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...Cultures that are universal and that tie into today’s world are artifacts that represent today’s society or past history that may help today’s problems or issues. It can also tell about our history of America. Such things are relevant in understanding culture, religion or government. Some themes or values can reflect or be similar to the dig that we completed in class. There are some values or themes that can be found in today’s world that can have a similar idea or reflect to the dig. The Statue of Liberty represents our government structure such as our freedom in the United States, liberty for all that enter in this country. Churches can play a part of religious/religion that’s show religion and being practiced from many types of religions. Lastly, schools play a huge part in today’s society which shows education throughout United States. Five artifacts that can reflect the culture of the United States for future archaeologists are the Statue of Liberty, Bibles, Ground Zero, St. Louis Arch, and our manufacturing. The Statue of Liberty shows and tells a lot about our government structure and that our world is based off of freedom. But the statue can be misinterpreted by showing a lady that has a huge impact in our world and that our government is based off a princess or leader. Bibles can display that religious groups follow the bible and what it says, so we read it and follow the structure. A bible can be misinterpreted that it’d be an education practice for education or...
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...memories of your childhood gives you a sense of euphoria. You’re spending a Sunday evening at your grandparent’s house enjoying a comforting meal. Your grandfather is wearing his favorite watch that you have grown accustomed of seeing. You associate this watch as an extension of his arm. That watch is no longer an impractical piece of jewelry to you, it is ingrained with memories. How would you feel if the only time you can now view that watch is during business hours through thick glass? Allowing museums to possess Native American artifacts infringes on that culture’s right to preserve their heritage. First I will explain who has the right to ownership; second I will analyze what the artifacts in the museum symbolize, and finally assess the extent to which their heritage is being stolen. Ownership can be defined as the legal right to possession. This is not always the person who actually possesses the item, rather the person that should possess the item. In 1990 the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was passed. The act states: federal agencies and institutions that receive federal funding to return Native American "cultural items" to lineal descendants and culturally affiliated Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations. Cultural items include human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony. (1) Although this act is not easy to enforce, it clearly gives the right of ownership of these items to the...
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...C H A P T E R Organizational Culture Learning Objectives After reading this chapter, you should be able to: • Describe the elements of organizational culture. • Discuss the importance of organizational subcultures. • List four categories of artifacts through which corporate culture is communicated. • Identify three functions of organizational culture. • Discuss the conditions under which cultural strength improves corporate performance. • Discuss the effect of organizational culture on business ethics. • Compare and contrast four strategies for merging organizational cultures. • Identify five strategies to strengthen an organization’s culture. 16 S I X T E E N 496 T o an outsider, PeopleSoft is one of the loopiest places on the planet. The Pleasanton, California, business management software company has nerf ball shootouts and minigolf tournaments in the hallways. Dress-down day is every day of the week. A white collar is usually a T-shirt. The bagels and gourmet coffee are free. Having fun is so ingrained that many employees—called PeoplePeople—say it’s the best place to have a bad day. PeopleSoft also values egalitarianism— treating everyone with respect and minimal status differences. Executives don’t have secretaries, special perks, or grandiose offices. “Don’t kiss up and slap down,” PeopleSoft cofounder Dave Duffield reminds everyone. In other words, give the bagel delivery guy the same respect as the company president. PeopleSoft is also extreme on...
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...share their opinion freely. Moreover, Clan Culture needs leader to take care of employees. However, Mr Ramsey keeps humiliating Briggs in the public and hopes Briggs to resign. It causes Briggs’ death in the end of movie. Therefore, Clan Culture is the least describes the senior management culture. Dominant Values, Beliefs, Behaviors and Assumptions: In Organizational culture, domain value is very important. In Ramsey Company, although Briggs believes that the good will about taking care of employees is the most important, Mr. Ramsey does no think of that. Mr. Ramsey says that, Briggs’ view is also his father’s view. However, this view is out of date. As the leader of company, Mr. Ramsey believes that they should take sales growth as the dominant values. He says that, “the business cannot be run by ‘thank you’” and “this company belongs to us only because we can keep producing”. It makes sense. Because if they cannot make profit, they will no be able to take care of those employees. Moreover, because the recent external environment,...
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...Rational A museum is an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artefacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historicalimportance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary.Most large museums are located in major cities throughout the world and more local ones exist in smaller cities, towns and even the countryside. Museums have varying aims, ranging from serving researchers and specialists to serving the general public. Early museums began as the private collections of wealthy individuals, families or institutions of art and rare or curious natural objects and artefacts. The oldest public museums in the world opened in Rome during the Renaissance. However, many significant museums in the world were not founded until the 18th century and the Age of Enlightenment The Colombo Museum was established on January 1, 1877. The founder is Mr. William Henry Gregory, who was the British Governor of Sri Lanka at the time. JG Smither was the architect of the Public Works Department and was able to prepare the plans for the new structure based on Italianate architecture(Colombo National Museum). In 1876 Kandy Museum was established by Sri WicramaRajasinha and it was called “PalleVahala”.This is used as a place somewhere in the queen of king lived. Was used to deposit the types of historical value made by the art association established in 1832.this Kandy museum has more than 5,000 goals that represents...
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...up one morning to a band of diggers and archaeologists scouring your backyard for ancient artifacts. What are the first feelings that would come to mind? For most it’s easy to assume: an invasion of privacy, a sense of security being taken away, and the thoughts “How can someone be allowed to do this?” Luckily for you, there are laws in place that keep people from doing this exact thing, they’re called archaeological ethics and are put in place to protect culture, people, and the history itself from being hurt or destroyed. But where is the line drawn in some cases? Does the need to “preserve” history sometimes outweigh the standing morals that archaeologists and historians alike should stand by? So first things first, why, and what led to ethical standards and laws being created in the first place? According to Joe Watson of the Department of Anthropology in The University of New Mexico, Archaeology has always been linked to colonialist attitudes and scientific imperialism. What he means in laymen’s terms is that long ago, a bunch of old rich white men set out to “conquer” other countries, and along the way, took what they thought was pretty and claimed it as their own. A great example is the controversy of the Elgin Marbles of Athens. The marbles were purchased in 1816 by Britain from the Ottoman Empire, who didn’t really have the rights to sell them in the first place, and cut away the marbles and placed them in a British museum. It’s been debated for years now whether to...
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...Interview The artifact we are analyzing for our study is a live television interview that Hillary Clinton was giving to San Francisco’s KTVU-TV in late February of 2008. This interview was broadcasted via television and is also available on YouTube and other video media sources. The interview was being hosted by a man named Ross McGowan of KTVU-TV to senator Hillary Clinton, and that within itself makes it a significant artifact. The live interview about healthcare that Hillary Clinton was giving had to be cut short when the New York senator began having a coughing fit. Prior to the cough attack, the interview was directed but not limited to the subject of health care. Senator Clinton was speaking of issues such as the pulling troops from the Iraq war, California’s mortgage crisis, Americas current health care system, and the idea of a universal health care system. In the end of the interview Clinton fails to answer the question regarding her husbands role in her campaign by coughing for the remainder of the interview abruptly ending it. Whether or not the actions by Clinton were intended, speculation of this interview arose. In 2000, Hillary Clinton became the first women to be elected a seat in the United States Senate. At first glance, Clinton’s aggrandizement to such a respectable political position seemed like a victory for herself and the ongoing women’s movement effort. However, the continual reminder of her husband’s political past seems to be taking away from the progress...
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...Cultural Artifact Palwasha khan AIU Online Cultural Artifact A cultural artifact is a man-made object which gives information about the culture of its creator and users. The artifact may change over time in what it represents, how it appears and how and why it is used as the culture changes over time. This can also be seen in bio facts. A bio fact represents biotechnological changes in a living entity, according to cultural visions. It is the term which is used in the social sciences, particularly ethnology, anthropology, and sociology for anything created by humans which gives information about the culture of its creator and users. For example, in an anthropological context, a 17th century lathes, a piece of faience or a television each provide a wealth of information about the time in which they were manufactured and used. Cultural artifact provides information about the technological processes, economy and social makeup and a host of other subjects. We live among cultural artifacts that have deep roots. Computers There are many inventors that contributed in the history of computers and that a computer is a complex piece of machinery made up of various parts, each of which can be considered a separate invention. The first freely programmable computer was invented by ‘Konrad Zuse’ in 1936. Later different inventors made various inventions throughout the history. First in 1600’s only calculating machines were invented. It had a great impact on computing. The ‘abacus’...
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...McShane−Von Glinow: Organizational Behavior, Second Edition Part Four Organizational Processes Organizational Culture © The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2002 C H A P T E R 15 Organizational Culture AFTER READING THIS CHAPTER , YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO : Learning Objectives I Describe the elements of organizational culture. I Discuss the importance of organizational subcultures. I List four categories of artifacts through which corporate culture is communicated. I Identify three functions of organizational culture. I Discuss the conditions under which cultural strength improves corporate performance. I Discuss the effect of organizational culture on business ethics. I Compare and contrast four strategies for merging organizational cultures. I Identify five strategies to strengthen an organization’s culture. McShane−Von Glinow: Organizational Behavior, Second Edition Part Four Organizational Processes Organizational Culture © The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2002 C arly Fiorina is taking Hewlett-Packard back to the future by reformulating the California-based technology company’s legendary culture, known as the H-P Way. “The H-P Way is about innovation; trust and respect and integrity; contribution to community; and performance,” says Fiorina, H-P’s first CEO hired from outside the company. The problem, she argues, is that employees have distorted these values over the years. “The H-P Way has been misinterpreted and twisted as a gentle bureaucracy...
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...Observable artifacts represents the visual aspect of a culture. Examples of these artifacts include acronyms, manner of dress, awards, myths and stories told about the organization, published lists of values, observable rituals and ceremonies, special parking spaces, decorations and so on (Kinicki, A). Mr. Marchionne moved his office from the top floor to the engineering department. This showed the employees that he planned on being accessible. And that he was wanted to be in the mist of those making the day to day decisions. Mr. Marchionne also rewarded some executives by promoting them when he became the CEO. Espoused values are values that businesses promote. Values promoted by a company should be a direct reflection of what the company stand for. Chrysler’s espoused values are: Follow rules of conduct, Rules of conduct when dealing with third parties, commitment to high ethical standards, quality and protection of the...
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...Roosevelt’s address to the nation the day after Japan invaded American territory. Following the Pearl Harbor attacks, Roosevelt gave a powerful speech that was a call to arms and in his speech he expressed outrage towards Japan and confidence in the job of our armed forces. The speech was a request to declare war against Japan and to bring the United States into World War II. His use of rhetorical techniques effectively aided in grasping the attention of his audience and reminded the United States of the passion they have to defend their country after an attack like the one at Pearl Harbor. I chose to analyze Roosevelt’s speech to see if he met the available means of persuasion to evoke the intended response from his audience. Description of Artifact On December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes charged Pearl Harbor’s naval base which lead to one of the greatest military surprises in the history of warfare. During the early afternoon of December 8th, the day after the vicious attacks, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his notable Pearl Harbor address in front of Congress in the House of Representatives and to a nationwide radio audience. The speech was roughly 6 minutes long, a short speech in the mind of many. The finishing point of speeches is usually a long process that takes more time to complete than this address. Roosevelt understood the importance of this issue and knew that he needed to face all of America as soon as possible. He presented the facts in a...
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...organization came to mind – Oglebay Park, a recreation and tourism organization continually present in my life for a long time. I worked part-time at Oglebay Park for seven years. Through those seven years, I worked in many departments and met a wide range of people. Now that I learned about Organizational Culture, I can analyze Oblebay Park and apply a few proper terms to describe this culture. Some applicable terms include: observable artifacts, espoused and enacted values, and competing values framework, each from the text for our class. The first observable artifact that comes to my mind – probably the one that comes to mind for all who work at Oglebay Park – the dark green golf shirt that all personnel outside the Golf and Lodge Department have to wear. These shirts can be seen from a mile away and have the familiar Oglebay Park logo on the right breast. These shirts get the job done in distinguishing an individual as an employee of the park. The Golden Pickle award, which the Park has recently started, can be used as another example of an observable artifact. The Golden Pickle can be interpreted for exactly what it sounds like – a little metal golden pickle pin that an employee puts on their green golf shirt. The Golden Pickle award comes from a customer services training in which all employees participate. An Oglebay Park employee receives a golden pickle for exceptional customer service. Customers or managers nominate employees to win the award. In addition to receiving a golden...
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...into production, but much more frequently than typical - weekly, daily, or potentially multiple releases per day. This Refcard explains this in more detail, giving guidance, advice, and best practices to development and operations teams looking to move from traditional release cycles towards continuous delivery. The first thing you will need to automate is the process of compiling and turning developers’ source code into deployment-ready artifacts. Though most software developers make use of tools such as Make, Ant, Maven and NuGet to manage their builds and packaging, many teams still have manual steps that they need to carry out before they have artifacts that are ready for release. These steps can represent a significant barrier to achieving continuous delivery. For instance, if you release every three months, manually building an installer is not too onerous. If you wish to release multiple times per day or week however, it would be better if this task were fully and reliably automated away. OBJECTIVES Continuous delivery should help you to: • • • • • Deliver software faster and more frequently, getting valuable new features into production as early as possible; Increase software quality, system uptime and stability; Reduce release risk and avoid failed deployments into both test and production environments; Reduce waste and increase...
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...research is to investigate the kind of relationship that exists between users and the technology artifacts that they use daily. The goal is to explore ways on how to design better Human-Computer Interfaces to make users reach perfect experience, satisfying the customer’s emotional demands. Overview of research paradigm There is a shared conceptual thinking amongst novice users that interactions with technology artifacts are frustrating and most of the time the users’ needs are not met. Those who are experts however perceive technology as the best thing that has ever happened. Although they are familiar to technology, they also admit that technology tends to takeover and they are left not in control. Literature review The literature review aims to describe the current state of human computer interaction, analyse measurable attributes such as effectiveness, efficiency, satisfaction, and value, the type of characteristics of usability that were used during the assessment of versatile applications exhibited in a scope of papers and, tips and strategies to improve the design of the devices. The effect of this work on future usability studies and what lessons different researchers ought to consider when performing usability assessments on portable gadgets and their applications are likewise examined. Interfaces that Adapt to the User In 1990, Donald Norman mentioned that interfaces get in the way of him getting his job done and he does not want to think of himself as using a computer...
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