Category: Culture

Las Vegas Sands Corp.s & MGM Las Vegas Culture Vision and Mission Companies working in the hospitality industry face the need to develop their own vision of their mission, and to express it in their Vision and Mission Statements. The success of any particular company in this area depends on how wise and well-thought-of these…

Culture in the Guernica Painting by Pablo Picasso As a form of still art, painting might be seen not as fully representative of the complexity and multi-dimensionality of culture. However, the specified impression is quite misleading, as Picassos Guernica proves strikingly well. Beafutifully capturing the chaos and horror that engulfed Italy as the city of…

Photography as a Cultural History Pictorialism is often called photo-impressionism, as long as effects on photos, which were achieved thanks to back lighting, and shooting in mist or under a rain, and with the help of soft-focus lenses, as well as with the help of further manipulation, reminded about. A famous American photographer Emerson created…

Belly Dance and Western Culture Shay Antony and Barbara Sellers-Young. Belly Dance: Orientalism-Exoticism-Self-Exoticism. Dance Research Journal. Vol. 35, No. 1 (2003), pp. 13-37. The article traces the origins of belly dance and the culture spread through a vast region extending from the Atlantic Ocean in North Africa and the Balkans in the west to the…

Organizational Culture: Terminology and Concepts Organizational culture is one of the most important factors that influence the organizations response to its environment. Organizational culture gives the guidelines on how people should behave while at their workplace. Strong cultures can greatly influence peoples thinking in an organization (Snell & Bateman, 2009). A company can benefit from…

Cultural Issues & Operational Investment in East Asia Foreign direct investment (FDI) is the investment that a firm or an individual makes in another countrys business operations. These firms, multinational enterprises (MNE), need to consider the cultural factors that are likely to arise when making foreign direct investments. Let us assume my American company, Xaeto,…

Jazz Influence as a Cultural Object in Germany Table of Contents Abstract Jazz Music Hitler, the Nazi Party, and Jazz Music Conclusion Works Cited Abstract Jazz music originated from the southern United States in the 20th century; it was born out the combination of European and African music. Jazz was a music style had passed…

Cultural Values of Eugene Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People Table of Contents Introduction Liberty Leading the People Description The July Revolution Value to the Culture Society at the Time of the July Revolution Conclusion References Introduction Art is a highly subjective matter that influences people in many ways. Culture, and subsequently, works of art, have…

Art of the 20th Century: Political and Cultural Turmoil Art, Architecture, Music, Literature, and Sculpture of the 20th Century Throughout the history of humankind, various kinds of art not only explored beauty but also reflected social, political, and cultural phenomena observed in a given period. Therefore, the history of art provides a valuable perspective on…

The Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument and the Clinical Inquiry Assessing organizational culture is an essential step prior to the implementation of practice changes. In order to evaluate my organization, I selected the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI), which is a proven instrument of culture assessment (Cameron & Quinn, n.d.). The tool involves a set of…