Programme Notes Night Call From the First
once ethereal and cerebral. It is not merely that the echoes and the breaths of sound that brush across your auditory pallet are intriguing and yet shrouded in mystery and uncertainty, though this is certainly the case, but that there is both symbolic and spiritual suggestion and a sense of playful humor in the piece as a whole, where the sounds are as much a riddle as they are a journey, taking the listener to places that are both strange and familiar while also calling on the conscious mind to pay attention, to identify, and to simply be aware. Presence, presence of both the self and presence in space and
Marketing strategy development for a service business
The paper presents a discussion in the proposal of a business venture in growing area. In the paper a discussion strengths and weaknesses of the entrepreneur are given. The paper presents a discussion of the market needs, competitors, and the potential customer needs. The overall assessment of the target market is made looking at the political, economic and social aspect of the market.
Cross cultural research and practice
Edward Tylor (1832-1917) defines culture as a collection of customs, laws, morals, knowledge, and symbols displayed by a society and its constituting members. Culture is form of collective expression by groups of people. Since the dawn of industrial revolution and later, due to an increased integration of cultures across nations, cross-cultural analysis has assumed much import in scholastic discourse within psychology, anthropology, and psychology. Present study is an endeavor to make a cross-cultural assessment of American and Japanese culture. More differences than similarities have been found in both the cultures. Where Japanese culture fosters Aimai, meaning ambiguity and vagueness, Americans are intolerant to this characteristic. Based on Hofstede's four dimensional theory of cross-cultural analysis, findings regarding individualism-collectivism index, power distance index, uncertainty tolerance, and masculinity-femininity index of American and Japanese people have been presented. Secondary research of pertinent literature and rigorous comparative analysis reveals that while both cultures are monocentric and value masculinity, they are diametrically opposed in uncertainty avoidance and individualism-collectivism index. The paper is divided in seven sections each highlighting different but interconnected theme regarding cross-cultural analysis of American and Japanese cultures.