The Business Professor
Sensemaking Theory
What is Sensemaking Theory? Sensemaking or sense-making is the process by which people give meaning to their collective experiences. It has been defined as "the ongoing retrospective development of plausible images that rationalize what...
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Organizational Fit
What is organizational fit? An individual fits in an organization when their values and beliefs align with those of the organization. That is the individual fits within the organization's culture.
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Organizational Culture Profile
What is the Organizational Culture Profile? The organizational culture profile is used to understand what is an organization's primary cultural characteristics.
The Business Professor
Organizational Culture
What is organizational culture? Organizational culture includes the collective or shared values, attitudes, beliefs, and visions.
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Organizational Capacity for Change
What is Organizational Capacity for Change? Organizational capacity for change (OCC) is the overall capability of an organization, to prepare for, or to respond to, an increasingly volatile and changeable environment. Every person has a...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Marcel Danesi - Politics, Lies and Conspiracy Theories
Marcel Danesi, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, was born in Lucca, Italy. He was professor of semiotics and anthropology at Victoria College, University of Toronto, he directs the semiotics and communication theory programs. Danesi also holds...
Curated Video
Understanding Incentives
Legal scholar Emilie Hafner-Burton (UCSD) discusses the importance of understanding the incentives of those who commit human rights abuses.
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A Sense of the Numinous
Rabbi Emeritus David J. Goldberg relates the irrational side of the human condition, how he has more in common with moderates of other religions than he does with extremists of his own, and the constant tensions between particularism and...
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Culture and Meaning
Poet and independent scholar Jennifer Michael Hecht argues that meaning is naturally shaped by our culture.
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Different Modalities
Linguist Carol Padden (UC San Diego), describes how gesture is used in both sign languages and spoken languages.
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Spain and Portugal
Spain and Portugal discovers the similarities and differences between Spain and Portugal.
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History in Its Own Terms
Intellectual historian Quentin Skinner (QMUL), describes his approach to historical scholarship.
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Inhibiting Idealizations
Classicist Richard Janko (Michigan) speculates that our love of Athenian democracy sometimes prevents us from taking a more objective view of their society.
Señor Jordan
Preterite Vs Imperfect Song! (Cielito Lindo)
Here's a song based around the traditional song: "Cielito Lindo" to help you remember the difference uses of the Preterite and the Imperfect tenses in Spanish.
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Principles of Memory
Psychologist Stephen Kosslyn describes three principles of memory that have been learned through years of detailed psychology study: depth of processing, breadth of processing, and organization.