Overview: Florence Kluckhohn Value Orientations R.S. Zaharna‚ Ed.D. American University In her seminal paper "Dominant and Variant Value Orientations‚" Florence Kluckhohn outlined five basic human problems that were common to all peoples at all times and all places (1953‚ p. 346). The value orientations Kluckhohn identified speak to the assumptions that we make about ourselves and our relationship to the world‚ which in turn‚ guide our actions. Table 1 (found at the END of this piece) provides
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Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck (1961) Culture as a solution to universal problems Common human problems (basic assumptions of the nature of (human) reality): 1. What is the character of innate human nature? (good or evil‚ neutral or a mix? Mutable or immutable?) 2. What is the relation of humans to nature and supernature? (subjugation‚ harmony or mastery)? 3. What is the temporal focus of human life (past‚ present or future)? 4. What is the modality of human activity: (people as
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Employee Orientation and Training Programs Orientation is a meeting or the formal activity that specifically prepares employees for working in particular organization and working environment. An orientation meeting can be formal‚ with several new hires in a conference room‚ or it can be informal‚ with the supervisor or another employee on a one-on-one basis. An orientation for new employees can be a advantage to both the employee and the employers. Some of those advantages include the following;
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academics and ultimately in a future career as well as interact comfortably social situations. The famous B.B. King said that “the beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” All of Eisner’s orientations posed interesting views. However‚ the two orientations that I found most appealing were Personal Relevance and Social Adaptation. Children easily get bored and distracted when involved with something that disinterests them. The Personal Relevance approach‚ I feel‚ gives
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instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rjmm20 From market orientation to brand orientation in the public sector a Johan Gromark & Frans Melin a b Lund University‚ Sweden b Lund University‚ Sweden Published online: 02 Sep 2013. To cite this article: Johan Gromark & Frans Melin (2013) From market orientation to brand orientation in the public sector‚ Journal of Marketing Management‚ 29:9-10‚ 1099-1123‚ DOI: 10.1080/0267257X.2013.812134
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There have been many studies of the term ‘marketing orientation’‚ and its presence within organisations. Marketing orientation is an approach that companies take which centres its activities towards achieving customer satisfaction through effective marketing. It is where customers form the basis of an organisations performance and overall success. In order to achieve successful marketing orientation‚ a company must organise an effective structure through planning its activities‚ products and services
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Cultural Orientation After testing myself on culture orientation I found that assessment was for the most part accurate. For a couple of sections I had answered questions that had categorized me into two different orientations. For an example‚ I had chosen the letter choice B for question number one‚ which indicated a collectivist orientation‚ and then for question number two I had chosen letter choice A‚ which indicated a individualist orientation. In an individualist culture‚ a person is held
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Customer orientation. The retailer should verify the characteristics and needs of its targeted consumer and endeavors to please the needs to the highest (Bermann and Evan‚ 2012). As noted by Scheer and Loos (2002)‚ to categorize the customer-oriented spectrum’s services and products‚ it is essential to identify appropriate parameters. An appropriate parameter as guideline is the degree of individuality whereby it illustrates the output of orientation of a customer’s individual need based on his
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joined Wharton’s faculty in 1969. He specialised in the evolution of multinational corporations (MNCs) making predictions to how their viability and legitimacy would change. Perlmutter is the first academic who identified distinctive managerial orientations of international companies. "The more one penetrates into the living reality of an international firm‚ the more one finds it necessary to give serious weight to the way executives think about doing business around the world". These organisational
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1 October 2013 Sexual Orientation Sexual Orientation Is focused on nature of sexual preference somebody’s sexual desire‚ toward people of the opposite sex‚ people of the same sex‚ or people of both sex Sexual orientation is also understood to be more than just Intimacy‚ but includes emotional preference and connection with another person. When a person is physically and emotionally attracted to others of the same sex‚ they are considered to be lesbian if it’s a female and gay if it’s a male
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