RLG100Y1 Lecture : Antecedents of Indic Religions

"Imperialism has been the most powerful force in world history over the last four or five centuries, carving up whole continents while oppressing indigenous peoples and obliterating entire civilizations." Defend or condemn the argument by giving examples of the interaction between Western industrial powers and traditional, non Western societies. Were these contacts essentially positive or negative? "

Question 11

Contingency theories try to predict leadership efficiency.

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Question 12

Personalized charismatics are charismatic leaders who focus on a personalized power orientation.

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Question 13

A cultural symbol is any object, act, or event that serves to transmit cultural meaning.

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Question 14

Common sense would tell us that not all traits or behaviors of leaders are positively related to effectiveness all of the time. Instead, whether a leader behavior is effective will depend on the situation.

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Question 15

Generating an idea through spontaneous creativity, ingenuity, and information processing is the feasibility determination step of the innovation process.

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Question 16

Equivalence, in the norm of reciprocity, refers to how quickly the repayment is made.

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Question 17

As the diversity of opinion, values and meaning in an organization narrows, it becomes much less vulnerable to external change and more able to capitalize on external opportunities.

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Question 18

Horizontal specialization is often referred to as the process of departmentation.

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Question 19

Three important levels of cultural analysis in organizations are: observable culture, implicit culture, and uncommon cultural assumptions.

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Question 20

Internal integration deals with the creation of a collective identity and with finding ways of matching methods of working and living together.

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The Indian caste system historically linked status and ranking in society with purity in food consumption. Thus, the Brahmins, the highest caste, would consume only the purest of cuisines. Which of the following foods characterized the Brahmin diet?

In discussing the processing of chicha, the corn beer made by the Quechua of Andean South America, Glenna Dean noted the technology involved in jump starting the breaking down of the starches in the corn. Which of the following ingredients do the Quechua use to start their corn beer?

Which of the following uses of food distinguishes large scale hunter gatherers from small scale hunter gatherers?

Generalized reciprocity is the way that food is exchanged in many small-scale societies. In this form of exchange, the giver of the food...

The development of intensive agriculture was important in human history because it