...Japanese Culture and its Influence in Australia. Abstract: This paper looks at traditional Japanese culture in its entirety, and how exactly certain traditional aspects have influenced societies within Australia. The purpose of this research was to not only discover how exactly Japanese culture is recognised within Australian society today; but also to identify how Australians have gravitated towards the culture in general, allowing for major aspects to become part of their everyday life. The start of this research began to look at past views of Japan in Australia (which covered the White Australia Policy, and attitudes during and after World War II), and contrasted this with Australians present day perspectives of Japan. The research then continued to look at traditional cultural aspects of Japan such as; Japanese dining and mannerisms, sport, religion and spirituality, and visual arts, and then continued to discuss exactly how these aspects have impacted and influenced Australia and its members of society. The findings of this research reached a conclusion that although Japan was once perceived extremely negative by Australians, its influence within the Australian wider community is not only undeniable, but immensely beneficial and constructive to society. Introduction The culture of Japan is a multi-layered and intricate system that has been developed and sustained for over thousands of years. The Japanese culture combines both ancient and contemporary aspects, allowing...
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...Introduction The purpose of this report is to analyse an article regarding a Starbuck’s failure in Australia. The main idea of the article is about Starbuck’s upcoming expansion opening about 1200 stores around the world in 2013. According to the article, Starbuck’s global strategies to international market seems going well considering the fact that it has the biggest coffee-chain in the world over many years. However, the article also points out a retreat of the company in Australia with the number of the stores dropping from 84 to 22 in 2008 (기사). The decreasing popularity of the company in Australia appears to be quite surprising compared to its significant success in the U.S and many other countries such as Canada, Japan and China and so on. In this manner, examining Starbuck’s failure in cross cultural factors rather than identifying reasons of prosperity in other countries can be critical for the company. Moreover, finding out the fundamental reasons of its regressive business in Australian market might lead to developing solutions for cultural markets as well. Surely, the Starbuck’s failure in Australian market can be explained by various cultural factors. In this report, however, global strategy will be discussed as a major theoretical principle and finally there will be recommended solutions for the problems. Starbucks Struggling In Australia With the growing trend of globalisation, many companies has been trying to expand their business globally for past...
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...Australia post 1945 - Key terminology – * Assimilation Policy – official government policy which aims to integrate minority groups into the dominant culture group. This results in a loss of culture, tradition and languages. * Balance rites – Aboriginal rituals that aim to make a supernatural connection with ancestral beings from the dreaming * Crown land – Public land owned by the commonwealth of Australia and managed by Australian government * Dispossession – The forced removal of aboriginal people from their native land. * Dreaming – Aboriginal spiritual beliefs about creation and existence. The dreaming establishes the rules governing relationships between people, land and all things for Aboriginal people. It links together the past, present and future. * Freehold title – Absolute and permanent ownership of the land. * Half-castes – An offensive term referring to a person of mixed decent or ethnicity. * Land rites – Property rights pertaining to land. * Meta-temporal – the trinity of the past, present and future. * Native title – Form of land title, which recognises aboriginal people as rightful owners of their traditional land. * Protection policy – official government policy stating in the late 19th century. Removed aboriginal people from unsuitable environments and placed them under the protection of the state. * Sacred sites – Places of spiritual significance to Aboriginal people as they are connected with ancestor beings...
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...Alcohol consumption is a significant part of the Australian culture, tradition and social life. It is the most widespread and available psychoactive drug in Australia. Psychoactive drugs are defined as substances that alter a person’s thoughts, emotions, behaviours and perceptions; which can lead to abuse and an array of social and personal issues. Alcohol is often more harmful then some illicit substance such as cocaine or heroin, yet alcohol is legal, relatively inexpensive and widely advocated. Australia’s unhealthy relationship with alcohol has lead to a culture of excessive alcohol consumption, which has significantly impacted on many individuals and groups in society. Alcohol in Australia is so culturally accepted that it is often not even considered a ‘drug’. Such an excessive and acceptable drinking culture has resulted in increased health problems and many premature deaths. Alcohol is currently one of the leading causes of illnesses in Australia. In 2010...
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...Persuasive Speech How should Australia be seen through the eyes of tourists? These two contemporary texts portray a captivating example of what Australia has to offer – breathtaking attractions and the pride and unity in its people. Through the use of metaphors, repetition, and iconic imagery, I vigorously believe that these texts will draw many adventurous people to this beloved country of ours. “I Am Australian” is an amazing text that exhibits the unity and pride in one’s national identity to this great country. Its clever use of metaphors such as ‘We are one, but we are many’ symbolises the multiculturalism that holds our country together. However, more meanings can be inferred from this phrase, such as the unity and mateship in which...
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...sorts to be Australian” “There is no ‘real’ Australia waiting to be uncovered. A national identity is an invention.” Australian identity is one of the world’s youngest national identities yet one of the oldest terrestrial that exited. Australian identity has not passed down for thousands of years or decades like other nationalities around the world. There are some evidence to suggest historical events that has occurred before and after the arrival of white Anglo-Saxon men has shaped the character of Australia. Nevertheless, it can be also the case that the values Australia distribute to its people has caught the attention of visitors who creates their own ideal picture of the country itself. But what also more unique about Australia is its demography. Owning an exclusive diversity. Icons such as thongs, beaches, sun, flies, kangaroos or koalas and an ice cold beer with BBQ (Barbie) are all elements that creates the ultimate soul of Australia as a nation. Living in the country for a period of time, adopting to its great diversity, valuing its unique culture, believes, traditions, landmarks are all needed to be Australian. Historical aspects, and experiences that a kingdom has gone through often takes responsibility for its national identity. Australia is a country that sheltered one of the world’s oldest cultures that was carried by a strong ‘native’ ethnic group which was known to have an existence of 40000 years. Yet an unknown culture between the outsiders. Roaring history developed...
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...Macquarie University NSW 2109 ariescoordinator@gse.mq.edu.au (02) 9850 8597 2 Contents Introduction ............................................................................ 4 Methodology ............................................................................ 5 Background ............................................................................. 5 Approaches to Learning and Change at YVW .................................... 6 Creating a more innovative organisational culture.....................................6 Integrating environment as a strategic issue............................................7 Sustainability tools ..........................................................................9 The Natural Step................................................................................... 9 Life Cycle Assessment ...........................................................................11 Collaborative learning through stakeholder engagement ........................... 12 Linking culture, strategy and mechanisms for learning and change ......13 Organisational learning ................................................................... 14 Conclusion .............................................................................16 References.............................................................................16 Appendix: Yarra Valley Water Awards ...........................................17 2009-2010 .........................................................
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...design history’s ‘modernity problem’. We argue that although the examination of Australia as a socio-cultural context for the practice of design continues to engage scholars, the will to profess the existence of progressive Australian design has precluded significant examination of design’s regressive effects. The current environmental crisis is, as Arturo Escobar argues, ‘a crisis of modernity, to the extent that modernity has failed to enable sustainable worlds.’[1] Design is implicated here for its contribution to environmental degradation, as is design history for accounts that validate designers’ development of concepts, processes and products that impose the unsustainable on societies. The latter is pronounced in Australian design history. When modernity and its cultural manifestations are understood as European inventions, admitting limited scope for cultural exchange, claiming historical significance for Australian design inevitably involves the uncritical application of imported principles.[2] The halting attempts to write Australian design history are mostly bound up in proselytizing for the values and benefits of the modern and eulogising designers’ efforts to force change in the face of conservative cultural establishments and indifferent publics. Even the most recent treatments continue to be engulfed by discussions of derivativeness, marginality and uniqueness.[3] Elsewhere, however, the culture of ‘peripheral’ localities is seen to disrupt fundamental suppositions about...
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...To what extent has Indigenous tourism either empowered or exploited Indigenous communities in Australia or internationally. In your discussion refer to at least two case studies of Indigenous tourism. Both past and present, Indigenous culture is becoming increasingly recognised as a significant aspect of the Australian tourism product and experience (Johnston 2006). Therefore, in order to manage the long-term sustainability of Indigenous tourism and involvement of host communities in the tourism industry, the socio-cultural impacts of tourism on Indigenous communities need to be addressed and monitored (Hodgson, Firth & Presbury 2005). Research conducted by various authors have identified positive impacts commonly associated with Indigenous tourism on host communities including conservation of traditional customs and cultural heritage (Tomaselli 2012), sense of community pride, cross-cultural understanding, maintaining community stability and the broadening of horizons (Hodgson, Firth & Presbury 2005). As a result, host communities may recognise the significance and economic value of their cultural heritage. Thus, tourism may come to play a vital role in promoting cross-cultural exchange, education and preservation of Indigenous communities. Conversely, much of the literature regarding this topic suggests that the negative sociocultural impacts outweigh the benefits seen as a result of Indigenous tourism which include disruption to daily life and traditional lifestyles...
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...Particularly in Australia, rabbits are a huge problem. Since their introduction in the 19th century Rabbits are suspected of being the most significant known factor in species loss in Australia. Rabbits often kill young trees in orchards, forests and on properties by ringbarking them. Rabbits are also responsible for serious erosion problems as they eat native plants, leaving the topsoil exposed and vulnerable to sheet, gully and wind erosion. The removal of this topsoil is devastating to the land as it takes many hundreds of years to regenerate. With mild winters, rabbits were able to breed the entire year. With widespread farming, areas that may have been scrub or woodlands were instead turned into vast areas with low vegetation, creating ideal habitat for rabbits. Thus, rabbit proof fences were created with the purpose of keeping rabbits out of agricultural, pastoral land in Western Australia. There are three fences in Western Australia. The fences took six years to build. The fences were constructed with different materials due to the local climate, and wood. Folk and Pop culture are represented in this film as being two distinguished worlds that the Indigenous Australian girls go through. The girls of course live in the folk culture aspect of society, where there is very little interaction from outside influences and they live life peacefully and traditionally. However, that all changes when they are taken to a camp where they experience the life of pop culture or primarily...
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...believed in the same old tradition that brought so many of their ancestors’ success years prior. Many consumers preferred the taste and sophistication of a bottle of pure wine from a native land. To support their exports the French stuck by their plan of maintaining an old fashioned brand that was simplistic but full of quality. Consumers who drank aged wine originating from France considered themselves above normal society, in a class above the commoner. A medical publication supporting that French red wines helped promote low rates of heart disease certainly did not hurt either. French wine producers had several sources of competitive advantage beginning with their geographic and climatic features. This played significant role with France at the center of European culture with suitable climate and soil condition for harvesting grape, leading to first-mover advantage and the ability to establish its place as the dominant competitor in the global wine industry. Furthermore, they became the first high-quality wine market and gained a lot of experience. The “negociants” traded wine between France and other countries primarily through a word-of-mouth effect, increasing the reputation and dominance of French wine. Using the latest innovations...
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...the way in which Australian and New Zealand are members of cultures very different from any other in Asia. Differences in the behavior of individuals and groups within an organisation in foreign subsidiaries can be a result of differences in societal or sociocultural variables of culture such as religion and language. These variables affect cultural dimensions. Which in turn affect an individual’s motivation and expectations in the work place. The predominant religion in Indonesia is Islam, while Australia is considered to be Mixed Christian and New Zealand Roman Catholic (Deresky 2014). Companies operating in Muslim countries or that have a large Muslim workforce are expected to make provisions for pray time and religious commitments such as Ramadan. In Australia and New Zealand Christianity employees typically have a number of day off during religious holidays, and the respect for people not wanting to work on Sundays (Deresky 2014). The official language in Indonesia is Bahasa Indonesia (Riza 2008), and in Australia and it is English (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2011) The GLOBE project investigates how cultural variables are related to organizational practices. GLOBE dimension scores of Australia and Indonesia are as follows. Assertiveness: Australia 4.28 Indonesia 3.86 Future orientation: Australia 4.09 Indonesia 3.86 Performance orientation: Australia 4.36 Indonesia 4.41 Humane orientation over Australia 4.28 Indonesia 4.69 (Ashkanasy & Roberts 2000; Irawanto...
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...perspective and looks at the significant of that from Aboriginals perspective based on research. It gives a brief history of the cruel nature of colonisation, its impact on Aboriginals and how this colonial mentality is perpetuated through discrimination to the Indigenous Australian disadvantage. It states why the policy introduced by the government does not sound promising, what the Aboriginals wants and human rights implications in the issues facing the Aboriginals. Definition of belonging Belonging is the connection and relationship of individual with the world around him/her. (Jacques Dufresne….) Even though belonging has physical components, it can be felt individually, and develops to diverse stages with time and circumstances. This means that human state of belonging is not permanent. The status of belonging can be explicated by the choices that people make. The concept of belonging Analysing and reviewing sense of belonging I approached it by applying to my own being-that I belong to a family, my mother and fatherland, an ethnic/cultural group, a religious, professional and community groups. Within these groups I have forged good relations. The thrives that keep this profound affiliation going for me is the values we share, that include honesty, caring, sharing, participation, inclusion and respect. (The individual sense of belonging may differ and have the potential to fade away with time and experience. ) Ashanti family and culture In Ghana where I come...
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...migration to Australia is considered, then the three most popular push and pull factors are employment, education and quality of life (climate, atmosphere etc). With internal migration in grade 8 families, the three most common push and pull factors for change of state were employment, family connections and other; with results of 33, 20 and 17 respectively. When all of Australia's internal migration is taken into consideration, the three most common reasons for change of state are employment, climate and educational services. According to Year 8’s results, 107 people have internally migrated between states in Australia. Our data shows that this is 27 more people than those who have internationally migrated to Australia. This means that 80 people from our year 8 families have internationally migrated to this country. Australia's population growth has been slow and consistent for the last five years, with a growth of 1.8% every...
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...INTRODUCTION Training and development is the main part in Human Resource Management (HRM). It is very significant for employees to enhance their performance and productivity, which leads to employee and customer satisfaction and an increase in the profitability of the organization.This report will be discussed by Australian public organization that named Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)in several aspects. 1. Introduce the background of DFAT, including background of the organization, the organization goals and strategy; 2. Link with DFAT to analyze five theories about training and development, which are cross-culture training, training design, development and managing diversity; 3. Summarize the performance in training and development and make a result that whether DFAT has a good performance in HRM; 4. Make some recommendations to promote the organization. BACKGROUND Background of the organization The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is a department of the government of Australia charged with advancing the Australian interests and the international representation of Australians. DFAT employs over 2000 permanent employees including 1140 of which were policy officers. In these policy offers, 49 per cent were working with the department in Australia, 35 per cent were overseas and 16 per cent were off-line (DFAT 2012, P4).In order to provide the Australian community and the government with the high quality foreign and trade policy results, the department...
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