carries 10 marks Q5. Write short notes on: a) Competency Mapping b) Knowledge Management Q6 Describe HR’s role as a strategic partner in formulating and in executing Organization’s strategy. Q 7. Describe characteristics of the ethnocentric‚ polycentric and geocentric approaches to international staffing SECTION C (Marks 50) Q 8. CASE STUDY 1 Read the following case and answer
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functionalist perspective. This approach could be classed as too deterministic. It makes an assumption that the values taught in school will automatically be embraced by students. In reality some students will and some won’t. Also the values taught are ethnocentric and pupils from different cultures often reject and rebel against this. A functionalist view could also be criticised by suggesting all pupils are not offered an equal chance to succeed‚ and therefore education is not meritocratic. There is evidence
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The Impact of the Paris 1919 Peace Conference on Japan and China During the late 1800’s‚ the continent of Asia was unstable and was experiencing turbulent change. Specifically‚ Japan and China had an ethnocentric view of their own civilizations‚ for they strived to remain isolated from Western culture‚ viewing themselves as far more superior than European societies. However‚ they were not able to remain isolated‚ as the British penetrated into China‚ while the U.S. was able to open trade with
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Global and International Business Contexts Assignment- Part 1: Porter’s National Diamond Analysis (60 marks) When looking into the factor conditions of Tunisia it becomes clear that there is scope for investment. With a wine history dating back 2‚000 years there is already an abundance of wine making knowledge throughout the country; this originated from the Carthaginian era whom placed a huge emphasis on wine making amongst other agricultural practices. The nation’s ability to produce great wine
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achievement vs. ascription? Compare and contrast each pair. 4. If a locally based manufacturing firm with sales of $350 million decided to enter the EU market by setting up operations in France‚ which orientation would be the most effective: ethnocentric‚ polycentric‚
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in these cartoons can stir up more controversy than an entire newspaper article. Williams uses the strategy of compare and contrast‚ and examples to help explain how cartoonists create their cartoons using propaganda. In Political Cartoons as Ethnocentric Propaganda‚ Williams begins off asking the questions can a cartoon start a war‚ can it cause an ongoing conflict‚ or can it cause a country or race to feel inferior? And even though political cartoons maybe for the persons with a ten second attention
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superiority of one ethic or racial group over another‚ is an evident theme in Crash. This belief involves judging the world in terms of the values and knowledge of your own culture exclusively. Throughout the film each storyline reveals certain ethnocentric views held by a variety of races. In the beginning of the movie‚ a white gun store owner immediately pins a Persian family as Arabs and hurls insults blaming them for 9/11. The District Attorney’s wife Jean assumes the locksmith is a gangbuster
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society and the elimination of injustice. The Contributions Approach (level 1) focuses on heroes‚ holidays‚ and discrete elements and is the most extensively used approach to multiculturalism in the schools. In this approach‚ the traditional ethnocentric curriculum remains unchanged in its basic structure‚ goals‚ and salient characteristics. Cultural traditions‚ foods‚ music‚ and
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Question 1: Bruce Bower‚ in his article Slumber’s Unexplored Landscape: People in traditional societies sleep in eye-opening ways‚ explains sleep patterns through experiences from different anthropologists from around the nation to places around the globe. He states that “anthropologists have rarely scrutinized the sleep patterns and practices of different cultures” and that “. . . non- Western groups may mold sleep’s biology.” (Bower‚ 1999) Bower asserts that it is important that natural sleep
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Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is the cutting of part or all of the female genitalia‚ the skin is then sewn together leaving a small hole the size of a pencil for urine and menstrual blood. This dangerous procedure is practiced mostly in 30 countries in Africa‚ also some parts of Indonesia and Malaysia (Gilbert). These culture groups believe that Female Genital Mutilation will purify the girls‚ keeping them from having sexual intercourse before marriage. Functionalism can best be used to describe
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