Nayar of India Latonya Myles ANT 101 Instructor Wendell Johnson April 25‚ 2011 Nayar of India Nayar is a Hindu caste of the India state of Kerala. The region contained small‚ feudal kingdoms‚ in each of which royal and noble lineages‚ the militia‚ and most land managers were drawn from the Nayars and related castes. Unlike most Hindus‚ Nayar traditionally were matrilineal. Their family unit‚ the members of which owned property jointly‚ included brothers and sisters‚ the latter is children
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The Nayar of India (Kinship‚ Beliefs‚ and Values) Richard Cantu Introduction to Cultural Anthropology: 101 Instructor: June Maul August 9‚ 2011 The Nayar of India are ethnographic and folk-culture society. They are a complex and interesting large and power cast society that live in extended matrilineal family groups. Hinduism is the main religion of these people and that combined with their social and economic structure make for an interesting combination of kinship‚ gender relations‚ beliefs
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foraging societies. Foragers have necessitated meeting their caloric needs through stable supplies of food‚ both qualitatively and quantitatively‚ to avoid malnutrition or starvation. Hunting and gathering have provided them with about the same amount of proteins‚ although they have needed to collect large quantities of edible plants to equal the outcome of proteins supplied by the relatively small pieces of meat. However‚ gathering has been less energy consuming than hunt because foragers could more simply
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According to our textbook‚ foraging is defined as‚ “a food-getting strategy that obtains wild plant and animal resourced through gathering‚ hunting‚ scavenging‚ or fishing” (Ember 106). That is‚ individuals following this way of life do not produce their own food‚ but rather takes advantage of naturally-occurring produce and wildlife‚ collecting and hunting items found in nature so they can be consumed. Generally speaking‚ current foraging societies tend to live in marginal‚ low-populated areas of
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subsistence strategy that depends directly on plants and animals available in the environment. Foragers collect wild plants‚ fruits‚ nuts‚ seeds‚ and hunt animals and fish. Foragers require a large territory for subsistence. Most foragers are nomadic and live in relatively small communities so as not to overburden their environment. The labor division is based on sex‚ women would gather while men would hunt. Foragers rely mainly on their own muscle power in carrying out their subsistence tasks. Most labor
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technologies‚ or ideas that are readily available to markets‚ governments‚ and society. In order for organizations to stay fresh and up to date they need individuals who are able to innovate and inspire new products or ideas. CEO of HCL Technologies‚ Vineet Nayar‚ is most notably known for his approach to leading innovation and transforming his at-risk IT services company into a global leader. By examining Nayar’s innovation model‚ and that of other leaders like him‚ we can learn more about the skills and behaviors
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system called BAIT it is called Business-Aligned IT(Nayar‚V 2010). The goal of this system is align the services to the customers’ specific business processes. The system has identified the three most critical business processes. According to the case study‚ the three are - analyzed them‚ determine how to align them with HCLT solutions‚ and estimated the amount of money we can save over a twelve months‚ twenty four month‚ and thirty six month period (Nayar‚ V 2010). According to the case study‚ they
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largest democracy‚ so it’s quite fitting that the New Delhi-based company is attempting a radical experiment in workplace democracy. CEO Vineet Nayar is committed to creating a company where the job of company leaders is to enable people to find their own destiny by gravitating to their strengths. As we discussed in the chapter opener‚ one thing that Nayar has done is to pioneer a culture in which employees are first. What has he done to put employees first? Part of the cultural initiative dealt with
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Telecom * Travel‚ Transportation & Logistics Date of Establishment | 1976 | Revenue | US $ 6.2 Billion | Employees | 90‚000 | Headquarters | Noida‚Uttarpradesh‚India | Management Details | Chairperson - Shiv Nadar CEO - Vineet Nayar | Business Operation | IT ServicesIT Consulting | Position | Of more than 3‚000 technology companies in the Bloomberg database‚ there are only seven with revenue of more than $2.5 billion‚ a market capitalization of more than $5 billion‚ and a
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Case Study In his book Employees First‚ Customers Second: Turning Conventional Management Upside Down‚ Vineet Nayar‚ CEO of HCL Technologies‚ a leading global IT services company‚ explores the role of leadership in a knowledge economy. The following case study appears in Chapter 4 of his book. You will be referring to this case study extensively throughout this course. * Nayar‚ V. (2010). "Recasting the role of CEO: Transferring the responsibility for change. How leaders can tap the creative
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