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    Organizational Behavior Organizational Power‚ Culture‚ and Politics Question 1: What power tactics can employees use to translate their power bases into specific actions and how does each one work? There are nine tactics that an employee can use to translate their power bases into specific actions. The tactics are legitimacy‚ rational persuasion‚ inspirational appeals‚ consultation‚ exchange‚ personal appeals‚ ingratiation‚ pressure‚ and coalitions. The first tactic‚ legitimacy is

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    Politics and Culture of Mexico SOC315: Cross-Cultural Perspectives Instructor Theodore July 2‚ 2012 While politics in Mexico may one day be good for the people of Mexico‚ the current state of the country is not so good. The poverty level of Mexico has always been high‚ the country is known to be run by drugs and horrible‚ inhumane working conditions are common because of outside business coming in and taking advantage of what people will do for little money in the country

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    During the Renaissance‚ religion and humanism shaped the content and qualities of the art produced in Florence and the surrounding areas. Humanism was the idea that human beings have greater importance than divine beings such as God. Prior to the Renaissance‚ art was mainly concerned with religious themes. Renaissance artists used pencil‚ oil‚ and stone to express their ideas of religion‚ gratitude‚ and perfection. Perspective was not widely used‚ and realism was still not common. Artists frequently

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    Women ’s Role Throughout History Throughout history times have changed‚ this can also be said of women. As periods changed so did the demands and opportunities. Women were able to adapt to these new changes remarkably well‚ and so they were able to shape and influence these periods‚ as well as benefit from them. Life for the American woman in the 19th century was full of conflicts and struggles. Women suffered from a lot of discrimination‚ and were not allowed to vote‚ attend universities‚ speak

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    Technology has changed greatly over the course of history. People now are relying on it more than ever; it has become a daily usage in our lives. Not only has it become more reliable but it has excelled in ways we never knew was possible. Recordings have made so many things possible and given people hope. Today music‚ recordings‚ and technology has became a major part of our lives. The technology for sound has changed from terrible sound‚ to different ways of usage‚ and has become easier to access

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    conflicts in world history (Oxford Dictionary). Patriarchy began to rise in early pastoral times when agriculture had recently been invented‚ and the status of women slowly declined as women stayed at home to take care of children and men took over the agricultural field of work. Men began to assume economic power slowly over time‚ transforming into the majority of leadership roles in many empires. Throughout world history‚ Patriarchy has had an extremely large effect all over world history‚ appearing in

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    Umayyad Mosque‚ Damascus‚ Syria Space and Symbolism By Shijo Jose (A/2371/2011) History of Architecture II Year Sem IV Great Mosque of Damascus‚ also called Umayyad Mosque‚  the earliest surviving stone mosque‚ built between ad 705 and 715 by the Umayyad Caliph al-Walīd I. The mosque stands on the site of a 1st-century Hellenic temple to Jupiter and of a later church ‘Basilica of Saint John the Baptist’. Some Syrio-Roman fragments remain in the structure‚ as does a shrine supposedly enclosing

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    Between the fourth and eleventh centuries‚ the relationship between politics and religion included religion being used for military aid‚ papal primacy‚ rulers enforcing religious orthodoxy‚ and religion being used for legitimization. One of the relationships between religion and politics was papal primacy (church power over ruler power) as seen in documents 3‚ 4‚ and 5. In the fifth century‚ Pope Gelasius I told the Roman emperor it was important to defer to papal authority. He wrote this in a

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    The Role of Religion om American Politics As the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution stipulates‚ ”Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”. This regulation represents one of the most important principles upon which the American democracy is built: the separation of church and state. Rhys H. Williams and N. J. Demerath III‚ the authors of the article ”Religion and Political Process in an American City”‚ however‚ raise the question

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    Gender roles of diverse cultures have differed immensely throughout history. The evolution of gender roles first began in the Paleolithic Age and then began to transform with the transformation of the Paleolithic Age to the Neolithic Age. Women in Mesopotamia‚ India‚ Greece‚ China‚ and Rome were not treated as equals and viewed as inferior to men. Cultures like Egypt and Persia had similar laws for women and treated them with more respect out of any of the other cultures. The Paleolithic Age

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