Walter Benjamin‚ Jewish philosopher and cultural critic‚ once said‚ “History is created by the victors.” Assuming that this belief is true‚ the question becomes what then happens to the losers? Carlo Ginzburg presents a similar notion in his book “The Cheese and the Worms.” Rather‚ his notion is “history is created by the literate.” Historically‚ the population who could read and write was limited to the well-to-do upper class. This proves to be a problem for historians who seek to know more about
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In this paper‚ we assess Thai culture and its influence on Thai people by using Trompenaar’s cross cultural dimension as guidance. Universalism v/s Particularism; The belief of universal application of ideas and practices against the belief of adapting ideas and practices in accordance to the circumstances and situation. Thai culture can be categorize in Particularism because most Thai people place high regard on personal friendship rather than contractual on the paper. Some agreements can even
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Caring in Three Dimensions This paper will carefully elaborate three different theories‚ theory of transpersonal caring by Jean Watson (1979)‚ theory of culture care diversity and universality by Madeleine Leininger (2006) and the caring theory by Anne Boykin and Savina Schoenhofer (1993). All theorists delved on a common denominator‚ caring. The core concept will be interpreted in three different dimensions‚ following each of the theorists’ interpretation. Similarities and differences will be deliberated
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Hofstede cultural dimensions 5 dimensions Power distance is defined as "the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organisations within a country expect and accept that power is distributed unequally". Individualism pertains to societies in which the ties between individuals are loose: everyone is expected to look after himself or herself and his or her immediate family. Collectivism as its opposite pertains to societies in which people from birth onwards are integrated
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Name: Carlos Romero Candidate Number: ICELT Guanajuato 2014 Course Tutor: Dr. Martha Lengeling No. of words: 983 Date submitted: TASK FOUR FOCUS ON THE TEACHER´S LANGUAGE INTRODUCTION For this task‚ six aspects related to my language in the classroom will be analyzed according to the criteria related to the function of each. The aspects will be grammar‚ style‚ vocabulary‚ discourse analysis‚ and function which are equally important in communicating language in the classroom
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The 6 dimensions of health can help you live a positive and healthy lifestyle. I will tell you what the dimensions are‚ what it means to demonstrate them‚ and what goals I will set for myself to succeed in each of the dimensions of health. First I will tell you what each of them are. The 6 dimensions of health are: Physical health‚ Social health‚ Emotional health‚ Intellectual health‚ Environmental health‚ and Spiritual health. Physical health is one of the most commonly known dimensions. When people
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Terry Catherman July 4‚ 2011 MHR 6551 Training and Development Five Dimensions of Culture Hofstede identified five dimensions of culture. His work identified the differences of people and behavior that shapes the behavior of people. The first is the individualism/ collectivism orientation. This is a two part definition. Individualism focuses on the individual’s goals and accomplishments. This culture will build a high degree of self respect and independence and what is best for them. Collectivism
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the opportunities and threats to understand their ability to cope with market changes in terms of new product development‚ changes in demand patterns of customers and forecasting the activities of the organisation. The following are the seven main dimensions of a market analysis‚ according to David A. Aaker. 1. Market Size Market size is determined by current and potential sales of an organisation through information from: a) Government data – for example inflation rates and the consumer basket
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Hofstede’s value’s system Dimensions of Values The affect the four dimensions‚ Power Distance‚ Uncertainty avoidance‚ Masculine/femininity and Individual v. Collectivism have on organzational behavior shows in all cultures and cross cultures. As with power distance when dealing with other cultures you have to adapt your company values to that of the society in which you live and the people that you employ and the public that you deal with. In organizational behavior you have to be able
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The six Dimensions of Culture Armed with a large database of cultural statistics‚ Hofstede analyzed the results and found clear patterns of similarity and difference amid the responses along these five dimensions. Interestingly‚ his research was done on employees of IBM only‚ which allowed him to attribute the patterns to national differences in culture‚ largely eliminating the problem of differences in company culture. The six dimensions are: 1. Power/Distance (PD) "Power distance is the extent
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