Trompenaars’s Dimensions Universalism vs. Particularism Universalism is the belief in: rules or laws that can be applied to everyone; agreements and contracts are used as the basis for doing business; rules are used to determine what is right; contracts should not be altered. Particularism is the belief in: placing emphasis on friendships and looking at the situation to determine what is right or ethically acceptable deals are made based upon friendships; agreements are changeable;
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Dimensions of Religions Religion involves some acknowledgement of the supernatural. Therefore: communism/utilitarianism are NOT religions Various dimensions of religious beliefs -Agentic VS. Communal -Agentic: free agent. -Connection with God on a personal level -e.g. Jesus died for MY sins -Communal -Connection with God on a community level -e.g. Covenant made by God with the Israelites -Catholicism: relatively communal -Catholics have agentic aspects because of the personal connection
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and competitive individual behaviors which we often associate with masculine culture. What you see is a severe competition between groups. From very young age at kindergartens‚ children learn to compete on sports day for their groups (traditionally red team against white team). In corporate Japan‚ you see that employees are most motivated when they are fighting in a winning team against their competitors. What you also see as an expression of masculinity in Japan is the drive for excellence and
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The Dimensions of Othello the Tragic Hero How does one define a “tragic hero?” Aristotle illustrates such a character as an overall great person with very noble traits‚ but one who is not perfect. Many will look up to these tragic heroes; however each hero will have a specific flaw. This “tragic flaw” will ultimately lead to that character’s downfall. Also‚ these characters will often have the abilities to both recognize their tragic flaws in the end and also connect with the audience in some way
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII The English king Henry VIII is famous for many things: the Reformation‚ when he separated the English Church from Roman Catholic Church; the closing of the monasteries and persecution of non-conformists; being a great jouster and general sportsman of his time; and in later years feasting himself to humongous proportions. However‚ he is probably best remembered for having six wives. Each was very different‚ and each made her own indelible mark on English history. The
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Functionality Paper Hainee Bolton HCS 433 Dimensions of Health and the Older Adult December 1‚ 2014 Instructor Stephanie Easterling Functionality Paper As we age‚ we get better with a lot of things; we become wiser‚ not too uptight‚ and even happier. There are a lot of benefits of being “seasoned” the downside is we start seeing or feeling our body age. Getting older means our body is winding down‚ and it’s a normal part of the aging process. Each one of us gets old at different rates‚ and to a different
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Watson DW-Briefing Paper 10/16/08 Dimensions in Diversity I chose to research this topic particularly to broaden my understanding of sexual orientation in the workplace. The information that I found was very interesting‚ considering attitudes and practices concerning sexual orientation are undergoing dramatic change (Lubensky‚ Hollland‚ Wiethoff‚ Crosby‚ 2004). On a personal level‚ I have not found sexual orientation to hinder my professional development. Apparently for larger
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Dimensions of justice Zuckerman • The justness of a system of procedure depends on whether we can be reasonably confident in its ability to produce “correct” results in which the truth is ascertained. A system of procedure should also not compromise legal equality by imposing higher risks of error on one class of litigants. • Excessive delay and excessive haste may both compromise the rectitude of a decision. Delay in the execution of justice carries the additional harm of eroding the
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Weir‚ Allison .The Six Wives of Henry the VIII. New York‚ New York: Grove Weidenfeld Press‚ 1961. The Six Wives of Henry the VIII is a non-fiction‚ royal biography‚ consisting of 643 pages‚ with chronological and genealogical tables for all the families involved. There are pictures of Henry the VIII‚ his wives‚ children and bibliographical references and index. The book is a hardbound book originally published in Great Britain in 1961 by the Bodley Head‚ London. Allison Weir‚ a Tudor scholar
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is another fundamental issue for any society‚ to which a range of solutions can be found. The IBM studies revealed that (a) women’s values differ less among societies than men’s values; (b) men’s values from one country to another contain a dimension from very assertive and competitive and maximally different from women’s values on the one side‚ to modest and caring and similar to women’s values on the other. The assertive pole has been called ’masculine’ and the modest‚ caring pole ’feminine’
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