A Separate Peace Summary Chapter 1: The narrator‚ Gene‚ returns to the Devon School in New Hampshire‚ where he was a student with his friend Phineas 15 years ago‚ just as World War II began. The narrative shifts back 15 years‚ to Gene’s days with Phineas. On their first attempt to jump off a huge tree into the river‚ Phineas‚ being the daredevil‚ goes firstand Gene is the only one who follows. Gene is normally a conservative‚ conformist type person‚ but around Phineas‚ he consents to break
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culture. Hofstede has defined power distance as “the extent to which inequality in power is accepted and considered as normal by less powerful people in a society.”(Hofstede‚ p. 307‚ 1986). He divided this dimension into two categories: 1. Small 2. Large Small power distance: Small power distance means that the extent to which less powerful people accept the social inequality is small‚ that is members of a society are treated as equal as possible in an unequal society. (Hofstede‚ p. 307
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and her staff. In order for me to learn everything about a library and keep the library accredited‚ I had to become certified in Public Library Management. What normally takes three years for someone to accomplish‚ I did in 9 months! I was very gung-ho. I loved the fact that I was learning something new and I was very interested in learning every aspect about Library Science that I could. I felt that in order for me to run an efficient library it
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No one knows the real story of Pat Tillman. On April 23‚ 2004 news headlines filled the air waves with tragic news that Pat Tillman was killed in action yesterday‚ fighting in Afghanistan. While on a patrol with his detachment through eastern Afghanistan‚ the detachment was ambushed. When the ambush was quelled‚ sadly‚ Pat Tillman was dead. For the better part of the week following his death‚ his story was still being constantly reported about on every news channel including ESPN. The NFL dedicated
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Hennart‚ J. & Zeng‚ M. (2002). Cross-Cultural Differences and Joint Venture Longevity. Journal of International Business Studies 33(4)‚ 699-716. Hill‚ W. (2005). International Business – Competing in the Global Marketplace. 5th ed. Prentice Hall. Hofstede‚ G. (2001). Culture’s Consequences. 2nd ed. USA: Sage Publications‚ Inc. Meschi‚ P. & Roger‚ A. (1994). Cultural context and social effectiveness in international joint ventures Mission. (2008). Sony Ericsson – Mission. Retrieved April 5th‚ http:/
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to focus on the people working in their companies‚ need to take differences among them into account and especially when it comes to managing in various countries‚ cultural‚ natural and unavoidable differences have to be taken into consideration ( Hofstede 1987). Regarding the latter‚ management ideas or management concepts differ a lot. This is why those concepts‚ in particular Human Resource Development‚ have different definitions and approaches depending on what country you are looking at‚ on the
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Cultural Diversity Paper Power Distance & Employee Satifaction Summary The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between power distance and employee satisfaction. Power distance is one of Geert Hofstede´s five cultural dimensions. Hofstede is a Dutch sociologist that has been studying cultures for over 40 years. Power distance can be defined as “the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organizations within a country expect and accept that power is
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Retrieved January 27‚ 2013‚ from Time: Business & Money: http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0‚8599‚2031165‚00.html The Hofstede Center. (n.d.). Italy - Geert Hofstede. Retrieved January 27‚ 2013‚ from Geert-Hofstede.com: http://geert-hofstede.com/italy.html The Hofstede Center. (n.d.). Japan - Geert Hofstede. Retrieved January 27‚ 2013‚ from Japan - Geert Hofstede: http://geert-hofstede.com/japan.html
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Contents 1.0 Introduction 2 1.1 Benefits to the Hogshead 2 2.0 Typologies 3 2.1 Hofstede 3 2.1.0. Power Distance 3 2.1.1 Individualism Vs Collectivism 4 2.1.2 Masculinity vs. Femininity 4 2.1.3 Uncertainty avoidance 5 2.2 Trompenaars 6 2.2.0 Universalism vs. Particularism 6 2.2.1 Neutral Vs. Emotional 7 2.2.2 Specific Vs. Diffuse 7 2.2.3 Achievement Vs. Ascription 7 3.0 Motivation 8 4.0 Gender Roles 9 5.0 Time and Culture 10 6.0 Human Resource Management 10 7.0 Organisational
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refer to Figures 4–5‚ 4–6‚ and 4–7. In answering this question I will use the dimensions that Geert Hofstede identified to attempt to provide a composite picture of the cultures. The four dimensions Geert Hofstede examined were power distance‚ uncertainty avoidance‚ individualism and masculinity (Luthans & Doh‚ 2012). Power distance deals with the fact that all individuals in societies are not equal – it
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