major strengths of the culture metaphor rests in the fact that it directs attention to the symbolic significance of even the most rational parts of organizational life" ( Morgan‚ G. 1986) Discuss the issues raised in the quotation above‚ and comment on: • • • the effects of organization culture on the design of organization structure; the effects of national culture on organization culture; and the ways in which power exists in different organization cultures. Metaphor is a method to explain a phenomenon
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the traumatic circumstances have caused soldiers mental stress. Research shows the brutality that the soldiers of the Vietnam War went through‚ the novel Fallen Angels and the video series “Dear America: Letters Home” are very similar in this depiction‚ but also have slight differences. Fallen Angels and "Dear America: Letters Home" both focus on the Vietnam war and giving us a look into the lives of a soldiers. Fallen Angels is a novel that gives readers insight into a soldiers mind. Throughout
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Chapter 1 page 86: "Not a hair was out of place in the blonde chin whisker outlining his jaw: it was like the edging of a flower bed around his long‚ dreary face with its small eyes and hooked nose." The poetic device of simile used to describe Monsieur Binet helps the reader visualize how meticulous he is. A meticulous man is the last thing a person wants in a small and very interconnected village. The reader after such a brief description becomes aware of this character and his possible significance
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Compare/Contrast Essay The Canadian short stories “Brother Dear” by Bernice Friesen and “The Charmer” written by Budge Wilson focus on the struggles and common conflicts between parents and their children during adolescence. Both stories are told in the younger sister’s point of view and show how everyone matures and gains independence throughout and at the end of the story. Friesen and Wilson’s short stories over all focus mainly on the theme of dysfunctional families; which can be represented
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a fitting memorial to Vietnam War veterans. The memorial was to be a glass-block structure etched with excerpts of letters sent to and from servicemen during the Vietnam War. Due to the overwhelming response to the commission’s request for letters‚ Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam came to be. Consisting of 208 letters‚ poems‚ and journal entries written by 125 people‚ this book is a heart wrenching‚ first hand account of the personal experiences of soldiers both on and behind the front lines
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against segregation. In his letter to clergymen‚ King conveys his urgency in changing segregation laws by using a series of rhetorical strategies‚ such as metaphors‚ antithesis‚ parallelism‚ personal anecdote‚ antimetabole‚ and ethos to strengthen his argument. In paragraph 13 King starts out by using a simple but effective method of using metaphors. “Disease of segregation” is used directly to compare segregation as if it were a disease. The take his side. Paragraph 14 is the most crucial paragraph
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Oedipus Tyrannus‚ as a story of revelation‚ abounds with metaphors for knowledge and ignorance: light contrasts with darkness‚ while sight opposes blindness. By following the employment of these metaphors and their referents through the play‚ we may observe a second revelation more foundational than the first‚ that of the nature of knowledge‚ or light‚ and of its relationship with the gods‚ the political community‚ and nature. We find at first that light is to be cherished. Oedipus‚ the solver of
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Stevie Smith’s Metaphor of “Not Waving But Drowning” How is it possible to be surrounded by a million people yet feel so alone? In 1957‚ British poet Stevie Smith wrote a short poem‚ “Not Waving But Drowning‚” composed of twelve lines broken up into three stanzas. The literal words of the poem leave the reader with the image of a distressed man‚ thrashing around in the sea as onlookers lying around on the beach watch but do not help‚ as they believe the frantic man is fooling around and waving
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In the essay “The Motive for Metaphor‚” Northrop Frye describes levels of the human mind. The first level of the human mind is consciousness and awareness. In this level of the mind you identify the differences objects from yourself. You name objects with nouns. Also on this level you qualify these objects to differentiate them. You describe the nouns with adjectives. The second level of the human mind is social participation. The language of this level are verbs and actions. This level describes
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was my words that made them react. Denice Frohman’s poem‚ “Dear straight people”‚ wasn’t the first poem I had heard‚ but it really resonated with me. She starts off playfully‚ and as she continues her words become more intense‚ but when she softens her words again‚ she says‚ “Dear queer young girl‚ I see you. You don’t want them to see you so you change the pronouns in your love poems to ‘him’ instead of ‘her’. I used to do that. Dear straight
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