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How does enculturation vary by ethnicity when observed in a diverse multicultural place such as Westminster mall? This paper describes my ethnographic work and study of the people I analyzed at Westminster mall on April 28, 2016. In the Cultural Anthropology book Welsch and Vicanco state that “Since the 1960’s cultural anthropologists have focused more intensively on the symbolic lives of people in all societies. I learned that there is many types of ethnicities and every ethnicity does…

12490468 Professional Report Volkswagen: Myopic view of Stakeholders Executive Summary This report attempts to provide the systematic analysis of the questionable management practices adapted by shareholders of the company and also imply the organizational theories to these identified management issues. The organizational theories that are discussed in this report are stakeholder theory and shareholder theory which is implemented by Volkswagen. Various suggestion and high-level recommendations…

who they are today and who they will be tomorrow. I have been involved in many different social groups throughout my life. Each of them has taught me life lessons that I am reminded of on a daily basis. As I thought about these lessons, I realized that a majority of them revolved around perfection. In this essay, I will give you some insight on who I am by telling you about three of those social groups and the ways they have impacted my mindset and made me into the perfectionist I am today. When…

Competitor Analysis Company Market Share (as in August 2014) Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. 47% Hyundai Motor India Ltd. 16% Honda Cars India Ltd. 8% Tata Motors Ltd. 5% Mahindra & Mahindra 6% Maruti Suzuki: Maruti Suzuki India Limited has been highly successful in rural areas and smaller towns in India because of its excellent distribution and service network. It is mainly known for its small car segment with popular model being Swift, Dzire, Alto, Zen and Ritz. It is the largest automobile…

The race riots in 1964 and 1969 were momentous events in the history of Malaysia. The ‘nation-state’ refers to ‘a territorial-political unit whose borders coincided with the territorial distribution of a national group’ with a common cultural entity. The ‘nation-state’ consists of both the notion of statehood, and nationhood. The ‘territory’, as well as ‘institutions’ form the two core components of statehood. On the other hand, nationhood refers to ‘a historical community, more or less…

Introduction This case study proposal features the company Samsung Electronics Co. and the organizational changes it implemented over the past years. The company is the primary subsidiary of South Korea's Samsung Group and the biggest electronics manufacturer in Asia. Samsung Electronics conducts in operations in four leading divisions including Semiconductors, Digital Media, Home Appliances, and Information & Communications. he organization offers TVs, video, and sound gear; PCs and related…

It is common for minors - understood as children under the age of 18 - to wish to be adults who can make their own rules and decisions, and to hold the perceived unrestrained freedom adults possess. This restraint and lack of freedom felt by minors, particularly teenagers, stems from the need for children to be parented and guided - a concept children and teens do not always grasp in the time of their youth. Yet one aspect of this “teen-angst” does ring true; minors do not always have the same…

Against Affirmative Action,” to address why he is against Affirmative Action. Affirmative Action is where people take steps to increase the number of women, or people of color in situations like education and employment because, they were a part of a group that were discriminated against. One solid argument that he has is known as the role model argument. In the role model argument, he argues, “We all have need of role models, and it helps to know that others like us can be successful.” (pg.…

why is it formed? Hypothesis: There were two possible stereochemical outcomes for this experiment, either cis, (E,Z), or trans, (E,E). The cis product, (E,Z), would form if the double bond and phenyl group added to the same side. The trans product, E,E), would form if the double bond and phenyl group were to add to the opposite sides. The product of desire for the Wittig reaction is the trans, (E,E), isomer. Since the trans isomer of cinnamaldehyde was used in the experiment, the addition of…

has been used across history in promoting a common narrative and persuading groups of people for the purpose of achieving some type of goal. This goal could include vilifying an enemy during wartime so that young men are encouraged to enlist in the military or demonizing a group of people to turn the population against them so that ethnic cleansing is easier to carry out. Both of these goals were pursued during the American Revolution and in Nazi Germany respectfully, and during the time before…