...FILM 3759G Dr. Christopher J Mitchell Chengdong Hu Analysis of Cultural Denotation and Humanity in Ang Lee’s Films Ang Lee’s film works, not only in the business, but in artistic level won the world audience recognition. He grew up in a traditional Chinese family and study in the United States. The differences between eastern and western culture took a sharp collision in his heart, and it revealed without hiding in his movie and finally become his own unique aesthetic features. This article try to read Lee’s creative thought and artistic style through analysis and research of Lee’s special culture background master’s creative ideas, and learn more about the human temperament of the director which is full glory of human nature. First, this article will introduce about Ang Lee’s growing environment and studying experiences, in order to analysis the formation of his Chinese and Western characteristics. Secondly, through multiple films, the article would analysis of the impact of the East-West cultural collision and merger. Furthermore, a comprehensive interpretation of Ang’s unique film elements and the traits would be expounded. Abstract Ang Lee, Taiwan filmmaker, however, doesn’t have the same characteristics with other Taiwan film makers. He is like a movie ranger, with no specific cultural identity, however, simultaneously, it could be find a certain kind of familiar cultural identity on him, especially in his...
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...Church Growth Research Graph and Statistics Anthony Darey Argosy University Identify the goal, population, and type of study The goal of this study is to determine what constitutes healthy growth or failure in a church. Of the 2180000000 churches around the world 1103 were used in this particular study which amounts to 0.000050596330275229354 % of the total available pool which included all faiths. These churches were of different denominations. This is a cross sectional analysis of how different churches grow or fail. For this study churches were selected from a previous study that was conducted from other research. These churches that were included in the study included different denominations not just focusing on one in particular, however all were considered christian based. Who conducted the study? Is there bias here? This study was conducted by Dr. Richard J. Krejcir an educator of inductive Bible principles. He has been teaching at camps, conferences and churches all over the world since 1978. Some of the principals that he believes should always be followed are : A caring, effective love relationship with Jesus Christ as LORD. A lifestyle dedicated to obeying God's Will. Daily devotional times, prayer, and studying of God's Word. A joyful love and willingness to serve our Lord, even through personal sacrifice. A witness for Christ without hypocrisy. A firm desire to be God's child...
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...Key to key account management: relationship (guanxi) model Y.H. Wong Department of Business Studies, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong Introduction There are three major marketing problems facing most international firms today: the difficulty, arising from product range diversity, of segmenting its customers and maintaining long-term relationships with key customers; second, the obstacles of obtaining long-term business contracts from big multinationals; and third, how do the firms evaluate the relationship quality of their key customers? McDonnell Douglas, Peugeot and Japanese retailer Yaohan are all fighting for higher market shares in China because they are shaken down by the Government’s policy swings and railroaded into bad partnerships with key customers who mainly squeeze for advanced technology (Clifford et al., 1997). Many companies receive a big percentage of their sales from relatively few customers. Key account management has been increasingly important in international markets. Key account programs differ considerably across countries and firms, but all organizations have to decide how to identify their own major accounts and how to organize for effective relationship building with them. The purpose of this article is to assist organizations to determine the positioning of their major customer relationships so as to formulate key account relationship marketing strategies and implement them effectively in China and other Asian countries. This...
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...Summary: Chapter 1 - Outsiders The author defines a deviant as one who deviates from the rules of some social group (and who therefore is an outsider to that group). An outsider is also defined from the point of view of the deviant as those from the social group who act as judges and arbiters of the rules. The author explores deviant behaviour as a phenomenon of definition, as opposed to one of characteristics. That is to say that deviant behaviour is more a question of judgement by a group than a characteristic of the deviant person. Therefore accepting the label 'deviant' means implicitly accepting the values of the social group making the judgement. Chapter 2 - Kinds of Deviance - A Sequential Model In order to discuss models of deviance, the author introduces four types of deviant behaviour: 1. conforming; 2. pure deviant; 3. falsely accused (i.e. perceived as deviant but exhibiting obedient behaviour) and 4. secret deviant (i.e. exhibiting rule-breaking behaviour but not perceived as deviant). The author examines two types of models that could be used to investigate what causes the deviant behaviours to develop:- 1. simultaneous - which assumes that the behaviour develops simultaneously through many causes 2. sequential - where patterns of behaviour develop according to an orderly sequence of stages Simultaneous models are often used in investigations of pathology, to determine the combination of variables that may predict the behaviour...
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...practice. Evidence-based management is about bringing rationality to the decision- making processes. One can improve their decision making on evidence-based management and business analytics a number of ways. First, by seeing yourself and the company as outsiders see you. Many managers are disrupted by optimism and look at their talents and their own views for success. When we as managers see ourselves as others do it can help us act on better evidence. Having a blunt friend sharing with us the way they see us will help us as a manager be successful in decision making. Second, as a manager recognizing that the best company is the one where...
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...Case Study The Forgotten Team Member: A Case Analysis Shon Gregory 11-26-2012 Group Development Just as all people go through phases of change in their lifecycle, childhood, adolescence, adult, and old age, teams also go through development/lifecycle phases as well. Depending upon the stage of development that a team is in, issues, challenges, and opportunities should be handle differently. Those phases are Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, and Adjourning. In our Case Study, The Forgotten Team Member, our team is in the storming phase. By understanding the phases and identifying the current stage that Christine’s team is in, would help Christine in being the Team Coordinator of her class project team. Problem Identification According to our text, the storming stage is characterized by high emotions and tension, it is the most tumultuous period of team the development. Coalitions and cliques start to emerge, individuals start to jockey for positions of status, and obstacles that prevent the team for achieve start to become present. (Schermerhorn 156-157). This true for Christine’s team. Although she was appointed leader of the group, Steve, the businesslike personality, made sure that he was keeping the group on task, a role generally performed by the leader. Mike’s social loafing is starting to make him feel as an outsider to the group, he’s passive-aggressive behavior further emphasizes his outsider status. The other members are team members willing...
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...number-one-selling organizational behavior (OB) textbook in the United States and worldwide. More than 700.000 students around the globe have studied OB from this text" (preface, XXIII). Part One – Introduction Chapter 1 What is Organizational Behavior? Part Two – The Individual Chapter 2 Foundations of Individual Behavior Chapter 3 Values, Attitudes, and Job Satisfaction Chapter 4 Personality and Emotions Chapter 5 Perception and Individual Decision Making Chapter 6 Basic Motivation Concepts Chapter 7 Motivation: From Concept to Applications Part Three – The Group Chapter 8 Foundations of Group Behavior Chapter 9 Understanding Work Teams Chapter 10 Communication Chapter 11 Leadership and Trust Chapter 12 Power and Politics Chapter 13 Conflict and Negotiation Part Four – The Organization System Chapter 14 Foundations of Organization Structure Chapter 15 Work Design and Technology Chapter 16 Human Resource Policies and Practices Chapter 17 Organizational Culture Part Five – Organizational Dynamics Chapter 18 Organizational Change and Stress Management CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR "We have come to understand that technical skills are necessary but insufficient for succeeding in management. In today's increasingly competitive and demanding workplace, managers can't succeed on their technical skills alone. They also have to have good people skills. This book has been written to help both managers and potential managers develop those people skills" (p. 2). WHAT...
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...management planning, controlling, organizing and, decision making. In planning the financial manager identifies the steps that must be taken to accomplish the organization's objectives. Thus, the purpose is to identify objectives and then to identify the steps for accomplishing these objectives. In controlling the financial manager makes sure that each area of the organization is following the plans that have been established. In organizing the financial manager decides how to use the resources of the organization to most effectively carry out the plans that have been established. With decision making the financial manager makes choices among available alternatives. All types of decision making rely on information, and the primary tasks are analysis and evaluation and thus the purpose is to make informed choices. (Mohamed Refaat, 2016) Role of Financial Management in Healthcare Managing the finances of any health care business nowadays is like driving a car...
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...ANALYZING NOVELS & SHORT STORy Good feedback is kind, thorough and timely. It’s professional and focused. It leaves the writer feeling challenged to do better but great about their strengths. Even if that just means the location they chose was cool. Give your feedback relative to the skill set of the writer. Never lie or obfuscate. Just serve it up gently. An upset writer isn’t going to hear your points anyway. But an encouraged one will. Trust me on this. — Julie Gray PRINTER FRIENDLY PAGE Literary analysis looks critically at a work of fiction in order to understand how the parts contribute to the whole. When analyzing a novel or short story, you’ll need to consider elements such as the context, setting, characters, plot, literary devices, and themes. Remember that a literary analysis isn’t merely a summary or review, but rather an interpretation of the work and an argument about it based on the text. Depending on your assignment, you might argue about the work’s meaning or why it causes certain reader reactions. This handout will help you analyze a short story or novel—use it to form a thesis, or argument, for your essay. Summary Begin by summarizing the basic plot: “Matilda by Roald Dahl is about a gifted little girl in small town America who learns to make things move with her mind and saves her teacher and school from the evil principal.” This will help ground you in the story. (When you write your paper, you probably won’t include a summary because your readers...
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...MAC 600 Business Management and Governance 3rd Trimester – AY 2013-2014 CASE ANALYSIS Hewlett-Packard Under Carly Fiorina and After Her Submitted by: Chris L. Espina Date of Submission: May 17, 2014 I. Perspective held by the Students This case talks about the management and leadership of Carly Fiorina, the chosen CEO of HP after her long years with AT&T and Lucent Technologies. She was known to be a woman of “silver tongue and iron will”. She dropped out of law school and pursued for Business Administration and Marketing Career and found herself successful in the field of sales and marketing, thus paving her way to be a top choice for the chief executive position of Hewlett-Packard. The perspective taken in this analysis was on Carly Fiorina. It is then to be assessed, her actions and decisions made for the company and how did it affect in the entity’s performance. Recognition of elements and factors were done regarding on the negative effects of the actions she took for HP, that made her lose her credibility in the company and resulted to her resignation from the position she was handling. II. Case Facts Hewlett-Packard is known to be the second largest computer maker in the world. In 1999, the company hired Carly Fiorina to be its Chief Executive Officer, who is the first outsider who ever filled a top position in the company for the past 60 years. She was a student of philosophy, medieval history and marketing. With her skills in sales...
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...Public Disclosure Authorized WPS5314 Policy Research Working Paper 5314 Public Disclosure Authorized Regional Trade Agreements Caroline Freund Emanuel Ornelas Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized The World Bank Development Research Group Trade and Integration Team May 2010 Policy Research Working Paper 5314 Abstract This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on regionalism. The formation of regional trade agreements has been, by far, the most popular form of reciprocal trade liberalization in the past 15 years. The discriminatory character of these agreements has raised three main concerns: that trade diversion would be rampant, because special interest groups would induce governments to form the most distortionary agreements; that broader external trade liberalization would stall or reverse; and that multilateralism could be undermined. Theoretically, all of these concerns are legitimate, although there are also several theoretical arguments that oppose them. Empirically, neither widespread trade diversion nor stalled external liberalization has materialized, while the undermining of multilateralism has not been properly tested. There are also several aspects of regionalism that have received too little attention from researchers, but which are central to understanding its causes and consequences. This paper—a product of the Trade and Integration Team, Development Research Group—is part of a larger effort in...
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...The Concept of the Outsider Literature often persecutes the most vulnerable, a person who lacks support and therefore power within society. Described by Terry Eagleton for The Guardian as the “literary mainstream”; these characters are often referred to as the Outsider due to their exclusion from the community in which the text is set. The characters who are referred to as Outsiders can be portrayed in different ways; their initial exclusion from society can ultimately lead to a narrative of their acquisition of power throughout the text but similarly, can portray a story of their maintenance of the minimal power they have over the course of the text’s plot. However, this is not to argue that some Outsiders presented within literature do not have power over the course of the development of the text so, as a consequence, remain excluded from the society. In this case, the text would then be considered an exposition of the character’s experience from their position in society rather than the author’s attempt of trying to integrate their character into society through their work. Furthermore, the author themselves may be considered an Outsider through their own status in society; they command their readers to be Outsiders themselves within the novel. As well as to read and observe the narrative in order to emulate the same feeling within themselves, within the reader or to have a specific impact on the issues surrounding humanity at the time. The contrast in the ways in which...
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...geographical divisions are becoming increasingly irrelevant. Friedman himself is a strong advocate of these changes, calling himself a "free-trader" and a "compassionate flatist," and he criticizes societies that resist these changes. He emphasizes the inevitability of a rapid pace of change and the extent to which emerging abilities of individuals and developing countries are creating many pressures on businesses and individuals in the United States; he has special advice for Americans and for the developing world (but says almost nothing about Europe). Friedman's is a popular work based on much personal research, travel, conversation, and reflection. In his characteristic style, he combines in The World Is Flat conceptual analysis accessible to a broad public with personal anecdotes and opinions. Friedman defines ten "flatteners" that he sees as leveling the global playing field: Archie Weller, “Going Home” Going Home deals with the complexities of the Aboriginal identity in Australia. It is set in the 1980s and the protagonist has succeeded at university. He excels at sports, studies art and does paintings that are admired by the white...
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...of Directors’ Composition and Financial Performance: The Columbia Sportswear Case Aikaterini Dimitriou 1030771 Contents I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 2 II. Theoretical Background ................................................................................................................ 2 A. Board composition; .................................................................................................................... 3 B. Board size. ..................................................................................................................................... 3 C. Outsiders' representation. ....................................................................................................... 3 D. Minority Representation. .......................................................................................................... 4 E. Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 5 III. The Case: Columbia Sportswear Company .......................................................................... 5 A. About the company .................................................................................................................... 5 B. Columbia’s Board Of Directors ...............
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...disciplines that contribute to OB. 6. Demonstrate why few absolutes apply to OB. 7. Identify the challenges and opportunities managers have in applying OB concepts. 8. Compare the three levels of analysis in this book’s OB model. IMPORTANCE OF INTERPERSONAL SKILLS IN THE WORKPLACE: * Over the past 3 decades business faculty have come to realize the role that understanding human behavior plays in determining a manager’s effectiveness, and required courses on people skills have been added to many curricula. * Regardless of labor market conditions, outstanding employees are always in short supply. MANAGERS: An individual who achieves goals through other people. ORGANIZTION: A consciously coordinated social unit composed of two or more people that functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal or set of goals. PLANNING: A process that includes defining goals, establishing strategy, and developing plans to coordinate activities ORGANIZING: Determining what tasks are to be done, who is to do them, how the tasks are to be grouped, who reports to whom, and where decisions are to be made. LEADING: A function that includes motivating employees, directing others, selecting the most effective communication channels, and resolving conflicts CONTROLLING: Monitoring activities to ensure they are being accomplished as planned and correcting any significant deviations. INFORMATIONAL ROLES: All managers, to some degree, collect information from...
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