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    put into these movies. There are a huge number of movies that are like this. One in particular would be North Country starring Charlize Theron. This movie is a fictionalized account of the first major sexual harassment case in the United States—Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines‚ where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit (North Country). The movie is inspired by a brave woman who fought so hard for what she wanted‚ but the movie portrays

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    Many stereotypes of women were depicted in the movie North Country. The first major one that I notice was when the main character was talking to her childhood friend after washing her hair. He friend told her that she worked at the town mine. The main character automatically asked her if she was a secretary there. This is a large stereotype that has affected women for a long time. Many people assume that the job a woman would be working in a male environment such as mining must be as a secretary

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    North Country” Josey was a woman who was looking for a new start when she and her 2 kids left her abusive husband. Unfortunately the abuse did not stop for Josey. The abuse continued when Josey went to work at the Mining company to get some extra money so she could take care of her two kids and move out of her parents house. Josey worked at a salon before moving to the mining company. At the salon she was not making enough money to make ends meet. This was an example of rights theory not being

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    North Country stars Charlize Theron as a female worker at an iron mining company in Northern Minnesota who is sexually harassed and leads a class-action lawsuit against her employer for failing to protect her and other female employees. "What Josey Aimes wants is a decent job so she can put food on the table and take care of her kids. What she gets is threatened‚ insulted‚ ogled‚ fondled‚ belittled‚ attacked and called filthy names. "Take it like a man‚" her callous male boss says. Instead‚ she takes

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    North Country Auto

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    Numerical: (1) North Country Auto-Transfer Pricing problem‚ Page 181‚ Book: MCS by Vijay Govindarajan & Robert N Anthony Solution: Facts of the case: (a) North Country Auto has departments/profit centre : (i) New & (ii) Used Car Sales‚ (iii) Parts‚ (iv) Service & (v) Body. (b) New & Used cars dept.: Headed by managers. They dealt in cars of Ford‚ Saab & Volkswagen. (c) Parts dept.: Manager was responsible for tracking parts inventory for the three lines & minimizing both carrying cost &

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    North Country: Relevance to Argumentation In the movie North Country the plot over laps allot of the issues we discuss in class weekly. The way the inerrant dominant power the men naturally take within the union. It reminds me of a lot of Cornell West theories on the politician’s in Washington. Where women potentially will never have equal power unless we keep on widdling away the barriers of gender discrimination. I noticed in the movie there were no African American people in the film. I assume

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    NORTH COUNTRY AUTO‚ INC. North Country Auto‚ Inc. was a franchised dealer and factory-authorized service center for Ford‚ Saab‚ and Volkswagen. George G. Liddy‚ part owner‚ recently developed new control systems for the five departments within the company; new car sales and used car sales‚ service‚ body‚ and parts. Mr. Liddy wanted to see each department ran like a separate business. He was trying to motivate his department managers to see how beneficial this would be in the long run‚ not only to

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    North Country Auto

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    North Country Auto‚ Inc.. North Country Auto‚ Inc.. is a company that also is authorized dealer for service for several brands of cars such as Ford‚ Saab‚ and Volkswagen. North Countru Auto has two partners‚ namely George Liddy and Andrew Jones. Andrew Jones is the owner of Country Auto Noerth first since the company was founded‚ while George Liddy joined the last few years. When George Liddy joined‚ the company experienced a change in management control systems company. North Country Auto‚ Inc

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    North Country Analysis

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    North Country Analysis MGMT 339 The movie North Country portrayed many stereotypes of women and especially women in the work place. The first one I seen is when the main character‚ Josey Aimes‚ is talking and catching up with her childhood friend. Her friend stated that she worked at the mine and Josey automatically asked her if she was the secretary there. This implies that mining is work only suitable for men and a woman could only work there at a clerical position. Another

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    North Country Auto, Inc

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    NORTH COUNTRY AUTO‚ Inc. Case Background Each of the departments of North Country Auto‚ Inc. namely‚ the new cars sales and used cars sales‚ service‚ parts‚ body shop and oil change “operated as part of one business” before George Liddy bought into the dealership. The Department Managers were paid salaries and a year-end bonus. However‚ feeling that this system would not motivate employees‚ he devised a system wherein he could track effectively the departmental performance. For this‚ he developed

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