CROSS-CULTURAL ASSIGNMENT 2. Communication differs in various cultures. A multinational or a global company employs a great number of people with different cultural traits. Some may possess traits that are good for business when sent to countries away from home and some may not take up this responsibility well. People with different values respond in various ways to leadership especially from leaders from a different background or culture. Cultural diversity is very wide and this would cause to
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“The Things They Carried” is a story about what is most important to a soldier‚ practical and emotional. Jimmy Cross tells how pictures‚ letters‚ bibles‚ and journals were just as important as guns‚ medical supplies‚ and radio contact. A soldier couldn’t do what he does without some ties to real life‚ beyond the war. As Jimmy Cross said‚ “It wasn’t cruelty‚ just stage presence. They were actors and the war came at them in 3-D.” The letters and pictures helped them stay grounded‚ a hope for a life
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learn. I have learned trust and teamwork‚ patience‚ discipline‚ and confidence. Each of these traits is what allows us to grow‚ and will stick with each of us for the rest of our lives. I have been on three athletic teams since my freshman year. I run cross-country in the fall‚ indoor track in the winter‚ and play lacrosse in the spring. Each of these sports has taught me something that has helped me grow as a person. On the lacrosse field‚ players are constantly moving‚ the ball moving from one stick
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Cross Cultural Communications Sheila Helgeland 11/1/201 Cross cultural communication in the work place has grown in leaps and bounds. It affects our approach towards work‚ towards time management‚ and getting and giving information. All three of these preferences have a huge impact on teamwork success. Culture may be defined as the complex system of value‚ traits‚ morals‚ knowledge‚ belief‚ religion‚ language‚ art‚ laws‚ and custom shared by a society. Culture teaches people how to behave
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Cross-Cultural Observation: Macy’s Department Store In order to observe the interactions between individuals from different cultural background‚ my partner: Gina Nguyen and I went to the Macy’s department store‚ located downtown Boston. We selected this store because of the size and their reputation of having a diverse workforce. Gina and I started our observation at 3:30pm on Wednesday‚ October 24‚ 2012 and finished it at 4:20pm. We were observing the interactions between the coworkers‚ as
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Culture is an important part of each society and it clearly has an impact on people’s behavior. This impact is a key factor for a science like advertising which targets to influence behaviors. McCarty (1994) as cited in Englis‚ and Dahl (2004) claimed that culture and values have their importance when talking about people’s reaction to advertising. Callow and Shiffman (2002) found a difference between people from high context and low context communication system in the ability to understand implicit
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In everyone’s life‚ whether you are in Pre-K or Pre-Calculus‚ we will all have to make a decision that we know deep in our hearts will determine what the future holds. Mine was my decision to join the Cross Country team going into freshman year of high school. At first glance‚ it may not seem to be a major decision but if you dig a little deeper‚ it will become clear that this was in fact a huge choice that would determine my future in high school. In the final weeks of eighth grade‚ my first plan
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better method in the upcoming future. Index terms -XSS (Cross Site Scripting)‚ Vulnerabilities‚ Prevention Methods‚ Existing Technologies‚ Web Application‚ Web Application Security I. Introduction A web application is an application software that is hosted on web and runs on a web browser. Web application security is a branch of information security that deals specifically with security of websites‚ web applications and web services. Cross-site scripting (XSS) is an attack against web applications
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Case Studies in Cross Cultural Miscommunication When a company starts to do business in a foreign country‚ there are often many business practices that are different and difficult to understand. As a result‚ many companies experience cross cultural miscommunication that can inhibit business and break the trust between corporate headquarters and the foreign office. In this paper‚ we look at some real examples of communication problems between offices in two locations. This occurs both between
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Stories of war often seem unrealistic when the reader has not experienced anything of the sort. In the story "The Things They Carried" Tim O’Brien tells war stories through a character named Jimmy Cross. With the detail O’Brien uses in his book he must have experienced these events to be able to describe them in such a fashion. The many friendships and personal relationships Jimmy had could have just been O’Brien’s platoon he served with and actual girlfriend‚ possibly with different names. All of
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