[Type text] [Type text] [Type text] Summery: Atchison Corporation is a case based on a large U.S.- based manufacturer of household products (Dial Corporation). They make soap‚ laundry detergent‚ household cleaning products. In 1994‚ they were in a strange situation with three things happening: Highest level of sales in the company history Lowest after-tax profits in many decades Retirement of long-standing president and CEO - Jerome Atchison Products were manufactured in four regional factories
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The Youth and the Culture of Globalization Prof. Adib Akeil Faculty of Letters-Department of Sociology A-The Methodology of the Study : 1-The Problem of the Study : The word "Globalization" has been widely used in the last ten years of the last century especially after the collapse of the Soviet Union .Globalization as a phenomena‚ however‚ is not new for it dates back to five centuries ago .Globalization appeared clearly in a period a little more than ten years and was based in the USA after
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Good Corporate Culture Introduction “Corporate culture is the basic specifications which are created‚ discovered and developed by a specific organization in dealing with their own external adaptation and internal integration issues”. (Baeney‚ 2006) “It is used as a guide for organization members to feel‚ think and understand the issues related to cultural identity‚ including the guiding ideology of corporate‚ business idea‚ work style‚ values‚ and codes of conduct‚ ethics‚ cultural traditions
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Introduction Culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people‚ distinguished by everything from language‚ religion‚ cuisine (food)‚ social habits‚ music and arts. In other words‚ it is defined as the “ the collective programming of the mind of one category of people which is different from other category of people where mind refers to the way of thinking‚ feeling and behaving”. This gives people a sense of who they are‚ their belongings and social behavior. Different anthropologists
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Impact of Globalization on Culture People around the globe are more connected to each other today than ever before in the history of mankind. Information and money flow more quickly than ever. Goods and services produced in one part of the world are increasingly available in all parts of the world. International travel is more frequent. International communication is commonplace. We live in an intensely interdependent world in which all the earth’s peoples with their immense differences of culture
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Globalization has been expanding all over the world‚ yet the debate whether it is good or bad for the world is still being discussed today. Some says that globalization makes the world healthier‚ but some others insist that the world is worse because of globalization‚ and it could destroy the tradition values and cultures of other countries. This essay‚ however‚ argues that even though globalization has been expanding more and more‚ traditions‚ local values and cultures will not be eroded. First
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sociocultural anthropological perspective‚ by investigating how globalization affects different parts of the world we can build a better understanding of how global structures affect social and cultural practices. Globalization is the worldwide interdependence of economic and cultural activities through the interchange of worldviews‚ goods‚ beliefs‚ and other aspects of culture (Lalonde slide 22/01/13). To facilitate interdependence‚ globalization uses new technology‚ innovation‚ tourism‚ international trade
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The importance and the influence of the corporate culture in a merger and acquisition context Authors: Tutor: Program: Hanane Makhlouk Olena Shevchuk Dr. Mikael Lundgren Master´s Programme in Leadership and Management in International Context Subject: Change Management Level and semester: Graduate‚ May 2008 Baltic Business School Acknowledgement First of all‚ we would like to express our gratitude to all the teachers involved in the Master Programme for their contribution
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Corporate & Work Culture When analyzing an organization’s leadership and teamwork skills‚ it is useful to first analyze the organization’s work culture and how this culture is maintained. The work culture of McDonald’s seems highly dependent upon the particular line manager in charge at any given point in time. One would imagine that the manager would almost always use position power and would use a telling style of leadership since the typical employee is young or inexperienced. Indeed‚ some
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IBM’s Corporate Culture Table of Contents Abstract 1 Roots 1 Company 1 Culture 2 Culture 3 Impact 3 Managed 4 Results 4 Troubles 4 Wake Up Call 5 Refocus and Restore 6 Company 6 Customer 6 Stakeholder 7 Employee 7 Atmosphere 8 Results 8 Summary 9 References 10 Abstract This is an analysis of the culture at IBM and the impact that it has had on their success. Corporate culture is significant in that it “influences the behavior of everyone within an organization and‚ if carefully crafted‚
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