Diffusionism as an anthropological school of thought was an attempt to understand the nature of culture in terms of the origin of culture traits and their spread from one society to another. Diffusionism refers to the diffusion or transmission of cultural characteristics or traits from the common society to all other societies. The Biblical theory of human social origin was taken for granted in Renaissance thought (14th century-17th century). The role diffusion played in cultural diversity was acknowledged
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10/06/09 Question (a) Study Sources A and B. Which of these two sources would an historian studying Kristallnacht find the more useful? Source A is a summary by the Historian Fritz Hesse. It is his account of a dinner on the evening of November 9th. Hesse wrote the account in 1954. He was a journalist who worked for the Nazis. Source A implies that Goebbels was to blame for the terrible act of Kristallnacht as he would do anything to win back Hitler’s support. But how useful is this source to a
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Money–Is it really a motivator? One of the myths of executive compensation is that the most effective way to motivate people to work productively is through individual incentive compensation (Pfeffer‚ 1998). While most people agree that money cannot buy everything‚ in organizations there is a widespread belief that money plays a major role in motivating people. Organizations spend a lot of time‚ effort and money in designing and implementing the right performance management schemes and incentive
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quality improvement project to reduce patient falls on Richard’s unit. What more could they do to influence the culture? What could they do specifically to encourage upper management to adopt a more evidence-based mind set? As suggested by Jeffrey Pfeffer‚ professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business‚ Sally‚ Richard‚ and others need to create a sense
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Competitive advantage has continually shifted over time. What is an advantage today may not be tomorrow; however‚ it seems that in the assigned case study that Lincoln Electric has created a system that makes the competition nearly irrelevant (Pfeffer‚ Hatano‚ & Santalainen‚ 1995). Competing in an industry that is highly price-competitive and where price variations on standard items amounts to only one to two percent it immediately creates a realization that to sustain continual high performance
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Quarterly. Kanter‚ R. M. (1977). Men and Women of the Corporation. New York: Basic Books. Miller‚ E. I. and Rice‚ A. K. (1967). Systems of Organization. London: Tavistock. Morgan. G. (2006). Image of organization. Schulich School of business‚ Toronto. Pfeffer‚ J. (1978). Organization Design. Arlington Heights‚ IL: Al-1M. -6-
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Chapter 8 – Systems oriented theories 1. Introduction Rationale: Why corporate management might elect to voluntarily provide particular information to parties outside the organisation. (Page 250 & 251) Gray‚ Owen and Adams (1996): Legitimacy Theory and Stakeholder Theory are two theorietical perspectives that have been adopted by a number of researchers in recent years. The theories are sometimes referred to as “systems-oriented theories”. Within a systems-based perspective‚ the entity is assumed
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functional areas will be the methods rational in proving why the funding is needed and how it would work (Fritz‚ 2012). The methods used and addressed to prove grant funding is needed for the various sectors and departments within the precinct would be methods such as research‚ surveys‚ expert opinion‚ public opinion‚ and past experience of those in the various fields and departments (Fritz‚ 2012). Also identified would be the locales of where the funding on and off the field‚ the areas affected
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Winning with Characters Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” looked into what Seymour Lainhoff referred to as “savage behavior…” that he believes hides underneath society‚ even today. It was a tragic end to what seems like such a joyous occasion‚ taking us by surprise with the stoning of what seemed to be a good friend‚ dedicated wife‚ and mother. Jackson’s use of well-developed characters helped create a clear vision and belief that this may actually take place in society today. She provided
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multiple perspectives approach. New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin Reitermann‚ M. (2010). Customer service group: Vision & strategy. Retrieved from https://intranet.healthcare.siemens.com/cms/CSG/en/About_CSG/Vision_and_Strategy/Pages/Vision_and_Strategy.aspx Fritz‚ J. (2010). Mission Impossible? How to write you mission statement: Make your mission statement stand out by following these simple guidelines. Retrieved from http://nonprofit.about.com/od/nonprofitbasics/a/mission.htm
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