Culture Historically

Post has three assignments

1: Culture in Historical Perspective

Course Textbook: O?Brien, Susie and Szeman, Imre. Popular Culture: A User?s Guide: Second Edition. Toronto: Nelson, 2010

**Using the concepts of discourse, representation or ideology (use at least 2), as well as any other related or relevant concepts or terms as found in the glossary of the textbook analyze one of the following:

1) The front page of a newspaper
2) A comparison of internet coverage from CNN, BBC and CBC of a single 3) International event
4) One episode of a TV show
5) The lyrics and music of a pop song ? here reference must be made to Adorno and Horkheimer?s notion of the culture industry, though you may disagree with their argument.
6) An evening news program

In each instance the object you have chosen must be considered from as many different angles as are appropriate within the page range. If you are considering a visual medium, for example, then you will want to take into account not only the meaning of what is said or portrayed, but also how it is portrayed.

Papers are to be a minimum of 1000 words long, double spaced with 12 point font and 1 inch margins. Name and title are to appear at the top of the first page of your essay ? do not use cover pages.

NOTE: The goal of the assignment is to see how well you work with the concepts of the course, in particular representation or ideology or discourse. This means that part of your assignment will involve a discussion of the significance of these concepts themselves. One strategy in writing the assignment would be to assume that the person you are writing to has no idea what the terms mean, you will have to make clear to them the meaning of the terms in the context of cultural studies. The same point would apply if you were to use other concepts from the glossary. You may also engage critically with the concepts themselves, though this is not necessary.

2:International Global Diversity

Name of the Book: International Human Resource Management, Peter J. Dowling, Marion Festing and Allen D. Engle, SR. Fifth Edition

– These Question from Chapter-3 in the Book:

1- Describe the formation process of cross border merger, an acquisitions and international joint ventures. What are the major differences?
2- Describe the development phases of an M&M and the respective HR implications.
3- Out line the development phases of an IJVs and respective HR implications.
4- In which way do Culture and institutional differences impact the HR integration in M$As and IJVs?
5- What are the barriers to internationalization for SMEs?
6- What are the some of the typical challenges for HRM in internationalized SMEs?

3: Design of Strategic Plans

Design a strategic scenario for a department or organization. The assignment is designed to provide you with the opportunity to apply the principles of strategic planning to a practical application that combines three key strategic tools: systems thinking, environmental scanning, and scenario building.
Directions: To make the scenario building project more realistic, you will work in teams of 2 or 3 students to create a set of scenarios for one organization or department. The final project will require you to conduct an environmental scan of the key trends and societal drivers that will affect your organization in the coming decade. Remember, scenarios are not meant to predict the future; rather, they are tools for learning about the future. The completed project should demonstrate your knowledge of strategic theory, systems thinking, practical planning, environmental scanning, and scenario building. The result should be a final project that is theoretically based and grounded in best practices.
Instructions

Organization of Project/Final Paper

The best scenarios are usually developed from the point of view of consultants approaching a problem situation in a real or mythical organization. As you walk into the organization armed with strategic planning tools that include the SWOT analysis and at least one strategic model that fits the situation, consider the following.

The Report
Prepare a report to the organization leaders based on the team?s findings drawn from the scenario analysis. The structural format for the report should be as follows:

? Title Page
? Table of Contents
? Introduction (including specific purpose of the report)
? Body of Findings (an overview of the development of your scenario that includes the contents from the checklist described in the section below)
? Conclusion (revisits the purpose and summarizes the main issues)
? Recommendations and suggestions for improvement
? References (current)
The paper should be about 8-10 pages with approximately 7 peer-reviewed references used for citations. Sometimes, more is not better; therefore, make every paragraph a tightly-knit presentation of ideas. The team?s editor should delete repetitive information from the various members?

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