Organisation culture
Organisation culture can be defined as the collection of relatively uniform and enduring beliefs, values, customs, traditions and practices which are shared by an organisation's members and which are transmitted from one generation of employees to the next. One view in the field of organisation culture is the culture metaphor. A metaphor is a word or phrase applied to an object or action which it does not literally denote.1 Metaphor can be powerful means of communicating ideas and are in common use in many organisations. It asserts that culture is a mental state that has to be tolerated since it is incapable of being changed by management. It adopted a phenomenological standpoint and conceptualised culture as a 'process of enactment' - not as something that exists 'out there' separate from people, but which was actually manufactured by company employees as they interacted with one another on a daily basis within the workplace.2 In highlighting the symbolic significance of virtually every aspect of organisation life, the culture metaphor thus focuses attention on a human side of organisation that other metaphors ignore or gloss over. The culture metaphor opens the way to a reinterpretation of many traditional managerial concepts and processes. It also helps to reinterpret the nature and significance of organisation environment relations. Culture of the organisation plays a
The books Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston and Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin are written based on autobiographical experiences.
The books Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston and Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin are written based on autobiographical experiences. The books have similar plots, in Kingston's Woman Warrior a young woman tries to grow into her own despite struggles with her mother, and the culture that her heritage is based on. In Baldwin's Go Tell It on the Mountain a young boy tries seek independence and freedom in a racist society with a father that is unforgiving and harsh. Both characters in the stories are a minority in their separate cultures; this makes their attempt for independence harder. The two novels rely on a tone that is struggle some, where both characters from Woman Warrior and Go Tell it on the Mountain distribute strong feelings of wanting to become own individuals, but cannot because of the restraints of their parents. Go Tell It on the Mountain was James Baldwin's first novel. Like the books protagonist, John Grimes, Baldwin grew up in Harlem under the supervision of a religious stepfather. "David Baldwin," like Gabriel Grimes, "was a Baptist lay-preacher. The elder Baldwin's mother had been a slave, and she had left the South in the 1920s. James," like John, "experienced a powerful religious conversion at the age of fourteen. He became a minister at Fireside Pentecostal Assembly, where he preached for three years."1 The terrible father-son
Both Nothing's Changed and Two Scavengers deal with social injustices, however, there are some big differences between them.
Read and examine the poetry from two very different cultures. Although they are both dealing with contrasting societies, explore how each one presents the issue of social injustice and decide which of the two demonstrates more outrage at the injustice explored. Both "Nothing's Changed" and "Two Scavengers" deal with social injustices, however, there are some big differences between them. "Nothing's Changed" is set in Cape Town, Africa and focuses on the segregation of black and white people, after an apartheid was made. It is an autobiographical poem by Tatumkhulu Afrika. The poem is about how District Six used to be a place for blacks and whites to live together. But when that changed, Tatumkhulu left in anger (and prison). Now he has returned to his old home after many years and has discovered that the segregation has gotten wider and worse. The social injustice in the poem is the black and white segregation. On the other hand, "Two Scavengers" deals with the social segregation between the classes in America. At a set of traffic lights, early in the morning (9am), a garbage truck has stopped next to a couple in a Mercedes. The garbage men then ponder on the class system and how they are less respected by people like this couple. They wonder if they'd ever be seen as equals as they wonder if the democracy of America really works. The social injustice in the poem is the
My first sonne and Mother any Distance Poem Essay
Year 10 GCSE Coursework Essay From reading 'On My First Sonne' by Ben Johnson and 'Mother Any Distance' by Simon Armitage I can see that both of these poems are based on a parent/ child relationship. There are two main types of relationships one is where two things interact an example of this could be a car on a road. This would show us how us how the two things would fit with each other. The other type of relationship which we could have would be things such as Marriage, by Blood etc. In the Poem Mother Any Distance the relationship in it is both of those two described above because there is a relationship between the two people which is very straight forward who could be measuring and there the close relationship between the mother and son by blood. In Mother Any Distance both of the parties are still alive therefore the relationship between the two parties is able to continue, therefore the relationship between the two is able to change through out their live. Where as in On My First Sonne one of the parties is dead this then leading into a fixed relationship between the two existing in the memory of one. By looking at both of these poems I can see that the structures of these two poems are completely different. When looking at it for the first time you can clearly see that Mother Any Distance has three stanzas where as On My First Sonne there is only one stanza. By
In the three stories from other cultures (Country Lovers, Veronica and A Stench of Kerosene) discuss how the relationships in each one are affected by cultural forces
In the three stories from other cultures (Country Lovers, Veronica and A Stench of Kerosene) discuss how the relationships in each one are affected by cultural forces In 'Country Lovers', the Apartheid in South Africa stopped 'blacks' and 'whites' intermingling. The Apartheid meant that police could decide to invade people's homes if there was a suspicion of 'blacks' and 'whites' having a sexual relationship together. South Africa was a worse place due to the Apartheid and even now the division still has an affect on people's lives. The main Act that governed the Apartheid was the Immorality act. This ultimately banned mixed marriages and later went on to be amended to ban sexual relationships. If mixed marriages were heard of the couple would be arrested and sent to prison, although even the sentencing was biased as 'blacks' got harsher sentences than 'whites'. At the start of the story Paulus displayed true love towards Thebedi by bringing home a painted wooden box he had made for her in wood-work classes. He had been sent away to do these classes at a boarding school. The boarding schools were another reason why 'blacks' were not as educated as 'whites' because it was just simply not given to them in the same way it was given to the 'whites'. Thebedi also returned the love by giving Paulus a sort-after bracelet which she had made. This bracelet made his 'white' friends
Grace Nichols Poetry Comparison
How does Grace Nichols convey the life of the slave women in her poetry? One way Grace Nichols shows us how the slave women had to live is by saying what they had to do for their captors. In her poem 'We the women' Grace says 'we the women who cutclearfetchdigsing'. The idea of not putting spaces between each work shows how hard they had to work without a break. Grace also says 'we the women who toil' which also shows how hard they had to work. The simile 'whose deaths they sweep aside as easy as dead leaves' shows how much they were hated and seen as pieces of rubbish. The use of the word 'we' in the poem shows just how many women had been captured and a gives a sense of empathy with the slave women. The sun in this poem is shown as a bad figure even though it gives life. To the slaves it is bad because it makes the labour they have to do even harder than it should be. The slaves tried to cheer themselves up by singing. The verb 'sing' in the poem has a religious connotation which shows their belief in God. However, this belief is doubted by the suffering they have to endure day after day and also because their prayers go unsung, as Grace says. We see with the used adjective 'unadorned' that the slaves were treated badly, misused and badly dressed because appearance did not matter to the captors only work. Grace Nichols uses repetition to convey the harshness of their
Vultures by Chinua Achebe and Night of the scorpion by Nissim Ezekie, both use lunguistic and structural techniques to relay the message being brought forward by the poem.
How is language and structure used within 'Vultures' and one other poem to bring the message across to the reader? "Vultures" by Chinua Achebe and " Night of the scorpion" by Nissim Ezekie, both use lunguistic and structural techniques to relay the message being brought forward by the poem. Within "Vultures" we are presented with an active comparison between the evil of an human and the evil of a vulture. Similarly within "Night of the scorpion" we are also presented with an animal personifying evil bringing forward true feelings and beliefs of an community. Within "Vultures" Achebe uses Language in order to carry the message being brough forward, pathetic falacy is used in order to create a atmosphere for the reader, this is shown through "greyness.....drizzle" this creates an eiry atmosphere creating a sense of danger fior the reader, this enhances the message being brough forward by this poem; pathetic falacy is also used within Night of the Scorpion for a similar purpose, the fact that the "steady rain" is present it shows it is a tense atmosphere for the reader foreshadowing upcoming events in the poem. In addition through Ezekiel using the word "night" at the beginning of the poem this adds to the atmosphere as at this time is mostly associated with unawarness and also a time of fears coming to life, this may alert the reader adding to affect brought forward by the
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Night of the scorpion and Blessing both display images of the place. Each culture is similar in some ways. Scorpion is set a rural place and Blessing is presented in an urban place.
How does the poet create an image of a place in 'Night of the scorpion'? compare this with the way an image of a place is created in one other poem. 'Night of the scorpion' and 'Blessing' both display images of the place. Each culture is similar in some ways. 'Scorpion' is set a rural place and 'Blessing' is presented in an urban place. In 'Night of the scorpion' Nissim ezekial uses imagery to show what the people were like. 'like swarms of flies' he also describes the scorpion as the 'evil one'. These are very powerful words as the scorpion is likened to the devil. By doing this the writer has made the reader feel hatred for the scorpion. The writer has made a place feel negative as the reader will see bad things happening. The writer also brings religion into the poem. For example it says 'Thank god' this shows us that it is set in a place which religion place a big role in people's lives. We know that he poem is set in a small hut as it says 'The mud baked walls'. This tells us that it is set in a very poor area. The language in blessing is similar to the language of 'Scorpion'. For example they both use religious language. Such as 'God' and 'Blessing. The writer uses the word blessing to show that the water was blessed from god. At first 'Imtiaz Dharker' starts of explaining how there is no water and then there is a sudden rush of water. The writer starts off with a
Compare and contrast 'Woman Work' by Maya Angelou and 'Overheard in County Sligo' by Gillian Clarke and give your response to both poems.
Compare and contrast 'Woman Work' by Maya Angelou and 'Overheard in County Sligo' by Gillian Clarke and give your response to both poems. The 2 poems are both about women that in my view are from very different backgrounds but have a few things in common. The first poem I am going to express is 'Woman Work'. The title of the poem can be seen as a command as well as the use of bad grammar. I think this could be because I imagine the woman to be a large black maybe African woman and as I have seen their way of speaking is short and sharp. The first two lines of the poem are a rhyming couplet, such as: I've got the children to tend The clothes to mend The pace of the poem at this stage is quite fast. The rhyming couplet makes it this way. The first verse are the reality for the woman, it's her chores. She may feel very bored and fed up with her life as it sounds as she has a very routine life full of chaos and very tiring. She sounds like as if she is living slightly in poverty as she has to tend her children's clothes instead of buying new clothes. She could have a lot of stress in her life because not only does she have children, she has a baby and tots. There must have been a man once, but there is no sign of him now. If he is there he should have been helping her or out in a job. At the start of the second verse the mood changes a lot. The tone is softer and you can
