Culture Essays

I. Most of us know April 1st as a lighthearted day where it is acceptable to play silly jokes and try to fool your friends, but few know what April Fools Day is really about and why such an usual holiday is celebrated around the world. A. The exact origin …

Roberta Jackson, the concerned, experienced first-level project manager who works for the headquarters site of the manufacturing and distribution division of Polyprod is trying to improve the current information management practices. She realizes that it will not be an easy job. Failing to do so would in the future cost …

Growth of consumerism has emerged as a worldwide observable fact. Business firms too have risen and realized that nothing sells if there is no demand by the consumers. Consumer sovereignty exist that states “Consumer is the King”. This research paper is an analysis of non monetary promotion and its types, …

This exercise provides students with the opportunity to test a communication theory in an everyday context. Specifically you will design an experiment to test the accuracy of Edward Hall’s Theory of Proxemics, that is, in his words, “the interrelated observations and theories of man’s use of space”. Keeping in mind …

Song of Lawino by Okot p’Bitek centers on the main narrator Lawino’s plea towards her husband, Ocol, who shuns his old Acholi background for Westernization. Lawino implores Ocol not to abandon his heritage but rather accept both Acholi and Western cultures; as noted, cultural duality serves as the prime theme …

In Plymouth, England, during September 1620, a ship slowly sailed out to sea. This ship was named the Mayflower, and it was on a very special trip. The Mayflower’s passengers were headed to the New World, America. These people were called the pilgrims, and they were leaving England to begin …

In the essay “Body Ritual Among the “Nacirema”, anthropologist Horace Miner describes a group of people known as the Nacirema, a little known tribe living in North America. The way in which he writes about the curious practices that this group performs, distances readers from the fact that the North …

It’s been almost eight years, since Mark Zuckerburg founded the worldwide internet phenomenon known as Facebook. Since February of 2004, Facebook has gained billions of active users that access their account every day to update their status, post pictures, and interact with their Facebook friends. With discovering Facebook, our culture …

Principals who want to improve student achievement in their schools usually embark on a series of obvious restructuring strategies: strengthening the curriculum, providing more training for staff and tutoring for students who need help. However, in reforming the school, some important aspects, like the beliefs and attitudes of the administration, …

Korean corporate culture is one of the most dynamic and distinct corporate cultures in the world. With its high quality of labor and positive organizational behavior, it has contributed to the rapid development of the Korean economy. Big Korean conglomerates such as Samsung, Hyundai and LG have emerged as well-known …