Cultural Diversity around the World 1. How does the sworn virgins of Albania help to explain what gender is? The term gender role is used to signify all those things that a person says or does to disclose him or herself as having the status of female or male. Depending of our gender‚ society dictates what is expected of us; our attitudes and behaviors. Biologically‚ gender classifications are universal‚ we are either born as a male or female however‚ each culture has it owns guidelines for
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question (1) part -1- what is globalisation? Discuss the advantages and the disadvantages of globalisation? When we mention the word Globalisation what do we mean by it and what we understand? An early depiction of globalisation was penned by the American entrepreneur-turned-minister Charles Taze Russell who begat the term ’corporate giants’ in 1897‚ granted that it was not until the 1960s that the term started to be substantially utilized by economists and other social researchers. The term
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Key Driving Forces of Globalisation Developments in transportation and communication & Transnational Corporation (TNCs) Developments in Transport: Transport systems are the means by which people‚ materials and products are transferred from one place to another. With the increasing mobility of goods and people‚ it is important to have an efficient transport network worldwide‚ which includes airports‚ seaports‚ railways and highways to make it possible for goods to be moved around easily. As a result
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Written by the writer Kate McCaffrey Destroying Avalon uses the narrative techniques Direct Speech‚ Emotive language‚ Conflict‚ Point Of View‚ Actions and Expression to show the reader the issues of true friendship and the dangers of cyber bullying through her teenage characters. SUICIDE Marshall knew that suicide was never the sensible answer‚ but thought it was the only one left remaining. He felt scared that his school life was never going to be any more manageable and that “…this is never
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How Globalisation can help form a better future? In today’s modern world‚ globalisation has a huge impact in our everyday life. It affects every area of our life. Multinational companies setting up branches in our country. There is a higher chance today that we meet someone from a foreign country. Even most of the foods we eat today are not produced locally. These are just some of the effects due globalization. Globalisation increasingly integrates nations together. Countries are no longer separated
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Benefits and Problems Associated with Globalisation Globalisation brings both benefits and problems to different groups of both the developing and developed world. One benefit of globalisation is the evidence of consumer prices being reduced worldwide. This has a positive effect on the finance of people especially in developing countries‚ as more people are able to afford to buy both essential and non-essential products without denting their income. However for companies supplying these products
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Globalisation • US competitor-couldn’t satisfy Australian wet suit demand. • Increasing international interest in Ripcurl as a brand. • Word series surfing came to Australia. • Late 70’s Australian government provided export incentives for Australian business’s to sell overseas because of overseas protection. • In USA Rip Curl faced high freight costs and US tarrifs on imports. • Exchanges rates vary continuously. • The $A appreciated after floating in 1983. • It became too costly to import
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Cultural Diversity Muslims and Arabs Arab Americans and Muslim Americans are often confused as the same subordinate group but are in fact quite different. Many people do not realize that Muslims are considered a religious group and Arabs are an ethnic group. Muslim American and Arab American communities are among the most rapidly growing subordinate groups in the United States (Schaefer‚ 2006). Muslims and Arabs practice their own traditions and have their own beliefs. More than half of Arab
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CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS What is International Business? International business is a term used to collectively describe all commercial transactions (private and governmental‚ sales‚ investments‚ logistics‚and transportation) that take place between two or more nations. It consists of transactions that are devised and carried out across national borders to satisfy the objectives of individuals‚ companies‚ and organizations. Usually‚ private companies undertake such transactions
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Task 1 There are many cultures that share similarities and differences in this world. Two cultures that are different in their traditions and rituals‚ though similar in their sexuality and beliefs are the Chinese and Filipino. Both cultures’ beliefs‚ sexualities‚ rituals‚ values‚ and traditions have changed over time due to the influence of other cultures and the media. The Chinese and Filipino celebrate different traditions that are held each year. Generally Chinese believe in Buddhism and the
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