To What Extent is Culture a Driver of or a Constraint to Globalization? Cavusgil‚ Knight and Riesenberger define globalization of markets as the ongoing economic integration and growing interdependency of countries worldwide (2008‚ 4). From an economic point of view‚ globalization is reduction in‚ or removal of‚ foreign trade barriers in order to facilitate the flows of goods across borders (Leidner 2010‚ 1). Cultural globalization takes a more anthropological point of view‚ and refers to “a phenomenon
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all brought by “Globalization”. International organization are also one of the products which produced by globalization. Working within a multi-national firm‚ it is unavoidable to work with people speaking different language‚ living with different culture. These cultural differences are always the main sources of conflict in the workplace. What is conflict Before the discussion of sources of conflict‚ we need to firstly know what conflict is. According to Kevin Avruch (1998)‚ “Conflict is competition
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American Culture American culture is something that is kind of hard to define. As an “outsider”‚ I think this is a good thing. It is easy to be impressed with other cultures such as Chinese‚ Japanese‚ and European cultures‚ just to name a few. These civilizations are so much older than American culture‚ it is to be expected that theirs may be more impressive to some‚ and there is nothing wrong with that. In referring to American culture‚ I realize that Native American culture is a large part of
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Corporate Culture Analysis of Toyota Case study Analysis By Mithila Saranapala ABSTRACT This case study analyses the corporate culture of Toyota by using two theories and then analyze the national cultures of Japan and USA by using two theories and its impact on the corporate culture of Toyota. The models of “Edgar Schein” and “Charles Handy” will be used to analyze the corporate culture of Toyota while the models of “Greet Hofstede” and “Fons Trompenaars” will be used to analyze
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R Organizational Culture Learning Objectives After reading this chapter‚ you should be able to: • Describe the elements of organizational culture. • Discuss the importance of organizational subcultures. • List four categories of artifacts through which corporate culture is communicated. • Identify three functions of organizational culture. • Discuss the conditions under which cultural strength improves corporate performance. • Discuss the effect of organizational culture on business ethics
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Culture USA The culture of the United States is a Western culture originally influenced by European cultures. It has been developing since long before the United States became a country with its own unique social and cultural characteristics such as dialect‚ music‚ arts‚ social habits‚ cuisine‚ and folklore. Today‚ the United States of America is an ethnically and racially diverse country as a result of large-scale immigration from many different countries throughout its history. American culture
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Culture of Malaysia WanWen Chen (Wammi) Brief introduction of Malaysia: Ethnic groups: Malay 50.4%‚ Chinese 23.7%‚ indigenous 11%‚ Indian 7.1%‚ others 7.8% (2004 est.) Religions: Muslim (or Islam - official) 60.4%‚ Buddhist 19.2%‚ Christian 9.1%‚ Hindu 6.3%‚ Confucianism‚ Taoism‚ other traditional Chinese religions 2.6%‚ other or unknown 1.5%‚ none 0.8% (2000 census) Physical or spatial distance: Just the same as in other country‚ in Malaysia there is an intimate zone reserved for lovers‚ children
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BROWNE CH 1–4 (M1203).qxp:John Q7 26/3/08 10:47 Page 29 CHAPTER 2 Culture and Identity BROWNE CH 1–4 (M1203).qxp:John Q7 26/3/08 10:47 Page 30 Contents Key issues The meaning and importance of culture Dominant culture Subculture Folk culture High culture Mass‚ popular or low culture The changing distinction between high culture and mass culture Global culture The concept of identity Different types of identity The socialization process Primary socialization Secondary socialization Socialization
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American culture is rich‚ complex‚ and unique. It emerged from the short and rapid European conquest of an enormous landmass sparsely settled by diverse indigenous peoples. Although European cultural patterns predominated‚ especially in language‚ the arts‚ and political institutions‚ peoples from Africa‚ Asia‚ and North America also contributed to American culture. All of these groups influenced popular tastes in music‚ dress‚ entertainment‚ and cuisine. As a result‚ American culture possesses an
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ASN301 Circulation of Asian Popular Culture Week 1 Introduction Announcements • No tutorials in Week 1. • Students should read and prepare discussion: Reading for Week 2 Tutorial: Siriyuvasak‚ Ubonrat and Hyunjoon Shin. “Asianizing KPop: Production‚ Consumption and Identification Patterns among Thai Youth” Inter-Asia Cultural Studies‚ 8.1 (2007): 109-36. Discussion: How does pop music‚ especially J-pop and K-pop‚ function as a form of “soft power”? What are the principal barriers
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