Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Comparing Working Labor

1. In the U.S., standards for factory work and almost all other work done has minimum wages and some rules that most companies must follow. In China factory workers make much less money than U.S. where the minimum wage is $10 and in China they make roughly about $111 a month because they don't have a minimum or hourly wage. Education is another major difference between the two countries. In the U.S. almost everybody graduates from high school and a smaller but still big percentage will graduate from college to some degree while still working in a factory. In China, education is more of a extra curricular type of thing for Chinese workers. Chinese factory workers will usually start their work when they are young and not get a basic education like most U.S. factory workers.

2. Workers happiness is important to keep production high for a companies product and by increasing income for workers from the income than they will become happier productive workers. A study at the University of Warwick located in the U.K. did a study on productivity between happy workers and unhappy workers. They came up with a result that there was a 12% increase in productivity when employees were happy and a 10% decrease in productivity while workers were unhappy. Paying initiatives also show increases in productivity. The reason why paying can increase productivity is because when the worker knows that they are going to be getting a good amount of money for what they are working for they become happier and increase productivity. This was shown at a study in Google where 37% of workers became happier and more productive when their income was increased.

3. Google is a huge if not the biggest international business in the world. They support and provide the biggest internet browser in the world making lives easier for anyone that needs to search the definition of a word to what the times are for a movie the next day. Google provides most big countries their own separate search engines that change depending on the country that you want to search something in. One of Googles biggest priorities in its company is workers happiness and makes sure that all of their offices are creative and happy filled so that workers are comfortable and glad to be working in their offices.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/16/business/at-google-a-place-to-work-and-play.html?_r=0

Thursday, October 13, 2016

What Is Handshake?

Japan;
  1. A handshake in Japan usually consists of a limp hand grab and little to no eye contact.  Some Japanese bow instead of doing a handshake to show respect and be accepted by the Japanese.
  2. While the Japanese are leaving they don't give a handshake to that person but instead bow again as a show respect and thanks to them.
  3. When giving gifts in Japan they accept them but not in all cases. Depending on some cases they may not accept the gift. Also if the person giving them the gift doesn't ask them to open it they more than likely wont open it because they are told not to open it without being asked to.
  4. With business cards the Japanese are told not to damage the business cards at all. They don't bend them, tear them, or destroy them in any way. They need to make sure that the card is given in a polite way and that the card isn't damaged.
http://www.ediplomat.com/np/cultural_etiquette/ce_jp.htm

Russia;
  1. When greeting someone in Russia, you give them a normal handshake as you would in America, but it is only for men and be done with the right hand. Shaking with the left hand is a form of disrespect. Women only shake hands in business situations.
  2. Departing is mostly the same way, the only things that change is your word choice when leaving.
  3. Accepting a gift is also a form a respect and possibly even more than that. A gift probably means you love for someone.
  4. Sharing business cards is kind of like giving a handshake. Its a form of trying to do business with people.
http://todiscoverrussia.com/russian-handshake-as-a-symbol-of-respect-for-each-other/

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

The Earthquake of January 12, 2010

  1. Earthquake in Haiti
  2.  Zach Lahlou and Jack Geiger
  3. January 12, 2010
  4. $7.8 billion worth of damage to buildings and resources. 105,000 houses destroyed leaving lots of people homeless in the country. Cranes being destroyed in their main port so that any type of trade through the water was delayed as work was being done to get it back up and running.
  5. Two big buildings that were heavily effect from this earthquake in Haiti were the Presidential Palace and the United Nations Peacekeeping Missions building. The Presidential Palace was an important building because it was the home to Haiti's president of the country. The United Nations Peacekeeping Missions building was another important building because without a United Nations building it makes it harder for the country to work with the rest of the countries that are apart of the United Nations.

Friday, September 23, 2016

Haiti Earthquake of 2010


      January 12, 2010 was a tough time for the small island of Haiti in the southern oceans of North America. They were hit by an intense earthquake that read 7.0 on the richter scale. Many buildings were destroyed causing $7.8 billion worth of damage and leaving many people jobless and homeless. The earthquake left roughly 105,000 houses destroyed and people without a home. By having many buildings destroyed this limited Haiti's way of trading and economy connecting it to other countries around the world.
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  1. Haiti's economy prior to this immense earthquake was impressive to a lot of countries especially for its size. It reached an impressive GDP of $11.9 billion up until the earthquake came and destroyed part of their economy. Cranes that helped them take supplies off and onto ships from other countries to make money but by having them destroyed from the earthquake that cut their economy by an immense amount.
  2. Buildings in Haiti never stood a chance against the immense earthquake that crushed the small island. Many homes were brought to the ground along with the presidential palace and even the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission. Roughly 105,000 home were destroyed from the earthquake. Many of their ports were destroyed as well after cranes had fallen down on top them blocking any ships coming in. Haiti's closest airport the Aeroport International Toussaint L'Ouverture was also partially destroyed diverting planes from landing there until it was repaired.
  3. The earthquake left Haiti in trouble with resources. Haiti had a tough time trying to replenish its resources after all the destruction had occurred. They were a small country and were a fairly warm climate making them able to not grow all the food they wanted and be left with other supplies that were needed to survive. Because of this they were left to live off of limited resources and were given small shipments of supplies through out the reconstruction that left some people without some supplies they may have needed to survive.
  4. Their people and economy have been demolished from this earthquake. So much that even today they are even still effected from the damages caused by it. They rely on other countries to support them by supplying them with the resources they need to survive and other supplies to help them pay off the damages that were caused. It will still take some time for Haiti to actually come back and recover to start generating its own revenue in their country.
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