Defence of Women and Imagination in French Medieval Literature
Interview with St Hilda's College Fellow and teacher of Medieval French Literature Dr Helen Swift about her book; Gender, Writing, and Performance: Men Defending Women in Late Medieval France as well as other developments in Medieval Literary Studies.
When Local and Global Justice Meet
Dr Phil Clark gives his talk entitled; 'When local and global justice meet: Field Findings from Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo'. Part of the 2009 Taking Stock of Transitional Justice conference
The post-crisis politics of financial reform: business as usual or new global order?
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of European Socialist Party and former Prime Minister of Denmark talks about the politics of current efforts to regulate the financial sector.
2007 Symposium Presentation of the paper 'Teaching Contemporary Northwest Coast Native American Art
Dawn Glinsmann, Ph.D. presents her paper '
Episode 15: Discussion of Navajo culture for Navajo Day on April 12
This week host, Tamara Winfrey Harris talks with TahNibaa Naataani, whos is a Navajo weaver; Tony Showa, a Navajo drum maker; and Jody Rust, who is a cast worker for the American Indian Center in Indianapolis and also was a teacher on a Navajo reservation. They discuss ther experiences on the reservation, as artists and more.
Gowan Pamphlet, slave preacher, cont.
Hear James Ingram, Colonial Williamsburg's Gowan Pamplet, tell how an enslaved man became the leader of Virginia's largest Baptist church.
Hanging Around: Modern and Contemporary Lighting from the Permanent Collection
July 17, 2010 - October 10, 2010: In the early twentieth century, with the introduction of electric light, designers began to focus on lighting fixtures, hanging lamps among them. Interest in lighting design experienced a particular surge in the decades after World War II, when many young artists, the American George Nelson among them, responded to a demand for fixtures that were both functional and modern in their aesthetic. Drawn from the Museum’s extensive collection of modern and cont
Interview with Sheilah Nicholas, Hopi, Professor of Language, Reading and Culture
Interview with Sheilah Nicholas, a member of the Hopi Tribe, who is a professor in the Department of Language, Reading and Culture in the College of Education at the University of Arizona, about growing up with two languages, views on women, etc.
Oil and Sugar: Contemporary Art and Islamic Culture
The Institute for Contemporary Culture presented the third annual Eva Holtby Lecture on Contemporary Culture on November 20, 2008. Glenn Lowry introduces his lecture, Oil and Sugar: Contemporary Art and Islamic Culture, examining relevant and topical cultural issues of international scope.
Lewis Lapham on 'Celebrity in Contemporary Culture'
The Institute for Contemporary Culture presented the fourth annual Eva Hotby Lecture on Contemporary Culture on October 27, 2009. Celebrated American writer and publishing magnate Lewis Lapham, explores the theme of celebrity in modern society. This lecture was inspired by the ICC exhibition, Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913 - 2008.
European Business Culture and Practice, Culture: some thoughts
Part of European Business Culture and Practice Workbook 2, these slides provide some thoughts on culture, pose questions on managing across cultures, and provides definitions, forms and characteristics of culture
European Business Culture and Practice, Culture Dimensions: Ethnographic and Psychological
Part of European Business Culture and Practice Workbook 2. These slides explore cultural dimensions from ethnographic and psychological perspectives, with reference to Hofstede.
European Business Culture and Practice, Critical Evaluation
Part of European Business Culture and Practice Workbook 2. These slides are concened with critical evaluation and covers: scanning sources, evaluating articles and presentations
European Business Culture and Practice, VSM 94 Values Survey Module 1994 Questionnaire (modified)
Reformatted version of Values Survey Module 1994 International questionnaire focussing on employment.
European Business Practice and Culture Workbook 3: Culture and Communication
This book considers the application of concepts of cultural differences to areas of management and communication.
module handbook European Business Culture Practice
Welcome to your study programme for the European Business Culture and Practice module.
This module explores the impact of cultural differences on business in different countries through three themes: knowing yourself, knowing your culture, understanding other cultures.
In doing the module, you will develop your ability to analyse and evaluate aspects of management in an international context.
The module will also develop proficiency in the following skills:
• Planning and Management of
European Business Practice and Culture workbook 4: International Business Perspectives and Ethics
In this module section, you consider the intellectual framework in which to evaluate your personal ethics in business. You will also consider implications of national cultures for ethical values in business, expressed in attitudes to commercial situations.
European Business Culture and Practice,Workbook 2: Analysing Culture for Business and Management
What this workbook is about:
- In this book, we consider the some of the better known models of cultural difference and their usefulness.
The key areas of study
• Models of cultural difference
• Business attitudes and doing business across cultures
Learning Outcomes:
The specific learning objective for this section are that you will be able to individually and through group discussion:
• Analyse models for identifying and measuring cultural difference.
• Describe business
European Business Culture and Practice, VSM 94 Values Survey Module 1994 Questionnaire (original)
Values Survey Module 1994 original questionnaire concerning employment
European Business Culture and Practice, Workbook 1: Describing and Analysing Culture for Business
These workbooks form a major part of the class programme in European Business Culture and Practice. They provide a framework within which we explore concepts of national (or regional) culture and the way it translates into organisational or business culture. They combine individual and group work, as understanding and working within cultural differences is necessarily a group activity.
As your group progresses through the workbooks, you may evaluate the effectiveness of this framework for yo
