656-665. Organizational Culture: Can It Be a Source of Sustained Competitive Advantage? JAY B. BARNEY University of California‚ Los Angeles Three attributes that a iirm ’s culture must have to generate sustained competitive advantages are isolated. Previous iindings suggest that the cultures oí some iirms have these attributes; thus‚ these cultures are a source oí such advantages. The normative implications oí the analysis are discussed. Firms that do not have the required cultures cannot engage in activities
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H) “Analyze One Aspect of a Culture of Your Choice”: Choose ONE of these areas (option 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ or 4) from a culture other than your own (which could include a “subculture” of your own country): Option 1) Religion—both historical and current aspects; Option 2) A current cultural tradition (a holiday or festival‚ educational practices‚ clothing‚ etc.); Option 3) A major historical event that strongly affected and continues to affect the country (political coup‚ natural disaster‚ war‚ etc.); or Option
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the problem is in the college‚ students lack the experiences for cross-culture communication. It is because for many ethnic students‚ especially the international students‚ they are shy to speak to other people. As multilingual students‚ they have language barrier‚ and diffident about communicate with others. However‚ in order to succeed in the college and blend in with the foreign cultures‚ it is better to adopt the new culture on one’s own initiative. Samuel D. Museus expresses this idea when he
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Aspects of Psychology In this paper‚ I will compare and contrast three different perspectives of early psychology. I will use the following perspectives: Behaviorism‚ Psychodynamic‚ and Physiological. Behaviorism focuses on observable behaviors‚ Psychodynamic focuses on how behaviors are controlled by unconscious forces‚ and the Physiological perspective focuses on how the physical body reacts to psychological influences (Davis & Palladino‚ 2007). The behavioral perspective was introduced by
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Micronesia closely relate in several aspects of their arts and cultures. Even though the two sections of islands are very similar they also are opposites in some ways depending on which islands you’re on. Micronesia sets on top of the Melanesian islands in the Pacific Ocean so the cultures in Micronesia are very similar to both Polynesia and Micronesian due to the small size of Micronesia. Both Melanesia and Micronesia’s art is for the same achievements. What are the differences in these two pacific
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to elicit a specific reflexive reaction or UCR (unconditioned response)‚ is an example of a learned behavior. This belief that only observable behavior should be the main focus of psychology was continued by the works of John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner. Watson believed that thinking‚ feeling‚ or consciousness should not be considered because it was not observable (Davis and Palladino‚ p. 195). They believed that learning was a permanent change in behavior caused only by environmental factors or
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Upon my investigation on Air Asia’s organization behaviour and culture‚ here are the cultures practiced in this organization number one being determination‚ whereby during a speech at the Sabah International Business Luncheon Talk 2012‚ Fernandes was quoted by the Borneo Post as saying nothing is impossible to achieve as long as there is determination. He turned around an unprofitable and small airline organization with only two airplanes to one that now has a 160-strong fleet of aircraft in only
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as newspaper‚ television and film‚ are important sources of information‚ education and entertainment. It can be used to learn more about the world and the people in it. In this regard it can be said that the media represent‚ interpret and endorse aspects of social experience (O’Shaughnessy and Stadler‚ 2005). The media are also implicated in social regulation‚ or in other terms‚ the government of society. The media are implicated in government and politics in an obvious way because modern systems
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Alain Locke‚ in "The New Negro‚" suggests that the "old Negro" is really nothing more than a myth or an ideal. He talks about the fact that there are aspects of Negro culture - such as the spiritual - that were beaten down but were accepted when finally allowed to emerge. Locke then takes a look at some trends‚ including the tendency toward moving "city-ward‚" and says these are not because of poor or even violent conditions in the south nor of the industry in the north. Instead‚ he attributes this
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proliferation of definitions and explanations of culture‚ its anthropological origins and lack of clarity undermines its value to our understanding of organizational behavior. It is too ambiguous a concept for the effective day-to-day management of the organization.’ Do you agree? What role do you think culture plays in the management of your own organization? I partly agree with the statement the proliferation of definitions and explanations of culture and lack of clarity undermines its value to
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