...The Titanic was supposed to be unsinkable, luxury, and very enjoyable. Even though it was luxury and very enjoyable for a very short period of time, it was not unsinkable. On April 15, 1912 the RMS titanic sunk to the bottom of the atlantic ocean. Many people drowned, froze to death, and suffered. It was a very devastating time. They went out thinking they were going to have a great time, but ended up dying.. One reason the titanic sank is because of an iceberg. They ship was headed in the same direction as the iceberg, and no one knew until it was to late. They told the captain but he refused to turn the boat around, and said that they could just try to miss it. Some say the ship sunk because of the steel plates splitting when it hit the...
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...climbs to the railing and contemplates jumping and slips and a passenger named jack stops her from falling off the ship. Her screams brings people running and they assume that Jack has caused her some harm but she states she almost fell and he helped her. Cal doesn't like the fact that Jack touched his fiancé. Jack is inviting to have dinner at the captain's table. Soon he and Rose go down to the steerage quarters to dance and drink. Jack is a steerage passenger who won his ticket in a card game minutes before the ship sailed. Rose fall in love and she decides to leave Cal for Jack. Cal and his ego cannot believe she would rather be poor and with jack than to be rich and marry him and he smacks her but it is after the point that the iceberg has hit the ship. after many things in between Rose gets on one of the last boats leaving the ship but jumps back on the ship to die with Jack and those who are still on the ship. We see jack die and before doing so he tells her that she will not die there but in her bed an old lady. A few boats return and Rose gets rescued but doesn't let Cal and her mother know she survived and uses jack's last name of Dawson when they dock in NY. Rose is telling this story as a 101 year old woman and we see that she has the necklace the treasure hunters were looking for. Later she dies in bed after chucking the necklace in the water. We see a young Rose reuniting with Jack and those who died on Titanic. Insights The Insights of the story is...
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...RMS Titanic, some of you may know what this is some of you may not. The Titanic was the most famous ship to ever sail, mainly because it sank. In the early morning of April 15th 1912 the Titanic hit an iceberg during it´s maiden voyage. In about two and a half hours she sunk in the Atlantic Ocean at a depth of around 12,500 feet deep, killing 1,500 people. Only an estimate of 712 survived. On September 20th, 1911 the Olympic, the Titanic's sister ship, had a very serious collision with the HMS Hawke just off the coast of the Isle of Wight. This collision had caused a lot of problems for the White Star Line as it meant the Olympic was out of service until ruinously expensive repairs were made. This meant that the Titanic's maiden voyage was postponed, which lead to a loss of profit that they needed to make up. Is it possible that the owners of the ships switched them and sunk the "Titanic" purposely? The only people who...
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...Illustrate the concepts of Balanced Protection and Defense in Depth and give a specific example of each. Balanced Protection: No matter how an adversary attempts to accomplish the goal, effective elements of the security system will be encountered. If you had a completely balance security system, all barriers or elements would take the same time to penetrate. A completely balanced security system would also have the same probability of detecting penetration at each barrier or element. However, complete balance is not possible and sometimes not desirable. All of the hardware elements of the system must be installed, maintained, and operated properly to have the most effective balanced security (Hart, 2002). Alcatraz is an example of Balanced Protection except in this example we are trying to keep the prisoners inside instead of preventing them from getting inside. You have to work from the inside out in this example. The good thing about this example is you know who your adversaries are. They are the prisoners that are locked up. There is also a possibility that someone from the outside could possible try to break in to break out a prisoner. You have your prisoner deep inside the prison surrounded by concrete and bars, and all cells and doors are locked, this is your first element or barrier. These prisoners are guarded by prison guards 24/7, which is your second element. They didn’t use cameras in prison back then so we can forget that for this example. Next you have tall outer...
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...Titanic Many people argue about what, and sometimes whose, fault it was. But I know what was the problems where. It was there design and their supplies. They either didn’t have enough supplies or too many supplies. They had a lot of supplies on the ship. They had dozens of cars in the storage area, and probably ten plus pounds of jewelry on the ship. They had plenty of coal in the boiler rooms. But they didn’t have binoculars on the ship, they didn’t think they’d need them so they didn’t ‘waste’ money on them, so the lookouts didn’t have very far sight, it was a pitch black night, so they didn’t see the iceberg until it was too late. The Titanic weighed over 50,000! Its propellers weighed, thirty-one tons, according...
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...have ample time to be rescued since the builders of the ship believed that in the worst scenario, the Titanic would probably take two to three days to be completely submerged. That fateful night, the temperature was close to zero degree Celsius. Two lookouts stationed at a high point on the ship were freezing but they had to be alert to watch for any signs of danger that the giant ship might face. In that temperature, icebergs-huge mountains of ice floating in the sea -- were a constant threat. It was already close to midnight, so the darkness that surrounded them greatly impeded their field of vision. Even if they perceived any dangerous icebergs, it might be too late to avert a disaster. The moonless sky only worsened the situation. Then the worst happened. One of the lookouts spotted a huge iceberg right in the path of the Titanic. He immediately rang the alarm. The captain of the ship reacted just as promptly and ordered the Titanic to change her direction. For a few moments, it seemed as if a disaster had been avoided as the Titanic glided past the iceberg. Then suddenly, the ship hit the ice. As a result of the huge size of the ship, the passengers did not feel much of the impact, but the damage was done. The first six compartments of the ship were flooded and immediately sealed off. However, the six compartments were located at the...
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...The Titanic was the biggest ship of its time able to carry two thousand two hundred passengers with ease. The ship thought to be unsinkable though that was not the case. In April fifteen the RMS Titanic scraped an iceberg leaving a huge gash on the ship leading It to sink. Many passengers could have survived if there were enough life boats for everyone. When the ship sunk the ticket of the passengers decided who could go on the life boats first starting with the women and children from first class to third class. Almost all the first-class passengers survived with a ninety percent average compared to the twenty percent of the third-class passengers with half of the second-class passengers. Out of the two thousand two hundred passengers only...
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...surprised the world. The British liner scraped an iceberg, and sunk on its maiden voyage. People believed that the ship was unsinkable because of its watertight doors, and its advanced technology. The disaster caused numerous deaths. Most of the survivors suffered from frostbite from the freezing cold, North Atlantic water. Many lives were lost on April 15, 1912. The Titanic was the largest passenger steamship ever created. It could hold many passengers and crew. Many people were convinced that that the Titanic was fast and “unsinkable”. The British liner was designed for luxury and comfort. It was built by the White Star Line company, and it had “watertight” doors to prevent it from sinking (Adams 10-12). It measured 882.5 feet long, 92.5 feet wide, and 59.5 feet deep. The Titanic weighed 51,000 tons, and it took about three years to build...
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...The sinking of the Titanic The sinking of the Titanic was one of the most horrific events that ever occurred,but who was responsible for it? Captain Edward J. Smith was the cause of the Titanic sinking. The Titanic’s operators had received multiple iceberg warnings, but when they told Captain Smith, he remained at full speed and he said, “ Besides, what danger could a few pieces of ice present to an unsinkable ship?” Obviously Captain Smith didn’t take all these warnings from every other ship seriously. He remained at full speed because he was under a lot of pressure to get to the U.S. on time or even before schedule. Captain Smith payed more attention and cared more about fame rather than safety and the lives of all the passengers on the...
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...Cultural Iceberg: Behaviors & Practices • Mannerisms • Dress • Food • Language Attitudes: • Now you see it, Now you don’t • Unwritten social codes; greetings Core Values: • Values • Traditions • Experiences Culture has been compared to an iceberg. The tip of the iceberg is easy to see. Just as an iceberg has a visible portion above the waterline and a much larger, invisible portion, below the waterline, similarly culture has some aspects which can be easily observed and others that can only be imagined or intuited. What can be seen of the iceberg above the water level is a very small portion. The major portion of the iceberg is hidden under the water and cannot be seen. (Note: An example of ‘The Titanic’). What you see on the outside of a person is the Behavior or the Explicit Culture in the form of mannerisms, way of dressing, the kind of food one prefers, the language commonly used, etc. These are behaviors which are imbibed conscious, can easily be learned and changed. e.g.: Eating habits, social etiquette, gestures, facial expressions, etc. However, below the water level of the iceberg is the biggest and most dangerous part which is Internal Culture. This is imbibed unconsciously and difficult to change as its roots lie in the values, traditions and experiences. The hidden values give rise to visible behavior. Since values cannot be seen, often the behavior can be misunderstood...
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...First The role of organizational culture 1.1. The concept and components of organizational culture Specific patterns of thinking and behavior of members of the organization in the form perpetuate culture. The interest in organizational culture appeared in the science of management at least since the direction of the development of human relations, highlighting the importance of human interaction methods for the efficient functioning of the organization. The concept of organizational culture, however, is still a matter of debate and controversy. This is somewhat understandable given the one hand, the ambiguity of the concept of culture, on the other hand - the diversity of expectations about the possibility of explanation in terms of the cultural analysis of various organizational phenomena. What is culture? It is difficult to clearly define but generally we sense intuitively, what is meant by this term. Edward Hall, a famous scholar of culture, he writes about culture as a system of communication. Culture provides us with both the language "heard" that and "inaudible", gives us a common image of the world, ourselves, and our role in it. Culture teaches us how to move in the world, how to evaluate - what is right and what is wrong - and you can manage the rules of social intercourse. Culture is not a product of nature, but of human communities. We receive it as a gift from others - from those of us who have been participants. At the same time, however, it is a living thing...
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...centered around learning about culture, language, and fairness. In this chapter, I believe that the most important thing in this chapter to my learning was the figure on page 56. I felt that this was crucial to my learning because it gave me the full picture of the iceberg that is culture. In reading all the different elements that are apart of the bottom of the iceberg, I began to think about what culture really is and what all plays into it. Now knowing the different things that play into culture I can help create a classroom environment that is respectful and consistent for the students. Lastly, I really enjoyed reading the sections about bilingual students. When I was learning a second language, it was challenging for me. I can only imagine how challenging it can be for students and families to learn a second language; therefore, I think that it is truly important to support home languages. In chapter six, Deman-Sparks and Olsen Edwards discuss racial identity and fairness. The language of racial identity was on thing in this chapter that stuck out to me and I felt was important to my learning. By giving children the tools they need to explore racial identity, and by helping facilitate conversations with...
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...grown as a trend over the passage of time with the increase of globalization in the world. One positive effect is that employees belonging to different cultures usually have different ways of thinking and can thus analyze a matter at hand from a variety of perspectives. This is hard to achieve when employees belonging to the same culture are asked to analyze the same matter. Keywords: Effects; Workplace; Cultural Diversity INTRODUCTION W ith the increase of globalization in the world, cultural diversity in the workplace has grown as a trend. “Cultural diversity is when differences in race, ethnicity, language, nationality, religion, and sexual orientation are represented within a community” (Amadeo, 2013). Although the media and contemporary literature embark upon the benefits of cultural diversity in the workplace, citing enhancements to employees’ competence and creativity, this recognition does not reflect, in actual practice, as strongly as in theory (Al-Jenaibi, 2011, p. 49). Cultural diversity can affect the workplace in numerous ways. Negative effects can include miscommunication, creation of barriers, and dysfunctional adaptation behaviors. Positive effects can include building a sound knowledge base with in-house talent, which can make for smoother integration of the organization into foreign cultures. One negative effect of cultural diversity in the workplace is the increased tendency of organizational personnel to indulge in interpersonal conflicts...
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...be ethnocentric. When you study a group of people that is different than your known you have to be open minded and willing to understand, not only what it is that their customs are but why it is that they do things the way they do. When Mead went to Somalia, and stared studying the people, she already had a preconceived idea of what it was she would find. Through out her book she says it wasn't important to know the history of the people in order to understand them. This alone is false, because in order to understand a culture, you have to understand their history. Their history...
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...and external customers efficiently and effectively. To add on this the culture of an organisation is seen as the underlying values, expectations and assumptions (Cameron, 2008). This highlights how deeply embedded the concept of culture is and how it has a major influence on a business (Deal and Kennedy, 2000). (ii) To change to a role culture CastleHomes will have to use initiatives that bring about the change efficiently and effectively. To do this two models will be applied to the organisation, Lewin’s three step model of change (1951) and Dobson’s four-step approach to culture change (1998). By applying these two models it should provide the business with a sound understanding on which initiatives to implement. Lewin’s three step model of Unfreeze, Change and Refreeze was one of the earliest pieces of work on planned change and is still widely applied today (Myers et al, 2012). Another reason for using this model is because it’s practical nature as it’s easy to understand when looking at complex issues surrounding change (Levasseur, 2001); though many theorists see this model as outdated and only relevant to small scale changes in stable environments (Burns, 2004). To ensure the initiatives are relevant Dobson’s model will also be implemented. The reason for this is because it can be related to Lewin’s model and it can be easily implemented as it provides the basis for a sustainable culture change (Burnes, 2000). The four stages are explained below and applied...
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