What do you understand by “Contingency or Situational Approach”. (B) Describe how the contingency variable of organization size might affect management style?
Read and analyze the Manifesto of the Vienna circle (positivism).
4. Knowledge and digitalization: here you would have chose a specific example or case.
5. Analyze the following quote from Kant’s essay “What is Enlightenment:”
Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one’s own understanding without another’s guidance. This nonage is self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and lack of courage to use one’s own mind without another’s guidance. Dare to know! (Sapere aude.) “Have the courage to use your own understanding,” is therefore the motto of the enlightenment.
How can we define a “civilization” and how has the idea of “civilization” and “civilized life” been used to falsely represent certain groups of people as undeveloped or unsophisticated? Between 10,000 and 5000 BCE, cultures across the world turned from migratory lives based on following herds of game and natural plant growth patterns, to sedentary lives based on deliberate cultivation of a few key crops. What motivated so many people across the world to abandon the hunter-gatherer lifestyle in favor of agriculture? What advantages did agriculturalism confer? What were some of the drawbacks? The Chinese and Roman empires were titans of their eras. Lasting thousands of years and with control over many millions of people, these empires have left a mark on history that endures to this day. What made these empires so successful and long-lasting, and how/where can we still see some traces of their existence in the modern world? The adage “well-behaved women rarely make history” is often cited as a reason that women should be active and fight for their rights. However, the statement was intended to be an indictment of how history has treated women. The fact is the majority of women in the past conformed to societal expectations and thus were not noted in the historical record. How were some women able to use societal restrictions to their advantage, and leave an account of their lives and views for the future? The major world religions — Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism– have quite a bit in common. They all descended from earlier localized religious traditions. They all claim to be universally true. They have all spread across the globe and diversified into numerous (sometimes competing) interpretations of their own dogma. How did these religions develop from local to “universal” religions, and how did they change once they spread beyond their points of origin? We tend to think of globalization and long-distance trade as hallmarks of the modern world, yet goods and people moved across the globe even during the Medieval era. How did the movement of people, goods, and ideas affect this era of world history?Historians often juxtapose “civilized” groups with “barbarians,” groups of nomads or pastoralists who do not conform to traditional definitions of civilization. This negative characterization overshadows the important role peoples like the Huns, Vikings, and Mongols had in shaping world history. How did “barbarians” affect the world they lived in, and what kinds of positive and negative influences might they have left behind?
Does the store make creative use of wall space to sell product? D. Does the sales staff use suggestive selling? E. Is the sales staff friendly and helpful? F. Is the image of the staff consistent with the image of the store? IV. Layout A. Does the store layout help draw people throughout the store? Why or why not? B. How does the layout facilitate purchases? C. What type of layout is used? Would another type of layout be better? V. Merchandising A. Has the retailer employed any techniques for achieving greater space productivity such as using the “cube,” downsizing gondolas and racks, minimizing no-selling space, etc.? B. Are there any displays that increase interest in the products being offered? If not, would you recommend any? C. How has the retailer organized merchandise? What improvements could be made? VI. Summarize your suggestions on how this retailer can improve the shopping experience for their customers, increase sales, and improve their image. PART C: Evaluate Web Sites. Go to the four retail web sites and shop for a product. For example, if I were shopping for a pair of jeans, I would try to find similar jeans at four different retailers. I might view Victoria’s Secret, GAP, J. Crew, Levi because they all offer about the same quality and target similar markets. : A. Identify the retailers you chose and why. B. How do you compare your experience shopping on the Internet to shopping in a local store for this type of product? C. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the Internet shopping experience? D. Compare the retail offerings of the product you were shopping for: a. product quality b. price c. suggestive selling d. website features e. design of website f. ease of website use g. closing of the sale e) Which one of these sites would you use? Why?
Discuss and describe the main views of a Marxist feminist.
