international school‚ estimate the number of Australian students in the school. A. 196 B. 208 C. 216 D. 224 Section B 31. 29. {a ‚ a‚ a + d‚ a + 3d and a + 6d} is a group of numbers. Which of the following must be true? A. B. I. The mean of the group of numbers is a + 2d. II. The median of the group of numbers is a + d. III. The mode of the group of numbers is 2. A. B. C. D. C. D. I and II only I and III only II and III only I‚ II and III © Pearson Education Asia
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Culture - Power Distance This is a determinant basic to all societies that Hofstede has named. It is describing the distribution of "power" among individuals and groups in the society‚ and how inequalities in power are dealt with in these societies. Inequality of power is a basic fact of life. It cannot be 100% eliminated. Iit is impossible to have _no_ power distance‚ because this means everyone is exactly equal (skills‚ actions‚ genetics‚ etc) unless of course you are on about a bunch of identical
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Love is everywhere‚ especially roaming the hallways (Personification) of high school. Love at first sight in the hallway or classes exists‚ just ask all the couples who are deeply in love with each other. Who said you cannot find your true love at the age of sixteen or even fourteen? (Rhetorical Question) Anyone who argues that is obviously bitter high school did not turn out the way they expected it to. I mean think about it‚ high school is the best environment to find your soulmate. You are bound to
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Power distance is one of the five dimensions of Hofstede’s framework for assessing culture. Hofstede has defined power distance as “the extent to which inequality in power is accepted and considered as normal by less powerful people in a society.”(Hofstede‚ p. 307‚ 1986). He divided this dimension into two categories: 1. Small 2. Large Small power distance: Small power distance means that the extent to which less powerful people accept the social inequality is small‚ that is members
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from 117‚000 IBM employees during 1967 to 1973. He has first focused on 40 largest countries and then extended his research to 50 countries and 3 regions. This initial analysis identified systematic differences in national cultures on four primary dimensions: power distance (PDI)‚ individualism (IDV)‚ uncertainty avoidance (UAI) and masculinity (MAS)‚ which are described below. As Hofstede explains on his academic website‚ these dimensions regard “four anthropological problem areas that different
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Have you ever though what does the word "culture" means? Well‚ throughout life people refer to this word as art‚ beliefs‚ behavior‚ ideas or activities relating to literature‚ art‚ and music of a particular society or group of people. However‚ that is only the simply definition that appears on the dictionary. Culture involves other important subjects that describe deeply this word‚ issues such as‚ family‚ language‚ identity‚ stereotyping‚ raising‚ expectations‚ economic situation and so on. Therefore
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France – Jamaica Power Distance France working culture is centraly based on working hierchies‚ indivuidualism and high uncertainty avoidance. France is a country with high (68%) inequalities acceptance . It is a country where laboral hierachy exist‚ and were power is consolidated in hands of the minority. Employees have a great respect for their superiors‚ and only report to their inmediate managers‚ where information formaly continues its flow hierarchicaly Also‚ this herarchy seem to limit
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“Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment” (Gandhi). To me‚ this quote means power through generosity and kindness is longer lasting and more genuine than power gained by terror . The first part of the quote‚ “Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love” (Gandhi) means that a person
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What does it mean to have power and integrity? Having power can mean multiple things. It can mean having control or an influence over people or things. It can mean something as small as having control over your own head. Power is capability and ability to control things‚ people‚ or yourself. Integrity is honesty and holding strong moral principles. Having both power and integrity gives a person goals (integrity) and motivation (power) to achieve them. How can power impact today’s word? Power is
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What does it mean to be a WestJetter? The airline industry rides a train that is propelled by many different factors‚ such as the state of the economy‚ jet fuel prices‚ people’s view of the industry itself and the image of the individual airline entity. Founded by Clive Beddoe‚ Don Bell‚ Mark Hill and Tim Morgan‚ WestJet has been riding a different train from the get-go since its inauguration in 1996‚. Nobody would have thought that a bottom-up management structure in an airline business would
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