers their top priority and successfully appeals to their values, knowledge, and interests. Amazon’s two loyalty programs of Amazon Prime and Amazon Visa Rewards Card provide many benefits to their members and make shopping on their website quick and easy. Overall, Amazon has developed into one of the most important and successful companies in the world today. Background image of page 4 Porter’s Five Forces analysis In order to get a broader picture of the competitive structure of Amazon...
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...NORTHWEST SAMAR STATE UNIVERSITY Graduate School and Training Academy Calbayog City Course: Master of Science in Information Technology Subject: Client Server Computing Professor: Mr. Donald M. Patimo, MPM Student: Riva A. Gatongay CASE STUDIES IN THIN CLIENT ACCEPTANCE The challenge facing the acceptance of Thin Clients is a combination of architectural design and integration strategy rather than a purely technical issue, and a careful selection of services to be offered over Thin Clients is essential to their acceptance. I. INTRUDUCTION It is generally accepted that in 1993 Tim Negris coined the phrase “Thin Client” in response to Larry Ellison’s request to differentiate the server centric model of Oracle from the desktop centric model prevalent at the time. Since then the technology has evolved from a concept to a reality with the introduction of a variety of hardware devices, network protocols and server centric virtualized environments. The Thin Client model offers users the ability to access centralized resources using full graphical desktops from remotely located, low cost, stateless devices. While there is sufficient literature in support of Thin Clients and their deployment, the strategies employed are not often well documented. To demonstrate the critical importance of how Thin Clients perform in relation to user acceptance this paper presents a series of case studies highlighting key points to be addressed in order to...
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...world is getting smaller. More and more organizations are taking a global approach to their businesses, expanding not only their reach but their footprint as well. This forces organizations to tailor their method of doing business to a certain degree to the area in which they are doing business. Culture plays a large role in the motivational scheme, weather you look at America as a salad bowl or a melting pot the country has applied its own influences upon different ethnic groups as to what works for motivation and what will not. Knowing this now tells us that we must examine what works for the cultures in the purest sense on their original soil. This will not only help us in the sense of a global expansion, it will allow us a basis of comparison back at home as well. In recent years when someone mentions manufacturing, invariably China comes to mind. This manufacturing powerhouse boasts a labor base of almost 1.3 billion people. With a limited infrastructure they have been able to undercut most developed countries bids when it comes to manufactured goods. When it comes to motivation the strict structure of the government and more importantly Chinese culture come into play. It has been noted that while China focuses on moral motivators for the average worker, “that extreme reliance upon nonmaterial incentives causes morale and production to suffer” (Riskin, 1973). As the Chinese continue to advance their methods and infrastructure something else has happened. Riskin...
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...Select a GLOBAL Fortune 500 company (it cannot be one you work for) that operates in the United States and in other nations around the world. You will be using the same firm for the Unit 5 Assignment and the Unit 6 Final Project, so make sure it is one you are interested in and that has plenty of good sources of information available. A.Summarize the firm’s history, its recent and current operating results, and the economic, social, and political forces that affect it most. B.Present a brief SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats). C.Discuss the factors it will need to predict, plan for, and adjust to in the future. INTRODUCTION GE is an American Multinational corporation established in 1892 by the amalgamation of Thomas Alva Edison’s Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston Electric Company .GE at present operates at the same time in five varied business segment namely: Media (as NBC Universal in cable and film), Energy (e.g. oil and gas), Infrastructure (e.g. Aviation and Healthcare), Home and Business Solutions(Appliances platforms) and Finance ( as GE Capital commercial and consumer finance). GE now has businesses in about 160 countries and approx. 300,000 human resources worldwide. The company’s head office is situated at Connecticut, USA. General Electric is one of the world’s leading diversified business firm widely known for its high quality, advance and technical expertise,...
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...technologies as an integral part of its everyday life. Innovative technologies have penetrated into nearly every aspect of human life and are now so much involved and embedded in social life that most people do not even realize that these technologies are relatively new inventions. Furthermore, nowadays people do not imagine their daily life without technology. In fact, information technologies create great comforts for humans in their everyday life. Despite that, one cannot say for sure that technology has only positive impact on physical, mental or psychological state of humans. Now we are living in the era of digital technologies, where scientists put forward a hypothesis according to which such deep penetration of technologies into human life might have dangerous consequences. If we look around for a moment we will notice that it is almost impossible to imagine social life and life as a whole without state-of-the-art technologies and application thereof. The given research has as its objective to study and display health related aspects, the...
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