Explain how the Confucian concepts of Tian and “order” impact social and cultural life.

Explain how the Confucian concepts of Tian and “order” impact social and cultural life. Explain the role of the emperor and other elites in Confucian thought. From last week’s reading we saw that Buddhism, like Christianity and Islam that followed, is a missionary religion religion and emphasized equality over hierarchy. The focus of the Buddha’s message is that he had found a path out of the world of Samsara (illness, old age and death). The escape from Samsara can be accomplished by following the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. Buddhism made its way to Eastern Asia through a variety of paths, including the Indian Ocean trade network and the Silk Routes. As Buddhism moved eastward towards China (and then on to Korea and Japan) it changed along the way. It eventually developed into different schools or sects. Much in the same way that we saw Christianity divide into Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant sects and Islam split into Sunni and Shia. The oldest Buddhist school is

Paraphrasing as a Therapeutic Technique.

Paraphrasing as a Therapeutic Technique.Please write about Paraphrasing. Be thoughtful in your response and explore how the activities made you regarding the therapeutic relationship. These responses should focus on areas that you wish the person discussed or on areas that you can add more information in your response.

What staffing options do multinational firms have when filling positions in foreignsubsidiaries?

Global Human Resource Management 1. What staffing options do multinational firms have when filling positions in foreignsubsidiaries?2. Think of an international company that has completed a merger or acquisition with an organization from a different country. What were the challenges in making the deal successful? Ultimately, was the deal a success or would you consider it a failure? Why?3. Assume that you have two potential candidates for an entry-level expatriate position, onewho graduated from a branch of a U.S. university overseas and one who graduated from the main campus of the same university in the United States. Also, assume that each candidate has equal qualifications. Which candidate would you prefer? Explain.4. Expatriates frequently complain that when they accept an international assignment, they put their careers on hold while their peers in the home office continue to climb the corporate ladder. To what would you attribute this perception? What recommendations would you make to change it?5. U.S. law does not prohibit selection decisions based on marital status as long as they are applied equally to men and women. Why might a company have such a policy? Is it ethical? Is it in the best long-term interest of the company?

Describe Observation and analytical evaluation of an organization.

For this assignment, you will complete an observation and analytical evaluation of an organization.You will choose a business to observe either as an employee or as a customer/client. You will observe and evaluate the organization based on information you have learned about organizational culture. NOTE: Refer to the articles you have read during this module as well as the multimedia presentation about Company Culture in the Learning Activities area.The assignment will be comprised of a PowerPoint with narration about your experiences in the observation and your analysis of the organization.Bulleted Points on each slide should include brief points that identify the areas that will be addressed in the narration.Your PowerPoint presentation should include a total of six slides using the following format:Slide 1: Cover page that includes assignment title, your name, course, section number, and date.Slide 2: Introduction of Company (1 minute narration)Introduce the presentation by explaining information about the organization and the observation that took place such as the name of the organization, type of organization, day and time of observation and your role as an observer (are you an employee, customer, etc.).Slide 3: Professional Appearance of Employees and Company (1-2 minutes of narration)Use these questions to guide your response:How do the employees dress?Is there anything about the appearance of the employees that distracts from their professionalism?Does the employees’ appearance fit the nature of the business? Why or why not?What does the working environment look like? (furnishings, artwork, lighting, sounds, etc.)Do the physical surroundings fit the nature of the business? Why or why not?How do the employees interact with each other and outside people within the workplace? (greetings, tone of conversation, non-verbal communication, etc.)How do employees interact with each other?Do the interactions of employees fit the nature of the business? Why or why not?Slide 4: Analysis of Company (1-2 minutes of narration)What inferences can you make from your observation? You should cover the following ideas in your explanation:Analyze the company based on information you have learned about organizational culture in the class. Areas to include are tocategorize the type of organizational culture you feel the company follows and support this information with what you have learned about organizational culturecompare the work done at the company and the organizational culture and explain how this relatesresearch the mission of the company and explain if it aligns with what you have observed. Explain why or why not.

What specific conclusions can be reached from Variances in the latest financial statements

The case asks you to put yourself in the shoes of Susan Jenkins, the CFO of a web applications company called Software Associates. Your boss, software Associates’ CEO, Richard Norton, is worried about the variances in the latest financial statements and has asked you to meet with him to discuss these. For purposes of our assignment, we will assume that rather than preparing for a meeting with Mr. Norton, you are preparing a memo to submit to him, addressing his questions. In the first paragraph of the case, Richard Norton has expressed a very concrete concern: “Why, with higher revenues, is our bottom line less than half of what we had budgeted?” Your assignment for the case is to write Mr. Norton a memo answering this question. Interspersed throughout the text’s case are five “Assignment Questions” each asking you to prepare a specific analysis. In your memo, you will include each analysis as an “exhibit” after the text of the memo. In the text of your memo, explain for each analysis: What the purpose of the analysis is What specific conclusions can be reached from evaluating the analysis What recommendations can be reached from these conclusions What additional questions are there that are not answered by the analysis How you would go about answering these questions. Finally, close your memo with a brief paragraph summarizing your answer to the question: ““Why, with higher revenues, is our bottom line less than half of what we had budgeted?” and with your recommendations on how to improve the situation.