hospitality industry is a large industry where cross cultural incidents are always an issue. A comparative study between Chinese and American culture will be made in social and business context followed by a theoretical approach using cultural dimensions to explain the differences among the cultures. The results will be used to suggest and recommend methods to overcome cultural conflicts and tensions Contents 1.0 Background 2 2.0 Introduction 3 3.0 Cultural awareness for tourism and hospitality 4
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SOCIO CULTURAL IMPACTS OF TOURISM The socio-cultural impacts of tourism described here are the effects on host communities of direct and indirect relations with tourists‚ and of interaction with the tourism industry. For a variety of reasons‚ host communities often are the weaker party in interactions with their guests and service providers‚ leveraging any influence they might have. These influences are not always apparent‚ as they are difficult to measure‚ depend on value judgments and are often
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achieve high economic growth the governments normally welcome foreign investments. Also‚ multinational corporations (MNCs) are seen by the governments of developing countries as an important source of employment opportunities and provider of advanced technologies. The facts that rapid economic development is often accompanied by the deterioration of the environment and that some MNCs make use of the often relatively lenient standards of environmental control in the host countries are often overlooked
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Cultural Impact of Easter Rising Intro By the time the smoke cleared from the guns on that bloody Wednesday night in 1916‚ 230 British soldiers laid dead or wounded‚ while the 17 Irishmen had escaped. Our freedom is sometimes taken for granted‚ for our revolution happened over two hundred years ago‚ while Ireland’s was just over a century ago. The Easter Rising of 1916 was a battle for Irish Independence that revived Irish Nationalism In order to explain the cultural impact of Easter Rising
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M3 – Written Assignment Select and analyze a specific transnational corporation‚ including its global operations and political activity. What strategies does it pursue? For example‚ does it outsource? Is it vertically integrated‚ or does it rely on a network of suppliers? A transnational corporation (TNC) is a commercial enterprise which controls large facilities‚ does business in more than one country‚ and there isn’t one particular country that is considered its national home. A big advantage
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.........................................6 2.1 Cultural Patterns...........................................................................................................6 2.2 Cultural Adaptation Theory .........................................................................................8 2.2.1 Adaptation ...........................................................................................................9 2.2.2 Kim’s Cross-cultural Adaptation Theory and Model ....................
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Cross Cultural Communication Issues in International Business Executive Summary Aims and Objectives A research is not just the study of facts and figures; it is rather a systematic investigation of facts to answer various questions that has been unanswered. It is a systematic quest to identify unexplored areas and answer unanswered questions with supporting evidences and facts (Goddard & Melville‚ 2006). Research is also a never-ending process; one research leads to another one. There
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COMMUNICATION AS A CROSS-‐CULTURAL CHALLENGE FOR INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT A CASE STUDY OF GINA TRICOT Paper within: Bachelor Thesis in Business Administration Authors: Tutor: Frida Mordenfeld Sandra Johansson Pamela Hinojosa Giron Zehra Sayed 881201-‐5520
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The Cultural Impact of Hip Hop Music The Main Impact of Hip-hop music is on the Kids of today. The music‚ slang and clothing are a couple of examples of heavy influences. Why can’t they be more like ... actually kids today are pretty much the same are their parents and grandparents were when it comes to creating their own culture. Only now‚ instead of flappers‚ hippies or punks‚ we’ve got a generation of youths influenced by hip-hop culture. It’s hard to argue that the current domination of
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Introduction to Cross – Cultural Psychology Josie Quezada PSY/ 450 Instructor: Desiree’ Deshay January 29‚ 2015 Psychology has many different branches that concentrate on different areas; one of the branches that focus on how cultural influences human behavior is cross – cultural psychology. Cross – Cultural psychology helps an individual understand the behavior‚ emotions‚ and the ability of connecting with different people from different cultures. It is not only an effective branch in psychology
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