Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Ageism and sexism in birthday cards
Analyze
15 to 20 birthday cards at a nearby store. Categorize cards by gender
and by age of intended recipient. If you have no card store nearby, shop
birthday cards on the Web. (To do this, go to a search engine like
www.google.com and type "greeting cards" in the blank search line.) Are
the messages you find in the cards positive or negative? Jot down what
differences you find about age and lack of sexual activity,
attractiveness, intelligence, or physical ability by sex. Compare these
impressions with those you see on the television or in magazine ads.
Taken together, how do birthday cards and other media represent the
problems that men and women have as they age?
Qualitative data techniques versus quantitative techniques
Contrast and compare qualitative data techniques versus quantitative techniques; Define validity, reliability, verifiability, replication,
correlation (positive and negative), variables, dependent variable,
independent variable, control group, causal relationships.
How does the media reflect attitudes on gender as far as depicting women and men in very traditional roles?
Provide
two detailed examples that substantiate your points—these can be an
advertisement, television show, website, or magazine. When you think of
various groups (race, class, and gender) in society, which ones have the
most power and which ones have the least? Using Intersection Theory,
identify two groups that have unequal amounts of power and resources,
being specific and using the text and outside resources. For each group,
has the power dynamic changed over time? Do you think it will change in
the future? Why or why not?
Social Mobility StratificationSocial Mobility Stratification
Do you believe the structural-functionalist or the social conflict approach best explains social stratification? Why?
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMMUNICATION
Your fast-food franchise has been cleared for business in all
4 countries (United Arab Emirates, Israel, Mexico, and China). You now
have to start construction on your restaurants. The financing is coming
from the United Arab Emirates, the materials are coming from Mexico and
China, the engineering and technology are coming from Israel , and the
labor will be hired locally within these countries by your management
team from the United States. You invite all of the players to the
headquarters in the United States for a big meeting to explain the
project and get to know one another. The people seem to be staying with
their own groups and not mingling.
What is the cultural phenomenon at play here (what is it called/ term)?
How do you explain the lack of intercultural communication and interaction?
What do you know about these cultures—specifically their economic, political, educational, and social systems—that could help you in getting them together?
What are some of the contrasting cultural values of these countries?
You are concerned about some of the language barriers as you start the meeting, particularly the fact that the United States is a low-context country, and some of the countries present are high-context countries. Furthermore, you only speak English, and you do not have an interpreter present.
How will this affect the presentation?
What are some of the issues you should be concerned about regarding verbal and nonverbal language for this group?
What strategy would you use to begin to have everyone develop a relationship with each other that will help ease future negotiations, development, and implementation?
What is the cultural phenomenon at play here (what is it called/ term)?
How do you explain the lack of intercultural communication and interaction?
What do you know about these cultures—specifically their economic, political, educational, and social systems—that could help you in getting them together?
What are some of the contrasting cultural values of these countries?
You are concerned about some of the language barriers as you start the meeting, particularly the fact that the United States is a low-context country, and some of the countries present are high-context countries. Furthermore, you only speak English, and you do not have an interpreter present.
How will this affect the presentation?
What are some of the issues you should be concerned about regarding verbal and nonverbal language for this group?
What strategy would you use to begin to have everyone develop a relationship with each other that will help ease future negotiations, development, and implementation?
Organizational culture
Organizational
culture is in many ways beneficial for an organization and its
employees but can also be a liability. What do you think are the most
significant ways that organizational culture is beneficial? A liability?
Be sure to provide specific examples
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