Both Dust in the Wind (1986) and Still Life (2006) are realist films, yet both are also highly stylized and push the limits of cinematic realism. Explain how each film introduces a new level of formal complexity to the realist aesthetic, and how its unique cinematic strategies allow it to capture the complexity of the … Read more
Design an experiment to test a question that you have about some aspect of visual cognition. Great experiments often begin with general questions about a topic e.g. “I wonder whether this type of visual processing can occur without awareness?, or I wonder whether some additional factor might influence figure-ground assignment/ object recognition/ the perception of … Read more
Bleisure is not a word to be found in any dictionary yet, but despite this it is a hot trend in tourism. It can be defined as a combination of business and leisure travel. Whereas tourism statisticians prefer to put visitors in neat boxes, the growing numbers of bleisure travelers are bound to confound the … Read more
The digital revolution as some call it has brought many benefits and conveniences to people worldwide. It has certainly made travel easier and, in many ways, more interesting. Travel destinations can be explored on smartphones, information combed, and bookings made. Digital devices have unchained business people from their desks and allowed real-time communications through many … Read more
posting approximately 50 words to comment on any course topics.There are several ways to do create your posts: – Discuss any of course issues or case studies in terms of its historical or contemporary contexts. – Share relevant news or multimedia content AND comment on. – Raise an insightful question about any discussed topics. each … Read more
My dear friends, Once you are on the online Perusall interface, click on the work on assignment button. The guiding questions for Perusall #1 are also listed in the window above this button. The assigned reading for Perusall #1 is listed as “EnvHist.” In order to respond to the guiding questions: a) Please first highlight … Read more
Culture can have a profound impact on working, and interacting, with others from foreign lands, or by working in foreign lands yourself. Analyze the ways in which culture can impact a business, and assess the role of human resources in creating, and modifying, an organization’s culture. In your initial posting, explain to your classmates what … Read more
Hiring a workforce internationally can be a greater challenge than hiring domestically in the USA. Discuss the principle challenges in hiring a workforce in another country, any barriers you would foresee, and how the concept of utilizing expatriate workers may, or may not, be a successful option. Cite 1 scholarly reference (article, journal or website … Read more
This week we are studying the importance of an international performance management system. First, discuss the general role and importance of a performance management system and then, specifically, discuss how you would differentiate between an evaluation system that you create domestically and one you create internationally. In what different ways, for instance, would you evaluate … Read more
Option #1: Structure of Multinational EnterprisesThis week our discussions focus around designing and creating the proper structure of a multinational enterprise. Human resources has a responsibility in creating an organization’s structure, and with that as a background discuss the following: The principle types of organizational structure that are used both domestically and internationally.Discuss the variables … Read more
