“Enron’s organizational culture” Questions for Discussion 1. Explain how Enron’s culture influenced practices outcomes‚ include advantages and disadvantages Answer: the advantages of Enron’s culture are that they were very aggressive (saying yes to other projects) and unethical (corruption‚ corners cutting)‚ in that way the company can generate a quick grow. But the disadvantages are very high; they completely lost control of the company because they gave freedom to young and
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I. SITUATION AND PROBLEM: 1 for Juan Const. Inc.‚ one of the “Triple-A” construction company in the country has been in the business for 38 yrs. focused on Land Development‚ Housing construction‚ Commercial construction and Convenience Store construction. Despite the company’s good sales/growth history‚ surviving the economic crisis then and now‚ 1JCI has not expanded much to other markets or areas of construction beyond its comfort zone. Economists and business analysts alike believe that the
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background of the study statement of the problem‚ the significance of the study and its scope and delimitation. Background of the Study Each day when browsing the Internet‚ people visit a lot of websites‚ some more complexes‚ and others-just simple personal pages. The term website represents a summary of all the content you have put online – each file takes part in what the website represents. And the driving powers behind the website‚ the pillars that hold it together‚ are the web pages. The researchers
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Cultural Competence in Counseling Latinos Cultural Competence in Counseling Latinos A counselor must understand how one’s own cultural differences and worldviews impact the counseling relationship. This paper will examine how I am culturally different from my client and how I would demonstrate cultural competence. Furthermore‚ I will describe how I can improve my cultural competence with the client. Clients Background Information My client‚ Alberto‚ is a 47-year-old Mexican American who
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Report on organizational culture of UNIQLO and Giordano Target companies UNIQLO HK Limited and Giordano International Limited in the apparel industry Industry background UNIQLO Hong Kong Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of fast Retailing Co. Ltd. from Japan. The first UNIQLO store was opened in 1984 and then developed with an amazing speed to become a huge aircraft carrier in apparel industry in Japan and even the world‚ combining all facets of its businesses including fabric weaving‚ dyeing
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Introduction This article reviews a case study of a multi-cultural IT team with members located in different global locations across different time zones. It evaluates the team against a list of eight characteristics of team excellence‚ and discusses what is the approach Jim Towne‚ the team manager‚ should take to overcome the challenges facing the team. It also explores specific leadership functions which would help improve the team‚ such as performance management‚ team development‚ contingency
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Practical tasks Lingvo-cultural Studies Mari Kandalyan 1st group 1. There are over 4000 languages in the world. A language counts as ‘living’ as long as there are native speakers alive who use it. Each language represents the culture of its speakers. By learning a new language you can learn about the history and character of its speakers. But what would the world be like if there was only one global language? In this case there would be no cultural diversity between people. Verbal understanding
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HUMA215-1204A-19 TOPICS IN CULTURAL STUDIES INTRODUCTION TO THE HUMANITIES UNIT 1 IP JEFFREY HANCOCK IINTRODUCTION TO THE HUMANITIES Abstract When comparing and contrasting the cultures of Greek and Roman civilization‚ there are many noted similarities and differences
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There are many different definitions of rganizational culture. Most of them suggest basically the same principle‚ that the oganization ’s culture is the shared values‚ beliefs and assumptions of how the members should behave. The purpose and function of the culture is to understand how organizations function and gives meaning to the organizations way of doing things. It helps to foster internal integration‚ bring staff members from all levels of the organization much closer together‚ and enhances
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and cultural boundaries‚ which is critical to the success (Browaeys and Price‚ 2011)‚ lies in the understanding the different means of in various cultures (Trompenaars‚ 1993). Hence‚ basic cultural analysis should be conducted to better plan the new manufacturing business unit in Brazil where there are many differences from the Swedish culture. The famous analytic models from Hofstede (1980) and Trompenaars (1993) are applied to identify the key distinct dimensions of the two national cultures in
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