reaction. In this paper I will discuss how I used ethnomethodology to understand the rules of society. In my experiment I chose to use deviance in the elevator. Specifically the elevator in my resident hall‚ Kirwan Tower. For a couple days when I would come back from class‚ I would observe social behavior in the elevator. Peoples’ behavior in the elevator was to stand facing the door. In general everyone just press their floor button‚ or ask others to press their floor for them. No one really made eye
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Introduction Otis is one of the four major powerful international companies in the elevator industry‚ which not only produces and sales elevator globally but also maintain lift for its customers. Otis believes that manufacturing safe and energy-saving elevators by using advanced technology to make solution for practical problems from customers is its mission for all the time. In the recent years‚ elevator industry has been becoming more and more competitive. Thus‚ maintaining and expanding global
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than differentiation. Should the situation persist‚ losses for 1996 will be imminent. With the launch of Kone MonoSpace in Germany‚ however‚ the company hopes to make profits as it expands its product line in this very critical market. Germany’s elevator market is the largest in continental Europe and with a market size of 15‚500 units in 1995‚ it is more than the market sizes of the Netherlands‚ France and the UK combined. The German market is‚ thus‚ critical because of its sheer market size and
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The social norm that I chose to violate was to go into an elevator and instead of turning around and facing the door upon entering; I had my back to the door and faced the other people in the elevator. In normality a person enters an elevator‚ pushes the button for their desired floor and turns to face the door to avoid eye contact with strangers‚ and prepare to exit the elevator. The reason I choose to violate this particular social norm was because I’ve never seen anyone else do it and I was
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Sometimes they start in childhood for no apparent reason; sometimes they emerge after a traumatic event; and sometimes the develop from an attempt to make sense of an unexpected and intense anxiety or panic (e.g. "I feel fearful‚ therefore I must be afraid of something"). When the phobic person actually encounters‚ or even anticipates being in the presence of the feared object or situation‚ she/he experiences immediate anxiety. The physical symptoms of anxiety may include a racing heart‚ shortness
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Questions: X Evaluate the logic of Silvio Napoli ’s strategy for selling standardized elevators in India. X What should Silvio do about the order for non-standard elevators? To understand Silvio Napoli ’s strategy for selling standardized elevators in India‚ let us first take a look at the Indian markets using the CAGE framework: Culture Economic - Sensitivity of Indian employees to organizational power and relationships - Different management styles of Indian managers ¡V "friendly
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It is a task of the modern novelist to create human beings who embark on a journey of discovery and whom we accept as living creatures filled with complexities. The life of every character starts at birth and ends in death. However fundamental these two events seem in a person’s life‚ there is much more that occurs between the two. Every character takes a journey through life or is called to take one. This journey can be viewed as Joseph Campbell’s Theory of the Quest. Every character‚ at some time
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product. * Cost pressure – 1) large increase in custom duties on imported elevator components‚ 2) unanticipated rise in transfer prices for the ‘low-cost’ components and materials imported from Schindler’s European factories. * Napoli’s requests for parts lists‚ design specs‚ and engineering support were not forthcoming from Schindler’s European plants. India Explorations * 1925 - First elevator installed. * 1958 - Long term agreement with ECE. * 1985 – Terminated agreement
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That Fateful Day I remember that day‚ long ago from my childhood. It was warm the night before‚ nearly 80 degrees‚ so I had left my window open. The morning winds where rushing through my school work on the desk. Black and white squiggles on seven pieces of paper‚ every one of them part of an accumulation of the last two weeks of homework. I needed them to get any kind of decent grade in my first weeks of the fourth grade. “It’s Tuesday today dad.” I said tentatively to my father. He just stood
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Norm Violation The social norm that I chose to violate was to go into an elevator and instead of turning around and facing the door upon entering; I had my back to the door and faced the other people in the elevator. In normality a person enters an elevator‚ pushes the button for their desired floor and turns to face the door to avoid eye contact with strangers‚ and prepare to exit the elevator. The reason I choose to violate this particular social norm was because I’ve never seen anyone else
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