Notes, summaries, assignments, exams, and exercises for Arts and Humanities for Vocational training

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

Corporate Culture

What is Corporate Culture?

Corporate culture refers to the beliefs and behaviors that determine how a company's employees and management interact and handle outside business transactions. It's characterized by being:

• Shared
• Pervasive
• Enduring
• Implicit

Corporate culture implies:

• Behaviors observed regularly in the relationships between individuals.
• The norms that are developed in working groups.
• The philosophy that guides a company's policy regarding its employees or customers.
• The dominant values accepted by a company.
• The "rules of the game", that is, the ways that a newcomer must learn to be accepted as a member of the group.
• The environment or climate.

6 Components of a Great Corporate Culture

1. Vision

A company's mission, often expressed...

Consultas SQL: ejemplos prácticos

(selección de selección)

*SELECT TOP 20 PERCENT provincia, población
FROM provincia WHERE provincia LIKE "a*a";

*SELECT nombre + "alimentación" + alimentación AS [alimentación]
FROM animales WHERE clase = "Aves" OR clase = "Mamíferos";
ORDER BY clase DESC;

*SELECT nombre, clase
FROM animales WHERE nombre LIKE "?a*a??" ORDER BY nombre DESC;

Consultas con INNER JOIN

(Dime el nombre del cuidador que cuida al tigre)

*SELECT cuidador.nombre
FROM cuidador INNER JOIN animales ON cuidador.idempleado = animales.idcuidador
WHERE animales.nombre = "tigre";

(Consulta compleja)

*SELECT cuidador.nombre
FROM cuidador INNER JOIN animales ON cuidador.idempleado = animales.idcuidador
WHERE alimentación = "Carnívoros";

Consulta de resumen

*...

Functions of Language

• Representational: Used to communicate information about reality.
• Emotive: The sender focuses on themselves to express feelings.
• Appellative: The sender attempts to influence the recipient to act or speak.
• Phatic: Used to verify that the communication channel is open or closed.
• Metalinguistic: Used to talk about the language itself, i.e., the code.
• Poetic: The sender uses language to create a work of art, surprising the recipient with poetic devices not found in regular speech.

Literary Figures of Repetition

• Onomatopoeia: Repetition of phonemes to imitate the sounds of reality (e.g., a stutter).
• Alliteration: Repetition of phonemes to create a specific sound effect (e.g., the winged soul of the roses).
• Parallelism: Repetition of

Introduction to Semantics

Semantics: As we have seen in studying the linguistic sign, words consist of a signifier (significante) and a signified (conceptual meaning), which are the qualities and actions associated with the signifier. In the same way that morphology studies the signal, the changes and evolution of meanings are studied by the linguistic discipline of semantics.

Denotation and Connotation

Denotation is the common meaning and purpose that words have for all speakers, which is collected and explained in dictionaries. This meaning is independent of context. We call connotation the subjective and particular meaning that a word (palabra) acquires in a given context.

Semantic and Associative Fields

A semantic field is a set (conjunto) of...

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Acordeón del Módulo 1: Conectores Lógicos y Expresiones en Inglés

Conectores para Añadir Información

• Additionally...
  Ejemplo: "Additionally, we need to consider how this will impact our budget."
• Furthermore...
  Ejemplo: "Furthermore, by focusing on customer retention, we can increase our profits."
• Moreover...
  Ejemplo: "Moreover, improving our product line will differentiate us from competitors."
• In addition to that...
  Ejemplo: "In addition to that, these strategies will help us grow."

Conectores para Ejemplificar

• For example...
  Ejemplo: "For example, our recent campaign led to a 10% increase in sales."
• For instance...
  Ejemplo: "For instance, companies in the tech sector have seen similar success."
• A good example of this is...
  Ejemplo:

General Pattern of Consumer Behavior

Determinants influencing consumer behavior are categorized as follows:

A. External Determinants

The Macro Environment (Culture)

• Culture: The set of values, norms, and rules that govern behavior. Culture varies by region, country, religion, and other factors.

The Microenvironment

• Social Class: Membership dictates different social values and attitudes. Income often determines social class.
• Social Groups: Groups to which a person belongs, aspires to belong, or seeks approval from.
• The Family: Exerts the greatest influence, intervening in daily purchase decisions. Raising a family or marriage habits can forcefully change purchasing types.

The Company

• The application of the company's marketing mix can significantly influence

Equestrian Monuments of Louis XIII and Louis XIV

The arches were constructed for the first time, defining two important sides (or wings), known as the King's Wing and the Queen's Wing. These spaces were used for various events, including public spectacles and criminal executions.

In the center stood an equestrian statue representing King Louis XIII on horseback. This statue had previously utilized the base of an equestrian statue of Henry II, made earlier by the Italian painter, sculptor, and architect Volterra (it was repurposed).

In 1690, in Paris, another equestrian statue, this time of Louis XIV by Gilardonde, was placed in the plaza. Previously, the work had been commissioned to Bernini, but the latter's design was considered too theatrical,...

Understanding Newspaper Articles

Newspaper articles are primarily intended to report on events and issues of interest to the public.

Key Features

Newspaper articles include heterogeneous information, entertainment, and opinion sections.

The medium (newspapers, magazines, radio, and television) shapes the message.

They combine verbal, photographic, and graphic codes.

The language used in newspaper articles serves several functions:

• Representative: Covering current topics.
• Appellate: Presenting opinions.
• Poetic: Using resources to capture the reader's attention.

Language Resources

Morphosyntactic Level

• Correct use of the imperfect subjunctive.
• Use of the past perfect indicative.
• Abundance of verbal phrases.
• Use of longer words.
• Direct quotations.
• Frequent use

Informalism

Informalism (1945), assertion of individual viewers through the unconscious and instinctive person. Artists like Gorky, Wols, Chillida, and Giacometti. Related movements include Art Brut, Tachisme, and Cobra, all based on emotional or expressive instinct.

Abstract Expressionism

Abstract Expressionism emerged from Naturalism (1941-45), the Second World War, and 1945 expressed abstraction. Roosevelt's New Deal established the Federal Art Project (FAB), promoting naturalism, realism, illusionism, vernacular tradition, and traditionalism. Mexican Muralists contributed with expressive realism and revolutionary art.

Key figures: Pollock, Rothko, Newman. The Artists' Union attacked the cultural monopoly. Rothko, Newman, and Pollock claimed...