In the essay of “Biographies of Hegemony”‚ Karen Ho‚ an American Anthropologist describes the fact that undergraduate students get jobs on Wall Street to satisfy their own ambition of becoming successful investment bankers. Ho’s further research at Harvard business school made her wonder about the situation of the undergraduate “who once aspired to become‚ say writer or teacher‚ “realize” by the time they graduate that they always wanted to go to Wall Street” (170). This realization by most of the
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Gung Ho The movie Gung Ho portrayed the takeover of an American car factory by a Japanese corporation. It shows a clash of cultures between the Americans and the Japanese after Hunt Stevenson successfully convinced the Japanese to reopen the automobile factory in a small town. When the Japanese employers show up‚ they expect that the Americans share the same type of work ethics that they have practiced. On the first day of the joint venture‚ Kazihiro addresses the American workers: "We must build
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Android Phones VS Apple IOS Phones According to the latest data‚ Google’s Android platform commands 39% t of the US mobile phone market. In contrast‚ the Apple IOS system commands 28% market share (IDC‚ 2013.11)‚ two companies control 67% of the US mobile phone market. There is no doubt that these two systems are the most competitive operating systems in the world. A comparison and contrast of the Android and IOS systems can be made regarding branding‚ product features‚ and security. Respective
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Android vs iOS In this modern times‚ almost all human in this world has a smartphone. Smartphones really helps our life with their capabilities of having almost the same functionalities with a personal computer. With that but can be held in almost all the time. Their small form makes people can bring them anytime‚ unlike a personal computer. Also‚ smartphones have the capabilities to connect to internet‚ thus with it can connect with other people with social media. Before the age of smartphones
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Question 1: Identify and discuss the basic Japanese values. What impact do these values have on Japanese business dealings? To what extent is it important for non-Japanese to be aware of Japanese values? As far as my understanding of the movie Gung Ho‚ there are some basic Japanese values worth being analyzed for example‚ Japanese shows high level of politeness. During the early scene of the Japanese making their way out of the airplane‚ the Americans spreads out red carpet and the Japanese naturally
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GUNG-HO Gung-Ho is a movie about the takeover of an American automobile factory in Hadleyville‚ Pennsylvania by a Japanese company. The term Gung Ho is a Chinese expression for “work together” which is what the movie is about. As the Americans and Japanese attempt to work together the viewers are able to see the cross-cultural conflicts and huge misunderstandings that happen throughout the movie because of the differences in culture‚ work attitude‚ management styles‚ and values between the two
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Fasten your seatbelts as Ho Chi Minh City is a metropolis on the move – and we’re not just talking about the motorbikes that throng the streets. Saigon‚ as it’s known to all but city officials‚ is Vietnam at its most dizzying: a high-octane city of commerce and culture that has driven the whole country forward with its limitless energy. It is a living organism that breathes life and vitality into all who settle here‚ and visitors cannot help but be hauled along for the ride. Saigon is a name so
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Jin-Ho has ‘delicate sensibilities’ owing to his ‘preference’. Gae-In appeals to the ‘gay’ Jin-Ho to help her with her makeover because she associates him with good perception about personal grooming and relies on the abilities he has acquired from being gay. Gae-In puts Jin-Ho in same place as her‚ since both of them are attracted to men. Jin-Ho not from a man’s perspective but as a gay man’s perspective will be able to help her because she doesn’t expect Jin-Ho to act as a ‘man’. Jin-Ho lays
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How Families Are Changing For the Better Betty Holcomb The present structure of the average family in America is changing‚ mainly due to the growing number of mothers who now work outside the home. The current mark of dual-earner families stands at 64 percent‚ making it a solid majority today. This alteration of the "traditional" structure of the family is a catalyst for other changes that may soon occur. One of the changes that recently have been evident is the increased participation of
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Concert Report The performance from Ashton Smith was quite impressive to say the least. To be honest I was never interested in classical music; let alone people who sing it. Not once during the concert I thought to myself‚ “when is this going to end”. This concert was very informative as well. The class interaction with Ashton allowed us to pick her mind. I was absolutely clueless of the preparation that singers do in order to perform to the peak of their abilities. For example‚ when
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