I. Introduce: This part of our presentation is focused on Dutch Golden Age landscape and seascape painting. A period in Dutch history generally spanning the 17th century‚ during and after the later part of the Eighty Years War (1568–1648) for Dutch independence. At that time‚ the Dutch republic was one of Europe’s most prominent states. It strength was manifest not only in politics and economics but also in the arts and sciences at Europe. II. Land‚ sea and sky paintings of the 17 century:
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Royal Dutch Shell: Human Rights in Nigeria Case Analysis International Business April 22‚ 2013 The History Royal Dutch Shell is a global company. It has about 93‚000 employees and is located in more than 90 countries. It is an energy and petrochemicals business. In the US it was founded in 1912 by the American Gasoline Company to sell gasoline along the Pacific Coast‚ and Roxanna Petroleum to buy oil product properties in Oklahoma (according to Shell.US website). However‚ it was founded in
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and militarized process. Although the Dutch endured contestation from the incumbent peoples of Java‚ their use of violence and military discipline ultimately allowed them to succeed in transforming the East Indies from a subsistence economy into a colony of exportation where they controlled trade. Using its privileges granted by the Netherlands‚ the VOC successfully colonized Java. This involved murder‚ forced labor‚ and deforestation (76‚ Hall). The Dutch not only drove out the English--who had
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between Royal Dutch and Shell Transport and Trading. Multinational companies have to “engage in business practices to avoid negative consequences to their stakeholders” (Cullen‚ & Parboteeah‚ 2011‚ pg. 127). Multinational companies have to retain basic rights such as: pursuing fair profits and indicating duties provide equal wages for the employees. Prescriptive ethics is to direct multinational managers what they should and should not do. However‚ Chapter 1 in the text “Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria:
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Royal Dutch/Shell: Human Rights in Nigeria Synopsis: Royal Dutch Shell began oil production in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria in 1958 and has a long history of working closely with the Nigerian government to quell popular opposition to its presence in the region. From 1990-1995‚ Nigerian soldiers‚ at Shell’s request and with Shell’s assistance and financing‚ used deadly force and conducted massive‚ brutal raids against the Ogoni people living in the Niger Delta to repress a growing movement
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Coss Cultural Communication: Perspective of Royal Dutch Shell Shell has over 100 different nationalities in its employee population. In a global organization like Shell‚ people need to constantly work with people from other nationalities as part of expatriate assignments. We had a candid interaction with company’s global learning head Manojit Sen. We are elucidating few interesting points from the discussion. Global organisations like Royal Dutch Shell face the constant challenge of cross cultural
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As people do not know each other for a long time‚ they need to give each other more information to actually understand each other . Another thing that is common in low context cultures are well written manuals. With this manual no other information is necessary and everything is explained clearly . On the contrary in a high context communication culture communication will be done in more implicit ways‚ more things are left unsaid and the use of symbols within communication is common . People expect
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Russia and the Netherlands: Changes and Challenges Essay Question #2 • Compare and contrast the major internal changes and challenges faced by Russia and the Netherlands as detailed by Baker & Glasser and Buruma respectively. Russia and the Netherlands are both continuously complex and changing nations‚ with rich histories remembered and great challenges overcome (and some still yet to be overcome). In the very near past however‚ certain large scale changes and massive challenges
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Islamic tradition marry more than one wife? Dutch view of polygamy. What is the assignment? The assignment is to make a report about a chosen subject. What is the chosen subject? The chosen subject is to research why and how some young men in the Netherlands‚ according to Islamic tradition‚ marry more than one wife. Describe the reasons and the ritual. Involve the Dutch legal criteria for marriage and the Dutch view of polygamy. Compare the Dutch view with the criteria in the Sharia Islamic
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2. External analysis According to Marcus & Van Dam influence external factors an organization‚ whether an organization can only limited influence external factors. Therefore is important to analysis the external factors of a company‚ as they have to be informed about the macro environment in which they cooperate. The macro environment includes the external factors environmental‚ technological‚ economical‚ social‚ political‚ cultural‚ demographical‚ regulatory‚ general competitive and legal
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