As proven in Pygmalion‚ the novel by George Bernard Shaw and "Pygmalion"‚ the Greek myth‚ neither a creator‚ nor or anyone‚ should control the fate of another‚ be it a creation or simply another human\.. It is neither moral‚ nor possible to control another’s fate‚ and arguable that one cannot even control their own fate. These stories are filled with examples of the negative results that come of people attempting to control other humans. As Shaw would doubtlessly agree‚ a person attempting to control
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How Higgins and Pickering treat Eliza Different but yet the same! The play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw is about how a poor simple woman is taught how to become an elegant flower girl by professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering. How come that although Mr Higgins and Colonel Pickering treat Eliza in totally different ways‚ they still treat her the same? Hopefully this essay will give you the answer to that question. The essay will tell you how they treat various characters in the play‚ and
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Balancing theory and practice Groups vs. teams • Group: no collective goal‚ collection of individual • Team: joint or common goal Maximizing team effectiveness Team: • Cooperation • Coordination • Communication • Collaboration • Cohesion • Concern Social and task components of team effectiveness Enhancing presentation effectiveness Icerberg Analogy • Rhetorical question: not really asking for an answer • To make audience interested How Many Questions Survey • Do the survey prior
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Pygmalion in Management: Reaction Most managers have a common sense about the impact of expectation. They understand higher expectations motivate subordinates to perform better. But when it comes to applying the theory in daily life‚ only a few managers hold the magic power in hands and could change other people’s destinies. There must be something ordinary people cannot overcome. What is it? In the article Pygmalion in Management‚ J. Sterling Livingston (1969) was spearheading the point: to be
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but I know I can be a lady to you‚ because you always treat me as a lady‚ and always will." This quotation from George Bernard Shaw’s play‚ PYGMALION‚ suggests that a person’s place in society is largely a matter of how he or she is treated by others. This also perfectly describes the effect of teachers’ behaviour and expectations on students‚ the pygmalion effect‚ which infers that students’ intellectual development is largely a response to what teachers expect and how those expectations are communicated
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SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY The self-fulfilling prophecy is‚ in the beginning‚ a false definition of the situation evoking a new behaviour which makes the original false conception come ’true’. This specious validity of the self-fulfilling prophecy perpetuates a reign of error. For the prophet will cite the actual course of events as proof that he was right from the very beginning. A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true‚ by the very terms
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“Pygmalion”‚ by George Bernard Shaw‚ is a modern metamorphosis of the story Pygmalion‚ legendary sculptor and king of Cyprus‚ who fell in love with his own statue of Aphrodite. At his prayer‚ Aphrodite brought the statue to life as Galatea. In his own play‚ Shaw reveals a twist in the Greek myth‚ where by he transformers a flower girl into a duchess through the power of speech. The author uses this mythology to portray aspects of Victorian England common social class classification. The author uses
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Apart from being problem plays ‚ Pygmalion and A Doll ’s house deal with the common theme of transformation of individuals . In Pygmalion‚ Shaw explores the idea that if a person is born in a low class and gets the opportunity to be trained in the ways of correct speech and manners then he or she can easily come to the social and intellectual level of the higher classes . He proves this by transforming Eliza Doolittle‚ a poor flower girl from the slums‚ to a sophisticated woman by changing her speech
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British Literature Honors Feminist Analysis of Pygmalion Women have not always been treated fairly and righteously. Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw is very effective in showing the unjust ways in which women were treated about a century ago. Throughout the play‚ Eliza Doolittle‚ a young and poor flower girl‚ is not always respected. Certain male characters‚ such as Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering‚ are responsible for this behavior. Pygmalion illustrates how in England‚ during the early
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Pygmalion in Management by J. Sterling Livingston Harvard Business Review Reprint 88509 Harvard Business Review Subscription Service P.O. Box 52623 Boulder‚ CO 80322-2623 Telephone: U.S. and Canada (800) 274-3214 Outside U.S. 44-85-846-8888 Fax: (617)496-8145 American Express‚ MasterCard‚ VISA accepted. Billing available. Harvard Business Review Operations Department Soldiers Field Boston‚ MA 02163 Telephone: (800) 545-7685 Fax: (617)496-8145 Inquire about HBR ’s custom service for quantity
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