able to communicate effectively. When dealing with global business‚ one must be an effective intercultural communicator. It is important for those involved in intercultural communication to avoid ethnocentrism‚ which is “the belief that one’s own cultural group is superior” (Ober‚ 2003‚ p. 50). One must embrace ethno-relativism‚ which is consists of acceptance of acceptance‚ adaptation‚ and integration of other cultures. Although‚ language is important‚ effective intercultural communicators have
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Cross Cultural Perspectives: Microsoft Daniel St.Germain Eth 316 June 25‚ 2013 Darci Drury Cross Cultural Perspectives: Microsoft This is the age of globalization. All across the world boundaries of culture‚ class‚ and country are traversed like so many steps taken to one’s mailbox. In this essay there will be discussion of one company‚ namely Microsoft‚ and the subsequent issues it faced in light of being a global organization. In addition‚ there will also be discussion of what a business
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Jenny 1 Jenny Jiang Professor Moldawa Lit-160 16 October 2007 Time Cultures in the American Campus Introduction: For most of international students‚ the American campus life is full of challenge because of the cross-cultural adaption process. Once you step into a different culture‚ you will face the differences from external aspects such as food‚ dress and customs to the internal ones‚ such as values and beliefs. And anyone who first comes to the America will notice the Americans¡¯ attitude
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Cross-Cultural Perspectives Cross-Cultural Perspectives Cross-Cultural Perspectives McDonald’s is the largest fast food chain restaurant in the world. Ray Kroc founded the franchise in 1955 in California. The company pride itself on their tasty hamburgers and delicious french-fries. McDonald’s is also known for its quick service and its drive through. The company went from one restaurant location‚ to locations in different states‚ to a global corporation. McDonald’s continue
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Cross-Cultural Understanding There are many various culture in the world‚ each country has different culture. It can be different in‚ communication‚ behaviour‚ habits‚ etc. actually‚ the differences of culture not only happen in a different country‚ in a country it can be. The differences of cultures happens when people come to new place‚ to communicate‚ to visit‚ or to live overseas. With the various purpose‚ such as‚ vacation or holiday‚ study‚ business‚ or work. This differences of culture will
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Cross-Cultural Perspectives Cross-Cultural Perspectives Coca-Cola sells in more than 200 countries‚ has been in business for 125 years‚ and has almost 140‚000 employees ("The Coca-Cola Company"‚ 2011). Coca-Cola started in 1886 by a pharmacist named Dr. John Pemberton ("History of Coca-Cola"‚ 2011). In the 1900’s Coca-Cola expanded its’ bottling operations in Guam and Europe. By the 1920’s Coca-Cola expanded its’ bottling operations to 10 other countries. In the 1930’s Coca-Cola entered three
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HOCHSCHULE REGENSBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES FAKULTÄT ANGEWANDTE SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTEN BACHELOR SOZIALE ARBEIT MODULE 1.12 THEORIE-PRAXIS-TRANSFER LIFE OF CROSS-CULTURAL CHILDREN Contents 1. Introduction 2. Definitions 3. High Mobility 4. Advantages 5. Challenges 6. Conclusion 7. Bibliography 8. Attachments 1. INTRODUCTION It took me quite some time to decide on what topic to write for my term paper. While researching
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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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Cross-Cultural Communication “Communication in health care is a complex issue. Language and cultural barriers complicate the situation. Language is the framework in which the world view of a culture is molded‚ and it describes the boundaries and perspectives of a cultural system. A language barrier disarms a communicant ’s ability to assess meanings‚ intent‚ emotions‚ and reactions and creates a state of dependency on the individual who holds the keys to the entire process” (Putsch‚ 1985‚ para
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Introduction In this report‚ I will reveal that there is multi-cultural conflict problem in Sony’s management‚ which leads to failure in business. Multi-cultural conflict happens in the field of human resource management within transnational corporation‚ and could be solved by efficient measure. I will list some suggestions that can save Sony. Multi-cultural Conflict in Human Resource Management When Sony stands on the top of the world electronic industry‚ it is right time for the giant
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