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Can the Nation-State and Culture Combine Forces to Reduce Interpersonal Violence in the West?
Can the nation-state and culture combine forces to reduce interpersonal violence in the West? Violence is a difficult term to define, but for the purposes of this assignment violence can be defined as a crime or the threat to commit a crime by one person upon another person, and that usually that has negative physical or emotional effects upon the victim. Violence in Western society has been increasing steadily and has become a major concern
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Assessing Corporate Cultures of Southwest Airlines
Assessing Corporate Cultures of Southwest Airlines Team A has chosen to evaluate and assess the cultural atmosphere generated within Southwest Airlines (SWA). The airline started its operation in 1971 by the co-founders, Rollin King and Herb Kelleher, in the humble city of Houston, Texas. SWA was to be an airline that provided shuttle service between the cities of Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas, Texas. Southwest Airlines began with one simple notion: “If you get your
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The Impact of Business Technology Optimisation on Organisations in the Financial Sector
The Impact of Business Technology Optimisation on Organisations in the Financial Sector 1. Introduction This report will examine how Business Technology Optimisation (BTO) can have an impact on organisational IT operations in the financial services sector. The report will consist of descriptions of what BTO is, how the technology can impact an organisation at various levels and how it can prove vital to the criticality of the financial services sector. This report will represent BTO
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Market Segmentation This Document Prepared and Presented by Business Resource Software, Inc
Market Segmentation This document prepared and presented by Business Resource Software, Inc. Market Segmentation The purpose for segmenting a market is to allow your marketing/sales program to focus on the subset of prospects that are "most likely" to purchase your offering. If done properly this will help to insure the highest return for your marketing/sales expenditures. Depending on whether you are selling your offering to individual consumers or a business, there are definite differences in
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American Born Chinese Children Under Chinese Culture
Socialization ------ American Born Chinese Children under Chinese Culture According to the American Heritage Dictionary, socialization is “the process of learning interpersonal and interactional skills that are in conformity with the values of one's society” (American Heritage). It is a process of learning culture. During socialization, children will acquire attitudes, norms, values, behaviors, personalities, etc. within agencies of socialization, which were described as “Agencies of socialization are structured groups or contexts within which significant processes
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Describe the Term Entrepreneurship and the Challenges of Starting a Small Business
Burke Bembridge Bus 110 First Evaluation Instructor; Dr Chris Ehiobuche Describe the term Entrepreneurship and the challenges of starting a small business Entrepreneurship is the dream of a lifetime for most individuals. The idea of being in control on one's financial future by establishing, owning, and operating their own business has driven most individuals in the direction of Sole Proprietorships. Most plunge in looking at the advantage and over looking the disadvantage and challenges of
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Can Technology Affect Ethics and Culture
Can Technology Affect Ethics and Culture? Jeremiah Johnson TEC/401 Linda Poole November 16, 2006 Can Technology Affect Ethics and Culture? In today’s work environment, workers are expected to know more than ever before. With the growing of technology comes more knowledge that end-users must know, so it is important for workers not to be distracted by unethical practices. However, with technology also comes a more defined sense of communication, which can be good or
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Business Communication
Assignment for week one Listening skills Often when a misunderstanding occurs on the job, it is attributed to a lack of communication, which most of time implies that whoever was delivering the message did not do an effective job. But what about the other side, the listener? Let me give you an example. Mark, a senior-level manager in a high-technology company, seemed to possess all the skills one might expect from someone who had achieved
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International Business Trip to Beijing, China
Date: 9/24/2005 Subject: International Business Trip to Beijing, China, Departure: October 1st Return: November 30th My company and I are heading on our trip to Beijing next Saturday. We’ll be staying for two months, that should give us enough time to conduct business with our friends in China. The weather there wont be too different from how it is in the states, averaging 69*F in October and 52*F in November. Although it could get up
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Deafness as a Culture
These past couple of weeks, I have been thinking about deafness in its cultural context and in its biomedical context. I know that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 provides special services such as interpreters. However, I recently started thinking that the fact that the act itself is named a “disabilities” act requires that the individuals receiving these services acknowledge either a physical or an emotional disability. This, to me, seems to cause
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Cash Is the Life-Blood of Any Business and Without It Survival Is Very Unlikely.
Cash is the life-blood of any business and without it survival is very unlikely. Cash is normally regarded as "just an asset that a business needs to help it to function (Atrill & McLaney, 2004, p. 124)." Though this is true, cash is also one of the essential elements needed for a business to grow and prosper. The reason why cash is so important is because "people and organisations will not normally accept other than
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Global Business Strategies
Regional Paper Frank Stubblefield MGT 448 Global Business Strategies J. Antonio Marin, MBA, PMP - Instructor July 01, 2005 Eastern Europe Region Introduction Regional integration in Europe generally, and Eastern Europe in particular, has a long, complex, and troubled history. Regionalism has been promoted as an efficient means of fostering closer economic co-operation. By creating a larger, unified market through the elimination of regional trade barriers, economic integration allows for the use of comparative
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Bless Me, Ultima: The Cultural Distress of a Young Society
Lytvyn Roman Eng. 320 Pr. Tolchin Bless Me, Ultima: The Cultural Distress of a Young Society An answer to the discussion question of whether or not there is a defined border culture would need a great number of years in field research, but we can also observe a few of the characteristics of such border culture just by looking at scholastic essays and books related to the topic. Within the research that I did,
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How Realistically or Romantically Describes Willa Cather the Business of Farming?
How realistically or romantically describes Willa Cather the business of farming? Willa Sibert Cather was born in Virginia, December 7, 1873. At the age of nine, Cather’s family moved to Nebraska. Willa fell in love with the country, with the waste prairies of the Nebraska. In her life, Willa worked for different journals and magazines and received many honorary degrees, even the Pulitzer Prize. Her literary life was extremely influenced by her childhood in the
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A Business Analysis of the Object Oriented Hypermedia Design Model
A Business Analysis of the Object Oriented Hypermedia Design Model This discourse will provide a brief overview of the Object Oriented Hypermedia design model and the four-step process involved in the development of the model. This section will provide an explanation for each step in the process. Then we will discuss the past, present and future business uses of the model. This will explore the importance of the model in business applications that are conducted
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Modern Urban Culture
MODERN URBAN CULTURE What is urban culture? According to the Encyclopedia Britannica (1), urban culture is any of the behavioral patterns of the various types of cities and urban areas, both past and present. Urban culture is basically the culture of cities. Cities around the world, past and present, have behaviors that differ from the rural areas. In today’s modern world, urban culture refers to a city’s sense of fashion, music, and way of life.
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Cultural Analysis of the Coldest Winter Ever
The Coldest Winter Ever Born Lisa Williamson in 1964, Sister Souljah is a hip-hop artist that burst to the forefront of mainstream media in 1992 when she was criticized by then Presidential candidate Bill Clinton for saying “If Black people kill black people every day, why not have a week and kill white people?” Clinton was trying to prove to other Democrats that he did not sympathize with the organization that Souljah was a member
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Analysis of Violent Culture: The Media, The Internet, and Placing Blame
Analysis of Violent Culture: The Media, the Internet, and Placing Blame The author, Darren Beals, did not modify my opinion on the topic of violent culture but he presented evidence from several point-of-views. The media, internet, parents, and television all could be part of the problem Beals did not choose a side he just elaborated on their involvement in the "Kipland Kinkels's shooting spree." In 2004 "Students age 12-18 were victims of about 88,000 violent
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Doing Business Using Electronic Commerce
Doing Business Using Electronic Commerce With the astonishing growth of the Internet, many companies are finding new and exciting ways to expand their business opportunities. There are very few successful companies that do not use computers in their everyday business activities, which mean there are few companies that do not use E-Commerce. To emphasize the point that the effect of the Internet is widespread in today’s business communities, one online article stated that more than
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Xml - Applications for Business Process Analysis & Design
XML | Applications for Business Process Analysis & Design Introduced in 1996, Extensible Markup Language (XML) was initially intended to function in the place of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) as the standard format used to define online document structure (Obasanjo, 2003). These intentions are proving inevitable as business organizations begin to realize the real potential found in the family of XML technologies. Potential in terms of improvement in information management practices measured by a
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Current Ethical Issues in Business
Current Ethical Issue in Business The organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have been in the news for recent issues regarding animal cruelty. The same activists that had to fight to preserve the habitat of animals, the cruelty in the clothing industry and in medical experiments have been the focus of attention for the way they have handled disposing of dead dogs and cats. This paper will establish the ethical issues, theories,
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E-Commerce - Contemporary Business and online Commerce Law
Electronic Contracts E-commerce is staggering nowadays; everyone is using e-commerce at their own leisure. The meaning of the term "electronic commerce" has changed over time. Originally, "electronic commerce" meant the facilitation of commercial transactions electronically, usually using technology like Electronic Data Interchange to send commercial documents like purchase orders or invoices electronically. Later it came to include activities more precisely termed "Web commerce" -- the purchase of goods and services over the World Wide
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Business Process Analysis: Missing Children Clearinghouse Amber Alert Program
BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYSIS Missing Children Clearinghouse Amber Alert Program EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Indiana Amber Alert Program operated by the Indiana State Police notifies the public about recently abducted children in Indiana using the national Emergency Alert System (EAS). Interested parties to the program have expressed concern about the length of time between the declaration of an Amber Alert and the publication of the Alert on the EAS. Some measurable improvement is possible by reordering some
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Business Plan
Vision/Mission Statement LEVEL 3 plans to be a chain of upscale nightclubs centering around the middle Georgia areas. It is demographically targeted to middle aged adult’s ages ranging from 25 and up. LEVEL 3 aims at providing quality entertainment, food and refreshments along with a welcoming environment that will give our customers a unique and entertaining experience. Company Overview This company evolved through a partnership involving, Brooke Jacox, Ashley Kiltreses, Crystal Ward, Mary Askew, Kimberly
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An Analysis of the Structure and Culture of Strategic Mining Solutions in the Context of the External Environment with Respect to Future Challenges and Recommended Changes
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Strategic Mining (SM) is capable of converting challenges into opportunities, as evaluated in the context of the company expanding its operations into Africa. The company promotes a participative management style which greatly benefits communication at all levels. The Directors of SMЎ¦s Board are technically and managerially highly skilled and are therefore in a position to manage company resources efficiently and unambiguously. A co ЎV operative culture exists in the company. This feature is
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