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Sexual Orientation, poverty, and homophobia
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The character of Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain grippingly depicts the problems and issues faced by homosexuals due to homophobia practiced in the society around them.... Ennis was a married man living in a typical rural society where homophobia was very common among people.... ... ... ... spent a stressful life and met a tragic end because he had homosexual relations but was not able to maintain or socially recognize them due to strong social pressure and opposition for homosexuality....
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Before the Industrial revolution: European Society and Economy
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The author reflects how prior to the Industrial Revolution which took place between 18th and 19th centuries, the English people had realized their power to full effect and like every monumental success almost always has aggression at its root, the British people likewise became very aggressive and snobbish towards the rest of the global community and they did not even spare the Europeans in this regard....
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Teen (brain) Development Report
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Time as the Significant Factor: the difference of views that occur among teenagers and adult parents come about as a result of the lack of quality time that parents spend with their teenage children, who miss this.... The hypothesis is that the less time spent between parentsand teenagers is the significant factor in the differences between adults and teens.... Hypothesis: The less time spent between parents and teenagers is the significant factor in the differences between adults and teens....
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Free Trade and Protectionism
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This essay "Free Trade and Protectionism" focuses on free trade that serves long-term interests and justifies global conclusions of open markets, while protectionism works under the pressure of circumstances and brings success only in short-term perspectives of a country.... .... ... ... Discussions trying to figure out what is the best: the policy of protectionism, which leads to the development of national industry, or free trade, which allows directly to compare national costs of production with international indicators, have become a subject of centuries-old dispute among economists and politicians....
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French Revolution During 18th Century
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The peasants unaware of the feudal working system did not supported, the philosophers were read everywhere around France, the participation of France in american Revolution led to bankruptcy and bad harvesting led to unrest among the population.... And moreover the success of american Revolution in throwing British rule encouraged French to fight for their freedom.... The support led by the French troops in american War and the formation of republic in the 1780s played an important role in the development of French Revolution....
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The Growth of Product Placement
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1991, ‘For the Rest of Us: A Reader-Oriented Interpretation of Apple's “1984” Commercial', Journal of Popular culture, vol.... he rise in advertising and product placement can be made clearer with the american figures provided by Petrecca (2006) since Americans are far less protected from product placement than individuals residing in the UK. ... he average american urban dweller saw 500 to 2,000 ads per day in the 70s.... n fact, advertising seems to be reaching absurd levels since some american schools have started playing commercial radio in school buses and commercial filled TV shows into their classrooms....
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The Evolution of Work and Its Impact on Human Being
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The earlier part of american history provided its citizens with the proper outlook in life which followed the precepts of religion.... As parameters for this essay, it will first detail the general meaning of work then it will focus on the american sense of work ethics.... It will then relate work to the religion of american Protestantism.... Thereafter, the significant changes in american work ethics will be tackled with relations to historical progress and economic development....
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Political Science Paper Proposal
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The study seeks to analyze the works of Frymer and Bartels in its quest to develop an understanding of the american society in a broader context.... The study seeks to analyze the works of Frymer and Bartels in its quest to develop an understanding of the american society in a broader context.... His theory affirms the fact that the African-american interests, as well as voices, have been ignored in a number of instances by both the two political divides as they all majored on other groups that seemed to be more predictive in determining the outcome of an election process....
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The Kennedy Doctrine 1961-1963
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A Critical Analysis of the Kennedy Doctrine 1961-1963 A Critical Analysis of the Kennedy Doctrine 1961-1963 Introduction During the ripening stage of the Cold War in the first half of the 1960s, John Fitzgerald Kennedy's foreign policy had been more diplomatic than his predecessor Dwight Eisenhower's rigid view about the US presence in the world politics....
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Overcrowding and Inmigration in Miami Dade-County and USA
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In the recent census american population reached 300 million but there are many illegal immigrants that sneak into the country for big Macs, oversized SUVs, sprawling multi-national corporations.... Others argue that immigrants today are economically assimilating into the american mainstream....
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Theoretical Perspectives on Education
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This was carried out in a way that the collective culture was taught to the children of the society in school.... This is done by socializing the masses with the culture of the ruling class so that it is accepted as the dominant and correct culture and way of behaving.... The culture is taught to the children.... For Althusser, therefore, the role of education is not only that of: the teaching of basic literacy and numeric skills but also to teach them the capitalist culture....
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The Relationship Between Language and Thinking
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The only difference is that we would fail to possess the concepts of feelings, impressions, experiences and sensations.... It would be very tricky to imagine our world without language, it would mean that we would not have names for items and we would lack experience making.... ... ...
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Professional and Political Communities
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Each of these communities has its identity, culture, rules of membership that an individual has to adapt to.... The main difference is that interactions between peers and family members can use slang, unlike other interactions that must use formal language.... his essay seeks to identify a person's journey across and between speech communities from childhood to adulthood.... n class, there exists a speech community between the teacher, the pupil and fellow pupils....
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Bowers vs Hardwick and Lawrence vs Texas
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Historically mainstream United States culture has always condemned homosexuality and any other type of “deviant” sexual practices hence the enactment of anti-sodomy laws in many US states up to the eighties.... The paper "Bowers vs Hardwick and Lawrence vs Texas" presents two landmark decisions of the Supreme Court of the US-made 17 years apart - that demonstrate the sea change in the attitude and outlook of the american judicial system and indeed the american life in general, towards homosexuality....
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Kindergarten Classroom Design and Child Development
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John Dewey, educational reformer, and american philosopher was one of the major critics.... Each part of the curriculum has well-defined spaces, for example, Math, culture, and Language Arts.... The children love stories like the rise of civilization and the emergence of human culture. ... Due to the curriculum's cumulative nature and the high expectations for the Montessori self-discipline approach, the school culture will be strengthened by building an additional grade level every year (and 25 students)....
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The style of mini skirt in 1960s
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This article explores various historical contexts of miniskirts as determined by culture, designer, artist, materiality, and model.... The introduction of skirts whose hemlines lie above the knees and not more than ten centimeters below the buttocks can be viewed as the novelty or innovation of the 19th Century....
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Human Resource Development and Recuitment/Selection in Relation to Tesco Company
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In general, HRM encompasses a comprehensive range of HR practices including HRD, recruitment, selection, wages and compensation policies, rewards systems etc; in addition, organisational policies and practices meant to drive desired organisational culture and HRD are also a part of HRM.... This entire process comes with challenges such as differing interests, ineffective communication and leadership, and differences attached to employees' background, culture, ethnicity etc....
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The World and Its Origin
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The paper "The World and Its Origin" focuses on the fact that the world and its origin have piqued the curiosity of every individual in the world; before the theory of evolution was brought forward every culture had its take on the creation of the world.... s Creation Myths The world and its origin has piqued the curiosity of everyindividual the world; before the theory of evolution was brought forward every culture had their own take on the creation of the world....
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Synthesizing Qualitative and Quantitative Health Evidence
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Q1) Were there important differences between groups prior to the intervention?... At pre-intervention stage, there was no difference in the outcome measure between the intervention group and the control group.... The actical accelerometers have been found to have significant correlations between energy expenditure and activity counts of an individual (Brown-Chidsey & Steege, 2010).... For instance, the mean level of activities as recorded by the actical accelerometers ranged between 35 and 48....
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Toyota Company in China
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In additional critical disparity, occur in connection to organization's language and culture that can have the capacity to deter knowledge transfer and communication breakdown.... This paper will attempt to explore the corporate strategies employed by Toyota Company to strengthen its presence in the chinese market.... This paper will attempt to explore the corporate strategies employed by Toyota Company to strengthen its presence in chinese market....
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TESCO Plc - the Company's Ratios in Different Time Periods
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et profit margin ignores the profit those are paid out to its debt investors as interest and because of it, this ratio is not so effective while comparing between firms having different capital structures .... he comparison between the company and the industry is produced in a tabular form as well as chart form. ... ut the distance between the values of industry and that of the company has decreased for the net profit margin ratio.... look at the above bar graphs gives a feel of the deviation between the company and industry liquidity ratios....
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Comparison between health system in Canada & Germany
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This paper draws a comparison and contrast between the Canadian and the German system of health care, the methods of their management.... 16 November Comparison between the Canadian and the German Health Care Systems Introduction The health care system of a country is one of the main factors that determine the quality of living of its citizens.... This paper draws a comparison and contrast between the Canadian and the German system of health care....
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Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick
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Furthermore, it tells about the misunderstood politics, Thanksgiving and exploration of the world at times when English were portrayed as a form of super power by the original american people. ... It opens an arousing historical adventure that prompts one to rethink the early american history.... There was a relationship between Wampanoag and pilgrims since they had lived together in the region....
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Information Technology Project Management
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These issues develop issues such as the organization culture, social, scientific principles, and business transformation principles.... culture is also a basis for any organization and is a trend followed by the organization members.... nother aspect of culture is the corporate culture.... According to corporate culture, culture is an organization variable within the organization.... culture is a production of organization and includes the rituals brought about by the cultural aspects of the organization....
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Chauvet Cave by Clottes and Nine Lives by Dalrymple
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Another similarity is the way culture and tradition is being maintained.... It is through all this that the culture of a people can go on without being eroded or corrupted.... Unlike the people in India, the preservation of their culture through song, dance and poetry could have been easily eroded and forgotten (Dalrymple, p.... Even though maintaining their culture would be easy, time would have been a hindrance.... This is because the people who strongly believed in these traditions might die, and thus lead to the erosion of their culture and tradition....
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Documentary Cinema Response Journals
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This film was elementally enriched with the popular culture that appeared in the backdrops of film along with the song "If I Were a Rich Man", and “The Beatles” song “Yesterday”, and popular TV shows, boxing matches.... Marlon Riggs have mixed the documentary footage with his own personal account to represent the situation of black gay culture in front of heterosexual culture.... Pennebaker and was one of the most popular american documentaries....
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Gender Roles Changes in India
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n the Middle East context, the role that each gender plays is guided by religion and culture, which creates room for a cruel tradition.... ccording to this argument the practices on gender roles that are practiced in the western world should not be extended to Middle East but rather the Middle East indigenous culture should be considered to avoid denying people their rights (Chakrapani & Kumar, 2002).... Differences of opinion prevail in personality or behavior between genders because of cultural or social forces as well as due to the nature of a person....
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Industry Competition in the Automotive Industry
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The paper "Industry Competition in the Automotive Industry" describes that the establishment of different brands in each country, so that local consumer preferences are met, would be an effective method for a 'newcomer', like Hyundai, to enter the global luxury car market.... .... ... ... The attractiveness of an industry is depended on the potential of the particular industry to offer its members the chance to achieve high profits....
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MLA style / the future of marriage
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The ancient concept of marriage has always been between a man and a woman, and therefore, the idea of marriage with two people of the same sexes seems to go against the basic concept of marriage itself.... In order to better understand the concepts, it is important to look at the different sides of the argument when addressing both the subjects of gay....
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Corporate Social Responsibility is Fundamental to Developing a Global Reputation
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By incorporating the triple bottom line into its programs of corporate social responsibility, the management is able to build an organizational culture which leads to a good reputation in the markets that it operates in.... This means that through the programmes of corporate social responsibility the company is able to create an organizational structure which promotes a culture of responsibility that leads to a global reputation.... Therefore it is essential for the management to create an organizational culture in which the employees are satisfied in working for the company....
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Evaluating First Impressions among Undergraduate Females Using Visual Stimuli
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The resulting data showed a significant difference between alphas and betas with alphas being perceived as more positive than betas all categories.... A t-test yielded a statistically significant difference between the sample mean, where t = 2.... Alphas have more positive attributes; however, in later groups the difference becomes less significant, as seen in Figure 1.... Like many other categorical methods of classifying individuals, misinterpretation may occur because of bias based in differential perception discrepancies between members of the two groups....
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Have Power and Ideology Been Used to Achieve Consensus in India
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Moreover, considering the broad diversity of language, culture and religion within the population, the successful execution of electoral exercises deserves much appreciation.... ??Numerous american officials already used the term "irreversible" to describe the course of Indo-U.... Being the leader of the neoliberal world order, the american polity (which is heavily under the influence of MNCs) has made several strategic moves toward stronger trade ties with India....
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Globalisation - a Force Exacerbating Inequalities or a Bringing Economic Opportunities
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ccording to Sachs (2014) globalization reflects the interactions between nations which promote the establishment of trans-national structures as well as a global interaction and integration of culture, economy, ecology, politics, technology, social aspects and many more.... Globalization and the transformation of culture, gender and class in India.... Technological advancement and political goodwill certainly goes a long way towards fostering globalization as was the case with this chinese project....
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Competitive Advantage in Enterprise Management
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It is this difference that is not imitable by competition that sets the company apart from its rivals and delivers the competitive advantage.... The writer of the present research seeks to discuss a few essential topics in managing enterprise business.... Therefore, the paper "Competitive Advantage in Enterprise Management" outlines the most important characteristics and traits of a successful leader....
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Organizational Analysis of Dell Inc
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The company's website states that "culture plays a significant role in companies that do business around the world.... Dell's goal is to be great globally while being mindful of local issues and culture" (Dell Incorporated 2006).... It can be seen that Dell painstakingly takes into account the culture of its host country.... As stated above, Dell doesn't only adapt its products and services but also adjusts its strategies to take into account the culture of the local market. ...
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The Rubbish Duck Project
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the difference between success and failure hence, boils down to the effective use of a combination of marketing skills, innovative ideas and flawless execution of the same to steer consumer opinion in the favour of the idea that is being endorsed and communicated.... The Rubbish Duck Project “The contemporary society that is driven by the consumer culture has "fed more people, clothed more people, and housed more people than any other society in human history”....
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The Intricacies Related to Love
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his qualitative study will focus on the experiences of a man and a woman in a marriage within the american culture in which a sense of romance helps to continue the original connection that brought them into matrimony.... The denominations of the religious leaders is not relevant to the study unless the culture of the religion has an impact on the way in which the relationship is developed.... This research will create a method of reference in which the cases can be framed within the culture of American relationships....
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Questions on Healthcare Leadership
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Question 2: the difference between an effective and successful leader A successful leader is usually able to attain a satisfactory degree of accomplishment at least for some time by focusing on each task and ensuring that the tasks are finished.... Question 3: gender differences in leadership styles Differences between male and female leadership and management skills do exist.... This difference arises, because in the modern era working just several hours is not sufficient, which is becoming an exacerbating challenge (Northouse, 2010)....
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Analyzing Menu Items of Au Canada
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The essay "Analyzing Menu Items of Au Canada" focuses on the critical analysis of major menu items of Au Canada restaurant.... The cheese wrapped in Spinach is a plate of 10 Asiago cheese squares wrapped in the most delicious baby Spinach, fresh from Happy Acre Organic Indoor Farms in Saskatchewan....
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Global Sources and the Community of World Trade
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“Reality and Farce in the Eye of the Beholder: A Look into chinese and Japanese, by Eca de Queiroz, a 19th Century Portuguese Text on the China-Japanese War, the Korean Peninsula and Its Consequences in the Western World.... The chinese and the Japanese: Essays in Political and Cultural Interactions.... However, much of his study concentrated on chronicled investigation, or on american competitiveness in the face of difficulties with Japanese technology....
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CRITIQUE OF QUANLATATIVE ARTICLE
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The authors convincingly states that culture and financial capacity were hindrances to the divergence in the delivery of healthcare services to the Hispanics and immigrants.... The authors explain that patient-based healthcare research includes studying their ethnic culture's influence on healthcare delivery services (Im, Guevara & Chee, 2007).... One Hispanic culture that cropped up was that Hispanic women are culturally trained to prioritize filling the needs of her children and family over her own personal needs and wants....
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Issue of Gender and Racial Discrimination in the US
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Identities: Global Studies in culture and Power Article This article presents racial discrimination, diseases and significantly the meaning of public change in feminist studies.... This article presents Anglos-transformed spicy foods of Mexican women into a dominant symbolism, masculine culture and Texas Chili.... This aspect of food symbolized acculturation process, which is an overwhelmingly important attribute in the overall understanding of culture in feminist studies....
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Howard Gardner's The Disciplined Mind: What All Students Should Understand
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Prior to making his proposal for future education, Gardner makes it clear that future education would be based on history, culture and science.... The central theme of the Disciplined Mind is that student should be taught to look for beauty, truth and good in their culture (186).... How about the differing explanations of these three core concepts in different cultures Interestingly Gardner rejected both positions, universalistic and uniqueness, regarding culture as he stated "There is a more productive way to approach cultural differences than the Universalist or uniqueness perspective" (100)....
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Gender Representation in the Post Colonial Novels
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Ngugi has portrayed his character of Muthoni as a victim of colonization in that she, unlike Beatrice, has an awareness of her traditional culture, and seeks to participate in that culture, which thenceforth leads to her death.... The supplanting of Christian ideologies over tribal traditional customs and culture has, for Ngugi, been the source of a deterioration of the post-colonial indigenous peoples (Uraizee 27). ... For Muthoni, it is her emergence into womanhood, and as the women of her society and culture did before, Muthoni, too, wants to participate in the ritual of circumcision marking this important time in her life (25)....
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Divergence of HRM Practices in International Organisations
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To be noted in this context, the difference between multinational and global strategy indicates that in case of implementing a multinational approach, the businesses are no more confined to the national boundaries of competition but are expanded in the global paradigm, wherein players from around the world tends to affect the operations (Schuler & et.... Considering the work culture of J&M, it is likely to have employees from different family backgrounds with different personalities, owing to which, the leadership style of the manager depends largely upon the individual employees and their responses....
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Motivation Theory and Implications in Sports Organisation
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This has also brought into question the process of developing a motivating work culture in the business houses and the validity of the existing concepts of motivation.... This has also brought in question the process of developing a motivating work culture in the business houses and validity of the existing concepts of motivation.... he motivation theory of McGregor is based on the primary assumption that managerial perception forms the framework for designing the organisational culture of a firm (Hoffmann, 2007)....
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Analysis of Sonny's Blues Story
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The narrator, the older brother of Sonny, at first did not and could not understand how Sonny feels because he (the older brother) had struggled hard to get himself out of Harlem by enlisting for military service and so did not succumb to the culture of drugs, despondency and violence which had engulfed most of their neighborhood.... Varieties of Literary Interpretations of Jazz in american Writings of the 1950s and 1960s....
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Evaluating Arguments about consumerism
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This paper gives a comprehensive analysis of an argument about consumerism in relation to two articles, ‘Keeping Up With Gateses and ‘The The paper summarizes and analyzes the two essays that present viewpoints on consumer culture in America before evaluating their efficacy.... On the other hand, others are brought about by the need to cut on daily expenditure....
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Comparison of Cyber and School Bullying
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nother difference between the two is that one can occur just anywhere provided that both the victim and the bully are connected through internet or mobile technology.... nother significant difference between the two is that one is more severe than the other.... However, the difference in the impacts comes because traditional bullying can lead to the physical hurt of the victim unlike cyber-bullying where the victim can only harm himself physically after depression. ...
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The Global Influence on the Form: Creativity and the Function of Art in Society
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This is all part of the process as globalization continues to create something of a world culture that we are all becoming subcultures of.... culture and Art are closely related.... There is a new global culture arising that we are eventually all going to be subcultures of, the sooner we understand that the easier and more productive we all can be.... Whereas European and North american countries pursued extra-regional partnerships after consolidating their regional blocs, (4) East Asian countries embarked on cross-regionalism much sooner, when they were just beginning to launch their FTA initiatives....
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