Creation Myths Around the World: Social Studies Course Design
One very interesting aspect of the human experience is the manner in which certain themes appear again and again over time, in literature, religion, mythology, and culture – regardless of the geographic location, the economic status, and the time period. Perhaps it is the innate human need to explain and explore the known and unknown, but to have disparate cultures in time and location find ways of explaining certain principles in such similar manner leads one to believe that there is perhaps more to myth and ritual than simple repetition of archetypal themes. In a sense, then, to acculturate the future, we must re-craft the past, and the way that seems to happen is in the synergism of myth and ritual as expressed in a variety of forms. Myths and folktales are the world's oldest stories.
Negotiation Strategies for Cross-Cultural Business Agreements
To identify optimal negotiating approaches and barriers to successful negotiating outcomes, this paper provides a review of the relevant literature concerning successful negotiations by drawing on seminal resources such as Fisher, Ury and Patton's book, Getting to Yes, Howard Raiffa's The Art and Science of Negotiation, Dale Carnegie's How to Make Friends and Influence People and others. A summary of the research and important findings are presented in the paper's conclusion.