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The peculiarities of each aspect of the everyday life in Japan depend on the country’s customs and traditions. This principle is also important for understanding the peculiar features of providing business affairs in Japan. Today more and more companies become involved in the process of globalization, extending and strengthening the international business relations. To provide the effective results of these tendencies, it is necessary to pay attention to the cultural peculiarities of that country with which it is important to establish successful business contacts. To be able to work effectively with the partners from Japan, it is significant to analyze the particular features of organizing the management processes in the country. Two common managerial approaches to the organization of the work in the company can be determined. The first approach is the accent on an individual and his work toward reaching definite business goals. The second approach is the orientation on the team work when the results of the collective work of individuals are appreciated (Hofstede, Hofstede, & Minkov). The first approach is typical for companies in the USA where managers accentuate the work of an individual as a leader of a definite process. The second variant of the work organization is realized in the Japanese companies. The misunderstandings connected with the differences in approaches can result in the ineffective realization of the cooperative projects between the managers of the both companies (Hofstede, Hofstede, & Minkov). The Japanese managers concentrate on creating the atmosphere of harmony in the team in order the members of the group could do all their best and provide the highest results. The main principles of the work are understanding, sincerity, and cooperation which are realized because of the proper attention and monitoring without the oppressive control (Hofstede, Hofstede, & Minkov). It is not typical for the Japanese company to determine the individuals’ successes, but pay attention to the team’s results. The situation in the USA can be considered as quite opposite. US managers focus on the leader’s characteristics of the employees and their ability to work in order to achieve the corporate goals using the most effective methods ( Cultural aspects, n.d.). Moreover, it is also important to pay attention to the cultural peculiarities of Japan and to its traditions. The Japanese people always focus on the significance of customs and traditions. That is why they also concentrate on the people’s following such customs as entering the room where the tatami is used without footwear, taking business cards with both hands, and the avoidance of the unnecessary physical contacts ( Cultural aspects, n.d.). The Japanese people also greet each other with bowing, but today they prefer to use shakehands while interacting with their international guests. It is typical for the Japanese people to express the ut
When Jay-Z was writing his book, he had three major goals in mind. In this paper, I want to show how he achieved all of them. The first goal was to show that hip-hop lyrics can be viewed as poetry. That means showing that they have the value of true poems rather than just primitive texts most people think they are. I think Jay-Z was incredibly successful in demonstrating that. He had analyzed his songs and has explained and “decoded” the messages they contain. For example, the lyric “It’s a dirty game so whatever is effective / From weed to selling Kane, gotta put that in effect, shit” (Jay-Z 269) can be seen as glorifying drug dealing, but Jay-Z explains and clarifies its deeper meaning. He tells us how it is about life in a brutal and corrupt town and trying to make a living. The lines like “Move your body like a snake mama / Make me wanna put the snake on ya” (Jay-Z 240) may seem crass and inelegant, but the author explains that this choice of words was meant to invoke the Indian roots of the song and create a playful party image for it. By putting the lyrics in context, Jay-Z explains the deeper meaning and rich history behind even the simplest of his songs and by doing that encourages the reader to look deeper into the hip-hop songs of other artists as well. The second goal was to tell the reader about the author’s generation. That aim is also fulfilled well. Jay-Z tells the stories from his life chaotically and in no particular order. However, that just highlights the erratic, violent and confused life of his generation. On the same page he writes “If that sounds predatory, it’s because recruiting new workers is one of the most predatory aspects of the game” and “When I wrote a song for my first album inspired by the tension between older guys and recruits in the streets” (Jay-Z 67). He connects the stories from his teenage years and the stories about his music without creating a narrative. It is a collection of thoughts and descriptions which explain the life of the Jay-Z’s generation. The final goal was to show how hip-hop can be a way to tell the public about the artist’s experience. Jay-Z achieved that by using the example of the “hustler story.” He explained in his book why it is important in the historical context. He describes how rap, as an art form, relates those stories and makes them exciting. The author writes “…hip-hop would be as boring as the news if all MCs did was report. Rap is also entertainment—and art” (Jay-Z 40). The use of metaphor and humor makes the message accessible to the general public. That way the rappers make people relate to their personal experiences and send a message to the audience. The analysis of the lyrics also helps the reader understand how this is achieved. In “American Dreamin” Jay-Z raps “Mama forgive me, should be thinkin bout Harvard / But that’s too far away, niggas are starving / Ain’t nothin wrong with aim, just gotta change the target” (Jay-Z 59). By explaining how that lyric relates to his own wish to get rich in the streets, he highlights the fact that the t
Normally, a child is born with all bodily organs functioning perfectly, however at times a child can be born with some form of disability that can be physical, mental, sensory, emotional or developmental. This kind of disability is referred as a congenital condition. Also at times, one may not have been born with disability but is disabled during their lifetime may be due to an accident or health complications; this is referred to as acquired disability. One common form of disability is learning disability where one experiences difficulties in learning and comprehending as well and as fast as others. It may be inborn or triggered by an event or health complication. Nevertheless, as these disabled children grow up, they should to be privileged with the same rights as the normal children, if not given more special rights. Among those rights is the right to education. These children have the right to attend school, gain knowledge and skills and be able to give back to the community however way they can because every student has a right to education without discrimination and that provides high quality and equitable opportunities. The objective of public education should be equal for every student and assist them in achieving their full potential. Importantly, educators should know how culturally responsive teaching can be adopted for the benefit of teaching the students with any kind of disabilities. Cultural Responsive teaching is a teaching technique used to identify and address cognitive, social, emotional, and cultural and language needs of students with developmental needs as a way of providing them with assistance in all varying lengths from being assisted in regular classroom activities to being assisted in the special education program. This model of teaching was derived from a research conducted on children with the Down syndrome. Responsive teaching helps parents and teachers learn how to develop and use the teaching model as way of promoting a child’s development in behaviors that would relatively improve their developmental needs. In schools, this kind of practice helps teachers educate students with varying abilities, language and other different personalities possessed by each individual student (Harris-Murri, King & Rostenberg 2006). In order to fully comprehend the impact of cultural responsive teaching of students with disabilities, we analyze these three articles. The first article is “Culturally Sensitive Instructional Practices for African-American Learners with Disabilities” by Mary Franklin. This article is about the cultural sensitive instruction practices for African-American learners with disabilities, which is a major challenge facing American schools. The author notes that the teaching mode in American public schools is compatible with the social structure of the dominant culture. This mode of teaching is replicated in the field for special education. The article emphasis is put across on the fact that those who are concerned with educating students of this
Introduction SWOT is an acronym for Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities and Threats. Strengths and Weaknesses are internal while Opportunities and Threats are external attributes of an organizational environment (Ghazinoory et al., 2011). QFD stands for Quality Function Deployment, a strategic management technique for transforming the consumer needs into quality design products. There are four houses of quality in QFD. They include Product planning matrix, Part deployment matrix, Process-planning matrix, and Production control matrix (Kumar et al., 2006). Production planning matrix deals with identification of customer needs and market competitors. Part deployment and process planning matrices deal with production control mechanisms. Production matrix deals with control of the final products. The controls of the final product include quality and quantity controls (Kumar et al., 2006). The quality of the products should meet the expectations of consumers. The quantity of the outputs should be sufficient to meet the market demand and supply. The audience In this paper, the target audience is customers who consume organizational products. According to Bobrek and Sokovic (2006), the main concern of customers is satisfaction of their needs at affordable prices. Therefore, business organizations must strive for survival by ensuring that all customer concerns are satisfied. Problem The main problems faced by organizations in this context include identification of customer needs and market competitors. SWOT analysis is used by the organization in assessing its strengths and weaknesses against available opportunities and market threats. In this context, the strengths of the organization in question could be its brand position on the market, product differentiation, and quality customer service. Threats are market competitors and new market entrants (Ghazinoory et al., 2011). The threats could come from competitive brand qualities and prices of market rivals. The first house of QFD can help organizational managers in identifying market competitors. In this regard, the organization is supposed to carry out market scanning to establish the existing competitors. Upon identification of market rivals, the organization in question should embark on competitor analysis. Competitor analysis identifies the strengths and weaknesses of market rivals (Kumar et al., 2006). Recommendation In order to integrate SWOT analysis and Quality Function Deployment (QFD) effectively to gain a competitive advantage, the organization should use production planning matrix to identify competitors and consumer needs(Kumar et al., 2006). Then SWOT analysis should be employed to identify the strengths and weaknesses of market competitors. The organization should use weaknesses of competitors as an opportunity for business growth. Quality Function Deployment is essential in designing consumer products that meet market expectations. Part deployment, process planing and production control matrices ensure that high quality products are produced at minimum costs. The strategies an organization should employ in lowering production costs include the use of technology
Food issues in Japan Japan has a significant population on a small territory. Its soils are not fertile, and the percent of land available for agriculture is relatively low. It leads to a situation when the amount of food necessary for living is not enough. Domestic food production satisfies only one-third of it. The required amount is calculated based on the number of calories needed for all Japanese populations in total. In addition, Japan has no close cooperation about food imports with neighboring Asian countries, such as China. Thus, the food importation to the country is not adjusted in the best way. Problems, security and self-sufficiency Japan is dependent on other countries when it comes to the food supply. As mentioned, it cannot provide itself with food in the necessary amounts and should import it. When prices on food rise or food supply shorten, the country might undergo calorie insufficiency. Food is essential for the population’s life, and if it is not enough food, standards of living fall drastically, even despite Japan being a developed country. In addition to that, cataclysms are frequent in Japan. It undergoes tsunamis and earthquakes, which destroy its infrastructure regularly. To cope with the hardships of food supply, Japan needs a flexible and robust regulation in the food and agricultural fields. The Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas Basic Act of 1999 The Food, Agriculture, and Rural Areas Basic Act was enacted to maintain food security in Japan. It provides a wide range of measures to maintain a food supply: both domestic production and import. It explores developing domestic food production, for example, using technological advances for increasing productivity. Another aim is waste minimizing during production, importation, and storage. In emergency cases, there are regulations of price to ensure that everyone will be able to buy food. The total amount of calories of available food is calculated. If this amount is less than the sum of daily intakes of calories for all people, then emergency measures are provided. Basic Plans, established five years ahead, are based on this sum. They consists of measures, procedures and other implementations to ensure that the population will receive the necessary level of calories Implementation of the Act The Act promotes cooperation in fields of food production and trading at national and international levels. It establishes connections with farmers’ organizations and businesses in Japan, which stimulates development and regulates them. In addition to cooperation in food trade with other countries, it stimulates promoting agriculture industry in developing countries of Africa. It also includes implementing the
Mary Atwood is the author of one of the most famous books, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” which is written in the main character’s diary. In her book, often called a feministic dystopia, she argues about women’s role in society and presents her own reality of women treated as children incubators. At the beginning of the masterpiece, the handmaid Offred who is the main character and is supposed to carry a baby for her lord tries to withstand against established laws, and she is angry about the existing social principles. However, by the end of the book, she turns into an average woman pressured and oppressed by society. This is the best description of the person vs. society conflict; it allows the reader to understand, analyze the handmaid’s feelings and emotions, and come to a logical definition of the subject of this confrontation. The modern series “The Handmaid’s Tale” is created on the grounds of Mary Atwood’s novel, and it broadens the book’s main idea. This piece of art represents women’s fight for their rights. However, the resistance of the main character against social norms takes a more massive and rebellious turn. Offred organizes a women’s community that aims to break the existing laws and establish equality (Hulu, 2017). This group of women almost starts a war to win this confrontation against society. However, the series is not finished yet. Therefore, the ending is unclear. People face various problems. However, not all of them can be considered the person vs. society conflict. We can speak about such confrontation
The production of metamorphic bodies and the presence of humanoid hybrids is often the subject of discussion in various works of fiction. Depending on the genre, the subject of human body modification is approached differently, with horror often leaning heavily into the implications of body transformation on humanity and otherness (Cruz). In science fiction, on the other hand, the theme can be viewed through a more positive lens, considered an improvement upon the human structure. Overall, the approach a piece takes when discussing metamorphic bodies largely depends on the general themes of the work, as well as the hybrid’s origins. The production of a hybrid and the process of their “birth” plays a large role in how they are framed to the audience. The creation of a regular person is considered to be a natural, organic process. As something made possible by the biological capabilities of humans and other mammals, human birth and reproduction is viewed as something pure, and outs
If you’re trying to conduct a Pride and Prejudice film analysis, you’re better to check some interpretations. Below, you will see one of them. Pride and Prejudice , directed by Joe Wright, is a 2005 movie adapted from Jane Austen’s classic novel bearing the same name. The movie, rated PG for some mild thematic elements, was produced by a British film production company called Working Title Films and written by Deborah Moggach. It has a running time of one hundred and twenty-eight minutes. This essay will provide a Pride and Prejudice movie review essay with a summary and examination. The romantic film was released in September 2005 in the United Kingdom and two months later in the United States. Some of the main characters in the film include Keira Knightley (Elizabeth Bennet), Mathew Macfadyen (Mr. Darcy), Talulah Riley (Mary Bennet), and Brenda Blethyn (Mrs. Bennet). Although the film version is short, it is persuasive, witty, powerful, and entertaining that makes it to be far superior to the novel. The movie illustrates the lives of the Bennet sisters. They consist of five young women who are looking for suitable husbands. Their overbearing mother aids them in this process. However, the father seems to be unaware of the unfolding drama. Elizabeth, the second of the five sisters, prevails in the movie. The main plot of the story depicts the relationship between Elizabeth and Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy who is the affluent owner of the pompous family estate of Permberley in Derbyshire (Austen, 2009). As the movie begins, they seem not to be attracted to one another. However, as the story continues, circumstances compel them to scrutinize their hearts and their notions about one another, so as to dig out the truth about their lives. In addition, there is also a parallel love story between Elizabeth’s older sister, Jane (Rosamund Pike) and the amiable Mr. Charles Bingley (Simon Woods). The story as well follows the rejection of marriage proposal made to Elizabeth by a detestable emotional clergyman known as Mr. William Collins (Tom Hollander). The underground illicit activities of the open and bighearted Mr. George Wickham (Rupert Friend) are also revealed. The Bennets are anticipating the coming of Mr. Bingley, an affluent bachelor who recently moved to a house in their neighborhood. Mrs. Bennett is busy strategizing on how to let one of her daughters to get married to this rich neighbor, without his knowledge. Jane and Mr. Bingley seem to be attracted to each other. However, Elizabeth seems to take an immediate dislike to Mr. Darcy, Mr. Bingley’s reserved friend. Mr. Darcy is the kind of a person who does not like to relate to people who are not of his status in the society. And since the Bennets were not very rich, Darcy coldly rebuffed Jane’s attempts to talk to him. Thereafter, Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy unexpectedly return to London leaving the Bennet family astonished at what happened of the love between Bingley and Jane (M
A diesel generator is a device or machine that uses a mechanical energy source to produce electricity using electromagnetic induction. In this case, mechanical energy source is diesel. The engine owes its origin to Michael Faraday’s invention of electromagnetic induction and Rudolf Diesel’s engine (Ferguson, 1986, p.37). Diesel engine was discovered in 1892 by Rudolf Diesel but his first operational engine was produced in 1897 with an efficiency of 75% using bio-fuel from pea-nuts. There are two types of an internal combustion engines: Compression ignition (CI) engine and Spark ignition (SI) engine. The compression ignition (CI) engine is also referred to as diesel engine while the Spark ignition (SI) engine is also called a gasoline engine. The major difference between the two engines regards their mode of ignition. In a diesel engine fuel and gas are mixed in the cylinder before ignition while in a spark engine fuel is mixed external to the cylinder before ignition. In diesel engines fuel is exposed to a highly compressed gas with high temperatures which auto-ignites it (Stone, 1985, p.11). Diesel Generator produces electricity by use of diesel as the initial energy source. Michael Faraday discovered the electromagnetic induction principle in 1831 which led to the development of today’s generator. He demonstrated a simple concept of the generation of an electric current in a conductor by the effects of current flow in an adjacent conductor (Duffin, 1990, p. 213). The concept; termed electromagnetic effect formed the basis of the first electrical the transformer. The coupling of diesel engine and Maxwell’s generator formed the diesel generator. Early Diesel’s design suffered limitations due too its large size and weight which restricted it too heavy industrial applications such as powering pipelines and electric plants. Its later modifications increased its scope of application to powering small domestic loads. Today there is wide domestic and industrial application of diesel generators. Regarding industrial application the generator is used as a source of backup power in the event of an outage of hydro (or nuclear, thermal, wind and Geothermal) power from the grid. Even hydropower generation companies that form the bulk work of the world’s electricity source have diesel generators for power supply in the event of system failure to allow the uninterruptable power supply to the industry. Despite its popularity, the generator produces a lot of noise. However; this noise has been reduced greatly through technological advances such as the use of noise dampers which also has achieved a high fuel economy and low cost of maintenance. Regarding the generator’s efficiency, there have been many measures undertaken to improve it. For instance, turbocharging and supercharging technology has been used to enhance a high tolerance to boost since it is not subject to “engine knock” (Ferguson, 1986, p.37