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The History and Culture of Buddhism in Korea
Place of Publication: Dongguk University Press Seoul, Korea 1993. <br> <br>I. Introduction: <br> Buddhism is the root of Korean culture despite periods of rise and decline in popularity. Buddhism combined with Confucianism is the combined practice of the Korean culture today. Buddhism was used to satisfy personal needs and Confucianism was used to satisfy political needs, all needs were met by intergrading the two philosophies. The combination of the two practices has knitted the Korean
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Latino Americans Assimilation into American Business Culture
America is one of the most diverse nations in the world. The backgrounds and ancestry of the citizens of this great nation are far reaching and wide spread. The Latino American population is no different in this regard. Coming from regions such as Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, and South America has provided this diverse population with the challenge of assimilating into American culture. There are many important aspects of the Latino American population's history that are
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Nucor Corporation Case Study
History Nucor Corporation is in the steel producing industry. Nucor Corporation is the largest steel producer in the United States with over $4.1 billion in sales annually. Nucor's headquarters are located in Charlotte, North Carolina. Nucor's corporate offices have been located in the South Park area of Charlotte since 1991. Nucor Corporation is a unique company with tremendous flexibility between its management and employees. This steel giant has its own website: www.nucor.com. Daniel R. DiMicco
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Starbucks: Organizational Culture
Starbucks: Organizational Culture When people think of the most popular coffee house in the country and world, they immediately think of Starbucks. That's because it's true, but what most people don't know is that Starbucks is also ranked #1 on the Most Admired Food Services Companies to work for (America's most admired companies 2007, 2007), and # 16 Best Companies to work for (Best companies to work for 2007, 2007). It also ranked # 2
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The Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas
The Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas Nancy Kelley University of Phoenix MBA 501: Forces Influencing Business in the 21st Century A. Lutz February 2007 Globalization and overseas business expansion has brought about the need for in-depth understanding of culture differentiation. When conducting or contemplating cross cultural business ventures, it is important to understand the culture before communicating one's desires. This paper will focus on the cross cultural challenges of doing business overseas, with special
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Identity Formation and Oppression of Muslim Culture
Identity formation is an intricate notion. It usually is affected in 4 different ways in our society. The micro, meso, macro, and global levels of social interaction all play a key role in identity formation. These levels are always present, however, we may think we define ourselves by our own value or we believe that society plays a role in our own identity formation. We must look at the everyday groups we fall into such
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Popular and Academic Culture
Popular and Academic Culture Research Report Background and introduction Since we have been in the era of information, we are exposed to and absorb many various information resources. The ubiquity of information has made people feel it is hard to see the differences between popular and academic culture. Hence, the accuracy of the definitions of the two cultures has been hard to distinguish. This study is going to talk about two issues--popular and academic culture.
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Bellsouth Corporation
Bellsouth BellSouth Corporation was formed in 1983 and employs about 63,000 people. The company has revenue of 20.5 billion, 40% of which came from Cingular Wireless. Their main goals are to provide the best telecommunication services to their customers. Its business strategy had three parts: to provide premium local service in the Southeast, to maintain its substantial wireless communications business across the rest of the country, and to continue to expand into the booming Latin
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Harvard Case Study - Sealed Air Corporation
1.0 INTRODUCTION The Sealed Air corporation is committed to market leadership through technological innovation. Ten years ago, the company was first to market with a highly successful coated air-bubble packaging protection product, AirCap. However, market trends indicate a rapid displacement of coated bubble by a technologically inferior yet inexpensive uncoated product. Burgeoning demand for uncoated bubble poses a direct threat to the long-term viability of the technologically superior, premium priced AirCap. Thus Sealed Air is
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Language, Gender and Bias in American Culture
Language, Gender and Bias in American Culture Through language, bias has proliferated in our culture against both women and men. Language expresses aspects of culture both explicitly and implicitly. Gender expectations, behaviors, and cultural norms, are determined through language. A divide between the sexes has developed which includes language usages, intention, and understandings. This has created obstructions to communication between the genders. When anthropological linguists look at a language, he/she takes into consideration the "world
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Technology and Marketing Management of Sony Corporation
I. Company Description Sony Corporation is a multinational corporation and it is one of the world's largest media conglomerates founded in Tokyo, Japan. One of its divisions Sony Electronics is one of the leading manufacturers of electronics, video, communications, and information technology products for both the consumer and professional markets. Sony Corporation is the parent company of the Sony Group and is operating in business through its six operating segments: including Electronics, Games, Music, Pictures,
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Journal Entry - Culture Class
Sunday, August 28, 1968 Dear Diary, I know it's been a while, but I knew I needed to get some of the stuff out of my head. And I won't mention that I might be in trouble with Momma, so I decided to come to my room to get out of her way. This has been quite a busy and hot day Sunday afternoon here in South Carolina. My family and I attended church services
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Enriched Cultural Identity - the Purpose of the Measurements
Enriched Cultural Identity -The Purpose of the measurements The Purpose of the measurements is to find out how many times each person uses libraries in London. This is further reviewed by classifying whether the use of library is electric or non-electric. By doing so, the differentiation would give a better understanding on library usage. The measurements seem to aim at learning how the London citizens well respond to the benefit, which includes being more educative,
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Analyasis of Culture and Society Today
In 2001, an Iranian director by the name of Mohsen Makhmalbaf produced Safar-e-Quadahar (The Sun Behind the Moon), a powerful, moving film which tells the story of an Afghan-Canadian who returns to Afghanistan to seek out his younger sister who was left behind when the family escaped. There is one scene in particular that portrays the sign of how America lives today, a scene including images from emergency-food being dropped from Red Cross helicopters to
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The Corporation - Book Review
The Corporation: A Book Review Joel Bakan’s book, The Corporation: the Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power, is a decisive look into the mind of the corporation, or big business. It outlines the importance of profit in business and how ruthless corporations are willing to be in order to bring in substantial revenue. The book uses a historical timeframe to portray the ruthlessness of business ever since the idea of the corporation arose in the
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Language as an Agent of Cultural Transmission or a Custodian of Culture
Before one can discuss language as an agent of cultural transmission or a custodian of culture, the meaning of the terms should be know. Language is the medium through which people communicate their feelings, thoughts and aspirations to one another. The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary defines language as "the system of sounds and words used by human to express their thoughts and feelings". Language is an intergral part of culture and it has the ability
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The Goodyear Tire Corporation
GoodYear Executive Summary The following is an executive summary of The Goodyear Tire Corporation. This case analysis will include a company background followed by a five forces model of the industry competition and SWOT analysis. The summary will also include a financial analysis of the corporation along with Goodyears corporate level strategies and objectives. Finally, alternatives will be addressed, recommendations will be made, and implementation and control will be discussed. By 1986, Goodyear had a
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Pioneer Petroleum Corporation
Pioneer Petroleum Corporation's (PPC) has been through a diverse amount of changes throughout the years. They were originally were a merger of several different independent firms operating in the oil refining, pipeline transportation, and industrial chemicals fields. PPC then integrated vertically into exploration and production of crude oil and marketing refined petroleum products, but horizontally into plastics, agricultural chemicals, and real estate development. They decided to restructure the company into a hydrocarbons-based company, concentrating on
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Gender Roles in Iranian Culture Through Three Stages of Era
The roles of the genders in the Iranians cultures is unique and remarkable .specially the roles of the women in these stages of era starts with different modes of life and classification of the community in last century .this means that women have been treated like second class of habitants. At the first glance we can review the role of women unfavorable and full of misery and degrading willfully by the ruling body in the
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Norwegian Business Culture
Norwegian Business Culture A Reserved, Direct Communication Style Directness In contrast to the indirect, roundabout language common in much of Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, Norwegians typically use direct straightforward language. They tend to be blunt and honest about their business ideas and feelings. However, most Norwegians are somewhat less direct than Danes and Germans. For instance, when not really interested in a particular deal, they may be reluctant to say so bluntly.
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Corporate Responsibility at Merck
TO: Dr. Roy Vagelos, Chairman and CEO Merck Corporation. January, 1991. The decision to move forward with the program to donate the new drug Mectizan on a large scale to the affected population in the Third World needs to be systematically analyzed. There are two especially important angles from which this decision needs to be considered. The first concern that needs to be taken into account is that of the stockholders and investors in this
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Corporate Governance in the Uk
Introduction This essay aims to examine the history, meaning, practical function, legislation and development of corporate governance in the United Kingdom. Corporate governance is a subject that has become increasingly important over the last few decades and looks set to continue with continuing corporate failures pushing corporate governance to the forefront. To fully understand the subject of corporate governance in the United Kingdom we must first define corporate governance and understand it's meaning. Schleifer and
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Organization Culture Inventory
Part I: Overview of Organization: The organization I chose to study is the Customization Services (CS) group of my employer, Oracle Inc. Oracle Inc. is one of the world's largest providers of business outsourcing solutions. Leveraging more than 55 years of experience, Oracle offers the widest range of HR, payroll, tax and benefits administration solutions from a single source. Oracle's easy-to-use solutions for employers provide superior value to companies of all types and sizes. Oracle
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Dimensions of Culture Values and Communication
Running head: Dimensions of Culture, Values, and Communication Dimensions of Culture, Values, and Communication Bob Dussault University of Phoenix Abstract The author will examine culture, values and communication by exploring his own experiences. Experiences reviewed are feeling at odds with a cultural norm, perceptions regarding a group that are excluded from the dominant culture, and situations where being categorized as a cultural outsider might provide benefit. Dimensions of Culture, Values, and Communication Communication, as defined
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Skeletons in the Corporate Closet
Case 4: Skeletons in the Corporate Closet 1. A leader's role in creating and maintaining an ethical organization start with setting an example for the whole organization through their own actions. In order to build an ethical organization the leader must show high ethical standards, be held accountable for their own actions so that all of the employees and stakeholders will believe in that leader, follow that leader's good ethical behavior. By doing these you
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