Essays on Integrator

Writings on Hinduism have been remarkably expanded in the past decade by anthropological research which focuses on the real nature of religious practices, including the underlying philosophy, and examines the setting or environment as well as the written literature. Edward Harper, in his article Ritual Pollution as an Integrator of Caste and Religion (1964), vividly showed that the hierarchical relationship of the concepts of 'purity' and 'pollution', which are the foundational elements of caste, is based on a paradigm of society wherein different groups are brought together by the common pursuit of religion or rituals for the gods. The ...

Central learning outcomes

Technology is important in transformation of the market place since it brings up new paradigms in marketing. The transformation that takes place in the marketing sector results from the high spread of technology. Technology has become very persuasive in today’s businesses and industries. The only existing companies today are the technology companies. Technology has spread at a very high speed into the products as well as the marketing place and workplace. There has been an increase in the number of computers purchased everyday compared to twenty years ago (McKenna, 1991, p. 1).

The new technology has a defining characteristic of ...

Organization chosen by us for analysis is 3M which is one of the biggest conglomerates in Australia. The company is into various segments and hence considered to be a conglomerate. 3M achieved global sales of $29.6 billion in fiscal year 2011 which is an increase of 11% in comparison to 2010. Company has increasingly expanded its global footprint across the globe.

Strengths of the Organization

Double digit growth in industrial revenue-industrial and transportation: Industrial activity metrics indicate that the industrial activity has been expanding since bottoming in mid-2009. We think this will le

ad to an improvement in order growth as end-market demand increases. ...