Cultural Intelligence 2012 Work Group C Organizational Behavior 11/2/2012 ------------------------------------------------- Success in the today’s increasingly integrated economy requires the ability to adapt to different cultures. The specific set of skills needed to succeed in unfamiliar cultures make up an individual’s Cultural Intelligence (CQ). The aim of this paper is to illustrate the concept of CQ through the analysis and evaluation of the case of the merger between Kraft and Cadbury
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1. What are Hofstede’s five dimensions of cultural differences that affect work attitudes? Using these dimensions describe the United States. 1.1 Individualism vs. Collectivism‚ the individuals believe they should make their own choices and be responsible for them‚ they are concerned about losing their social frames‚ in contrast the collectivism involves the loyalty and group thinking in order to create hormonal work process. The individualism encourages individual achievements‚ as collectivism
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Cultural Differences In Geometrical Perceptions The study chosen is called Cultural Differences in the Perception of Geometric Illusions. The research specifically focused on the psychological processes of depth perception and visual perspective. The first example is the Muller-Lyer illusion which is an optical illusion consisting of stylized arrows in which viewers tend to perceive one as longer than the other. The second example used is the Sanders Parallelogram in which a diagonal line bisecting
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What is Cultural Literacy Can it Truly Exist ? Cultural Literacy. What is it? How can one define it? Is it knowing the answers to questions such as: who are Joseph Stalin and Frederick Douglass? Who fought in WWI? What was the Louisiana purchase? What is the second commandment? Name an amendment to the constitution? Try this on for size‚ who is the host of Total Request Live on MTV? Who is J. Lo engaged to? Cultural literacy is knowledge of what one should know in order to be a functional member
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< Academy oi Management Executive‚ 1993 Vol. 7 No. 1 Cultural constraints in management theories Geert Hofstede‚ University of Limburg‚ Maastricht‚ the Netherlands Executive Overview Management as the word is presently used is an American invention. In other parts of fhe world not only fhe pracfices but the entire concepf of management may differ‚ and the theories needed to understand it‚ may deviate considerably from what is considered normal and desirable in fhe USA‚ The reader is invited
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Culture is a lot more than what language a person is speaking how they are dressing and what kind of food they are eating. Cultural groups share nationality‚ race and similar ethnicity. However‚ culture could also include religion‚ sexual orientation‚ gender and even generation. Although culture is not visible‚ it plays a major role in how we handle conflict. It is often the starting place of our thinking and our behaviors. Cultures are sort of implanted in every conflict because conflicts arise
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Explain what is meant by the term culture shock. Identify and discuss the stages of culture shock? Culture shock is the personal disorientation a person may feel when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life due to immigration or a visit to a new country‚ or to a move between social environments‚ also a simple travel to another type of lifeOne of the most common causes of culture shock involves individuals in a foreign environment. Stages of cultural shock- Stage 1 - Excitement The individual
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Visual Argument: Purpose and audience: In today’s society‚ images play a large role in defining who we are‚ in communicating ideas‚ and in shaping what we think. For instance‚ controversy surrounded the President using images of the World Trade Center tragedy for purported political gain. The advertisement for drinking more milk (“Got Milk?”) is a popular image‚ while MTV moved young people toward small visual sound bites. Think about what type of images “speak” to you. Think about what certain
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Cultural Dimensions In Management And Planning Geert Hofstede* ABSTRACT The nature of management skills is such that they are culturally specific: a management technique or philosophy that is appropriate in one national culture is not necessarily appropriate in another. The paper describes the scope of (workrelated) cultural differences as they were revealed by research in more than 50 countries around the world and discusses how these differences affect the validity of management techniques and
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extraterrestrial intelligence would be similar to present day humans cannot be made with current knowledge. Aliens would have developed under different environments‚ they would have their own unique cultures and they would be centuries ahead of humanity with much more advance technology that would have its own unknown impact on their culture. If they have survived long enough to develop the advanced technology needed to travel between the stars‚ then the negative tendencies of their past would have vanished since
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