Worksheet for Summaries of Chapter I 1) What are the themes of the chapter? How do the themes relate to management? Explain in a few sentences. The theme of the chapter is the role of management. The author says that there is only one way to take advantages of the resources we have this through management. Management allows a better use of the resources therefore it helps to increase the level of productivity of a company or of a country. 2) Choose the three most important or interesting
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Cultural Relativism or Ethical Imperialism? Dealing with Bribery Across Cultures by Niles C. Logue Professor of Economics and Business Gordon College 255 Grapevine Road / Wenham‚ MA 01984 niles.logue@gordon.edu 978-867-4735 Abstract: North American businesses seeking to participate in the global economy will quickly encounter conflicting cultural norms and values which complicate the normal rigors of competing in the marketplace. One of the more serious areas of cultural conflict for international
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completion” (Rollinson‚ 2005: 461). However‚ when the organization’s structure does not include specialized jobs concerned with analysing the environment‚ the companies usually fail to adapt to changing circumstances (ibid: 463). So‚ scientific management works better with small companies which do not usually need to react to change (Caldari‚ 2007: 74). This lack of flexibility‚ the main defect attributed to the Fordism model (which adopted Taylorism’s Principles with just a different philosophy
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RELATIVISM AND MORALITY Lenn Goodman offers a very good argument about his idea of the things that are wrong. I agree with his argument that four of the things that we should look to in whatever being we worship are “(1) genocide‚ politically induced famine‚ and germ warfare; (2) terrorism‚ hostage taking‚ and child warriors; (3) slavery‚ polygamy‚ and incest; and (4) rape and female genital cutting.” (Goodman‚ Project Muse‚ pg 88) When Goodman talks about genocide‚ famine‚ and germ warfare
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Prior to the nineteenth century‚ individuals often linked the concept of evil with God. Thus‚ when an individual committed a devious act‚ it was believed that the creator possessed the ability to punish society how he pleased. This ideology lasted until the late 1700’s‚ when a catastrophic event permanently altered how individuals rationalize. The disastrous event was none other than the Lisbon earthquake. In essence‚ this incident was a culture shock for people in society‚ which overturned previous
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Indonesian Leaders through a holistic and international standard of education. This vision requires teachers who continuously develop as professionals and reflect upon their practices. The appraisal and professional growth instruments are designed to give feedback‚ promote effective and quality teaching‚ and encourage a community of practice in which teachers collaboratively share ideas‚ seek for solutions‚ and grow as professionals. The Basic Principles The academy believes its goals and objectives
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References: Apple‚ (2012). Applel Links. Retrieved July July 29‚ 2012‚ from Apple News: http://applenews.net/ Bateman‚ T. S.‚ & Snell‚ S. A. (2011). Management: Leading & collaborating in a competitive world (9th ed.). New York‚ NY: McGraw-Hill Irwin. EHow. (2012). Microsoft Corporation ’s Organizational Structure. Retrieved July 27‚ 2012‚ from Ehow Money: http://www.ehow.com/facts_6917145_microsoft-corporation_s-organizational-structure_
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Case Study 1 International case: Carrefour – which way to Go? Q – 1) How should Mr. Durant assess the opportunities in various countries around the world? Ans To become a global firm‚ ideally‚ company should be taking gains of R&D‚ production‚ marketing and financial advantages in its costs and reputation that are not available purely to domestic competitors. It minimizes importance of national boundaries and develops “transitional” brands. It raises capital‚ obtains materials and components
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figures 22 d Formal and informal economy 23 e Employment and unemployment rates focus on youth‚ gender 23 f Main actors 30 g Transitional services and practices 30 h Demand and supply from the labor market 31 i Issues 32 4 Lessons learnt from previous interventions/ approaches‚ good practices 33 5 Practical and policy challenges 33 6 SWOT 34 7 Opportunities for the future for improved harmonization of different actors 38 8 The way forward
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for objectivism instead of relativism in morality. Ethical relativism is “the theory that there are no universally valid moral principles”. Ethical relativism however is different from moral doubt where valid moral principles do not exist at all. Pojman argues that what is considered as morally right or wrong varies from society to society. Pojman proposes that ethical relativism can be seen as a good thing but can get hard when getting into the details. Ethical relativism is defined that says moral
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