American Symbols: Contrasting Views

The Statue of Liberty: A Unifying Symbol?

Most American citizens seem to share a common opinion of the Statue of Liberty. They think that it is a symbol of hope, faith, democracy, freedom, and equality, although the reality is sometimes different.

The American Flag: A Divisive Symbol?

On the other hand, Americans hold two distinct points of view regarding the American flag. Some believe that the stars and stripes represent unity and equality; these individuals may feel content with their lives in America. Others feel that the American flag does not live up to their expectations and are ashamed of it. These people might feel compelled to disrespect the flag, wanting to burn it or drag it through the mud. As a... Continue reading "American Symbols, the Dream, and Narrative Perspectives" »

Organizational Behavior: Structure, Motivation, Conflict and Job Satisfaction

Organizational Charts and Power

Organizational chart: A system that organizes the roles, places and functions of people within the organization in a formal way.

Weber's dominance types:

• Traditional
• Legal/regional/formal
• Charismatic (one can give the top of the hierarchy to a dominant figure)

Strategic Analysis

Strategic analysis aims to understand how interactions work inside the organization and how to respond to them.

• Principles: People own their strategic relations and freedom; there is no single best way.
• Concept: The function of the organization can be understood through biological, natural, mechanical and mathematical models, under uncertain conditions (complex environment,

Verb tenses and moods: The indicative use of this timeless, conditional (arguably...), and attenuated expressions (e.g., "we suggest..."). There is a solo verbal dominance of the third person to expose impersonality, as well as the use of the first person plural.

Adjectives and resources: Use of specified adjectives, descriptive and explanatory appositions, switches, and other resources.

Lexical-Semantic Characteristics

Scientific and technical texts are characterized by the use of specific terminology and the presence of semantic phenomena such as hyperonymy, hyponymy, synonymy, and antonymy. Technicalities are all expressions which are called own notions of an area of knowledge.

Types of Techniques

• By their origin: Words of ordinary language of

Training and Team Building

• Stressed: estresado
• Relaxed: relajado
• Unmotivated: desmotivado
• Interpersonal: interpersonal
• Evaluated: evaluado / valorado
• Strenuous: estresante / agotador
• Prioritise: priorizar
• Shocked: impactado
• Break the ice: romper el hielo
• Bonus: ventaja / bonificación
• Approach: enfoque / técnica
• Clues: pistas
• Advisor: consejero
• Pull together: tirar juntos / aunar esfuerzos
• Team spirit: espíritu de equipo
• Setting: escenario / marco
• Bond: unir / crear lazos
• Experience: experimentar
• Treasure hunt: búsqueda del tesoro
• Challenge: reto / desafío
• Conflict resolution: resolución de conflictos
• Workshop: taller / talleres

Teamwork Essentials

• Come up with: inventarse / conseguir / idear
• Commitment: compromiso
• Encourage: fomentar / animar
• Input: aportación

NetAcad Cheat Sheet – Module 3 t/m 6

MODULE 3 – VLAN's (Basis)

Segmenteren van een netwerk op laag 2 (switch) zodat apparaten in verschillende VLAN's logisch gescheiden zijn.

MODULE 4 – Inter-VLAN Routing

Communicatie tussen VLAN's mogelijk maken via een Layer 3 device (router of Layer‑3... Continue reading "NetAcad Cheat Sheet: VLAN, Inter-VLAN Routing, STP en EtherChannel" »

The Iceberg Model of Organizational Culture

The Iceberg Model of culture is a framework for measuring an organization's culture. This model helps assess the extent to which an organization's cultural values align with its objectives and resolve performance issues. While some aspects of culture are easily perceived from the outside—often referred to as surface culture—the foundation of a strong culture is usually embedded more deeply in the values and beliefs of the organization, known as deep culture.

• Surface Culture: Visible aspects such as the work environment, dress code, systems, policies, and processes.
• Deep Culture: Underlying elements including shared beliefs, attitudes toward authority, competence, and core assumptions.

The Lewis Model

SAMPLE ESSAY

There are many different kinds of advertising: on the radio, on television, in newspapers, in magazines, and on billboards. In your opinion, which one of these kinds of advertising is the most effective? Why? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

All advertising media share a common goal: to reach as many consumers as possible and convince them to buy a certain product. They all employ similar strategies to achieve this objective, but some are more effective than others. In my opinion, television is the most effective because of several advantages it has over other advertising media.

For one thing, I believe television advertising has a greater power to engage its audience than print and radio media have. While... Continue reading "The Effectiveness of Television Advertising in Marketing" »

Vocabulary

1. AMBIGUITY: Doubtfulness or uncertainty as regards interpretation.
2. NEPOTISM: Giving jobs to relatives.
3. ETHNOCENTRIC: The belief in the inherent superiority of one's own culture.
4. INVEST: To put money, time, or feelings into something.
5. ENLIGHTENMENT: Clear thinking that is free from delusion.
6. COURTSHIP: Time when one person pursues the other for marriage.
7. DECLINE: To reduce or to say no.
8. UNPREDICTABLE: Something that behaves in unexpected ways.
9. BRANCH OUT: To expand or extend, as in business activities.
10. SECULARISM: The view that public education and other matters of civil policy should be conducted without religious elements.
11. BIAS: Inclination, prejudice, viewpoint.
12. CONTROVERSY: A prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention.
13. STEREOTYPE: Opinion

The Narrative Verbal Icon /2

A Brief Overview of the History of Narration

• Phase 1: Mythic narration = "histories" of the world. Very ancient stories, which are signs of the thinking man. They are a kind of documentation about how people think. This was the narrative of fictitious cultures. The heroes were divine beings, outstanding humans who were able to do things which others are unable to.
• Phase 2: High Mimetic narration = imitating a culture which is superior to another, connecting the stories with historical facts. The producers of heroic epics found a tradition and storytellers followed them. (primary=oral, secondary=written). The journeys of Odysseus and Aeneas belong here. The focus is on the journey made by the characters (mostly without)