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    Culture Raymond Williams suggests three broad definitions. First‚ culture can be used to refer to ‘a general process of intellectual‚ spiritual and aesthetic development’… second use of the of the word ‘culture’ might be to suggest ‘a particular way of life‚ whether of a people‚ a period or a group’… Finally‚ Williams suggests that culture can be used to refer to ‘the works and practices of intellectual and especially artistic activity’. In other words‚ culture here means the texts and practices

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    dialogue‚ an investigation‚ on the subject of cultural identity and representation. Of course‚ the ’I’ who writes here must also be thought of as‚ itself‚ ’enunciated’. We all write and speak from a particular place and time‚ from a history and a culture which is specific. What we say is always ’in context’‚ positioned. I 222 Cultural Identity and Diaspora was born into and spent my childhood and adolescence in a lowermiddle-class family in Jamaica. I have lived all my adult life in England‚ in

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    Communication: The Culture Affect Shannon Webber Professor Aubrey Williams Managerial Communication March 10th‚ 2013 Abstract Verbal and nonverbal communication a like can be difficult within the same culture; add in a mix of cultures and the difficulty level is off the charts. Communication is extremely important and must be done properly for optimum success. `Cultural differences have the potential to breed significant misunderstandings  Communication: The Culture Affect            

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    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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    205 American Journal of Industrial and Business Management‚ 2012‚ 2‚ 205-216 http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ajibm.2012.24027 Published Online October 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ajibm) The Impact of Organisational Culture on the Implementation of TQM: Empirical Study in the Iranian Oil Company Yadollah Karimi1‚ Sharifah Latifah Syed Abdul Kadir2 1 Faculty of Business & Accountancy‚ University of Malaya‚ Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia; 2Department of Operation and Management Information System‚ Faculty

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    life and beliefs of the society. It also absorbs from other cultures and undergoes changes with time‚ sometimes beneficial‚ sometimes regressive. When the word "culture" is mentioned‚ we can think of many things as "cultural"‚ such as language‚ clothings... etc‚ because we classify cultures of different places. However‚ culture is so valuable that it has to be kept for thousands of years‚and passed on by one generation to another. Culture is so important that it is more than its distinct visible

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    Art Reflection Paper Pop Culture and the Arts October 10‚ 2011 Gerald Oglesby Art Reflection paper Art can be expressed in many ways. Art is seen in every aspect of our lives. The way people dress‚ wear their hair‚ makeup‚ and even the type of car they drive is a form of art. Artist use various ways to express art by the way they dray‚ the colors they use‚ creativity ‚ and the style that they use to create fullness or dullness in the pictures. In this

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    people feel as if culture really doesn’t have a huge effect in the business world‚ unfortunately they are sadly mistaking. There are many things that can affect the business world. Culture just happens to be one of the most important. Culture especially plays an important role in language barriers in the business world‚ as well as the business atmosphere. Culture is the set of values‚ beliefs‚ rules‚ and institution held by a specific group of people (Nickel and McHugh 81). Culture in the business

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    development of youth culture There is no single reason for the development of culture; rather‚ it came about as a result of the number of different social changes occurring at the same time. These developments included the increasing economic power of young people‚ the influence of the USA and globalisation‚ social changes at the end of World War 2‚ development of the media‚ demographic change in the numbers of young people and the transition to adulthood. Defining youth culture can be difficult because

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    Culture Observation and Acquisition Project Mahatma Gandhi once said that “no culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive”. Culture is defined by the practices of a society in every walk of life. However‚ in order for cultures to grow and flourish there must be an understanding of the culture itself and other cultures of the world. Through fully understanding the state of American culture‚ we can ultimately understand other cultures and how they differ or parallel our own. These are my observations:

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