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Traditions and changes in Chinese business organizations under the policy of economic reform

Creator:: Siu, Walsa
Abstract:: One of the motives of China's Economic Reform is to bring Western management techniques to China to further economic development. The miraculous success of the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Shenzhen, Guangdong has attracted many foreign investors who gladly bring their management expertise. This thesis looks at small, medium and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: friendship. I thank my parents for all the love they have given me. To Vince and Xiao Hon I dedicate this

Cultural differences and business interaction : an analysis of conflicts between Chinese and American ways of life

Creator:: Chen, Yuejian, 1958-
Abstract:: This study uses an anthropological perspective to discuss the cultural differences between Chinese and Americans in business contexts. Through an analysis of case studies related by businesspersons involved in Sino-US trade, and by an analysis of literature on the subject, it describes how cultural differences contribute to the problems and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Exile in one's homeland : Yung Wing and the Chinese Educational Mission

Creator:: Yao, Yingxia
Abstract:: This thesis examines the influence of Christian missions on Yung Wing (1828-1912) during the nineteenth century, when China was beginning to encounter the West. Yung was the first Chinese graduate student to enter an American institution of higher education (Yale College, 1854). As a Westernized Christian intellectual, he strove to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Insights into Chinese Youth Culture : A Comparison of Personal Values of Chinese and American College Students

Creator:: Su, Wan
Abstract:: Schwartz and Bilsky (1987, 1990) constructed a universal psychological structure for cross-cultural studies of motivational dynamics. To test this structure, Simmons (1991) adapted data from a twenty year broad-based value survey of student cohorts at an American university. The availability of reliable, long-term data on American students permitted a comparison...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: with Chinese cultural values (Clifford, Lan, Chou & Qi, 1989; Luo & Spees, 1983; Chen & Uttal, 1988

A Dynamical Systems Approach to the Treatment of Psychosis

Creator:: Badeau, Ann Marie
Abstract:: The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential value of using a computer simulated systems dynamics model to address psychosis in mental illness. Psychosis is defined as a syndrome which is associated with many mental disorders, not a specific disorder itself. Psychosis generally produces delusions and hallucinations and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The Takelma and their Athapascan kin : an ethnographic synthesis of southwestern Oregon

Creator:: Gray, Dennis J.
Abstract:: This study is a synthesis of the available ethnographic and relevant archaeological data pertaining to the Native American groups who formerly occupied the upper Rogue River drainage of southwestern Oregon. The information presented in this synthesis concerns the material, social and religious aspects of aboriginal life as practiced by the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: -number the differences. Lan- guage was not necessarily a barrier to communication (Hymes 1968). There

Assessment of Feedstock Materials for Producing a Suitable and Cost-Effective Biochar to Use as a Soil Amendment for Northern Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)

Creator:: Kumari, Pooja
Abstract:: Biochar is a highly porous, carbon-rich residue produced by thermochemical conversion (pyrolysis) of plant biomass and carbonaceous organic materials under oxygen-controlled conditions. Chars produced by this process tend to have high ion-exchange capacities and, when added to soil, increase retention of water and nutrients and improve soil aggregation, porosity, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Shikha Singh, Dr. David Leon Chang and Dr. Amin Nouri for their time and mentorship, all the insightful

Comparing organizational theory to practice : using communication to describe a consensual organization

Creator:: Lang, Sabrina A.
Abstract:: The overarching purpose of this study is to examine the communication implications of a self-proclaimed consensual organization (IT) within a classical organizational environment. The literature review of relevant theory and research covers both hierarchical and consensual organizations viewed via the classical, human relations, and system perspectives. The researcher compares organizational...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: signature below authorizes release of thesis to any reader upon request. Sabrina A. Lan Author Redacted

Boring to the Core: The Archaeology, History, and Dendrochronology of a Railroad Logging Camp, Ladee Flat, Clackamas County, Oregon

Creator:: Paullin, Pamela K.
Abstract:: Although the timber industry was the major economic force in the lives of several generations of Oregon families, very little archaeological investigation has been done on the dozens of abandoned logging camps that are scattered throughout the forests of the Pacific Northwest. This project focuses on Camp 1, a 1920s...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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Traditions and changes in Chinese business organizations under the policy of economic reform

Cultural differences and business interaction : an analysis of conflicts between Chinese and American ways of life

Exile in one's homeland : Yung Wing and the Chinese Educational Mission

Insights into Chinese Youth Culture : A Comparison of Personal Values of Chinese and American College Students

A Dynamical Systems Approach to the Treatment of Psychosis

The Takelma and their Athapascan kin : an ethnographic synthesis of southwestern Oregon

Assessment of Feedstock Materials for Producing a Suitable and Cost-Effective Biochar to Use as a Soil Amendment for Northern Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)

Comparing organizational theory to practice : using communication to describe a consensual organization

Boring to the Core: The Archaeology, History, and Dendrochronology of a Railroad Logging Camp, Ladee Flat, Clackamas County, Oregon

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