Essays on Individualism

English

The majority of contemporary Americans do not believe in cooperation and unification of ideas for the betterment of society as a unit. Americans further adopts the concept of self-empowerment and self-enrichment to the expense of the larger society. In fact, the factor of humanity and community inclusion is rarely practiced in the modern American world. What is more, Americans will go to length in getting the best from others for personal interests and gains. The issue of brotherhood and sisterhood is relatively losing its meaning in American culture. Additionally, there is division of American society on the basis of ...

In Chapter 3 of Generation Me, “You Can Be Anything You Want to Be,” the idea of the self-centeredness of this current generation is addressed. According to Twenge, the current timbre of American culture promotes a sense of individuality over a sense of collectivity and societal cohesion: “Even when schools, parents, and the media are not specifically targeting self-esteem, they promote the equally powerful concepts of socially sanctioned self-focus, the unquestioned importance of the individual, and an unfettered optimisim about young people's future prospects” (72). To that end, Twenge notes a decided increase in focus on cultivating children’s ...

Overview of Hofstede’s “Four Dimensions of National Culture”

Hofstede’s four dimensions of national culture or the cultural dimensions theory refer to the framework developed by Geert Hofstede. Hofstede completed one of the most researches relevant to the effects of the culture of a nation or society on its members. The four dimensions of national culture comprise the specific dimensions or traits that provide differentiations among various cultures. The research conducted by Hofstede provided several aspects of the effects of culture on individuals belonging to different societies in the workplace. Hofstede analyzed and evaluated the data collected from the employee database of IBM from 1967 to 1973. ...

JAPANESE POLITICS, ECONOMICS, AND/OR SOCIETY BETWEEN 1868-1920

JAPANESE POLITICS, ECONOMICS, AND/OR SOCIETY BETWEEN 1868-1920
The period of 1868-1920 saw some changes in the history of Japan. These changes had significant impacts on the political, economic and social aspects of the society of Japan. They influenced the perceptions of individuals during that period concerning political and economic elements of the society. The Japanese developed various attitudes towards these changes and had various thoughts concerning these changes. There was a correlation between the as some of them had significant influences on others. That is; some of the political changes experienced during this time played a role in the ...

Assignment culture 3

The philosophies of Dr. Hofstede's dimensions are distance versus power, collectivism versus individualism, avoiding uncertainty, femininity versus masculinity and short term orientation versus long-term orientation (Sergiu, 2011). Over the years after he came up with these dimensions, there has been a variety of arguments. Some scholars are for, and some are against; to understand the basis of these arguments, it is first imperative to understand Hofstede's approach to cross culture application (Zaiț, 2002).
Dr. Hofstede's approach is used mostly in cross-cultural management (Zaiț, 2002). Cross-cultural management is the direct result of the world turning into a global village. Due ...

Cultural Differences Theorists

The Geert Hofstede Dimensions of Culture
According to Hofstede, culture refers to the collective programming of people’s minds, which sets them apart from the category of other people. As much as culture is collective, it is possible to connect it to different collectives.
The term has a primary use where it refers to ethnic groups in the field of anthropology. However, culture also finds meaning when referring to nations (political science, management, and sociology) and when referring to organizations in the context of management and sociology. Hofstede developed five dimensions to the definition and understanding of culture.

Hofstede’s Five Dimensions

Power/Distance
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Empirical self of each individual that is at all times referred as me (William Jones, 279). It is difficult to draw a clear line between what a man refers to as me and what he says its mine. Individuals act and feel about specific factors in life that belong to them as they feel and act about themselves (William Jones, 279). The work of each individual’s hands, their fame, their children are dear to them just like their bodies and bring about the same feelings in the event they are attacked. It is clear that the main factor ...

In the book Ayn Rand, the reader comes face to face with a society that is crippled with the human nature that considers individualism as sin. The protagonist of the story Equality 7-2521 goes on to question the spirit of collectivism which seems to be liked by a majority in his society. He goes on to say that his individualism has driven him and those with like minds to thoughts that are forbidden (1.6). According to him, the individual can never succeed unless he works together with others. Even when faced with a society that is crippled with collectivism, ...

In this paperwork, I am going to discuss one of Thoreau’s main points in his essay- On the Duty of Civil Disobedience. It is important to note that Thoreau wrote the essay, on the Duty of Civil Disobedience, as a remonstration against an unfair, but fashionable war and the perpetual, but admired organization of slave possessing.
The work of Thoreau, according to my observation, is, more, based on political theory. In the essay, Thoreau depicts several hypothetical claims about the scenery of democracy and the connection between the inhabitant and the government. Thoreau argues that the government should ...

Business Ethics Assignment Ryanair

Introduction
In today’s competitive environment, every organization wants to earn as much profit as they can by entering and exploiting not only resources from the domestic country but also from country across the globe. Ryanair was established with a share capital of only £1 as well as the staff of 25 by the Ryan family (Ryanair, 2014). Ryanair is recognized as being the only ULCC (ultra-low cost carrier) within Europe, operating over 1,600 flights every day (more than 500,000 every year) from 57 bases, all through 1,600 low cost routes, linking 180 different destinations within ...

Introduction

The world today is experiencing a wide of trends in different areas. There continues to be transformations that have completely changed the sphere of life in a large extent from society to the world of technology (Houle, 2012). The trend is unique and particular to different institutions of the society. It is projected that in the coming few years, there would be increased mega trends that may turn the global platform around in an unprecedented manner. The trends therein discussed are Digitalization with respect to technology, democratization with respect to governments and individualism with respect to social and cultural ...

Culture defines how an individual in a society experiences and interprets events that happen around him or her. Social situations are some of the events that a member of a society experiences. In a collectivist culture, there is interdependence that allows social situations to be defined in terms of social relations and obligation. On the other hand, an individualistic society tends to strive for self-improvement and fulfillment (Nauert 1).
Western cultures are more interested in what an individual can achieve other than what the society can achieve. While most individuals in western cultures may be driven by the need ...

Summary of The Awakening and Other Stories

Summary
The Awakening stands as an enlightening story for women at the time it Kate Chopin wrote it. Women during the 19th century typically stayed within the confines of their socially constructed roles, limited to that of being a wife and mother. Yet, the protagonist of the book of Chopin, Edna Pontellier, bravely stood against said roles, imposing herself instead as an epitome of individualism. Throughout the story, Edna had to struggle in dealing with society, which typically defined her as just the wife of her husband Leonce and the mother of her son Raoul. Helpful in the gradual ...

The objective is to have an examination of the effect of Hofstede’s dimensions on culture on the ethical sensitivity of an individual towards the following stakeholders – customers, one’s company, competitors and also colleagues. The first major finding of this research was that the positive effect of uncertainty avoidance was higher than the negative effect of power distance. To add onto this, the nationality variable was non-significant in some degree. The other finding was that power distance and individualism had a negative effect on ESS. However, uncertainty avoidance and the nationality variable had a positive effect on ESS. ...

Deviation is about breaking rules, searching for the factors in individual’s personality and situations in life that accounts for infractions. Individuals are treated and labeled in many ways when they tend to believe in individualism. Self-identity and people’s behavior greatly influence how they will be treated by society members. Individualism is characterized by a self-fulfilling prophecy and they are many stereotypes that accompany deviance. The labeling theory explains how self-identity shapes the way that a person will be treated; it states that deviation is rejected and those who hold on are avoided by the society. Stigmatization therefore ...

Dead Poet Society is not simply a coming of age story; it is a story about the human condition. Conformity with no possibility of individualism will leave to feelings of discontent, even if conformity is desired by the individual. American culture represents a struggle between the the status quo and innovation towards self actualization. This is why this film is representative of that. The human condition is one which demands options. John Keating creates an atmosphere for creative and unorthodox thinking in such a way that even those craving conformity are draw to. I believe this shows the importance ...

Question 1

Etic and emic play a significant role in the negotiation process. For this case, French culture is selected. As such, in terms of emic, power distance, uncertainty avoidance and individualism are common in the French culture. These are things that an individual focusing on conducting a negotiation in this culture has to embrace and use them throughout the negotiation process. In contrast, the power distance, uncertainty, individualism and masculinity are very low in South Korea. An emic factor for the South Korea is the low individualism of an index of 18. Therefore, an individual from South Korea has to ...

The Black Veil

The Minister’s Black Veil, by Hawthornes is a short story about a minister who, all of a sudden, starts putting on a black veil. This sudden behavior turns away the people of the town. It has been argued that the minister wanted to show the origin of sin. At the end of the short story, the reader discovers that the veil was used to symbolize the obstacles that we face in the life on earth and eternity. Reverend Hooper wears a veil one Sunday morning. The parishioners and the congregation to ask themselves what Rev. Hooper intended in ...

‘The rewards of a solitary life’ and ‘Constantly risking absurdity’ speaks of a solitary life led by particular individuals. The article by Mary Sarton discuses benefits of solitary life by asserting the ideas of self reliance and independence. In a similar manner, the poem Constantly Risking Absurdity by Lawrence Ferlinghetti talks of a solitary tight rope walker and stresses on the significance of individualism. The poem narrates that the acrobat is performing to achieve beauty and truth. This shows that he is not performing for others but for himself and again stresses on the importance ...

Introduction

It is widely accepted in management circles especially in transnational organizations that countries have distinct and sometimes unique cultural traits. These cultural traits are extremely influential and to a large extent determine whether multinational corporations succeed or fail in the various countries of operation. This is the case because of the continued globalization and merger of world economies that has consequently resulted to the melt-down of not only international but also local geographic boundaries. To this effect, culture based studies are becoming a pre-requisite for doing business in the various parts of the world as the years ...

There are four qualities that one must consider when making an ideal society: biblical tradition, republican tradition, utilitarian individualism, and expressive individualism. Balancing these qualities and even sometimes outweighing one over the other is necessary in making the best possible society. In Habits of the Heart, these qualities are described and expressed with the specific purpose of determining how best a person or society should conduct their life. My interpretation of the ideal society would include forty percent biblical tradition, forty percent republican tradition, fifteen percent expressive individualism, and lastly five percent utilitarian individualism.

In an ideal society, biblical ...

Individualism versus Collectivism – Differences in Psychological Perspectives

Individualism versus Collectivism – Differences in Psychological Perspectives

Introduction

With the rise of globalization and increased intensity of global competition, it has become quite difficult for managers to manage every business activity. To serve more customer base for attainment of more competitive edge and market share, businesses are challenged to manage all of their resources effectively and efficiently. One of the most important resources which the management of every organization has to deal with concerns the human resource management. This is probably true in case of all those business entities which employ personnel from diverse cultures coming from different societal backgrounds.

Discussion

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What Does ‘Much Madness is Divinest Sense’ Say About Individualism?

Emily Dickinson’s poem, Much Madness is Divinest Sense addresses the idea of individualism by discussing how those who choose not to ‘fit in’ are classed as being mad whilst suggesting that those who don’t endeavour to be an individual are truly the mad ones: she states that as usual, it is the majority whose opinion prevails – “’Tis the majority – In this, as All, prevail” (Dickinson 4-5). Dickinson was a poet ahead of her time – she held much more modern views which did not conform ...

Impact of adverts on the Moral Behavior

There are several driving forces that shape the decision making process, especially when it comes to choosing what higher goods are. These forces shape our moral notions of the objects we encounter in the society since we rely on their principles to understand their relevance to our lives. Such moral sources in the society today include individualistc utilitarianism, expressive individualism, atomism, evolutionary sources such as status, power, wealth, beauty, and attractiveness amongst several others as will be discussed in this paper.
Ads are any form of marketing communications force or marketing tool that is mainly used to sell products, ...

The perception that women are weak is slowly changing as more women engage themselves in occupations and businesses that used to be dominated by men alone. Though in the past women have always been downgraded to do menial jobs, there are some areas in the world where sensitivity towards women and acceptance of their new role are being received positively. However, while there are societies that are more accepting of roles that women play now, there are still some cultures that ignore and restrain the changes happening in women. This could be brought about by the differences in cultural ...

Introduction

In present environment when the world has become global market place and companies consider business expansion in international market as main way to achieve desired revenue growth. It is one of major challenges in front of multinational organizations to exercise their business practices in other environment. Culture of the country impacts all stages of Human Resource cycle, starting from recruitment, training, performance evaluation, feedbacks, and exit interview. It is important for multinational organizations to understand local cultural values of country and integrate those values in Human Resource Management processes. This paper intends to discuss cultural challenges faced by Coca-Cola ...

The Joy Luck Club (1993) was based on Amy Tan’s 1989 novel and deals with issues of culture, assimilation and generation conflicts between a group of four Chinese mothers and their Americanized daughters. All four women in the club had emigrated from China to the U.S. after World War II, and met after church to play Chinese mahjong every week. In reality, they had little joy or luck, and no expectations, only the hope that their children would have better lives than theirs. By the Confucian standards which the mothers learned from childhood, there were very definite differences ...

Introduction. Values are the guiding principles that people use to give direction to their daily lives and behaviors. It varies from culture to culture as it is the distinguishing factor, which gives judgment and perspective to between what is good or bad, what is considered beautiful or not, and all other spectrums in life. Values, shaped by one’s culture is what influences varying personalities, and helps people to function in accordance with the unwritten principles of society. Issues that tend to be guided mostly by one’s values are relationships, both sexual and personal, gender identity, social class ...

According to Bellah, justice can be defined a total of three times. For starters, it is the meaning of education. Justice is educative in nature. Justice is responsible for the education of people for the common good of everybody. For example, when justice is ordained, people are educated on the benefits that it has altogether. Once these people are educated, then the education will then help in civilizing the entire world.
Bellah in his studies continues to state that, justice is also the formation of the common good. This means that it is responsible for forming something good. Whenever ...

The success of The Alchemist cannot be argued; in just ten years after it was publish it has sold more than 20 million copies and has been translated into over fifty-seven languages. This is a world record for number of translations by a living author. As the New York Times aptly puts it. “[This] Brazilian wizard makes books disappear from stores.” The author Pauho Coelho wrote a book that no only sold numerous copies, but sold them in numerous language and cultures. This success points to a massive of the appeal. The beautiful prose found within the novel can ...

PART 1

Society and institutions are key concepts in sociological studies. From as early as the 1980s, there have been attempts to revise the key sociological concepts of institutions giving rise to ‘New Institutionalism” or “Neoinstitutionalism.” At first, the ideas were based on organizational theory but the ideas quickly broadened to include micro sociology or individualism and global sociology. In sociological studies, institutional analysis is conducted for understanding how institutions affect and influence individual and collective human behavior. Conclusions can be made through empirical approaches or inferential analyses, which give various scientifically admissible conclusions on the subject. Past studies have shown ...

Executive summary

This report takes on a personal, critical incident to illustrate various approaches in understanding cross cultural communications. It aims to explore the communication problems which arise from cultural differences. By way of a narrative inquiry and analysis, the critical incident is related to general workplace miscommunications which happen when verbal and non verbal communications do not cross the same level of understanding between the sender and the receiver. This report applies three specific theories: theory of verbal communications by Mellor (1990), theory of non verbal communications by Ekman & Friesen (1969), and theory of individualism and ...

Introduction

Elwyn (2001, pp. 1-2) defines a work group as ‘a number of people who are in face-to-face contact, so that each of them can interact with all the others’ which is usually achieved through a cohesive and solid supervision. Additionally, a work group can be defined as ‘a planned endeavor to develop in a group the forces that lead to a smoothly running co-operative activity’. Work groups in most cases entails a group or an association of individuals who interact and move together regularly, have close ...

Introduction

In view of the comparative and contrastive analysis of literary elements, I have chosen the novel "The Fountainhead" for its elaborative analysis and interpretation. This novel was later transformed into a movie to add an escalated significance to its beauty and philosophy. This novel deals with the accountability of a person to remain conscious and disciplined to the fundamental needs of environment, human beings, and humanity. In my view, no one or nothing should be placed above the universal right of a person to live in a happy, healthy, progressive, noble, and ideal life, and lead a peaceful and ...

Abstract

Many of the US companies are trying to enter international markets, outsource the manufacturing processes, and become international. Such activity needs certain knowledge from the company’s managers and all those colleagues that will participate in communications with the foreign partners. Spain has a very rich history and culture and therefore there are many aspects that US business people should learn before starting to work with Spanish partners, suppliers or customers. The economic situation, business etiquette and traditions in Spain are different from the US ones. This is mostly caused by the relaxed rhyme of life in this country ...

IHRM

Introduction
Firms that do not have the quality human resource face challenges in managing its operations globally and in attracting quality human resource (Farndale, Scullion, and Sparrow, 2010). Therefore it is critical for firms to manage their human resource. For this reason, the practices of human resource management are decisive in the success of the organization. As firms expand their operations to different countries, organizations have to consider a lot more factors than they have to when they are managing an organization that operates in only one country (Adler, 2002). Therefore, the role of international human resource management practices ...

In our contemporary, scientifically-influenced world, technology is seen as being essentially good. Nevertheless, as “The Travel Habits” by Joseph P. Schwieterman points out, this has led to an exacerbation of individualism, where everybody is set into a trance by their own personal portable devices. The fact these artifacts allow you to access whatever you want, entails a rupture of communication with the outside world, leaving individuals to face their own, self-made reality. Another important component in this process is the modern push for everyone to strive for their own goals, which are always set farther, and thus alienate them ...

Implicit in any writer’s work are the ideologies of the culture under which the writer was raised. American culture has values, which place emphasis on the individual. In an essay like Henry David Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” the self-sufficiency is the topic explored. In other essays, like Malcolm Gladwell’s “Small Changes: Why The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted” this individual autonomy from groups is an assumption that Gladwell assumes the audience would share with him when he analyzes the impact of social media on identity and it’s limitations in driving individuals to action. William F. Buckley ...

Norbert Elias and Weber Contribution to Economy

Abstract:
This paper argues that in their respective works, Norbert Elias and Max Weber came up with different arguments on a psychological and sociological plane for the explanation of society and the modern economy. Whilst Elias is more focused historically on the development of the individual, Weber argues that history is not necessarily a good case study for sociological development. However while both authors use an element of sociological Darwinism in their arguments, they are far apart on the schools of thought regarding economic and social development in the modern age.

Norbert Elias: The Society of Individuals

Norbert Elias’ famous work deals with the sociology ...

Introduction

With increasing globalization, there has evolved a keener interest in cross-cultural management. It is now common to have international managers who lead their businesses or organizations spanning various countries wand different cultures. As such it has become incumbent upon these business leaders to ensure that they are equipped with the right management skills so as to have an edge in the competitive environment. This phenomenon of globalization has led to the use of cross-cultural or multicultural teams so as to act as sources of experience and give their respective organizations a competitive edge. Nonetheless, cultural differences usually interfere with ...

Introduction

In property law a major area of contention is family property. Spouses may be left unprotected in the occurrence of break ups in marriage if the only rights they have is the evidence of acquired property while in marriage even with the contributions they have made in the family and the time and efforts put for the welfare of the family. Injustices may come up in cases where there is no family or financial contributions made by spouses as much as they have rights to each other’s property.
The approach of community property as a choice for the ...

Cultural Differences between Japan and United Kingdom using Hofstede’s Dimensions

Considering rapid globalization in the past years, it appears that intercultural communication continues to play vital roles in sharing of meanings and contribution to ethical decisions. Culture has become a strong undercurrent into international businesses. Culture also has impacts on management considering managers’ activities in the entire world. Nevertheless, managers continue to carry out activities in different ways due to their diversity in decision-making. This is due to the difference in cultural backgrounds that has become much rooted into them and cannot let go. This is an illustration that cultural practices considered to be right by one business manager ...

Liberalism refers to both political and moral philosophy anchored on the principles of individualism and liberty. The philosophy of liberalism recognizes an individual as the first order value in the society. The notion that liberalism is all about basic principles of constitutional governance and individual rights is well acknowledged by both conservative and modern liberals. The society therefore provides the necessities or the humble environment from which an individual can fully achieve their aspirations through liberty. In essence, these are the two basic pillars that support liberalism. In a broader sense, liberalism is a constitution of four essential elements ...

Introduction

China is one of the most developed countries in the Far East. It’s fast and dynamic technology has led to development in the country. As a result of the emergence of many industries and competition prevailing in china, many factors need to be put into consideration when establishing a business in China. In addition, cultural values form the foundation of a great success in any business venture. Maintaining a good relationship with the Chinese people is crucial for the success of a business. However, the ethical values of organizations are greatly influenced by the top management cadre.

China Corporate Culture: Factors and Elements

Chinese ...

The 2008 film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ is an Indian movie directed by Danny Boyle, the movie has attained worldwide popularity having accomplished ten Oscar nominations. The film is characterized by an all exclusive Indian cast and is positioned in Mumbai. The movie focuses on account of a youthful boy named Jamal who is born and bred in the slums of Mumbai. He plays a reality game show where the questions asked to him reflect on his past life experiences. As a result of this, Jamal wins the award of twenty million Indian Rupees. The plot of the movie is drilled ...

Introduction

The Chinese government adopted free market economy in early 1990 and since then the country has experienced enormous economic growth. The rate of urbanization has also been increasing and this has brought new forms of crimes which the government must devise new ways of handling. The increased crime rate across the country is attributable to increasing economic inequality, disruption of traditional social control mechanism, massive rural urban migration, and introduction of western values, change in demographic features and decreased social interaction. In Caribbean countries the authorities have been unable to tame the increased criminality fueled by increased drug and ...

Question 1

Karl Marx
Karl Marx theory of conflict has a lot to offer about wilding behaviour in the United States. Wilding behaviour is all about self interest, individualism and many others which do not conform or are not supported by others resulting in a conflict. Conflict is a misunderstanding that is derived from any decision made by another with or without the intentions of hurting others but mainly as a way of being in power. This is shown in the Karl Marx theory of conflict where there are two classes in the society, one is the ruling and the other ...

The concept of globalization has become central in recent pats. There is shift in the manner in which business, commerce, human relation and culture is currently presented to the world. Improvement and innovation in technology in transport and communication has allowed both human and commerce to go beyond national, continental and cultural boundaries. For this particular reason, multinational businesses have emerged and are doing business at nearly every corner of the world. Numerous businesses involved in consumer products and services in, particular financial and management services, have taken advantage of globalization to build huge business empires. China and the ...

Culture is the acquired knowledge that is used by people to interpret experience and generate social behavior (Hofstede, 2010). This knowledge forms their values, attitudes and influences their behaviors. Greet Hofstede defines culture as the collective programming of the mind that distinguishes one human group from another. He further describes culture as any group, family, neighborhood, classroom, work unit, nation-state or religion.
Societal culture has an influence on all human activities (Boeing, 2012). Throughout the life, family, workplace school, community, and mass media people continually acquire and modify values, beliefs, and behaviors when they are interact with a new ...

The film, Sleeping with the Enemy reviews interesting ideas that are relevant to the modern society. The film highlights that many developments happen in a society with the aim of improving people’s welfare. However, the ethical backgrounds of the events in the lives of common people dictate many elements about the relations of the people with their environments. Political and economic differences among the people lead to social deviations and disagreements among the people in the society. The ideas of death and social distractions are apparent in the film, sleeping with the Enemy. This film depicts a perfect ...

Jane Austen is known as one of the greatest novelists from England. Born in 1775, it is no surprise that her novels are still in print. She is best known for writing pride and prejudice. Back when she wrote pride and prejudice she was a teenager who did not want to come out as an author. She published this book back when a female’s entrance into the public eye was considered was considered not very lady like. Jane’s distinctive literary style relies on a combination of free indirect speech, parody, irony and to some extent realism. Both ...

A course of human evolution, starting from the Stone Age when our predecessors were living in caves, up to the Digital Age in our day, when we literary live online, has taken its full round. Similar to human life, civilizations have also a life-cycle. An old is replaced with a new, which, in turn, suggest a different world-view. This paper presents an issue that the modern world is not contempt with modern world's view. I will thereby discuss why the modern world attempts to redeem the early world view, or, to put it simply, why civilized world wants to ...

Watching the film offers inspiration and enlightenment on doing something within set personal goals. The setting is at Welton Academy located in Vermont. The school presents a traditional set-up of a boy’s preparatory school. The film represents events that took place in 1959. During the period, the school has not received external pressure to admit young black students. Further, it represents the perceptions of young white scholars who have access to a vast wealth. The film revolves around an alumnus of the institution and seeks to return as an English teacher. His style shakes up the institution due ...

Introduction

For the sake of discussion at the inter-cultural dinner, I will be talking about my home country China, and Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Globalization has been present for more than past 100 years, and influences: “businessmen, entrepreneurs, public sector employees and professionals communicate with people from other cultures face to face or in an electronic form”. Against this background, people should learn to understand and respect their co-workers from a different background. Their effort to improve their competences and skills will make them more effective at their workplaces, and help create a competitive advantage. Further, culture is not just ...

Summary

The success of the US economy should be measured on its ability to touch human life and protect human dignity. The article is written to address the effects of the US economy on the human life. It is an invitation to Catholics to analyze the Christian faith, economy, governance, and society. The letter is not aimed at advancing the economic discourse. However, it examines the moral principles from the Scripture and social teachings of the Church aimed at establishing what economic life should serve.
Economic life of a society should be discussed and shaped by its effect on human, ...

Introduction

Culture can be defined as the attitude, attributes and behavioral pattern that determine individual interaction. This is seen in all humans in the possession of certain personal attributes that assist in setting apart individuals from any generalization as it is known that not even two individuals can behave in the same manner which is the same way in which organizations posses specific values, policy, regulations and operating guidelines that are fundamental in creation of a personal image. As such it is important to understand that every organization posses a unique cultural setting that distinguishes it from other organizations and ...

Question 1

Cultural meaning for Sony and its products was developed with the help of adapting country-specific characteristics of a product. For example, Walkman that was supposed to be marketed in the US was developed with regard to individualistic American culture. Individualistic nature of Americans was reflected in Walkman advertising campaign (Schiffman and Kanuk 306). Sony emphasized the difference in American and Japanese cultures while making this difference an indisputable advantage. Cultural meaning was developed with the help of Walkman advertising campaign using space creature meaning multicultural environment of American society. Walkman space creature was to embody lifestyle of migrants from ...

The story of Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving is about a man who shares the same name as the title of the short story. It is set during two different times, before and after the American Revolution. The tale is in the beautiful land of the Catskill Mountains in New York where a Dutch colony had settled. Rip Van Winkle had contrasting traits, which makes him very real and grounded. It is said that he is “a kind neighbor and an obedient, henpecked husband” (6). He had a wife who constantly nagged him for his idleness and carelessness. ...

Oligarchy holds the idea that specific families are born to be rulers while the remaining majority of the population have the purpose of serving the interests of these ruling families. In this model, power rests on just a small portion of the population who are generally differentiated from the other by wealth, royalty, family ties, or education. In this kind of leadership, authority or influence is passed from one generation of the same to the next. In the recordable history, the oligarchs have relied on the servitude of their followers for their beginning and the ultimate existence. This model ...

- What is the soul?
The soul is a concept of human life that has been interpreted differently by different people, with ancient philosophers arguing that the soul only exists in humans and not in other animals and plants (Baker & Goetz, 2011). Whether or not, this is factual, has been a theme of deliberation in the fields of religion and philosophy. Even more complicated is the relationship between the body and soul. It may be difficult to understand how the material body is linked to the soul which is presumably intangible and invisible. Plato explains the soul as having ...