...------------------------------------------------- CULTURAL dIFFERENCES United States and Venezuela Introduction When examining the cultures of Venezuela and the United States there are some aspects of each that make them unique and special. There are three areas in which there is considerable difference. The first would be the cultural dimensions, which reflects the underlying framework of each society, the second would be the family structure and values, and the third would be the social norms, which dictate how people in a society ought to behave. It is important to understand these differences so that as an international marketer one is culturally competent and prepared to interact successfully within another culture. Cultural Dimensions Cultural values are the ideas and things of importance within a society. Starting in 1980, Geert Hofstede studied cultural values of more than 90,000 people in 66 countries, and found that nations differed along four primary dimensions. The four dimensions are; the Individualism/Collectivism Index (IDV), which focuses on self-orientation; the Power Distance Index (PDI), which focuses on authority orientation; the Uncertainty Avoidance Index (UAI), which measures the tolerance of uncertainty and ambiguity among members of the society; and the Masculinity/Femininity Index (MAS), which focuses on assertiveness and achievement. (International Marketing 16th Edition, 2013) Indulgence refers to the extent to which people try to...
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...Army Reserve Training and Readiness Sergeant Major Kenneth Fenstermacher United States Army Sergeants Major Academy Class 63 Ms. Evelyn Hollis 20 November 2012 Abstract Never in our Nation’s history has the United States Army Reserve been more essential to the United States Regular Army. The United States Army Reserve has evolved into a fundamental part of the total force with modernized deployable forces and Citizen-Soldiers that exemplify the warrior mindset, culture, and ethos. Increasing demand for Army Reserve capabilities has introduced a new benchmark of dependence on the Army Reserve. The Army Reserve has become a critical part of our national security architecture and a positive investment for our nation. Transforming the Army Reserve from how the organization operated prior to 2001 to a solid contributor for unified land operations is remarkable. Senior leaders of the Army Reserve recognized the need for transformation in order to support the changing roles of a reserve force for the Active Component commanders. Supported by patriotic employers, resilient families, and caring communities, Army Reserve Soldiers are “Twice the Citizen.” Army Reserve Training and Readiness The United States Army Reserve has served our nation since 23 April 1908 as the Federal Reserve force of the United States Army. Peacetime Army Reserve leaders implemented a wartime trace for the first time in 1980. CAPSTONE professed to align every Army Reserve enabler with the active...
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...Organizational Structure Paper Oswualdo Ramirez MGT/230 June 20, 2012 Kellie Parker Organizational Structure Paper The United States Army is one of many legal types of organizations of the armed forces and has been since June 1775. It is the largest and oldest of all the branches of the military and continues to dominate all threats aimed at the United States alongside the Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Marines. Like many other organizations in the United States, the U.S Army has a structure of its own. From the top down, it functions as any other organization, but unlike most, every member of its team carries rank and has a chain of command to abide by. In the following I will describe and evaluate the structure and functions within the United States Army, compare it to its fellow branches, and explain its organizational design that has been the primary reason Americans have been kept free from tyranny and enjoy the freedoms taken for granted every day. Army Organizational Structure What is an organization? According to "Businessdictionary" (2012), an organization is a social unit of people, systematically structured and managed to meet a need or to pursue collective goals on a continuing basis (Organization). The United States Army has a structure that starts as high as the President of the United States down to the newest and youngest recruit soldier. Its organizational structure far exceeds that or your local neighborhood Wal-Mart, yet has far...
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...migrated to the United States. Mainly focusing on the commercialization of coffee in Central America and the subsequent Salvadoran migration to San Francisco (paragraph 2). • Size of the Salvadoran population in the United States since 1970 (paragraph 3). • Demographics of migrants from El Salvador (paragraph 4). • Locations of Salvadoran communities in the United States (paragraph 5). • Gender influence on the Salvadoran communities in the United States (paragraph 6). • The dangers of migrating to the United States (paragraph 7). • The problems in El Salvador that cause people to emigrate (paragraph 8). • The process of becoming a legal resident in the U.S. (paragraphs 9, 10, 11). • The difficulties Salvadorans face when trying to become legal residents • Explanation of why most Salvadoran immigrants in the U.S. are illegal (paragraph 12). • Job opportunities in the United States for Salvadorans (paragraphs 13,14) • Jobs for men (paragraph 13) • Jobs for women (paragraph 14) • How location impacts job opportunities for Salvadorans (Paragraph 15). • Wages for Salvadoran workers in the United States (Paragraph 16). • Forces causing Salvadorans, especially women, to migrate to the United States. Some come to reunite with family members, while others come alone (Paragraph 17). • Comparison of immigration law for males and females from El Salvador (Paragraph 18). • Family structure for Salvadoran immigrants to the United States. Some establish families in the U.S....
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...Organizational Structure Paper Eli Cash MGT/230 October 23, 2014 The United States Army Organizational Structure The United States Army is one of many legal types of organizations of the armed forces and has been since June 1775. It is the largest and oldest of all the branches of the military and continues to dominate all threats aimed at the United States alongside the Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Marines. Like many other organizations in the United States, the U.S Army has a structure of its own. From the top down, it functions as any other organization, but unlike most, every member of its team carries rank and has a chain of command to abide by. In the following I will describe and evaluate the structure and functions within the United States Army, compare it to its fellow branches, and explain its organizational design that has been the primary reason Americans have been kept free from tyranny and enjoy the freedoms taken for granted every day. Army Organizational Structure What is an organization? According to "Businessdictionary" (2012), an organization is a social unit of people, systematically structured and managed to meet a need or to pursue collective goals on a continuing basis (Organization). The United States Army has a structure that starts as high as the President of the United States down to the newest and youngest recruit soldier. Its organizational structure far exceeds that or your local neighborhood Wal-Mart, yet has far less “employees”. As...
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...discussing the comparison and contrast of the federal court structure with the state of Illinois court structure, the roles of law and courts in today’s business environment and the concept of judicial review. I will also explain how laws and regulations affect the childcare industry. The differences between federal and state courts are defined mainly by jurisdiction. Jurisdiction refers to the kinds of cases a court is authorized to hear. State courts have broad jurisdiction, so the cases individual citizens are most likely to be involved in -- such as robberies, traffic violations, broken contracts, and family disputes -- are usually tried in state courts. The only cases state courts are not allowed to hear are lawsuits against the United States and those involving certain specific federal laws: criminal, antitrust, bankruptcy, patent, copyright, and some maritime cases. Federal court jurisdiction, by contrast, is limited to the types of cases listed in the Constitution and specifically provided for by Congress. For the most part, federal courts only hear cases in which the United States is a party, Cases involving violations of the U.S. Constitution or federal laws (under federal-question jurisdiction), Cases between citizens of different states if the amount in controversy exceeds $75,000 (under diversity jurisdiction), and Bankruptcy, copyright, patent, and maritime law cases. The comparison between the two is that most states have a trial court, appeals court, and Supreme Court...
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...primarily Spanish and most immigrate to the United States to provide a better life for themselves and their families. Most Hispanic groups who have immigrated to the Unites States are either escaping political hardships, poor economic conditions, and or looking for better health for their families. Being an immigrant from the Dominican Republic I know how hard it to assimilate to the United States. My family migrated here starting in 1980’s. I came to this country when I was 7 years old. My mom saw this opportunity as a great one because I was able to start school here and get a great education and become part of the United States. My mom has since become an American Citizen, including myself, and even though we stay true to our roots and our believe, we have accepted the changed that the United States has offered us. Mexican Americans started migrating to the United States in the early 1900’s. In the 1920’s and 1930’s is the time where the larger migrations took place. After the Mexican Revolution of 1910, many Mexicans came to United States because of the political instability and social violence. They came to United States for safety and the economical growth. Even though they live in the United States and the primary language here is English, they stick to their roots and speak primarily Spanish just like other Hispanic groups. Approximately 75 percent of the Mexican American population are catholic and in the southwestern United States over two-third of the Catholics are...
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...chapter provides an overview of Mexican culture in terms of social structure, family, gender, religion, language, literacy, communication styles, socioeconomic position, traditional health beliefs and practices, and health care-seeking behaviors. Readers are cautioned to avoid stereotyping Mexicans on the basis of these broad generalizations. Also note that Mexican culture, as all others, is dynamic and expressed in various ways, owing to individual life experience and personality. Some Mexicans living in the United States may be more or less acculturated to mainstream U.S. culture. Social Structure, Family, and Gender Typically, Mexican households in the United States consist of five or more people (Therrien & Ramirez, 2001). The traditional patriarchal structure grants the father or oldest male relative the greatest power, whereas women are expected to show submission (Kemp & Rasbridge, 2004). Though a matriarch often determines when a family member needs medical care, the male head still gives permission to seek treatment (Smith, 2000). The entire family, however, may be involved in the decision-making process (Galanti, 2004). Religion Christianity is the most common religion. Most Mexicans (89%) identify themselves as Catholic, while a smaller percentage (6%) identify themselves as Protestant (U.S. Department of State, 2004). Faith and church are often central to family and community life; this is especially apparent in the understanding...
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...groups of people lumped together in one category, it does not mean that they are all the same. In some instances when comparing two groups of Hispanics, they can seem completely different. Each group has different traditions, beliefs, and cultures. Hispanic people come from Southern American countries such as Mexico, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Colombia. They immigrate to the United States most often because it is relatively close and offers many opportunities to achieve something many only dream about. Mexican Americans are a group of people who come from Mexico in search of ways to make a better life for themselves or their families. These people have worked as migrant workers that would come to town so they could work in the orchards or other labor jobs for the money, and take it home with them at the end of the season. In addition, Mexican Americans generally do not tend to go farther than high school with their education, this could reflect on their average pay, which is lower than the national average. I believe the people are ok with this because even a low wage job in the United States pays better, and makes for a better way of life than living at home in Mexico ("Illegal Immigration From Mexico", 2011). They have a rich culture that includes their own style of music and typically, when thought about a mariachi band comes to mind. One holiday that Mexican Americans celebrate is Cinco de Mayo, which is the Mexican Independence day. Mexican Americans also have very...
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...Hispanic Americans Pamela M. Nelams ETH/125 - CULTURAL DIVERSITY May 7, 2011 DENISE LANGDON In the United States there it is reported that, Mexican Americans make up 10.3% of the United States' population with over 31,689,000 Americans listed as of Mexican ancestry. Mexican Americans comprise 66% of all Hispanics and Latinos. The common language spoken among the Mexican Americans is Spanish as the first language and English as their secondary language. For most Mexican Americans especial those that or illegal find themselves living below the economic standards because they have to take low paying jobs and even those that are here legal also deal with low paying jobs and discrimination on the job. Most Mexican Americans have taken on blue-collar jobs such as gardeners, truck drives, and construction works and are making minimal pay. Most Mexican Americans have maintained their religious back ground of Catholic faith. Their family’s ties are based on a system of mutual dependence and respect for elders which created a close-knit family unit. Family honor and unity were of paramount significance. If problems arose for individual members, the immediate or extended family could be relied upon to resolve the issue. Important decisions were always made with first consideration given to the needs of the group rather than the individual. (Robert R. Alvarez, Jr., The Hispanic American Almanac, p. 171). According to the 2010 U.S. census 75 % of Puerto Ricans identify themselves...
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...Birmingham Urban Paper Rural-Urban Social Welfare & Social Work Abstract Introduction Uneven development has long been the preeminent feature of urban and metropolitan growth in the United States. In recent years, the word “spawl” has crept into the vocabulary of scholars, public officals, and community organization leaders who are wrestling with diverse challenges posed by urban life (Galster et al. 2000). Suburban sprawl has been the dominant form of metropolitan- area growth in the United States for the past 50 years”(Downs 1998). Sprawl can be defined as a pattern of urban and metropolitian growth that reflects low density, automobile-dependent, new development on the fringe of settled areas often surrounding a deteriorating city. Among the traits of metropolitan growth frequently associated with sprawl are unlimited outward extension of development; low-density housing and commercial development; leapfrog development, "edge cities," and more recently "edgeless cities"; fragmentation of land use planning among multiple municipalities; reliance on private automobiles for transportation; segregation of types of land use; race and class-based exclusionary housing and employment; congestion and environmental damage; and a declining sense of community among area residents (Downs 1999; Garreau 1991; Katz and Bradley 1999; Lang 2000; Rusk 1999). However, these spatial patterns of development are rooted in a context of...
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...African Americans: The Role of Race Abstract The Following Essay defines and integrates the role race plays on the African American culture in their family values and politics in comparison to the Anglo American Culture. The United States has become increasingly diverse in the last century. While African American families share many features with other U.S. families, the African American family has some distinctive features relating to the timing and approaches to marriage and family formation, gender roles, parenting styles, and strategies for coping with adversity. African cultures, slavery, slave rebellions, and the civil rights movements(circa 1800s-160s)have shaped African American religious, familial, political and economic behaviors. The imprint of Africa is evident in myriad ways, in politics, economics, language, music, hairstyles, fashion, dance, religion and worldview, and food preparation methods. In the United States, the very legislation that was designed to strip slaves of culture and deny them education served in many ways to strengthen it. In turn, African American culture has had a pervasive, transformative impact on myriad elements of mainstream American culture, among them language, music, dance, religion, cuisine, and agriculture. This process of mutual creative exchange is called creolization. Over time, the culture of African slaves and their descendants has been ubiquitous in its impact on not only the dominant American culture, but on world...
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...racially imbalanced in a country that incarcerates more of its population than any other nation in the world. I see this first hand in my career as a correctional officer at a state prison. I see the imbalance every day and it doesn’t fluctuate. There are several reasons for this imbalance. Poverty, disrespect of legal structure, lack of discipline, inadequate education, and drugs are the main causes of the disproportionate ratio of minority inmates. The NAACP has a broken down some solid statistics on this issue as well. Poverty is one of the many contributing factors to why people are imprisoned. Poverty becomes more prevalent with minorities who have been previously incarcerated. It also becomes increasingly difficult for them to find a job once they are released from prison. Today’s economy is already stacked against them and if they are unable to find employment it could lead to recidivism. When people get desperate they tend to do desperate things. Here is a simple scenario: a man cannot get jobs earning money righteously so he will find other ways to provide for his family. Most men who try to make a dishonest living are eventually caught and are consequently incarcerated. Examples could range from anything to writing bad checks all the way to armed robbery. This may lead to them leaving their family to provide for themselves and often ending up on the streets. In extreme situations the kids could end up in foster care, which is a whole other story, and the mothers...
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...precious words “I do!” In America there is a growing population that is not granted the right to walk down the aisle or have their relationship legally recognized. Regardless of sexual orientation, everyone is entitled to the same rights. Yet in most states, the estimated 3.1 million same-sex couples in this country (Bernstein, 247) cannot legally marry. The controversial topic of legalizing same-sex marriages is not a matter of heterosexual versus homosexual; it’s a matter of the laws of our nation not providing equality. As a straight Christian female, I object to homosexuality but I don’t pass my judgment on to others. More importantly, as a citizen, I know, religious beliefs Christian or any other have no weight in arguments regarding the laws of this democracy. I am outraged by this injustice in America and it’s seems to me that same sex marriages should by all means be legal. This is considered bureaucratic power. Bureaucratic power is a system of government in which most of the decisions are by state rather than elected officials. There are so many reasons why gay (or lesbian) marriages should be legal in the United States. First, look at the document on which this country was founded on, the Declaration of Independence, which states “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, which among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” It’s clear to see, this document’s...
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...characters getting shot, blown up and being brutalized without reproductions. Gun Control: The rights of all Americans is in direct jeopardy if the government is allowed to take our firearms from us; the American people. Laws need to be followed as they were put in place to secure our rights throughout the United States. Stem Cell Research: Stem Cell research if used properly can lead to cures to many diseases. They also can be used to grow cells from a person’s bone marrow although it is a quite painful procedure it can help greatly since it is direct DNA from said person’s body. However, I don’t agree with cloning of a human being. Family in Contemporary Society: Divorce is a direct breakdown of the family structure in the United States. We need to value Marriage a little more to keep the family structure in our nation thriving. Illegal Immigration: Illegal immigration in the United States is a problem that is becoming epidemic. We need to close our borders to illegal immigration. The jobs in our country are becoming limited to our own citizens. American men and women could be filling these jobs some younger adults and people who need more income to support there families by taking on one of these jobs. This would bring more money into the household it will also decrease the American dependence on welfare. American citizens need to refuse to hire these illegal immigrants as is written in law. “It is illegal to employ, recruit, or refer illegal aliens for...
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