Paradigm
Essays

Hofstede's analysis of different cultural dimensions is one of the most commonly-used rubrics in analyzing global business. This article review examines a study comparing the banking industries of Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the United States, suggesting that the reality is that cultures are far more dynamic than is suggested in Hofstede's paradigm.

Austin, Michael (2007). Analysis as Model: Thomas Kuhn's Paradigm Shift in the Structure of Scientific Revolutions. http://webpages.shepherd.edu/maustin/kuhn/kuhnpaper.htm

¶ … theoretical paradigms: symbolic interaction approach, structural-function approach ( identifying manifest function, latent functions, social latent dysfunction) social-conflict approach analyzing euthanasia.

Axelrod, R.H., October 2001, a New Paradigm for Change, Innovative Leader, Vol. 10, No. 10, http://www.winstonbrill.com/bril001/html/article_index/articles/501-550/article538_body.html last accessed on September 15,…

Art Theory: Paradigms, Modernism, and Postmodernism paradigm can be thought of as a theoretical framework which forms the foundation of critical analysis of a particular work of art.

A new addictive model or paradigm of social addiction and how addicts frame the world around them. Like a Wikipedia site, it can be said that we define the terms and understandings of daily living and then let others refine those understandings as we grow. In an addictive society, we then learn to think addictively and act accordingly. The implications are discussed.

Humans have the tendency -- whether innate or learned -- to come together with similar individuals for the purpose of meeting like goals. These groups, which are called organizations, can be as small as three people…

Sociological Paradigms: Structural Functionalism, Conflict, And Symbolic Interactionism

¶ … Processing Paradigm - The information processing paradigm (IP) is a concept in which one understanding learning as a process that individuals are cognitively active in their participation.

¶ … Industrial/Organization Paradigm of Strategy promotes the idea that "a firm's performance in the marketplace depends critically on the characteristics of the industry environment in which it competes"(Michael…