▪ Problems with measuring org culture • Oversimplifies diversity of possible values • Ignore shared assumptions • Adopts an “integration” perspective ▪ An organization’s culture is fuzzy: • Diverse subcultures (“fragmentation”) • Values exist within individuals‚ not work units Organizational Culture Profile Dimensions and Characteristics • Innovation: Experimenting‚ opportunity seeking‚ risk taking‚ few rules‚ low cautiousness
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Cultural issues explored by this movie are the existence of subcultures and countercultures in city life. The movie takes place in Los Angeles‚ California that is largely populated by Mexicans and Oriental migrants. The protagonist‚ played by Michael Douglas‚ encounters and oriental man that owns a local mini mart and two Mexican gang members. The oriental man represents the subculture and the gang members represent the counterculture. The social issues are reflected through gender relations‚ racial
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1. What is the relationship among culture subculture and counterculture? Counterculture is against the current culture. example : punk rock (which is (for most punks) anti-capitalism‚ anti-religion and anarchistic) A subculture is a set of people with a set of behaviors and beliefs‚ which could be distinct or hidden‚ that differentiate them from the larger culture to which they belong. Of course‚ the traditional definition of subculture would indicate that there are more specific cultures
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heavens‚ you got to try to understand. The greatness of their movement is just as small as it is grand.” Most young adults of my generation do not know who The Grateful Dead are‚ but they unknowingly dawn the apparels and slang created in the counterculture of the bands following the Deadheads. The band‚ The Grateful Dead‚ became popular in the 60s and carried out wide spread recognition and fame into the 80s. Their calming‚ peace-promoting music became popular because it ‘transported’ people‚ it
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vocabulary and examples from the film to explain concepts you cover. Culture Vocabulary Culture- values beliefs‚ behavior‚ and material objects that constitute a people’s way of life Subculture- segments of a culture that share characteristics that distinguish it from the broader culture Counterculture- a subculture with values and norms in opposition to the dominant culture Ethnocentrism- the tendency to evaluate one’s own culture as superior to others Multiculturalism- the concept that different
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Outfitters Continuing Case Study Part 4: Marketing a Business November 22‚ 2010 1. Explain why Sears or Wal-mart cannot effectively create a trendy counterculture image. There are many reasons that Wal-mart cannot effectively create a trendy counterculture image. First if you look at what a counterculture image actually is‚ which are kinds of subcultures that deliberately oppose certain aspects of what’s is main stream for example in the 90’s grunge where teens wore flannel shirt doc martin boots where
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along with the New Left and the American Civil Rights Movement‚ encompassing the sixty’s ‘counterculture’ of rejecting the ‘Establishment’‚ criticizing middle class values‚ opposing nuclear weapons and the Vietnam War‚ among other things. A social revolution erupted in North and South America‚ Western Europe‚ Japan‚ Australia and New Zealand during the 1960s and early 1970s in the form of this counterculture‚ opposed to ‘Mainstream’ culture - in general opposing mass culture‚ middle-class culture
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Pussy Riot Holly Baker Founded in August 2011 in Moscow‚ Russia‚ Pussy Riot is a feminist punk rock protest group. This group has approximately 11 members‚ with women ranging from age 20 to 33. This group’s activities include staging unauthorized provocative performances in public places and then video taping them to post on the internet. These women protest with lyrical songs consisting of topics on feminism‚ LGBT rights‚ opposition to the policies of the Russian President Vladimir Putin. They
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presents dualities‚ irresolvable polar extremes. As Oedipa Maas delves further into the mystery of the Tristero‚ she discovers the dualities of solipsism and assimilation‚ isolation and communication‚ conservative mainstream politics versus the counterculture of the 60s‚ and chaos versus order. All of these dualities function in some way build to the final question of meaning versus non meaning as it pertains to the Tristero‚ Oedipa’s life‚ and the text as a whole. The stylistic aspects of the text
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Forest Gump Despite his low IQ‚ Forrest Gump leads a truly charmed life‚ taking part in many of the most memorable events in his lifetime. Without trying‚ Forrest teaches Elvis Presley to dance‚ becomes a football star‚ meets John F. Kennedy‚ serves with honor in Vietnam‚ meets Lyndon Johnson‚ speaks at an anti-war rally at the Washington Monument‚ hangs out with the Yippies‚ defeats the Chinese national team in table tennis‚ meets Richard Nixon‚ discovers the break-in at the Watergate‚ opens
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