Oriental studies

In the past half century, America has seen a historic decline in gender inequality across many realms of society. Women have reached levels of success that they never have before, finding equality in education, employment and political representation. Yet despite these gains, inequality remains a persistent issue. It is particularly prominent in the workplace, where women face the glass ceiling effect and a significant gender wage gap across all professions. A closer look at the competing explanations

Organizational culture can be defined as ‘a pattern of shared basic assumptions learned by a group as it solved its problems of external adaption and internal integration, which has worked well enough to be considered valid and, therefore, to be taught to new members as the correct way to perceive, think and feel in relation to those problems’ (Schein 2010, p18). Having great organisational culture is not achievable in just one turn. Implementations of certain factors are required in order to attain

ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE INTRODUCTION: Just as society has a culture, so has an organization. Organizational culture has been called ‘Corporate soul’ (Singh and Paul 1985). The spirit and the ethos that precolates all aspects of organizational behavior and like societal cultureit cannot be seen directly. It has to be inferred by peeling out the most external, tangible, and hence visible sheaths of an organization to the most central and invisible values, beliefs, and assumptions regarding how and

The role and function of advertising is a debatable one. Most would argue that since it is not intended to be a governmental aid in ensuring and creating opportunities for equality, we are unable to expect such efforts to be made within this industry. Advertisers have the job of selling, to persuade and increase consumption as to satisfy the capitalist’s pockets. The play on social injustice often associated with this particular industry makes it relevant to question it though. Male dominance in

In 2010 ABC aired an episode of the show What would you do?, in which they put gender and race stereotypes to the test. During the episode three different actors appeared doing the same thing, stealing a bicycle, the only factor that changes was the gender and race. In the first run, the one trying to steal the bike was a young white male. As he tries to break the lock many people pass by him, but did nothing. Some asked questions others just stared. An interviewed woman told the crew that at first

“Southwest is one of the most admired companies in the country, respected in an industry that's better known for delayed flights and bad customer service than a great corporate culture.” (Business Insider) Southwest Airlines is known by many to have a long history or service in the airline industry. In many ways its rise to success is nothing less than astonishing. The company has been innovative in both its methods of marketing and its ability to manage its workforce effectively. Many consider Southwest

Virtual Organization Characteristics From the definitions of virtual organization/team, it can be summarized that virtual organization/team has four main characteristics which make it different from non-virtual organization/team: First, cross line, virtual organization/team is centralized with a few or without department. Business environment change makes a company or organization should be more flexible in doing its activity. When a company should produce a high quality product to meet their consumer

Exploring the black box: assessment for learning and the development of autonomy in Key Stage 2 1. Introduction: poking and prying with a purpose In 1942, novelist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston wrote ‘Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose’ (Hurston, 2006). As a Primary teacher, I started on this poking and prying because of a concern about pupils’ apparent lack of reflective thinking. In this section, I outline how this original concern developed by increasingly

Nature vs. Nurture Essay Throughout many years, scientists have been debating about whether nature or nurture is the driving force that shapes a person’s cognitive abilities and personal traits. Before the ongoing debate can be explained, it is necessary to understand what nature and nurture actually are. Nature is loosely defined as the genetics one inherits and tendencies that influence development. Many things in an individual are hereditary, for instance; gender, disease, height, eye color,

“Organisational culture is the pattern of basic assumptions that a given group has invented, discovered, or developed in learning to cope with its problems of external adaptation and internal integration, and that have worked well enough to be considered valid, and therefore be taught to new members as the correct way to perceive, think and feel in relation to those problems” (Schein, 1984). This definition elaborates the key characteristics of an organisational culture such as group, problems, perpetuation