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Cultural Aspects in India

Published Date: 26 Feb 2018

32 Pages (12,462 Words)

If the 20th century was generally recognized to be the American century, then the 21st might very well be regarded as the Indian century. After all, following China, India has the largest population in the world. Like China, it too has a large and fast-developing economy, and it is steadily converting these economic gains into growing political power abroad. Unlike China, however, India is governed by ...

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Management and Policy of a Diverse Workplace

Published Date: 12 Feb 2018

44 Pages (17,294 Words)

INTRODUCTION Groups of people see the world through their own set of assumptions, attitudes, beliefs, and values. Learn about their culture and how it formed them, and aim to understand how other culture work so that everyone can be an effective global manager. Organization from every part of the world is reaching out beyond their domestic markets to become international players. Not only is this very ...

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Manifestations of Sexism Across Languages

Published Date: 12 Feb 2018

27 Pages (10,798 Words)

Social Sexism Language Abstract There is no denying that communication is one of the keys to success for individuals in a rapidly changing world. Why do mere words carry too much power? First of all, language can develop one’s consciousness from infancy. Children learning the language are likely to absorb the cultural assumptions, myths and prejudice underlying language use. Social inequity reflected in language, thus, can ...

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Experiences of Refugee Settlement in Norway

Published Date: 12 Feb 2018

10 Pages (3,945 Words)

Abstract This paper is a qualitative research project that explored the perspectives of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees on their resettlement in Trondheim Norway and considered aspects of their integration into Norwegian society. Integration is a multidimensional construct dealing with complex interrelated processes pertaining to societal participation that is, the ways in which migrants become part of the social, cultural, economic, and political spheres of the country ...

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Analysis of Privacy Perception Among Open Plan Office Users

Published Date: 12 Feb 2018

55 Pages (21,936 Words)

CHAPTER 1INTRODUCTION What is an Office? Offices are workspaces designed for regular use to achieve personal, group or organizational goals through the accomplishment of tasks. Sanders and McCormick, (2002) go on to state that these tasks can be grouped into cognitive, physical, social or procedural tasks. The office provides a location for contact and could also be a repository for tools, information and other resources required ...

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An Analysis of Hybridity in Ahdaf Soueif's Works

Published Date: 12 Feb 2018

72 Pages (28,448 Words)

1. Introduction “[I am] like hundreds of thousands of others: people with an Arab or a Muslim background doing daily double-takes when faced with their reflection in a western mirror.” (Soueif 2004) Born in Egypt, as the child of two Arab university professors, Ahdaf Soueif is an author who fuses elements from an English education and society with aspects from her Cairene milieu in her fictional ...

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Honour Killings: Causes and Strategies for Intervention

Published Date: 12 Feb 2018

12 Pages (4,533 Words)

What is honour killing? Every year, hundreds of women are killed in the name of honour by their family members because they have brought shame to the family and the community. Honour killing is defined murdering a member of the family in the name of honour, it is usually the female who is murdered for bringing shame to the family. In rare cases, men are also ...

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India's Culture, History and Economy

Published Date: 12 Feb 2018

23 Pages (8,856 Words)

Executive Summary Historical/Geographical background With traces of Human life dating back over 9000 years, India can be described as one of the oldest nations in the world. This brief analysis looks at the construction of a major European trading post and the downfall of the colonies as well as looking at how the current trends in populace are helping India develop into one of the world's ...

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Disney Corporation Losses - EuroDisney Paris

Published Date: 12 Feb 2018

15 Pages (5,739 Words)

Cultural Euro Disney The word ‘management' originated in America and ever since assumptions have been made about the universal acceptability and success of their business practices. There are a number of international ventures which have failed miserably due to Americans not considering the cultural aspects when entering into business in a new country. Euro Disney is a perfect example of the failure of American business processes ...

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Consumer Demand for African Food in Liverpool

Published Date: 12 Feb 2018

24 Pages (9,400 Words)

Abstract The aim of this research is to observe and explain consumers' preference for African food in Liverpool. By identifying the attitudes towards African food, evaluating the different factors that affect the availability and accessibility of these foods within the city, the effect of globalisation processes on food production to consumption. Three different theories have been used in this research, the Theory of Reason Action, Theory ...

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Influence of Magazines on Beauty | Cross-Cultural Analysis

Published Date: 12 Feb 2018

30 Pages (11,630 Words)

INTRODUCTION Beauty is not concrete and may vary from culture to culture changing over time and shifting according to location. "Beauty" is an image which has been created by society to which woman and men have had to subject themselves to be "real". The ideology of beauty or what is accepted as being the right appearance has been created by society and largely propagated by media. ...

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Aspects of Thai Buddhist Culture

Published Date: 12 Feb 2018

47 Pages (18,410 Words)

CHAPTER V Thai Culture At the outset of this study I had intended to have two sections in the final chapter, one section detailing the Buddhist roots of all things Thai and the other showing Hindu / Indic influence. This idea has been abandoned by the author due to the limited 'solely' Buddhist influence. There are many aspects of Thai culture that have combined elements of ...

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