Cultural Studies and the Academy 1. Cultural studies in the academies of the advanced capitalist countries has transformed the object of studies in the humanities. In particular‚ in English departments‚ cultural studies has challenged the predominance of the governing categories of literary studies (the "canon‚" the homogeneous "period‚" the formal properties of genre‚ the literary object as autonomous and self-contained) in the interest of producing "readings" of all texts of culture and
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Leeds metropolitan university‚ uk | Action Plan | Cross-Cultural Management | Submitted By – Ashish Arora Submitted To – Dr. Ruchi Sharma (Module Tutor)Submitted On – 16th November 2012 | | | | Analysis on Cross-Cultural Training by Organizations Article 1 – Simulation training methods to develop cultural awareness This paper aims to review stimulation methods which are available for the training to develop cultural awareness for business people. The paper reviews the methods
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Racial and cultural diversity means that there are‚ according to Professor So‚ different ways of life‚ languages‚ political values and religions existing in a society. (Professor So‚ HKUST lecture‚ 1 November 2012) To determine whether cultural and diversity is essential to the advancement of a globalized society‚ which is a society that trades‚ exchanges‚ or is interconnected with other societies around the globe‚ the effects of diversity on the economic development and the living standard of the
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and Cultural Environment Presented by: Shera Gopaulsingh School of Business and Computer Sciences Date: March 21st‚ 2015 Social Environment Social environment of business means all the factors which affects business socially. Every business works in a society‚ so societies’ different factors like family‚ educational institutions and religion affects business. It includes the culture that the individual was educated or lives in‚ and the people with whom they interact. The cultural factors
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international communication‚ and the existing humor barriers that mislead cultural exchange in daily life. Humors are pleasing and relaxing. Recent researches have shown that laughter stimulated by humors can well prevent heart diseases‚ cancer and other diseases of circulatory systems. As a result‚ how to create‚ understand‚ appreciate and interpret humors in different cultures will undoubtedly lead to the better communication in cross-cultural exchange between Chinese and English language. With the increase
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Importance of Understanding Cultural‚ Ethnic‚ and Gender Difference Chamberlain College of Nursing Diversity in the workplace is the differences‚ cultural‚ ethnic‚ and gender‚ among the individuals who work there. Understanding the differences among these individuals‚ business professionals and managers can capitalize on the talent along with the new and fresh prospective they bring. Understanding this diversity also aids in effective communication. As many of today’s businesses are
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Cultural Revolution in China The Cultural Revolution in China was a social movement that took place in 1966 through 1976. This movement involved major changes that took place in the political‚ economic and social nature of China. These changes were very often for violent and corrupted means. This Cultural Revolution threatened China for 10 years. In the beginning of the revolution. “Destructive groups such as Red Guards and The Cultural Revolution Authority grasped the power‚ and China drove into
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Nowadays‚ the problem of cultural identity should not be underestimated. In fact‚ in the modern globalized world there is a strong trend to losing national identity in the result of the amalgamation of culture‚ or‚ to put it more precisely‚ in the result of the growing impact of western culture on other culture of the world. At the same time‚ individuals naturally cannot live without identity. This is why willingly or not they develop certain cultural identity under the impact of a variety of internal
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According to Nora Groce‚ a medical anthropologist‚ cultures view disabilities in three ways: by its cause‚ by its effect on valued attributes‚ and by the status of the disabled person as an adult. Some cultures belief that disabilities are due to witchcraft‚ reincarnation‚ or divine displeasure. In China‚ Hong Kong‚ and Taiwan cultures‚ individuals with a disability
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