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Scott Joplin & George Gershwin

time," then shortened to "ragtime" (Porter, 1973, p. 2). The innovations that Joplin brought to ragtime were remarkable and uniqu...

Leadership and the Creation or Maintenance of Positive Cultures

to ensure that the rules were obeyed and the productively was maintained or increased. (Huczyniski and Buchanan, 2003). The focu...

Can Cultural Values Have A Significant Impact On Business Structure, Strategy And Economic Performance At A National Level?

in the following way; " if the market is the fundamental means of allocating resources then, in order to work properly, it must be...

Anthropology of Rock Music

The Science Daily reports that songs with violent lyrics increase aggression ("Violent Music Lyrics," 2003). A study conducted by ...

Gary Jennings/Aztec

eloquent, but "inadequate to catch every individual word, not to mention nuances and adroit turns of phrase" (11). As this illustr...

A Common Difficulty in International Business Operations; Culture Differences

they are instigated and can often be seen as a reflection of the values and working methods of the senior management. While many b...

Using Technology to Manage Ethics

point is valid. He asks his listeners to consider a situation in which the government "eliminates" someone; if a person were to ac...

Overview of Culture and Cultural Diversity

to their ethnic, religious and/or racial origin. When educators and policymakers speak of cultural diversity, and particularly reg...

Religion: Symbols, Systems, Thought and Practice

strong independent Church (based on the assumption of the Corpus Christianum common to all three confessions) through which he des...

Literacy, Language, Culture And Identity

identity for people, a sense of where they themselves belong in history as well as in their own culture (Moll, 2001). If we consi...

Intel Corporation Analysis

different arenas. However, there is a very serious lack of minorities and women at top levels. Introduction and Industry Analysi...

Assessing the Culture of the Company through News Articles Applying International Management Cultural Dimension Models

cultural influences. Looking at the background of both these countries there are similarities and differences which will help plac...

Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions; The Case of Santander and Abbey National

after the acquisition of Abbey National (Harwood, 2005). Santander is a Spanish bank, was performing well in its own marke...

Convergence Culture; the Case of the Game Call of Duty 4

games. Against this background it may be argued that Call of Duty 4 could have been perceived as reaching the end of...

Canadian Culture

governmental funding for the arts and culture in Canada would lead to an influx of American and British cultural programming and a...

The Culture of the Philippines

The vessels were rowed, and some of the larger ships held up to 100 rowers per side, in addition to armed troops (Philippine civil...

The Relationship between Culture Modernity in South Korea

rituals undertaken in line with societal values of the time which may reflect events, to architecture output which lasts well beyo...

Organisational Culture; A Case Study

and ever changing (Trice and Beyer, 1993). Organisational culture embodies what is and is not accepted within an organisation in t...

Asian Cultures and Business Management

separate provisions that include: equipment and supplies; games and practice schedule; per diem and travel; academic tutoring; coa...

Empowerment Case Study

persuade Ed to just give it a try. He reminded Ed the company had been very slow to make changes, to create new products and they ...

Native American Influences on Modern American Culture

also being reflected in modern culture with the search for a spiritual connection with the earth, which is a value being adopted a...

Wal-Mart Organizational Culture

The assumptions emerge through experiences the group has in solving problems and dealing with different types of challenges patter...

Enron And Corporate Culture

Innovation and risk taking - willing to experiment, take risks, encourage innovation (Smith, 2004). 2. Attention to detail - payin...

Ethics and Technology

software to weed out spam, and rules to assure that company employees are not engaging in unsavory practices, but many firms are u...

Cultural Differences; GE and DEWA

2003). From this it is apparent that the culture may be within the firms, but it is also likely to be influenced by external force...

Corporate Culture, Customer Relations, Social Responsibility

get a real live person on the telephone (PR News, 2007). This author recommends integrating communications and customer service de...

Carl L. Becker's Rejection of Popular Eighteenth-Century Philosophers

the chance to break free from such constraints. The global society was ready for a tremendous change in direction following the t...

Three Popular American Novels

law to help people, deep down they knew they just wanted to make a lot of money. He is a man who sees that his life is going wron...

"Flags Of Our Fathers" - A Photograph's Ability To Shape Popular Perception Of An Event

film" (Johnson, 2006). The events leading up to the celebrated were no more monumental to the overall atmosphere than most any o...

Similarities between Classical and Popular Music

works (Kaptainis, 2002). "A paint-by-numbers Mona Lisa is not to be confused with what is hanging in the Louvre" (Kaptainis, 2002,...