However, for someone interested in how human society works, and in particular how organizations are structured, create an ongoing culture, manage conflict, support or discourage change, adapt to their environment, and distribute power among different stakeholders, a rugby team provides an ideal case study, a real-life laboratory for understanding how individuals relate to each other within the boundaries of an organization, balancing needed stability with necessary change. As an organization, it encompasses the key dynamics of larger Australian society in a way that can be relatively easily st...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After the fall of Saigon in April 1975, the South Vietnamese began evacuating with nothing but the hope of returning to their home when the political situation permitted. ... Most refugees did not realize their eventual destination would be the United States because their only intention was to escape the political oppression and reforms instituted by the authoritarian communist government of North Vietnam. ... One way that is achieved within the Vietnamese community is through Little Saigons- Vietnamese centers for commercial, cultural, and political activity-- and Paris by Night, Vietnamese-l...

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Popular music is ubiquitous; from shopping malls and advertising to gymnasiums/fitness classes and political campaigns, popular music is a common feature of people's everyday lives and a significant aspect of consumer culture. ...

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The Gothic culture is linked to style and attitude; the subculture is connected to frustration against society and a need for escapism (Dancing on Bela Lugosi's grave: the politics and aesthetics of Gothic club dancing, 1999). ... Goths also dance in a particular way, they let their body move in its own way to the music, this is projected through twists, gestures, spinning, and so on (Dancing on Bela Lugosi's grave: the politics and aesthetics of Gothic club dancing, 1999). ...

• Word Count: 3502
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School