Blog update:

my blog has been transfered to:

http://asheshr.wordpress.com

This was a much awaited date. Friday 28 November was the deadline for essay in HRM, activity 6.5 in GEM SOCI1101 Understanding Society and last but not the least: Marketing Presentation.

Articles suggest that it is now possible to have a nanny to look after your children, a person to clean your house or do your garden, as well as an agency to arrange your social life, your holidays, someone to let the washing-machine repair person to come into your house when you are at work, buy presents for your children and your spouse and so on. Indeed, lifestyle managers and consultants from companies such as the London-based TimeEnergyNetwork, which will run your household, co-ordinating all these sub-contractors to undertake your domestic chores.

Ref:

• http://books.google.com/books?id=Gk_myyWa1tEC&printsec=frontcover
• Mummy, I want to be a Housewife, The Times Higher Education by Catherine Hakim, 26 April 1996
• Feature Article: Do women want to stay at home?

It was a fine day when I was doing photocopy at the UoM Library. As my instince was saying, I was again going to encounter a book in Psychology.

It was a fine university day. The birds were chirping and purple flowers blossoming. Until, our dear beloved and respected class rep. who is always devoted to her work (nunds) gave me the golden opportunity to photocopy HRM notes on culture. One fine day, I sat down and I read it - because I do read sometimes, though very rarely: Chapter 3: Managing Culture by Stephen Linstead, under the section, The Origins of Organisational Culture, last 3 lines in paragraph 3 and I quote: