There are a lot of ways of defining culture. I myself can define culture as‚ the way we do things as a group. That statement however doesn’t provide a deeper meaning of what culture is. Culture is my identity‚ and personality. Below is a rather more sophisticated way of describing culture which enables readers to understand it more deeply. Culture is the language‚ beliefs‚ values and norms passed from generation to generation I a group or society. Culture is systemically the meaning and behavior
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Case The sales manager for a Caribbean hotel wonders whether to accept a large block booking at a discount rate from a group participating in an international sporting events. The Accra Beach Hotel is 141-bedroom Hotel on the Caribbean Island Barbados. It is optimally located directly on the beach in a tropical environment‚ offering rooms with panoramic views‚ a large swimming pool‚ gardens‚ a fully equipped gym‚ restaurants‚ bars‚ big banquet and conference facilities and easy access to the closely
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of landholdings changed‚ and eventually the West Indies became ‘the cockpit of Europe’. The list of changes the sugar revolution brought is almost inexhaustible. The sugar revolution is most clearly demonstrated in the history of Barbados where it occurred in roughly ten years‚ 1640 to 1650. It was not quite so rapid in the other islands. Jamaica changed to sugar slowly and less completely at a much later date. However‚ in each island ‘revolution’ can be used to describe
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decline in the number of small farmers. 2. Increase in the price of land: The high demand for land led to an increase in the price of land. For example of parcel of land about 10 acres had been sold for £25 in 1630 however‚ by 1648 land was sold in Barbados for over £30 an acre when the sugar revolution was almost complete. 3. Demographic Changes/Population: A. Increase in the population as more persons were brought in as labourers on the large sugar estate. B. The introduction of a new race; that
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West Indian Federation Federation is the act of forming a political unity under a federal government. In 1958‚ the British Caribbean colonies came together to form a West Indian Federation. There were ten units in this union: Jamaica‚ Antigua‚ Barbados‚ Trinidad and Tobago‚ Dominica‚ St. Lucia‚ St. Vincent‚ St. Kitts‚ Montserrat‚ Grenada. This attempt was short-lived as it was resolved in 1962. There are several reasons for the failure of the West Indian Federation; the federation was a weak
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thirty acres. In the year 1645 there were approximately 5000 smallholdings in Barbados that mainly cultivated tobacco‚ but as the months went by the price of tobacco was gradually falling and ten acres was just not enough. The smallholders either moved to another island for a fresh start or returned to England. Consequently the availability of the land increased for larger sugar plantations in Barbados and other Caribbean Islands. Sugar could only be grown on economically large
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What drove the sugar trade? Theodore Roosevelt once said‚ “Do what you can with what you have‚ where you are.” For the British this meant using islands such as Jamaica and Barbados to produce‚ process‚ and sell sugar. Sugar cane thrives in hot humid‚ tropical climates. The British used sugar for things such as rum‚ molasses‚ and other auxiliaries. The sugar trade grew and thrived for three specific reasons: the perfect climate
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CULTURE AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO SOCIOLOGY STUDENT ID: 2057434 DATE: 3/12/2012 Culture is the way of life of a certain group of people. It simply describes what different groups of people believe‚ think and the values of life unto which the strongly hold on. It consists of the beliefs‚ behaviours‚ objects‚ and other characteristics common to the members of a particular group or society. Culture includes many societal elements apart from the above mentioned‚ they are: language‚ values‚ customs
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trajectories. One such new trajectory is the concern with national culture. Whereas traditional IB research has been concerned with economic/legal issues and organizational forms and structures‚ the importance of national culture – broadly defined as values‚ beliefs‚ norms‚ and behavioural patterns of a national group – has become increasingly important in the last two decades‚ largely as a result of the classic work of Hofstede (1980). National culture has been shown to impact on major business activities‚
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are developing the strategic skill set to master doing business across cultures. Cross-cultural core competence is at the crux of today’s sustainable competitive advantage. If one day you’re asked to manage a supply chain in Malaysia‚ the next day you’re managing your virtual team in China‚ and the next you’re optimizing your company’s call center in India‚ you know that it’s just not possible to be an expert in every culture or geography in which you do business. What is possible is developing the
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