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  • African Drumming

    African Drumming

    The music culture model can be used to view music not as a part of culture, but culture as a part of music, which gives a better understanding to outsiders trying to comprehend another society’s music. The first component of the music culture model is ideas about music; this topic is subdivided into music and the belief system, aesthetics of music, context, and history. The second aspect is activities involving music in that culture. The

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    Submitted: May 5, 2010 By: David
  • Cultural Relativism

    Cultural Relativism

    Understanding other cultures without making judgments about the way they do things or the way they understand and react to things is the basic concept of cultural relativity. The importance of this idea is demostrated by Richard B. Lee in his story about the Christmas feast with the !Kung. In this story Lee, a social anthropologist living with the tribe, experiences a misunderstanding that almost caused him to pack his belongings and leave the bushmen

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    Submitted: May 5, 2010 By: Max
  • The African American Crisis of the Absentee Father

    The African American Crisis of the Absentee Father

    Courtney Soares Research Paper 8th period April 10th, 2008 The crisis of the absentee father is an issue that influences and impacts the African American community. My aim is to find out the effects of a fatherless upbringing on a child’s behavioral, emotional stability, and educational attainment. “I had no daddy around when I was growing up… that’s why I’m wild and I don’t give a…”-lyrics by Teiarra Mari. Father absence among the African American

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    Submitted: May 5, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Culture

    Culture

    accomplishments and success of civilizations are closely linked to their religious outlook and the role of religion in their governments and society. Throughout history rulers have used the influence of religions to control their populations and provide the justification for their power. A society with a greater degree of separation between religion and government promotes a superior level of liberty and creativity amongst its people. By the time of the decline of the Roman Empire

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    Submitted: May 5, 2010 By: Top
  • Cultural Diversity of Ford Employees

    Cultural Diversity of Ford Employees

    OUTLINE • Introduction • Cultural Diversity 1. Defining Diversity and Its Values 2. Diversity and Globalization • Employee Resource Groups at Ford • Ford Diversity in the Marketplace • Ford Dealers & Suppliers • Conclusion .INTRODUCTION The rise of multinational companies and increased global diversification by even small companies has resulted in people of diverse backgrounds and cultures working together in the same office or for the same organization. Conflict in such situations is predictable,

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    Submitted: May 7, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Fall and Rise of Cultures

    The Fall and Rise of Cultures

    The Fall and Rise of Cultures Jameson Gesford BUSM 3543: Organizational Communications Professor Linda Raymond December 19, 2006 One type of organizational culture, stemmed by war, is fading out. With the fall of this “conquer and command” culture another is rising. This new culture stemming from various events, such as political, new societal management theories, and generational employment shifts is more beneficial and productive. Compassing such great qualities as being more efficient and beneficial

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    Submitted: May 7, 2010 By: Artur
  • Diversity Between American and Czech Cultures

    Diversity Between American and Czech Cultures

    Diversity between American and Czech Cultures Comparing two different countries creates many disparities and similarities. History, government, and cultural help define each nation separately on an international level. Understanding the habits of the citizens of each country helps give a clear definition of the society. Incorporating all of these factors creates the identity of a country. For individuals who enter a country from the outside, adjusting to the habits of the society can be very

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    Submitted: May 7, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Popular Culture and Print Media Paper

    Popular Culture and Print Media Paper

    Popular Culture and Print Media What people read and see in the newspapers and magazines have a big influence on what they say, how they say it, and their actions. This paper will discuss consumerism, work, social responsibility, happiness, the human body, justice, law and order of popular culture and how print media affects popular culture. Books Twenty years ago, people did a lot of book reading and newspaper reading. Books fulfilled the mind with

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    Submitted: May 7, 2010 By: Tommy
  • The Culture of Fear: Fears Based on Fallacies

    The Culture of Fear: Fears Based on Fallacies

    The Culture of Fear: Fears based on Fallacies Americans have a tendency to underestimate the power of the media and its influence over our beliefs and expectations in society. News is delivered to our homes in many different ways including the television, newspaper and word of mouth. It is our first instinct to take what we see and hear from authority figures or news stations to be true. Therefore, we do not realize that the

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    Submitted: May 7, 2010 By: Jack
  • African Elephants

    African Elephants

    Elephants are very complex and highly intelligent creatures. Elephants seem to be fascinated with the tusks and bones of dead elephants and have been seen fondling and examining them. The myth that they carry them to secret “elephant burial grounds” however, has no factual base. Elephants demonstrate concern for other members of their families and take care of the weak or injured members. They even appear to grieve over a dead companion. Elephants have very

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    Submitted: May 9, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Muslim Culture Related to Nursing Care

    Muslim Culture Related to Nursing Care

    Lumbar Spinal Stenosis What are the structures involved and what spinal stenosis is? The lumbar spine ( lower back) is the structure that carries the weight of the upper body. The bones that make up the lumbar spine are the vertebrae. The spinal canal runs through the vertebrae and contains the nerves that supply sensation and strength to the legs. Located between the vertebrae are the intervertebral discs and the spinal facet joints. When

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    Submitted: May 9, 2010 By: July
  • Relationship Between Transformational Leadership and Rewarding Organizational Culture and Climate

    Relationship Between Transformational Leadership and Rewarding Organizational Culture and Climate

    Relationship between transformational leadership and rewarding organizational culture and climate The purpose of the article: The purpose of this article is to explore the relationship between types of managers / leaders (design, rewards, sit down and place), and perceptions among employees that organizational climate - with me in the organization. The main argument that I would like to offer is: Type of organization and how the leader is perceived by his employees, has significant effects

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    Submitted: May 9, 2010 By: chen
  • Mexican American Culture

    Mexican American Culture

    As I begin this essay comparing two separate cultures I feel it is necessary to first describe what exactly culture is. Culture has been called "the way of life for an entire society." It includes codes of manners, dress, language, religion, rituals, norms of behavior such as law and morality, and systems of belief. Various definitions of culture reflect differing theories for understanding or criteria for evaluating human activity. Edward Burnett Tylor writing from the

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    Submitted: May 10, 2010 By: Yan
  • Codes and Abstraction in Hip Hop Culture

    Codes and Abstraction in Hip Hop Culture

    Terrylynn Banks COM/CAP 325 Nicholson Codes and Abstraction in Hip Hop Culture A new and unique style arose from the streets, among the urban youth of the Bronx in the late 70’s. This artistic movement was first identified through a musical style that was characterized by the isolation and the extension of a percussion break found in funk, rock, or disco music, through the use of an audio mixer and two records. DJ Kool Herc,

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    Submitted: May 10, 2010 By: Jack
  • Body Language: A Look at Asian Cultures

    Body Language: A Look at Asian Cultures

    Body Language: A Look at Asian Cultures Body language is indeed a powerful and useful form of communication with many forms and interpretations. How one uses body language, and how another interprets it, is one of the most intriguing parts of any society. The communication patterns of Asian languages serve to reinforce traditional cultural values and beliefs. Consistent with the primary value of preserving harmony and face in human relationships, Asian languages utilize communication patterns

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    Submitted: May 10, 2010 By: Top
  • What Image of Native Culture Is Given by Clorinda Matto De Turner in Aves Sin Nido?

    What Image of Native Culture Is Given by Clorinda Matto De Turner in Aves Sin Nido?

    Clorinda Matto de Turner’s novel Aves sin nido was published in July 1889. It’s release caused great controversies amongst intellectuals; some praising it for its accurate portrayal of Peruvian life, such as the then-president Andrйs Avelino Cбceres who wrote a letter of praise to Matto de Turner saying that her novel had stimulated him to pursue much needed reforms, and others condemning it for its social critique of the national model of Peru and

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    Submitted: May 11, 2010 By: Anna
  • The History and Culture of Buddhism in Korea

    The History and Culture of Buddhism in Korea

    Place of Publication: Dongguk University Press Seoul, Korea 1993. <br> <br>I. Introduction: <br> Buddhism is the root of Korean culture despite periods of rise and decline in popularity. Buddhism combined with Confucianism is the combined practice of the Korean culture today. Buddhism was used to satisfy personal needs and Confucianism was used to satisfy political needs, all needs were met by intergrading the two philosophies. The combination of the two practices has knitted the Korean

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    Submitted: May 11, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Cultural Facism

    Cultural Facism

    Hiring women in a high stressed, fast paced environment with sexual harassment litigations and punitive damages rising as a result of the Civil Rights Bill of 1991 is the concern of Sarah J. McCarthy, a restaurant/bar owner and the author of “Cultural Fascism.” McCarthy describes the working relationship between male and female employees in her restaurant/bar normal considering the disposition of the individuals and the atmosphere in which they work. She explains that flirting and

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    Submitted: May 11, 2010 By: Jon
  • Malaysian Culture

    Malaysian Culture

    Malaysia's population of over 19 million inhabitants presents the external business traveller with a minefield of cultural dilemmas. The country is strongly divided along ethnic lines with the three largest ethnic groups being (in order of size) Malays, Chinese and Indians. In addition, there are a number of smaller indigenous peoples in the territories of Sarawak and Sabah. That this amalgam of races and ethnic diversity has been moulded together and has (post the awful

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    Submitted: May 12, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Organizational Culture Impact

    Organizational Culture Impact

    Introduction Organizational culture is a set of key values, assumptions, and beliefs that are shared by an organization’s members. The combined key values create a custom attitude or culture that is followed by the organization’s members. The culture represents the “personality of the organization” (McNamara, 1999). Through the observation of employee behavior one can help predict an organization’s culture that influences its business attitude. Organizational culture can also help distinguish two companies from each other.

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    Submitted: May 12, 2010 By: regina
  • Effects of Consumer Culture on Society

    Effects of Consumer Culture on Society

    I believe that consumer culture has had a negative effect on society. I believe this for many reasons, one of them being that Americans are, in a way, brainwashed into believing that we “need” something, or they have to look a certain way to fit in. advertising companies don’t just target adults, they also purposely target young children. They do this because they know that children’s brains are not fully developed and are very easily

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    Submitted: May 13, 2010 By: Janna
  • The Effects of Capitalism on Black Culture

    The Effects of Capitalism on Black Culture

    America’s black population, despite the civil rights movement, still has a long way to go in the United States before it is on equal footing. While the law protects blacks from overt racism, there is a litany of problems facing the black community, many of which relate to lack of opportunity for meaningful employment, absence of role models and very little political representation. Also as we will see, even though racism is frowned upon

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    Submitted: May 13, 2010 By: Edward
  • American Sign Language Culture

    American Sign Language Culture

    American Sign Language Final Imagine this, you are at a restaurant with your all your family after a cousin graduates from high school. Everyone is happy about his new accomplishment laughing, telling jokes, and remembering embarrassing stories from when he was younger. You are sitting in your seat, watching everyone enjoy him or herself, but you do not really understand what is exactly going on. You are deaf, and unless the person speaking is looking

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    Submitted: May 13, 2010 By: Bailey
  • Obesity Prevelance Amongst African American Adolescents

    Obesity Prevelance Amongst African American Adolescents

    Obesity is an epidemic affecting nearly one third of all Americans in the United States today. Obesity is determined by using Body Mass Index(BMI) measurements, in which BMI is defined as the; weight in kilograms by the square of the height in meters( kg/m^2). A BMI of 25 is considered overweight and a BMI of 30, Obese. Demographic and health research has shown consistently higher obesity prevalence amongst lower income minority populations; establishing a negative

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    Submitted: May 13, 2010 By: saad
  • Cultural Challenges in Overseas Business

    Cultural Challenges in Overseas Business

    A major challenge of doing business internationally is to adapt effectively to different cultures. Hodgetts and Luthans (2005) define culture in terms of characteristics and acquired knowledge. Acquired knowledge that people use to interpret experience and generate social behavior forms values, creates attitudes, and influences behavior. This can relate to businesses, where culture is not inherited or biologically based but rather learned (Hodgetts, Luthans, & Doh, 2005). Steve Kafka, an entrepreneur trying to pursue the

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    Submitted: May 14, 2010 By: Top