Cross Cultural Communication: Far East Asian Countries This paper gives a short overview of the observed behavioral pattern across some of the far east Asian countries. Understanding these behavioral patterns is important for doing effective communication with people/people group from these countries. The effective communication holds one of the key of establishing business and personal relationship in these countries. This paper also looks into some of concepts and theories in intercultural and
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Culture is a "learned system of knowledge‚ behaviors‚ attitudes‚ beliefs‚ values‚ and norms that is shared by a group of people (Smith‚ 1966 as cited in Building our understanding‚ n. d.). Cultural diversity comprises the uniqueness of each group. Hispanics in the United States consists of groups with nationalities that include (a) Cuban‚ (b) Mexican‚ (c) Puerto Rican‚ (d) South or Central American‚ or other Spanish culture or origin‚ regardless of race.. People who identify their origin as Spanish
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Individual Project 1 Cross Cultural Relations Cross cultural communications requires not only knowledge of another language but also familiarity with nonverbal behavior and cultural practices‚ values‚ and customs. Nonverbal communications or body language is communication by facial expression‚ head or eye movements‚ hand signals‚ and body postures. It can be just as important to understanding as words are‚ because they may mean something very different from what they mean in your own culture
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Building effective communication skills and relationships within a single culture is often challenging. Bridging the gap between different cultures makes building communication skills and relationships even more difficult. I will discuss some of the challenges of cross-cultural communication and the pieces necessary to build effective working relationships. Typically‚ some of the basic assumptions we make when communicating with people from our own culture must be questioned and modified when
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The Cultural Differences Analysis of Geely’s Acquisition of Volvo 1. Introduction Cross-border mergers have become the inevitable trend of economic globalization‚ which is strategic tool for the enterprises to obtain the core competitiveness. The mergers can not only enhance the internal competitiveness of the enterprises‚ but also promote the enterprises to develop international markets and some emerging areas. However‚ when multinational companies enter the international market‚ Cultural difference
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many distinctive differences between post-revolutionary France‚ the United States’ version of democracy‚ and that of Ancient Greece. A main difference between the United States’ democracy‚ and post revolutionary France is that France uses a parliamentary system. “Appointed by the President of the Republic (Head of State)‚ the Prime Minister is the Head of Government” (“How the Government Works”). The prime minister of France is in charge of the laws in France. In the United States‚ laws are dealt
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Communication Introduction According to Hynes (2011)‚ in 2008 over 30 percent of the United States’ Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was attributed to international trade. Many American companies trade internationally. In addition‚ many international organizations are headquartered in the United States. Also‚ many foreign businesses have operations within the United States or import products into the United States. In order to be successful in any business environment‚ one must be able to communicate
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Cross Cultural Perspectives ETH / 316 11/25/2013 PHOENIX Cross Cultural Perspectives For many years‚ Nike Inc has been known worldwide as the champion of athletic gear producers‚ being a global leader in business and marketing. The company experienced a tremendous growth between 1970s and 1990s‚ dominating the global athletic footwear and apparel market (Cartey‚ 2002). However‚ in 1990s‚ Nike started facing a fierce criticism for its unethical practices of conducting business
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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 vendors
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borders every other country of the continent except Chile and Ecuador and has a mixture of many different cultures. In my cross-cultural study I will be comparing Australia to Brazil in relation to gender touching on characteristics such as the workforce‚ the educational system and family of these two cultures. The Brazilian education system includes both public (federal‚ state and municipal) and private institutions ranging from pre-school to university and postgraduate levels. Education is compulsory
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