CHAPTER 8 CROSS-BORDER ALLIANCES AND STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION Opening Profile: The Daimler-Chrysler AG Global Alliance The $92 billion merger of Daimler-Benz and Chrysler to form Daimler-Chrysler Akteingesellschaft represents a triumph of the global economy and the end of car companies as national emblems of industrial might. The two CEOs announced that they expect immediate growth opportunities by using each other’s facilities‚ capacities‚ and infrastructure. DaimlerChrysler expects to realize
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Forms of communication in the workplace Business Letters; Good for record keeping Private Good for making presentations Memos; (Inter office memo) Private Emphasizes ideas and good for delivering long documents Great for explaining policies and procedures Email; Can send to many people at once Instant message through texting Private or Semi-private way to carry on a conversation Can be used to contact someone to fix a problem *See unit 3 page 84 Podcast; Digital media file Downloaded
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Reading Assignment One Introduction to Sociology Online Best Strategy for Completion: This assignment is much easier if you answer the questions as you read the assigned material every week. For example‚ in the first week of class you will read chapters 1and 5—answer the questions below at the same time‚ as you do your reading. The next week you will read chapters 2 and 3 and you should answer the questions for those chapters as well—chapter 3 questions can be found on reading assignment two
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Outline some of the functions that the education system may perform. (300 words/ 12 marks) There are a variety of many different sociological perspectives such as Marxist‚ Functionalists and the New Rights‚ which view the functions of the education system very differently. Functionalist view education as creating a consensus where as Marxists considers education as playing an ideological role. Functionalists believe that everything in society has a function in order for it to run smoothly
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Using material from Item 2B and elsewhere‚ assess the contribution of functionalist sociologists to our understanding of the family. (24 MARKS) Item 2B for functionalist sociologists‚ the family is an important institution in society. They see the family as having a number of roles essential to the smooth running of society. For example‚ the family is seen as key to socialising children into the norms and values of society. Other sociologists argue that the functionalist view is too uncritical
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5 essential characteristics of all living cells: 1. Bounded by a lipid rich plasma membrane 2. Contain nucleic acid that encodes at least one complete copy of a genome a. Originally RNA… these days‚ exclusively DNA b. All cells replicate DNA by template directed polymerization into an intermediate form RNA 3. Capable of regulated metabolic activity a. Through macromolecular catalysis 4. Capable of protein synthesis a. The machinery of protein synthesis is conserved among all cells (MOSTLY RNA) b
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The meeting of cultures • North America first discovered when nomads crossed the Bering Strait(into alaska) • Migrations began 14000-16000 years ago‚ possibly earlier • Resulted from tools‚ spears‚ hunting supplies that made it easier to hunt large animals‚ that crossed between the two continents‚ drawing people into unsettled territories • Mongolian descent (present day Siberia) • Southern Tip of South America discovered around 8000 BC • By 1500 (Europeans coming)‚ there were more people in the
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Experience A. English Approach to Colonization 1. 16th-century British society was based upon Protestant institutions. 2. Its government was a constitutional monarchy with a Parliament with increasing power 3. The new world climate was not as much of a factor for Great Britain as for Spain. 4. The area settled by Britain faced smaller nomadic tribes over a smaller land area. B. Background for English Colonization 1. English colonies existed before England developed
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negative feedback systems regulate body temperature. Include the role of sensors‚ effectors‚ input‚ output‚ integrating center‚ set point‚ error signal‚ and regulated variables. Guided Student Activities Organization of the Body‚ 1.1 page 2 1. Physiology is the study of what? The study of the functions of organisms comes in many forms-plant physiology‚ cell physiology‚ microbial physiology‚ and animal physiology‚ to name a few. Human physiology focuses on how the human body works. 2. What
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Chapter 1 Sociology -The Study of Human Behavior in Society The Classical Sociological Thinkers • Auguste Comte: Introduced the term “sociology” / Founder Catalyst for‚ “modernism”: the belief in evolutionary progress through the application of science • Alexis de Tocqueville: A French social theorist. Believed that democracy can either enhance or erode individual liberty. • Karl Marx: Believed that class was the organizing principle of social life; all other divisions would eventually
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