in a variety of settings. When dealing with diverse people look for similarities. Our goals‚ dreams‚ and aspirations may be more alike than our skin color. Parenting approaches may differ‚ but the common bond of a mother and a child crosses many barriers. Most people have basic needs in common‚ like Maslow’s hierarchy of needs that suggest all people have physiological‚ safety‚ acceptance‚ self-esteem‚ and self-actualization needs. Considering these things it is easy to see our essential common ground
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Cross-Cultural Management‚ ORGB 380 Winter 2013 Weekly Readings Prof Chantal Westgate Introduction to Cross-Cultural Management 1. CP Thomas‚ D.C. “Describing Culture: What it is and where it comes from‚ “ Ch.2‚ Cross-Cultural Management: Essential Concepts‚ 2008‚ Thousand Oaks‚ CA: Sage. Understanding Cultural Differences for the Global Workplace 2. CP Guirdham‚ Maureen. “Cultural Differences at Work‚” Ch.2‚ Communicating
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Cross-cultural management coursework 2 Introduction In the current business environment‚ cultural intelligence is a reality. One of the issues that are most frequently talked about is the ability by managers to adapt to diverse cultures. In the global workplace of the twenty first century‚ individuals must be sensitive to cultural differences. They must also be able to interact in the right way with people from diverse cultures. Regardless of whether one works in his home country or abroad‚ there
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Barriers to cross-cultural communication Introduction If you are to work effectively with people who are culturally different‚ you need to become aware of your own culture and how that impacts on others. As one textbook on professional communication puts it: ‘... we need to become more aware of the cultural basis of our own behaviours‚ perceptions‚ beliefs‚ and values. This enables us to see an interaction from a cultural perspective. It is not just the other person who is displaying culture-specific
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Crossing Cultures 1. What is a cultural incident? According to Storti‚ there are Type I and Type II incidents. Describe each with a specific cross-cultural example. Type 2 are those incidents where the expat’s behavior confuse‚ frustrates‚ or otherwise puts off someone from another culture. In the first instance the expat is the "victim‚" if you perpetrator. In both cases‚ incidentally‚ it is the expat who suffers the most. A cross-cultural encounter‚ by definition‚ is a two-way
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discuss new project. 6) Alan McDyre interrupts them and proposes to bring drinks from the fridge. 7) Everyone stops talking and stares at Alan. 8) Mr. Fukuhara is about to say something. V. Issues. 1) Outside issues: * Cross-cultural communication and associated problems; * Difficult multinational companies’ situation that need thought-out policy to provide comfortable atmosphere at the workplace for all international employees. 2) Inside issues. * It is
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global economy‚ frequent cross-border movements of employees occur‚ resulting in a growing diversity at the workplace. As this trend takes place between cultures‚ breakdown in communication is inevitable. This is known as the barriers to intercultural communication. These barriers hinder effective communication and hold back globalization of the world. Seven barriers to intercultural communications have been identified and will be further discussed. The following barriers consist of Anxiety; Assuming
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2007 The Cultural Impact of Information Systems – Through the Eyes of Hofstede – A Critical Journey Michael Jones University of Wollongong‚ Wollongong‚ Australia mjones@uow.edu.au Irit Alony Central Queensland University‚ Rockhampton‚ Australia i.alony@cqu.edu.au Abstract With the increasing levels of multiculturalism in today’s business and the proliferation and essentiality of information systems‚ development and management of IS needs to be considered in light of the cultural factors
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* Based on your study on this module of cultural theories‚ international business ethics and the practice of managing across cultures‚ and assuming the role of a business consultant specialising in cross-cultural issues‚ write a cultural briefing for the Human Resources department of a real international business. Your briefing should cover a range of cultural issues‚ including the creation of cross-cultural teams‚ training employees for expatriate assignments‚ national negotiating styles and training
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Understanding Cultural Differences in the Work Place Spring Session B Professor Davis 5/6/2012 Chamberlain College Of Nursing The importance of understanding cultural‚ ethnic and gender differences by managers and professionals in a business setting is essential to make the work environment comfortable. In every culture there are basic standards of thinking‚ and acting and these cultural differences strongly influence workplace values and communication. What may
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