Vin Signorile
CO 226-02
March 18, 2016
Professor Allocco
Outliers Assignment
Hofstede’s theory can be related to Chapter 7 of The Outliers. In the text, Hofstede has six value dimensions: individualism/collectivism/ uncertainty avoidance, power distance, masculinity/femininity, long-term/short-term orientation, and indulgence/restraint. According to Hofstede, these dimensions are influenced and changed by culture. Chapter 7 in The Outliers is called the ethnic theory of plane crashes. This was a both interesting and frustrating read as the plane crash could have been avoided if communication had been better. In one part of the chapter there was an incident on a plane where they had to make an unexpected landing in an unfamiliar airport
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The Korean Air Flight 801 and Columbian Avianca Flight 052 can compare to Hofstede’s first value dimension, which is individualism/collectivism. In the 801 plane the pilot used individualism, as he never answered the first time someone told him to pull the plane up and was only thinking of himself. If the situation was collective this could have been avoided and lives would have been saved. With the 052 flight individualism existed as well. If the first officer were more collective in showing more panic about the situation then they would not have run out of gas. Hall’s high/low context describes how society chooses to communicate their messages. Low context culture was used in the Korean Air Flight 801 as the first officer directly said multiple times to the pilot to pull the plane up. High context culture was used during the Columbian Avianca Flight 052, as the first officer might not wanted to embarrass the people in charge about the low fuel. In both plane stories the communication was poor which led to an accident in both cases. It could be truthful that the context of the message was not as it seemed, as maybe the first officer did not panic during the situation because he was upset over something else at the time. Still, there is no excuse when lives are at
In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell argues that there is no such thing as a self-made man, and that success is only the result of a person’s circumstances. However, throughout the novel Gladwell points out that your circumstances and opportunities only help you become successful if you are willing to take advantage of them and work hard. From a twelve year old living in the Bronx, to those who were born at just the right time to become millionaires, one thing is the same throughout; these people because successful because they seized the opportunities they were given. The advantages and opportunities that came from their circumstances would not be important if they had not grasped them. Every successful man is self made, because he has seized the
Chris McCandless does not wish to follow defined life structure that society enforces to simply be alive, instead, he chooses to take a seek a path to live a life with purpose. Such an eagerness to seek detachment from what is expected by society, is enforced by not only McCandless but also Thoreau. A primary factor resembling this, is McCandless’ view that many people “live within unhappy circumstances...yet will not change…they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism...damaging to the adventurous spirit(40).” The detesting tone risen through the confliction of “unhappy circumstances” and “damage,” to “safety, conformity and conservation,” emphasis his will to separate from a lifestyle lacking change. This is done
It is the relationships individuals depend on most that fail them in the trials of life. In his novel, Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell appeals to the emotions of the readers in order to convey this message as he examines the lives of several particular individuals. Gladwell explains the story of a man named Chris Langan who is constantly involved in negative relationships. Gladwell writes: “He [Langan’s father] would lock the kitchen cabinets so the boys couldn’t get to the food. He used a bullwhip to keep the boys in line. He would get jobs and then lose them, . . .” (Gladwell 92). In order to appeal to the reader’s emotions, Gladwell has very precise diction in each of his details. The words “lock,” “bullwhip,” and “lose,” are incorporated into his descriptions in order to create a
Gladwell starts the chapter with a specific plane crash that occurred while flying into Guam but the chapter quickly shifts to Gladwell analyzing what exactly is the source of a plane crash. Gladwell concludes that the accidents are not caused by a singular mistake, but instead a string of mistakes that come from a team
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For generations, only certain people have achieved success - they are known as geniuses or outliers; however, they did not obtain it on high IQs and innate talents alone. In the book Outliers, author Malcolm Gladwell, #1 bestselling author of The Tipping Point and Blink, reveals the transparent secret of success behind every genius that made it big. Intertwined with that, Gladwell builds a convincing implication that the story behind the success of all geniuses is that they were born at the right place, at the right time and took advantage of it. To convey the importance of the outlier’s fortunate circumstances to his readers, he expresses a respective, colloquial tone when examining their lives.
One of the oldest types of conflict in literature is the flight. It can be metaphorical flight, such as to escape a painful memory, or physical flight, such as from an attacker. In any novel, either a flight or a fight is the reaction to danger. In Station Eleven, however, Mandel uses flights not just as reactions to danger - they also become the cause of conflict. By doing this, this story is able to have a chain of conflict causing flight to flight causing conflict.
Even when one has a rough childhood and upbringing, they are able to take all of these hard times and turn them into motivation to work harder to improve not only their lives, but their family and friends lives. Through this hard work and dedication comes the 10,000 hour rule. Marcus Gladwell is a very well-known author, writer, and speaker from The New York Yorker; his first four books were on the New York Times best seller list and in 2005, Time magazine named Gladwell one of its 100 most influential people. Because of Gladwell’s outstanding achievements and background, it furthers his readers to believe that he is a very credible and knowledgeable resource. Gladwell’s purpose in writing Outliers is to teach and inform the audience about what an outlier really stands for and how some people become an outlier from a young age. Gladwell’s main audience is people around the world that are interested in the statistical studies. Gladwell, through the use of several rhetorical devices and examples is effectively able to express what it takes to be successful through the 10,000 hour rule....
Conrad Kottak, in the eleventh chapter of his textbook on cultural anthropology sought to deconstruct ethnicity in the modern world and how it has evolved over time. He wrote that “ethnicity is based on actual, perceived, or assumed cultural similarities” (Kottak 2012). While ethnicity is based in differences, he discussed at length the origins of race and ethnicity and the diverging opinions as to where it all began, then diverged. He argued that humans are cultural rather than biologic and contrasts in society great affect how humans organize and define themselves. There was a overview of ethnicity structures in Asia, specifically in Japan and Korea, as well as the United States and Brazil. Kottak also defined what the word “nation” really means and its connotations; assim...
Malcolm Gladwell’s overall purpose of Outliers: The Story of Success is that success is largely determined by an individual’s socioeconomic and sociocultural environment, and individual ambition, effort, or talent, are less significant, contrary to the societal notions associated with success. In other words, success is not something that someone randomly gained; success is earned through opportunities that develop dedication, interest, and skill over time. By doing this, will one become an outlier, or “something that is situated away or classed differently from a main or related body,” (Gladwell 3) that distinguishes great from good and best from great, as exemplified by “The striking thing about Ericsson’s study is that the and his colleagues couldn’t find any “naturals”, musicians who floated effortlessly to the top while practicing a fraction of the time their peers did.” (Gladwell 39) Gladwell also acknowledges societal norms such that “All of the fourteen men and woman on the list above had vision and talent,” (Gladwell 62-63) to assert hard work, ability, et cetera can lead to success, but a social environment that offers such opportunities immensely increases the likelihood of success.
In Chapter 8 and 9 of Outliers: The Story of Success, Gladwell exams some of the ways that Asian and American students learn math, arguing that some of the principles in the US education system should be reconsidered. I generally agree with Gladwell’s point of view. I believe in two ways, students ' principal spirit and the length of students’ studying, the US education system leaves much to be desired, though an overhaul is in progress.
Good morning/evening, Ladies and gentlemen; I shall begin by summarizing Mr. Gladwells, chapter on The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes – Mr. Gladwell is correlating the idea that airplane crashes on Avianca flight #052, and most of Korean Air as a whole, were catastrophes partly based on an ethnic theory. He has based his findings on two “Hofstede’s Dimensions” elements; Power Indexed and Uncertainty Avoidance (Gladwell, p.202-203 & 209). He supports these theories’ after an American company named Boeing made a correlation, between a countries’ airline crashes and the Hofstede Dimensions (Gladwell, p. 220-221). Ladies and Gentlemen, to take Mr. Gladwell’s theory into acceptance, would do harm to the many different cultures our world is made up of. After all, our entire airline industry is located world wide.
June 1st, 1999, captain Richard Buschmann and first officer Michael Origel were about to embark on their third and final leg of the day, after already working for ten hours on two other trip legs. They had arrived at Dallas/Fort Worth Texas around 20:10 CST and were eager to proceed on their final trip of the day to Little Rock, Arkansas. Poor weather in the region prevented their assigned aircraft from arriving on time, closely pushing them ever closer to their fourteen hour duty limits for the day. The first officer realizing their situation contacted the dispatchers to notify them they would need to find a substitute aircraft or the flight would need to be cancelled. Both pilots were well aware of the impending storms in the area, including around the destination airport, but they decided that they should be able to beat the storms there. This was one of the first signs of suffering from get-there-itis, along side of several hazardous attitudes. Once an aircraft was substituted, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82, the pilots were able to depart at 22:40, 2 hours and 12 minutes after their scheduled departure time, 12 hours into their 14 hour duty day.
There is a push and pull relationship between race as an independent and dependent variable within the social sciences which creates a cyclical overarching sense of idealism. The social sciences study human society and the relationships which make that up. Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Anthropology combine within the social sciences, they work together on the broad topic of race to from both analytical perspectives and individual understandings of what constitutes race and how that changes the way society as a whole respond to it. By evaluating the broad topic of race from four disciplines, the social sciences attempt to cover how individual perspectives and understandings of race changes the way society as a whole respond to