...ethnic groups indigenous to the region. Others include Todas, Irulas and Kurumbas. Although all groups lived closely by and had intimate interactions, elaborate taboos were developed to maintain social distance and prestige. Todas and Kotas have been subject to intense anthropological, linguistic and genetic analysis since the early 19th century. Study of Todas and Kotas has also been influential in the development of the field of anthropology. Numerically Kotas have always been a small group not exceeding 1,500 individuals spread over seven villages for the last 150 years. They have maintained a lifestyle as a jack of all trades such as potters, agriculturalist, leather workers, carpenters, and black smiths and as musicians for other groups. Since the British colonial period they have availed themselves of educational facilities and have improved their socio-economic status and no longer depend on the traditional services provided to make a living. Some anthropologists have considered them to be a specialized caste as opposed to be a tribe or an ethnic group. Kotas have their own unique language that belongs to the Dravidian language family but diverged from South Dravidian sub family at some time in BCE. Their language was studied in detail by Murray Barnson Emeneau, a pioneer in the field of Dravidian linguistics. Their social institutions were distinct from mainstream Indian cultural norms and had some similarities to Todas and other tribal people in neighbouring Kerala and...
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...Cross-Cultural Communication Matrix COM 285 University Of Phoenix 30 de enero de 2012 Cross-Cultural Communication Matrix Use the matrix to complete the country information. Write 3-4 sentences for each item. a. Access the Business Around the World information by using the url: http://www.mhhe.com/business/buscom/bcommonline/. b. Click on the map on the lower left corner of the page. Select three regions of the world to research by clicking on the map. Select one country from each of the three regions you selected to research. The Web site provides you with a good starting point. You may also want to use a general Internet search to find additional information. c. Include APA formatted references on a separate page. This assignment is due in Week Three. |Cross Cultural Communication | |Country |Preferred communication style |Non-verbal communication |Business communication norms|Strategies to increase | | | |practices | |cross-cultural communication | |St.Croix |Su lenguaje primario utilizado|Utilizan mucho su cuerpo |Son muy sociales, jocosos. |La mejor estrategia es estar bien | | |es Ingles pero al este...
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...Fragmentos: (The global transformations reader) - “Globalization implies that connection across frontiers are not just occasional or random, but rather are regularized such that there is a detectable intensification, or growing magnitude, of interconnectedness, patterns or interaction and flows which trascend the constituent societes and states of the world order..” Pagina 67, Párrafo 3. R//: Tener una plena comunicación con los entes económicos y eficaces, brinda que los países potencialicen sus mercados y puede crear nichos de mercados que puedan llegar a mercados que sean de difícil acceso, sin importar las limitaciones que este le presente. - “Globalization is not conceived here in opposition to more spatially delimited processes but, on the contrary, as standing in a complex and dynamic relationship wirh them.” Pagina 68, Párrafo 5. R//: La iniciativa de la globalización no busca en que un solo agente comercial se beneficio con el desarrollo de este proceso, y se convierta en una relación poca amena que termine en un conflicto con otro países, por no tener plenamente establecidos los parámetros de que beneficie a todas las partes por igual y brindar una relación dinámica. - “Infrastructures may facilitate or constrain the intensity and intensity of global connectedness in any single domain” Pagina 71, Párrafo 4. R//: Si se establece acuerdos formales que pacten el desarrollo de la globalización, aporta en gran medida en el desarrollo en las destinas infraestructuras...
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...Capital Valuation Paper En Agosto de 1998 “Andy Bechtolsheim”, el co-fundador de “Sun Microsystems”, dio los primeros fondos de Google, los cuales consistieron de $100,000.00. Para este entonces Google aún no estaba fundada. Para el año 1999, el Sr. Vinod Khosla, de la compañía “Excite” compra el buscador de información por la cantidad de $750,000. En Junio 7, de 1999, adquieren de varios inversionistas la suma total de 25 millones de dólares para financiar esta nueva herramienta de búsqueda. En Agosto 19, 2004 Google ofrece diez y nueve millones, seiscientos cinco mil, cincuenta y dos dólares en acciones al público , con un costo de ochenta y cinco dólares por acción. Las primeras acciones se venden por medio de un programa en línea por medio de subastas. La venta de uno punto sesenta y siete billones le provee a Google en ese entonces una capitalización de más de veinte y tres millones. La mayoría de las 271 millones de acciones fueron conservados por Google y sus empleados. Tanto Google como sus empleados y hasta la misma competencia Yahoo tuvieron ganancias. Yahoo por si solo genero 8.4 millones antes de la oferta inicial pública (IPO). En Octubre 31, 2007 luego que se lanza el (IPO), las ganancias de las acciones fueron de $700.00 por acción. Desde entonces la compañía se encuentra en NASDAQ, bajo el símbolo de GOOG, mostrando al mundo entero que es una corporación grande la cual negocea acciones en intercambios importantes (SEC). Al analizar o investigar sobre...
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...Pan’s Labyrinth is set in Spain, during 1944 at the time of the Resistance. The setting takes place at a house, known in the movie as a mill, surrounded by the forest. The movie shows two worlds; the real world and the fairy tale world of a little girl, Ofelia. The music in this movie is mesmerizing, as it comes around mainly when Ofelia is present and has to do a task assigned to her that the book reveals that is given to her by the faun, known as Pan. Ofelia is the developing character, because the movie surrounds her in the world of fantasy. Ofelia is traveling with her mother, to go live with her stepfather, when the car has to stop. Ofelia gets out of the car and wanders off, when she come across a stone and picks it up. The stone is a piece of the stone statue, and then Ofelia places it in the statue and a bug appears. The bug later appears in the mother’s room, and reveals that she is a fairy, and there is a close-up of the bug crawling out of the statue. This scene revealed the importance of the fairy as well as the part she plays in the movie. The Captain is a stock character, because he is portrayed as being mean, even to Ofelia. The only reason Ofelia is there at the mill is to be with her mother, who is pregnant with Ofelia’s brother. In one scene, you can see the Captain’s hand on Carmen’s belly, which is an indirective/subjective point of view. In another scene, there is the Captain with his men questioning an old man and his son about what they are doing out in...
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...the wither, sports, and watch live, those areas are a sensitive information's and must be updated as soon as an information is received to the network responsible employees, looking at the website Aljazeera didn’t miss that point at all, the information's are being updated frequently. At first the audience of Aljazeera was just Arab world, but at November 2006 Aljazeera English has been lunched the target audience after that is all the world with its deferent Taste and backgrounds Aljazeera nowadays gives almost all the news that each one around the world would need, it's almost nothing there you are not interested in. Aljazeera has no any obvious bias or slant to the information it has been always with the truth and human rights and it's taking it as a lead to its perfection, actually Aljazeera has an awards proofing that, and it's giving both sides Opinions which is fair enough. There are allot of information's are available in the websites and it could satisfy almost all the videos of the website, actually the website is sectioned in to the type of the news are provided there, and they are news(internationally with section of regions of the world to be more specified), programs( the programs that are being showed in the channel and there are allot of things to read about), videos,...
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...of Sports Athletes The world of sports is a multimillion dollar industry. Around the globe, people flock to sporting events or watch their favourite teams faithfully each week on television. As a result, professional sports athletes receive huge salaries – well above, for example, those of doctors, lawyers, teachers or social workers. There is some debate about whether such outrageously high salaries are justified. On the one hand, sport is viewed as a professional career, in which the top players should rightly earn high salaries. Athletes train rigorously from an early age to become peak performers in their field. They face tremendous pressure in each and every game, match or competition. Their personal lives are compromised and they lose all privacy. At the same time, their strong achievements bring honour and attention, not only to themselves, but also to their teams, schools, cities or countries. On the other hand, various professions contribute to making our world run smoothly. Doctors put in at least ten years of grueling study and internship; their work saves lives. Teachers educate and inspire young people to be responsible citizens: their efforts produce the citizens of tomorrow. Social workers rescue individuals facing physical, mental and psychological challenges: their intervention creates safer societies. Yet, professionals in the fields above usually struggle to get by, despite their meaningful and critical contribution to the world. In my view, paying enormous...
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...adjust to the light? This man finally was able to see the real images of life. After taking all of this in the man finally got to see the real light, the sun. Now his eyes are opened for the first time in his life. Then the man comes back to the cave. He has to readjust his eyesight to the darkness. Plato's divided line theory talks about the distinction between the different levels of knowledge and reality it wants us to imagine a vertical line. The left half is dedicated to metaphysics and the right half is dedicated to epistemology. Now imagine a horizontal line running through the middle of the vertical line to form quadrants. The upper left quadrant represents the intelligible world of being which is invisible, eternal, unchanging, and etc. The lower left quadrant represents the visible world of becoming, which is visible, temporal, changing, and more. The upper right quadrant represents knowledge. The lower right quadrant represents opinion. Next we imagine segments on the vertical line from lowest to highest. On the left...
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...I simply just say… an education means the world. Education means my future, my life and, my career. As Brian Kaufman said “You get the better job with the better pay. But that is not the reason we should pursue a higher education.” And it’s not because there’s more in life then pay. So education means the things that others couldn’t have. Education means the night’s people read under the lamps that tried not to get caught. Education, things that others got beat brutally for. It means I have a chance to climb to the top. It means I get to prove the ones who downed me wrong. Education gives me the chance to make the ones who desired it proud. Education means I have a future. Education means I’m capable of a healthy living life. Without education I couldn’t read nor write this paper. Education means I have a chance. To know I have a shot to aim at my goal makes me overly excited. To know I can be anything I want with nobody stopping me makes me feel in charge. It’s not up to fate because it lies in my hand. It depends on me and what I choose. Education means that I determine who I’m going to be. It’s not like a dice that has to be rolled. It’s me and my decisions. So as you see Education means the world to me. This is because when we get older we will be in charge. We will be the ones who are placed in business. We would be the ones to now represent. We would be the ones helping those who helped us. So education means the world to me. << What Higher Education...
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...they have nothing to look at but shadows casting on the wall that are provided by another. This is all that they know, have experienced in cave and have never been out of the cave. That tells nothing on the surface, but once one looks really hard a few messages or meanings can be explained from the Allegory. The main point of the Allegory of the Cave is to give an example of the way that we all live our lives. The remainder of the Earth's inhabitants see what we think is reality when actually it is, the shadows of true reality. The Shadow makers represent the opinions makers, or the people that make us look at the world the way we do. An opinion maker can be anyone, a priest telling you how God wants you to live, ones parents teach them morals or the television. These shadows make us think that this is the way to live and that this is what is important in the world. As stated before, few can break the chains and escape the cave. When they do and find out what true reality is, most come back and want to tell the truth. In most cases these people are looked down upon for not conforming or for trying to poison the minds of others. Look at Socrates, he was crucified for trying to teach. The main point of the Allegory is to illustrate the way in which we live and show how what we think is realities merely are shadows. I seem to think there is another meaning to the Allegory of the Cave. I agree with the interpretations of the story up to a point. The part where my believes differ is...
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...OPENS FIRST STORE IN CANADA ONTARIO, Canada – KUDLER Fine Foods announces plans to open new store in Canada offering fine foods from all over the world, specializing in produce, meats, bakery, and cheese items. Owner Kathy Kudler says, “We believe with the diverse rich cultures Canada has to offer, our stores will be an opportunity for us to share only the finest products with the mix of diverse customers.” Kudler Fine foods will open their doors with an open house that will offer many wonderful promotions and free give-a-ways. Plus this will give any consumer a chance to sample a wide variety of fine foods from all over the world. Kudler will offer a frequent shopper program that will give consumers a chance to save on future store visits, special incentive offers sent through direct mail and e-mail. The founder, Kathy Kudler, first opened her three stores in Southern California in an upscale shopping center offering a variety of fine foods from all over the world. Her goal is offering the best selections of products by shopping the world, coupled with staffing experience, helpful and knowledgeable staff, and giving the consumer a delightful and pleasing shopping experience. Kudler Fine Foods is the PERFECT place to pick up any ingredient to create a gourmet meal. Offering a wide range of fine foods from across the world will satisfy all cultures of customers. For further information, contact customer service at (858) 555-0555 or locate Kudler Fine Foods on the web...
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...airplane in 06 I was on top of the world. So today I am going to teach you how to make my famous gold medal winning regular paper airplane. You’re welcome. So I am going to first start out by passing out some awesome paper so you can get some hands on experience making my world famous 2006 regular paper airplane. You can even put this on your resume and say I had experience making a world famous 2006 regular paper airplane. The first step in making my world famous 2006 gold medal winning paper airplane is to fold your paper in half hotdog style. The second step in making my world famous 2006 gold medal winning paper airplane is to fold the two top corners of the paper to the center of the fold line on your paper. The third step in making my world famous 2006 gold medal winning paper airplane is to fold your previous fold to the middle fold again making the body of your world famous 2006 gold medal winning paper airplane. The fourth step in making my world famous 2006 gold medal winning paper airplane it to fold your plane in half hotdog style. The fifth and final step in making my world famous 2006 gold medal winning paper airplane is to fold one flap of your plane down going outwards and do the same thing with the other side thus making your wings and completing your world famous 2006 gold medal winning paper airplane. Thank you very much. But I’m not done yet… Now you are thinking well what am I going to do with my world famous 2006 gold medal winning paper...
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...Road Not Taken development towards a better understanding of themselves and the world around them. The growth we derive from such journeys can present us with an avenue for self... Save Paper Statement Of Purpose I could engage with persons from diverse backgrounds and cultures to expand my understanding of the world I live in. I have a desire to go beyond the boundaries... Testing extent has studying the concept of physical journeys expanded your understanding of yourself, of individual, and of the world? Peter Skrzyneckis Immigrant... The Power Of Journeys along the way, and the experiences we possess. Journeys have the ultimate power to change our thinking, our ideas and concepts, inevitably changing us individually... Save Paper Inner Journeys extent has studying the concept of inner journeys expanded your understanding of yourself individuals and of the world? Inner journeys are about the process in... Journeys Lead The Traveller To Knowledge other end of the scale, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert also maintains the concept of Journeys lead the traveller to knowledge, but in a more clever and humorous way... Save Paper Journey Speech story of Edwards view on himself from a different perspective as a hero. The concept of journey is present in the film through flashbacks which are Edwardss memories... Save Paper Many Students Expand Their View Of The World During Their Time In College. Such Growth Often Results From... historical events...
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...important, protecting the environment. Nike´s CSR slogan is “innovate for a better world”. In the 1990´s Nike had several accusations of child labour, and it was something everybody talked about. At this point Nike´s brand was totally ruined, and they had got a bad reputation. It took Nike many years to actually realize how important it was to take responsibility for what was happening in the big supply chain, which is at its lowest at this point. They went from just focusing on improve their labour, but also be very focused on their design. Nike´s design had to been changed; and they got to cut down the waste of chemicals when they are producing products. In the video, Mark Parker, says “Innovate for a better world”, and that is not just something you say to get more customers, it is because they want to reach their positional, to improve their products, so the athletes can perform much better, and most important, saving the world. Every new design Nike is producing today is thought through so the environmental impact is minimal. You can say that Nike is no longer a shoe producer; today they are a manufacture for every kind of clothes, and sports products. You can say that the child labour scandal Nike had, was like a wake-up call for them and some would maybe say that it is the best that could happen to them. If you look at Nike today, it had really helped them, as they are the worlds biggest sports and supply chain. The scandal that had caused Nike is the reason why...
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...consistent delivery of the basics are the foundation of everything we do." | 6 | Sony | "To experience the joy of advancing and applying technology for the benefit of the public." | 7 | Ford | "We are a global family with a proud heritage passionately committed to providing personal mobility for people around the world." | 8 | Toys 'R' Us | "Our Goal is to be the Worldwide Authority on Kids, Families and Fun." | 9 | eBay | "eBay's mission is to provide a global trading platform where practically anyone can trade practically anything." | 10 | Health Net | "To help people be healthy, secure and comfortable." | Toyota, Amazon: Amazon’s vision is to be earth’s most customer centric company; to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online. (They list this as their mission as a combination mission/vision on their site). Apple: Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students, educators, creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings. Dell: Dell’s mission is to be the most successful computer company in the world at delivering the best customer experience in markets we serve. Facebook: Facebook’s...
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