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Economics of integrating computers and communications systems in CanadaTouchie, Rodger Don January 1969 (has links)
The success of the computer utility is extremely dependent upon the efficient interaction of electronic data processing equipment with high speed communication circuits. It is the purpose of this thesis to identify and examine some of the problem areas of a new and rapidly expanding industry. Emphasis is placed on the Canadian environment. However, the obvious influences of the related activities in the United States, are not to be neglected thus, the study includes numerous references to the American situation.
This is not a report on computer capabilities, nor a technical analysis of the computer-communications interface.
Rather, this study deals with the overlapping concerns
of the computer and communications industries, and the implications of these mutual interests. Major issues are the economic considerations, government involvement and the examination of social effects.
The paper consists of four main sections. The first of these is a general introduction, including a brief summary of data communication terminology.
The second section concentrates upon the present Canadian situation and serves to describe the current state of teleprocessing in this country. Also, it involves a survey of the present services provided by the common carriers
and the available interface equipment which developers of a computer utility might employ. One of the traits of
common carrier services is regulation and this implies government involvement. Pertinent jurisdictions of both federal and provincial government bodies is described. It is felt, that within this realm, extensive reference to the actions of the Federal Communications Commission in the United States is warranted. It's pertinence to the Canadian scene will be brought directly into Section Two, and this is supplemented by Appendix B which describes
some of the relevant occurrences in the United States as stimulated by the FCC.
One prime undertaking serves to tie these economic,
political and social factors together. As a result the thesis includes a review of progress towards a Canadian telecommunications satellite and what it might mean to cross country computer interactions in the future.
Section Three looks at some of the management problems which are a part of data communication systems development. The generalities which are characteristic of any development recipe are applied to a specific case study.
A study of this type leads to opinions and conclusions
being drawn by the author and these are outlined in Section Four of the thesis. / Business, Sauder School of / Graduate
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Measuring experience, language ability, cross-cultural adaptability and intercultural business negotiation performanceKarkut, David Michael 05 1900 (has links)
In this study, performance in the speech event of negotiation was used to investigate the
validity of using experiential, linguistic, and psychological/affective/cognitive assessment
instruments for training or selecting candidates for intercultural business negotiation between
Canadians and Koreans. Instruments used were: background questionnaire, TOEIC scores, and
CCAI scores. The participants were 12 businesspeople from Korea and 12 commerce students
from Canada. After the bargaining session, each person completed a questionnaire. The
negotiation outcome variables considered were source's relative monetary performance and target's
relative satisfaction with the negotiation, including process and end-deal aspects. Case analysis
suggests that individual experience and middle-to-high TOEIC scores have no significant
correlation with either type of performance. Three subsections of the individual CCAI scores were
associated with partner satisfaction, but not with monetary performance. Analysis of combined
dyadic data revealed strong negative correlation between pair CCAI scores and negotiated endprice.
Positive correlation was shown between pair CCAI scores and mutual satisfaction.
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Exploring new dimensions of tradeEdwards, Myles Alexander 05 1900 (has links)
By extending the study of international trade to include cultural factors, this paper demonstrates
that culture has a direct impact on Canadian and US bilateral trade flows with the world. Various
cultural factors of Canadian and US's trading partners were examined through a gravity model to
determine their impact on 1990 trade flows. The gravity model explains trade between two
countries in terms of the economic size of the trading partners and the distance between them. The
following cultural factors were added to this base gravity model to test their explanatory power: the
stock of immigrants from the trading partner in Canada, whether the trading partner has English or
French as a principal language, and each of four cultural dimensions as they were described by
Geert Hofstede in his study of national differences in work related values.
This study has established that culture does have a significant impact on Canadian and US trade.
Inirnigration, English, Hofstede's Individualism/Collectivism, and Hofstede's Uncertainty
Avoidance were each found to have significant regression coefficients. Countries with immigrants
in Canada trade more with Canada, and English-speaking countries trade more with both Canada
and the US. Individualism / Collectivism measures how members of a society relate to one
another. It appears that collectivist societies trade more with Canada and the US. Uncertainty
Avoidance measures how a society and its members deal with risk and it appears that countries
with lower Uncertainty Avoidance ratings (i.e. less risk averse), trade more with Canada and the
US. For the business person trying to compete internationally, cultural factors have been a concern for
many years. However, this study suggests a prioritization of the cultural determinants of trade.
With a greater understanding of the mechanisms through which culture impacts trade, managers
can be more effective in the global marketplace.
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Challenging the monologues: toward an intercultural approach to aboriginal rightsDuncan, Emmet John 11 1900 (has links)
The author critiques various strands of liberal moral and political theory as they relate to
Aboriginal rights. In particular, he rejects the formulation of liberal theory by philosopher Will
Kymlicka, as failing to respond to the unique realities and perspectives of First Nations. He then
draws on the insights of philosophers Charles Taylor and James Tully to argue for a new
approach to Aboriginal rights, premised on principles of dialogue, recognition and the
willingness to engage in an "intercultural journey" in which a middle ground of law, informed by
Canadian and indigenous norms, is created.
In chapters two through four, the author employs Wittgenstein's "perspicuous contrast" in
order to reveal the dialogical basis of Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en legal and political structures, as
well as to reveal the dominant role that "monologues" play in the Canadian law of Aboriginal
rights. He identifies three monologues: discovery, sovereignty and the "authentic Indian," by
which Canadian law marginalizes and subjugates First Nations and their legal systems. Such
monologues depend for their coherence and success upon Aboriginal silence.
In chapter five, the author argues that notwithstanding the persistence of monologues,
Canadian law can be open to dialogue and to the broadening of understanding that is required for
the construction of an intercultural legal middle ground. He issues a strong call for the legal
system to turn to Aboriginal law as a major source for the middle ground, and argues that doing
so will help preserve the ability of First Nations to participate in the intercultural dialogue in their
own voices and ways of knowing, which is essential to the successful deployment of the
approach argued for in chapter one.
The author concludes that the middle ground will best be achieved through treaties,
backed by an intercultural legal duty on all parties to negotiate in good faith. He also argues that
a rethinking of sovereignty is necessary, in order to preserve the ability of First Nations to
participate in intercultural dialogue secure in their autonomy and self-determination. To that end,
he argues that courts can provide a useful "backdrop" to the intercultural middle ground, by
continuously identifying intercultural legal norms which respect bedrock principles of each
community's legal system in order to preserve the autonomy and self-determination of each.
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Public inquiries on broadcasting and cultural policy in Canada, 1928-1982 : perspectives toward a communicational theory of public lifeBiggs, Karen L. Holland, 1953- January 1984 (has links)
No description available.
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Discourse of health risks and anti-racial diversity: an analysis of media coverage of the non-Ebola panic in Hamilton /Adeyanju, Charles Temitope. Satzewich, Vic, January 2005 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--McMaster University, 2005. / Advisor: Vic Stzewich. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 267-290). Also available online.
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Exploring new dimensions of tradeEdwards, Myles Alexander 05 1900 (has links)
By extending the study of international trade to include cultural factors, this paper demonstrates
that culture has a direct impact on Canadian and US bilateral trade flows with the world. Various
cultural factors of Canadian and US's trading partners were examined through a gravity model to
determine their impact on 1990 trade flows. The gravity model explains trade between two
countries in terms of the economic size of the trading partners and the distance between them. The
following cultural factors were added to this base gravity model to test their explanatory power: the
stock of immigrants from the trading partner in Canada, whether the trading partner has English or
French as a principal language, and each of four cultural dimensions as they were described by
Geert Hofstede in his study of national differences in work related values.
This study has established that culture does have a significant impact on Canadian and US trade.
Inirnigration, English, Hofstede's Individualism/Collectivism, and Hofstede's Uncertainty
Avoidance were each found to have significant regression coefficients. Countries with immigrants
in Canada trade more with Canada, and English-speaking countries trade more with both Canada
and the US. Individualism / Collectivism measures how members of a society relate to one
another. It appears that collectivist societies trade more with Canada and the US. Uncertainty
Avoidance measures how a society and its members deal with risk and it appears that countries
with lower Uncertainty Avoidance ratings (i.e. less risk averse), trade more with Canada and the
US. For the business person trying to compete internationally, cultural factors have been a concern for
many years. However, this study suggests a prioritization of the cultural determinants of trade.
With a greater understanding of the mechanisms through which culture impacts trade, managers
can be more effective in the global marketplace. / Business, Sauder School of / Graduate
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Challenging the monologues: toward an intercultural approach to aboriginal rightsDuncan, Emmet John 11 1900 (has links)
The author critiques various strands of liberal moral and political theory as they relate to
Aboriginal rights. In particular, he rejects the formulation of liberal theory by philosopher Will
Kymlicka, as failing to respond to the unique realities and perspectives of First Nations. He then
draws on the insights of philosophers Charles Taylor and James Tully to argue for a new
approach to Aboriginal rights, premised on principles of dialogue, recognition and the
willingness to engage in an "intercultural journey" in which a middle ground of law, informed by
Canadian and indigenous norms, is created.
In chapters two through four, the author employs Wittgenstein's "perspicuous contrast" in
order to reveal the dialogical basis of Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en legal and political structures, as
well as to reveal the dominant role that "monologues" play in the Canadian law of Aboriginal
rights. He identifies three monologues: discovery, sovereignty and the "authentic Indian," by
which Canadian law marginalizes and subjugates First Nations and their legal systems. Such
monologues depend for their coherence and success upon Aboriginal silence.
In chapter five, the author argues that notwithstanding the persistence of monologues,
Canadian law can be open to dialogue and to the broadening of understanding that is required for
the construction of an intercultural legal middle ground. He issues a strong call for the legal
system to turn to Aboriginal law as a major source for the middle ground, and argues that doing
so will help preserve the ability of First Nations to participate in the intercultural dialogue in their
own voices and ways of knowing, which is essential to the successful deployment of the
approach argued for in chapter one.
The author concludes that the middle ground will best be achieved through treaties,
backed by an intercultural legal duty on all parties to negotiate in good faith. He also argues that
a rethinking of sovereignty is necessary, in order to preserve the ability of First Nations to
participate in intercultural dialogue secure in their autonomy and self-determination. To that end,
he argues that courts can provide a useful "backdrop" to the intercultural middle ground, by
continuously identifying intercultural legal norms which respect bedrock principles of each
community's legal system in order to preserve the autonomy and self-determination of each. / Law, Peter A. Allard School of / Graduate
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Measuring experience, language ability, cross-cultural adaptability and intercultural business negotiation performanceKarkut, David Michael 05 1900 (has links)
In this study, performance in the speech event of negotiation was used to investigate the
validity of using experiential, linguistic, and psychological/affective/cognitive assessment
instruments for training or selecting candidates for intercultural business negotiation between
Canadians and Koreans. Instruments used were: background questionnaire, TOEIC scores, and
CCAI scores. The participants were 12 businesspeople from Korea and 12 commerce students
from Canada. After the bargaining session, each person completed a questionnaire. The
negotiation outcome variables considered were source's relative monetary performance and target's
relative satisfaction with the negotiation, including process and end-deal aspects. Case analysis
suggests that individual experience and middle-to-high TOEIC scores have no significant
correlation with either type of performance. Three subsections of the individual CCAI scores were
associated with partner satisfaction, but not with monetary performance. Analysis of combined
dyadic data revealed strong negative correlation between pair CCAI scores and negotiated endprice.
Positive correlation was shown between pair CCAI scores and mutual satisfaction. / Education, Faculty of / Language and Literacy Education (LLED), Department of / Graduate
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Public inquiries on broadcasting and cultural policy in Canada, 1928-1982 : perspectives toward a communicational theory of public lifeBiggs, Karen L. Holland, 1953- January 1984 (has links)
No description available.
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