"Big thinking precedes great achievement." Wilferd Peterson: What are the benefits of the corporate form?

Interacting with CULTURES?....What does Culture mean?

Understanding culture could be critical for us because our individual cultural orientation is present in every interaction.Culture is thought of as food,traditions,music,clothing etc, also I could define it as a combination of values, behaviors or beliefs shared by a group of people.It doesnt refer only to the ones that were born into those groups but also to the ones that choose to belong to,such as religious or social groups.
Culture is 100% dynamic I have to say, It doesnt matter if you were born in a farm, in a small town, but you can still choose to live in a urban enviroment,in a big city or for example to grow up in a family with predetermined political belief or religion doesnt mean there wouldnt be possibility. of a cultural shift.
Culture goes beyond race,gender,sexual orientation,age etc, culture is communication, it reffers to implicit and explicit patterns under which we behave ourselves.
The following meanings were found on the Internet, all comments and critics are welcomed.

* CULTURE: is the system of knowledge shared by a relatively large group of people.

http://www.tamu.edu/classes/cosc/choudhury/culture.html

*"Culture is a matrix of infinite possibilities and choices. From within the same culture matrix we can extract arguments and strategies for the degradation and ennoblement of our species, for its enslavement or liberation, for the suppression of its productive potential or its enhancement."

—Wole Sovinka, Nigerian Nobel Laureate

*Culture:
The system of shared beliefs, values, customs,
behaviors, and artifacts that the members of society
use to interact with their world and with one another.

Banks, J. A., & Banks, C. A. M. (Eds.).
(2004). Handbook of Research on
Multicultural Education (2nd. Ed.). San
Francisco:Jossey-Bass

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

What are the benefits of the corporate form?

Based on the canadian film The Corporation which makes us think about the basic corporating principles of the corporate world which were reduce to a game of "follow the leader";An inspiring film that starts defining Corporation as an istitution that creates great wealth and causes enormous damage. Also Talks about it as a family unit where every one work together to reach a common goal then finishs trying to make it more clear saying that Corporation is an artificial creation, a monster that tries to get as much profit as they can.But at this time, which benefits do we get from a corporation,is there an alternative model that could be worth it?.
A corporation form has many advanteges, it permits of larger accumulations of capital also the death of a stockholder does not dissolve the organization of which he is part owner,the Shares of a corporation are freely transferable, because as a separate entity, the existence of a corporation is not dependent upon who the owners or investors are at any one time these an other advantanges make corporations very attractive because if we get to compare it to a partnership, a sole proprietors company or a an S-corporation, they wont have as many advantages as the corporation but could fullfill our needs depending on the circumstanses.

Definition
A corporation is a separate legal entity. As such it allows a group of people to pool their energy, time, and money for profit or nonprofit activities. The corporation comes into legal existence when its founders comply with their state's incorporation process.

http://nonprofit.about.com/od/nonprofitbasics/qt/corpbasics.htm