Studies in Organizational Culture- Groupon Inc. “Groupon! Get your Groupon! Hot off the presses!” It wasn’t too long ago Groupon Inc. was the darling of Wall Street. Institutional and individual investors alike were anxiously anticipating an opportunity to buy shares of the company dubbed by Fast Company as “the most exciting thing to happen to retail since eBay.” That excitement was mirrored on November 4‚ 2011‚ Groupon’s first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange‚ as the price sky-rocketed
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CU746 Communicate in a Business Environment 1 Understand the purpose of communication 1.1 Explain the benefits of knowing the purpose of communication The purpose of communication is for you to send your information effectively to whoever you want to communicate with. It links people together and strengthens relationships. The benefits of this are that it allows individuals and groups to understand each other and express their feelings and thoughts. It also creates feelings against others
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Cultural Artifact Speech Assignment Length: 4-5 minutes Audio/visual Aid: Required Speech Worksheet: Required and must be submitted through Blackboard. No hard copies/emails accepted. Cultural Artifact Speech For the purposes of this speech‚ think critically about who you are and where you come from‚ to identify a culture that you identify with most strongly. This can include your ethnic culture‚ gender‚ religion or occupation. Perhaps your hobby makes a definitive statement about who
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REVIEW Article Review of Organizational Culture in the Public Sector: Evidence from Six Organizations Team Orange Grand Canyon University “Organizational Culture in the Public Sector: Evidence from Six Organizations” by Rachel Parker and Lisa Bradley researches changing culture by looking at six departments in the Australian Queensland public sector. They surmised that changing organizational culture is difficult when norms and values are
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Artifact Speech This past year‚ I was walking with my boyfriend in the mall and we happened to go into a jewelry store. We were just looking around and I spotted a beautiful diamond ring. He came over a looked at it and said it was pretty. Well Christmas came and I was wondering if he got it for me. I opened all my presents from him and they were all great except I didn’t get my ring. Well we went to eat and go see a movie‚ and when he brought me back home I went upstairs to my room and there was
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Culture is ever changing across time and space. People study artifacts to better understand cultural norms as well as what the people went through on a day-to-day basis. An artifact can be interpreted in many different ways since they have multiple meanings. These multiple meanings may be hard to understand if you‚ as the viewer‚ do not know anything about the culture prior to viewing this artifact. Office Space is an example of a cultural artifact of the United States in the 1990’s. It takes
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How to communicate with others: 1.) Look them in the eye 2.) Pay close attention 3.) Introduce yourself 4.) Be courteous 5.) Smile If your goal is to fully understand and connect with the other person‚ listening effectively will often come naturally. If it doesn’t‚ you can remember the following tips. The more you practice them‚ the more satisfying and rewarding your interactions with others will become. Focus fully on the speaker‚ his or her body language‚ and other nonverbal cues. If you’re
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An Artifact for Our Future Generations March 16‚ 2013 Unit 5 IP AIU Online Abstract Artifacts are defined as “Any mass-produced‚ usually inexpensive object reflecting contemporary society or popular culture: artifacts of the pop rock generation.” (2013). Although this is just one definition for the word artifact‚ it is the one used for this paper. Of every generation there is an artifact that could be looked back at by future generations to gain insight to the past. The iPod is no exception
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How Organizational Culture Can Support Creativity and Innovation When we think of the terms innovation and creativity we automatically think of the Individual. We often ask ourselves‚ what can the individual bring into an organization? What type of creativity does the individual have that can support the organization and how would it help the organization grow? As we ask ourselves these questions we are often overlooking the important aspects that correlate to an individual’s capability of creativity
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Cross’ unwavering commitment to members of the U.S. military‚ its veterans and their families continues to grow and develop more than a century after Clara Barton first recruited nurses to support the U.S. Army” (American Red Cross‚ 2014). The culture of the organization is very traditional. The structure of the ARC is of corporate governance. “The governing body of the American Red Cross is the Board of Governors‚ which has all powers of governing and directing‚ and of overseeing the management
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