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Clothing of Ancient Sumer, Greece, and Egypt

their ankles (Town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, 2002). The exact quality of clothing depended on the wealth of the family; altho...

Organizational Culture Security

and at a level of quality that will speak well of the company. The manager must skillfully conduct a delicate balancing act betwe...

Men and Change

This 5 page paper uses the works of Robert Bly (Iron John) and Nathan McCall (Makes Me Wanna Holler) to evaluate the way in which ...

Successfully Communicating Across Cultural Lines

As the world continues to shrink, cross-cultural communication becomes even more important. This paper examines countries like Per...

Roman Culture and American Life

In six pages contrasts and comparisons are made between Roman culture just before its collapse and American life as revealed in go...

Dell Computer and a Change in Culture

success include: * Effective internal communication * Efficient business processes * Employee training * Employee motivation * Pos...

Journal Entries of Christopher Columbus

history select, describe, and explain historical evidence -- and thereby interpret" (p. 26). The end result is that, as MacLeod al...

American Success of Armenians

half the worlds Armenian population resides in the United States, and through their hard work and diligence, they have found succe...

IKEA and the Creation and Maintenance of a Healthy Organizational Culture

well being of employees might fall under that camp. Attention to employee development and allowing personal aspects to merge with ...

Jerry Mander/The Indian Worldview

of a "living earth" and this is basically the origin of the title of this chapter as Mander compares and contrasts mainstream cult...

An Examination of Food and Culture

the chapter goes on, other ideas are expressed. There is attention given to other cultures. Yes, culture still plays a major role....

Popular Culture Q and A

is my favorite cultural icon. She is very spiritual and does not close doors to anything. While she supports certain individuals w...

Consumerism Perspectives of Thomas Frank and Susan Strasser

the development and marketing of a product--Procter and Gambles Crisco, a solid vegetable shortening that went on the market in 19...

The Effects of Trends in Popular Culture

and loss of money due to gambling. A significant trend that teens have been aligned with, as a result of electronic media, is tex...

Cross-Cultural Management

norms and behavioral traits that they were raised with (Wade, 2004). These are deep-rooted and may be difficult to change (Wade, 2...

A New FDI Case Study

the US. However holiday patterns where changing, and while a decade ago the focus was on the US and Europe, this market was now ma...

Intercultural Communication

the interview, the American interviewers decide the German interviewee is rather rigid. They think he has no sense of humor and wh...

Mary Pipher's The Middle of Everywhere and Reflections of Refugees

formal education" (Pipher 334). As Pipher points out refugees (and other immigrants) are often doctors, professors, engineers, etc...

Illness and Culture in How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent by Julia Alvarez

differences between cultures consist of variation in their main pattern in terms of these five dimensions and that these differenc...

The Biological, Psychological, and Social Obstacles to Understanding Transsexuality

the treatise Feminization of males and masculinization of females (Meyerowitz, 2002). Meyerowitz (2002) claims Steinachs research...

The Need for a New Management Information System

This 8 page paper looks at a fictitious retail company and a single process which needs improvement. The example is a retail store...

Mainstream Muslims

The jihadist movement has not only affected its victims, it has affected mainstream Muslims in many negative ways. The term and co...

Rehabilitation Counseline

Changes have affected the counseling role in general, not just rehab counseling. Professionals agree that many changes have taken ...

Investigator and Ineffective Interviews

Not all investigators conduct effective interviews. In the case discussed, the interviewer made many mistakes which are identified...

Parental Issues in Education

home-schooling vary, in general home-schooled children do very well in higher education. This is attributed to the fact that home ...

The Influence of Economic Rationalism on the Welfare State

able to work but not doing so (Slack, 1990). There have been different approaches taken towards the development and maintenance ...

Aspects Of Universal Health Care In U.S.

Canadians must also pay for dental and vision costs. Dental problems can lead to other health problems and diseases. The desired...

The Relationship Between Happiness And Individuality

of material goods; the more "things" they have to show their success in life, the better they feel about themselves and the happie...

Prostate Victims & Their Partners/Quality of Life

et al, 2007). Over the last several decades, clinicians have come to regard treatment decisions in terms of quality of life "ben...

Sam's Club (Web Site Review)

reveal different offerings such as health care, optical, and auctions. The auction area for example is something much like eBay wh...