A Cultural Study and Political Ecology of Nike Partially excerpted from Petrina‚ S. (2001). The political ecology of design and technology education: An inquiry into methods. International Journal of Technology and Design Education 10‚ 207-237. When we put our comfortable shoes on in the morning and take a step‚ our steps are always already scripted within powerful cultural processes. Shoes‚ no more so than the apparel covering our bodies‚ happen to provide particularly robust examples of how
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The International Negotiations Handbook Success through Preparation‚ Strategy‚ and Planning A Joint Project from Baker & McKenzie and The Public International Law & Policy Group The International Negotiations Handbook Success Through Preparation‚ Strategy‚ and Planning Disclaimer IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: The material in this volume is of the nature of general comment only and is not intended to be a comprehensive exposition of all potential issues‚ nor of the law relating to such issues
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Introduction Gender often appears to have economically material implications in negotiations in organizations and markets. But researchers’ attempts to tie the phenomenon down in the lab have produced a tangled web of largely contradictory results. By the mid-1980s‚ the leading experimental researchers in negotiation had tossed the gender variable into a heap of discarded individual difference predictors—ranging from race to authoritarianism—which had failed over scores of tests to produce consistent
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‘Effects of Globalization and Cross-Cultural Experiences in Education Sector’ Introduction I wonder if we can assume that the growing trend of people choosing to study abroad is a consequence of globalization. Furthermore I am interested in understanding the globalized educational culture and its’ associated issues on a local and international basis. The main objective of my research is to acquire as much information as possible and develop extensive knowledge of the research subject. Therefore
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------------------------------------------------- Concerns about Current Cross-cultural Training Training Methods and Training Rigor The first concern is the selection of an appropriate cross-cultural training method and its level of training rigor. The degree of interaction required in the host country and the similarity between the individual’s native culture and the new culture are two determining factors for the selection of training methods and the level of training rigor (Black & Mendenhall
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hostage taking. Why and what would prompt an individual to take hostages? Several influential and background reasons will be examined. Finally‚ some successful and also failed negotiations will be explored‚ with possible reasons and explanations to what factors made them either a success or a failure. Hostage negotiation is as much of an art as it is a science. The negotiator not only holds the lives of the victims in his hands‚ but the lives of law enforcement and the hostage taker as well. His
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approximately 500 words‚ what motivates you to study Cross-Cultural and Sustainable Business Management at the graduate level‚ what attracted you to this program‚ and what‚ from your own academic and/or professional experience‚ you can bring to the program. With developing globalization of business‚ it is critical to business success that employees have the ability to effectively communicate with one another across cultural barriers. Cross-cultural understanding and tolerance by individuals serves
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conditions under which he would do so were complex: OAF was just two years old. This would be its first large acquisition of fertilizer. Postigo had five potential suppliers‚ none of whom he had ever met face-to-face and would not during these negotiations. Over a period of several weeks‚ Postigo leveraged his knowledge of the relationship-oriented Kenyan culture‚ his sensitivity to the fact that the product he was buying was a commodity‚ the growth strategy of his NGO‚ and his awareness of the Kenyan
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Negotiation is a process undertaken by the teacher and the learner in order to obtain the outcome. The Negotiation Circle (2009) defines negotiation as ‘the journey of how to get to the destination‚ not the destination itself’ In the learning environment this could involve the initial assessment of the learners to identify their learning style or the level at which they are working‚ defining and agreeing targets with the learner and putting into place an action plan. Before beginning the negotiation
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Negotiation Skills Assignment 10/28/2010 Sofian Dahshan NEGOTIATION SKILLS | Assignment “We cannot negotiate with those who says whats mine is mine and whats yours is negotiable!” “During 2005‚ American Hospital handled about 200 job offers for nursing assistants‚ research scientists‚ and a number of other employees. All but about 10 of these candidates took the initial offer without attempting to negotiate for something extra or more. Clark‚ the HR Manager‚ was delighted‚ but puzzled
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