symbol of good luck and auspiciousness‚ the ‘svastika’. The two beliefs began to fuse and this led to the development of Hinduism. This was conveyed through the scriptures of the Aryans- the Vedas (more of which will be discussed later). Beliefs of the Indus people have been determined through archaeological finds. The Aryans‚ now with adopted Indus beliefs‚ extended their settlements toward the Ganges River. By 1000 B.C.E‚ the Aryan culture had become predominant in northern India. Even with India
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Written Analysis of Case (Custom Chip‚ Inc.) Summary Custom Chip‚ Inc case describes the situation of a company where lack of coordination and cooperation among different departments is hindering them to achieve their common or ultimate goal as a single business entity. Applications engineering‚ product engineering and manufacturing are all inclined towards achieving their individual objectives and timelines rather than collaborating and synergizing their efforts in order to attain a common goal
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What is Culture? photo of Edward. B. Tylor Edward B. Tylor (1832-1917) The word culture click this icon to hear the preceding term pronounced has many different meanings. For some it refers to an appreciation of good literature‚ music‚ art‚ and food. For a biologist‚ it is likely to be a colony of bacteria or other microorganisms growing in a nutrient medium in a laboratory Petri dish. However‚ for anthropologists and other behavioral scientists‚ culture is the full range of
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Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI: 10.1002/csr.251 Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility: A ‘Dynamic Capabilities’ Perspective Venugopal Ramachandran* Insitute for Financial Management and Research‚ Chennai‚ India ABSTRACT In this paper‚ strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) is defined on the basis of Porter’s theory of competitive advantage. Two kinds of dynamic capabilities are proposed as the precursors to strategic CSR success and operationalized in terms of two sets of associated
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Introduction What is organizational Culture? Culture is made up of the values‚ beliefs‚ underlying assumptions‚ attitudes‚ and behaviors shared by a group of people. How important organizational Culture is? We spend 40 or more hours at work each week. Many of us spend more time with those we work with than we do our families. For us to be content and fulfilled people‚ that time must be valuable for more than a dollar. . . We want to be engaged in our work. We yearn for work that is enjoyable
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between man and the lower animals‚ the moral sense or conscience is by far the most important” Charles Darwin‚ The Descent of Man. Is it the phase of moral degradation of society? To even attempt answering this question we have to first arrive at a definition of morality. The first question is are we clear as to what it is? In the study of ethics morality has been defined from two perspectives‚ personal morality which is what you feel from your conscious as right and social morality which is what
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ordinary women of our society. This social crime has recently made footings in some countries‚ which were traditionally free of this evil like Afghanistan and Bangladesh‚ but our focus here remains Pakistan. The paper concentrates on the religious‚ social and economic structures of the Pakistani society to explain the age-old tradition of extortion of dowry that has taken a brutal form today. This immoral custom has adversely affected our women‚ individually‚ and our society as a whole. Gender discrimination
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Knowledge Management and Organizational Culture: Toward a broader perspective on how organizational culture impacts knowledge management. The words knowledge and management are two extremely broad concepts when separated. When the two words come together‚ it speaks of an idea that strives to organize information in a way that produces an advantage for an organization. While anyone would think that harnessing the knowledge of an organization is a positive thing to do‚ there are many who do not
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The Role of ICT in Building a Knowledge-based Society Sherif H Kamel Associate Dean‚ Executive Education School of Business‚ Economics and Communication The American University in Cairo‚ Egypt Abstract Emerging information and communication technology (ICT) is setting the pace for changing‚ competitive and dynamic local and global markets‚ representing an invaluable vehicle for business and socioeconomic development and introducing new forms and structures of organizations that are no longer affected
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traditional paste-up methods. From jobs as simple as basic ad design to ones as complex as magazine or book layout‚ designers use computers in every phase of development. Additionally‚ designers working in the 21st century must also possess web design skills. Illustration o In the past‚ illustrators used traditional media like pencil‚ pen and ink or paints to create magazine‚ book and comic illustrations. However‚ like every other art form‚ illustration has been hit by the computer bug as well. With digital
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