Sign Up Now
Get instant access to over 1 million+ study documents
OR
Already registered? click here to login
By creating your account, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and student honor code.
.. Its organic unity is its value." (McCain 151) while interesting in theory the concept in practical use is a little vague. McCain goes on to state that, "On this view, then, objects of art may have intrinsic value (as they successfully realize a novel diversity-in-unity), cultural value (as symbols of some cultural unity), and economic value (in that some individual is willing to pay for them)." (153) It seems to be a recurring motif that it comes down to the concept of value as related to the popular expression in the culture. Similar to the real estate market in different areas, the exact same hoe can go for various prices dependent on the location. And then there is provenance.
The origin or source of artistic material does changes the value of the material itself. The author uses the example of creating an exact replica, molecule by molecule, of a Rembrandt. Obviously the original would be worth more than the copy. Painting tht had once been thought to be by one, less popular artist, were determined to be by a more famous one increase in value tremendously. The painting stays the same, but the provenance changes. Then in the current age there is also the concept of intellectual property. Art, in many ways, seems to have the aura of intellectual property around it. After all, there is certainly an artistic, creative intellect behind it and it is unique to its creator, much as intellectual property rights follow the same reasoning. However, the author disagrees with this, "Even...
McCain continues the debate between what is cultural and what is artistic, in one breath saying they are separate and in another saying they may contain elements of each other. He never seems to come to a conclusion either way in this reader's opinion. He then speak of creativity and it various forms. Concluding that most artists are not creative across domains, save perhaps for Da Vinci who was creative across many domains and then creates a formula of value based on all of the foregoing. He derives the following from Caves, Thc Creative Industries:
The domain-specific knowledge and skills necessary for creative consumption of art are together known as "taste," and are something not given but acquired. One cannot be a productive consumer of creative work without at least some knowledge of the generative rules that produced it and determine its evaluation, and that knowledge is gained in part by the experience of consuming the artistic product. (McCain 161)
Seeing the obvious Catch-22 here, the author comes to the conclusion that there is no real pragmatic formula for calculating this value, but he hopes his efforts inspire other to a broader view of value when attempting to determine the worth of cultural…
In the book, Project management: strategic design and implementation, David I. Cleland and Lewis R. Ireland report "a review of the results of projects in antiquity reveals evidence about how several historical projects originated and developed" (p. 4). 1. The first of this type of evidence, known as artifacts, typically came from human workmanship. These could have been structures, tools, weapons, or items of substance of archeological or historical interest.
Management Theories Historical records show that people always organized themselves in order to work together towards a common objective and they coordinated their efforts to achieve this objective (Accel-Team 2004). It was not until the latter part of the 19th century that the concept of scientific management entered history during the Industrial Revolution, but management skills existed long before the 19th century. Ancient Egyptians built the pyramids, ancient Chinese erected the
It is not one that should be undertaken under unethical or false pretenses. If the culture is bad enough to start with that the company feels that a change is necessary then the last thing that they want to do is be unethical about it. This would do nothing but make a bad situation worse. 6. Determine the organizational structure that would best facilitate the implementation of these new practices. The
Management as a discipline is generally concerned with the art and science of getting a group of people to achieve a defined goal or objective (Griffin, 2008). The discipline has evolved significantly over the last one century or so (Roth, 1998). In the first half of the 20th century, emphasis was largely placed on structure, authority, and production; with little or no attention to employees (Adetule, 2011). There has, however,
To avoid all these hassles, corporates should take the lead. They should ensure that the environment is not harmed in any way and people are treated with respect and dignity without exploiting the people or the environment in any unfair way. Such initiatives get publicity too and this has a positive impact on the company's business interests. Therefore, technology has been another driving factor that induces companies to take the
The major benefits to using a SaaS platform for integrating social networking, CRM and marketing systems are the significantly lower costs of operation, the pay-as-you-go approach to leasing only the application areas used, and the flexibility of scaling the computing workload up or down based on the unique requirements of a given company's strategy. SaaS has become the platform of choice for managing social networks, as Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed,