Evangelism: Controversies on Continuity of Indigeneity “Those who are not practicing the traditional Santali rituals‚ not observing baha (spring festival) and sohrea (harvest festival)‚ they are not anymore Santals. They are Christians” said Silis Murmu‚ one of the village community members of Situngtola village who is following the traditional Santali religion. “There are no Adivasi (indigenous) people anymore‚ once they were Adivasi. All are now Christian” commented by Muslemuddin‚ one of the
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essay will be the theory of psychological continuity. This falls under the psychological criterion of which many‚ including and especially John Locke have attempted to theorize. ‘It is only by consciousness that we able to be persons at all and therefore our consciousness distinguishes us from other persons’ (Lacewing‚ 2003). So it is through our consciousness that we remain the same person over time. This is the main premise for psychological continuity. If it is our consciousness that defines us
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Bureaucracy is supposedly unsuitable to quickly changing and highly demanding features of contemporary organizations as this type of management is synonymous to red tape and it represents dozens of negative effects such as rigidity‚ alienation‚ and low commitment (Adler‚ 1999‚ pp.37). However‚ with core characteristics of the bureaucratic form (e.g. formalization‚ hierarchy and specialization) (Adler & Borys‚ 1996‚ p.1) as well as evidence of ongoing existence of this management method‚ bureaucracy
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With descriptive models‚ the role of the OD practitioner is to illuminate “what is” for the client‚ and “what could be”. Within descriptive models‚ contingency theorists would argue that the OD practitioner facilitates change only‚ not focus. The client determines the direction of change and the OD practitioner helps the client get there. Most diagnostic models fit under the “descriptive” category. Examples include: ! ! ! ! ! ! Bolman and Deal: Four Frames Model Freedman: Socio-technical Systems Model
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In China there was a large amount of change that the country endured both politically and culturally between the years 100 C.E. and 600 C.E. During the classical era of China there were many cultural changes. The ideas of China changed due to the creation of three distinct religions: Confucianism‚ Legalism‚ and Daoism. Followers of Confucianism followed the ideas of Confucius; he believed that people should emphasize personal virtue‚ which included a respect of tradition. Because of those ideas
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Contemporary Approaches The evolution of management has two approaches the classic approaches and the contemporary approaches. Several of the approaches overlapped each other as they developed‚ and lots of times had a significant impact on each other (Bateman & Snell‚ 2013). This essay I will focus on the contemporary approaches and the difference between them all. There are four contemporary approaches: Sociotechnical system‚ quantitative management‚ organizational behavior‚ and systems theory
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INTRODUCTION Change is an inherent feature inmost organizations today be it public or private. It may be affected by factors which are internal or external to the organization. According to Burnes‚ (2004) a change program is a term that is used to refer to the co-ordination of a structured period of transition from Situation A to Situation B in order to achieve lasting change. A change programme is essential to an organization in that is experiencing change as it caters for the effects the ongoing
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PREVAILING CONTEMPORARY THEMES IN HOSPITALITY AND THE UPCOMING FOUR SEASONS HOTELS EXPANSION BY FELIX L. H. MURILLO Glion Online MBA Abstract This paper identifies contemporary themes in the Hospitality Industry and why these are emerging or currently pursued. The themes selected are themes directly related with the expansion of hospitality businesses and in particular as they have an effect in the upcoming growth of Four Seasons Hotels. Although Four Seasons already pursues these contemporary
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Traditional and Contemporary Issues and Challenges FIRST THINGS FIRST Coke Needs Shaking Up “We feel pretty good about the way the company is moving. We just have bumps in the road that are so doggone visible.” —JIMMY WILLIAMS‚ DIRECTOR‚ COCA-COLA chapter 2 At the peak of Coca-Cola’s dominance of the soft-drink industry‚ about 1996‚ the company seemed invincible. Coke’s then-CEO Roberto Goizueta and many industry observers dismissed PepsiCo as a loser in the cola wars. Goizueta convinced
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Changes‚ Changes‚ and More Changes Hudson County Community College isn’t a perfect school‚ but there are a lot of things that they have room to improve on. I honestly don’t have many complaints about this school‚ I feel alright about it‚ I am not impressed but I am also not outraged by anything. Even though I don’t have many complaints about this school it doesn’t mean that I don’t feel that they have things that they should improve on. The biggest problem I have with this school is the service
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