Cross-Cultural Observation: Macy’s Department Store In order to observe the interactions between individuals from different cultural background‚ my partner: Gina Nguyen and I went to the Macy’s department store‚ located downtown Boston. We selected this store because of the size and their reputation of having a diverse workforce. Gina and I started our observation at 3:30pm on Wednesday‚ October 24‚ 2012 and finished it at 4:20pm. We were observing the interactions between the coworkers‚ as
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Introduction: The Cross-Cultural Approach Myth: is a story or example believed as true from a religion or culture group (usually an origin story) (The Prophet Mohamad PBUH is true for all Muslims) -myth comes from the greek word “muthos” which means word: -“muthos” are not literal words (they are metaphors) -“logos” are literal words The difference between Myth‚ Legends‚ Fairytales Myth: origin stories Legends: stories that may or may not be believed Fairytales: stories that starts with
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Edward T. Hall is an anthropologist and one of the founders of intercultural communication study. His works have played a key role in describing how people’s view of the world and behavior are largely determined by a complex grid of unconscious cultural patterns. In The Silent Language (1959) Hall outlined a broad theory of culture and described how its rules control people’s lives. In The Hidden Dimension (1966) he introduced proxemics‚ the study of our culturally determined perception and use
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FORD MOTOR COMPANY Written Case Report F.B. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As director of Supply Chain Systems‚ I have decided to implement the new supply chain strategy of Virtual Integration‚ and model its supply chain after companies like Dell. Although there are several key differences between the companies‚ Dell’s direct business approach can be applied to every facet of Ford’s operation. Special care will need to be taken to address the unique dependency of our custom “tier- one” suppliers. A modification
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Ford Motor Company was faced with several tough choices in order to save the company. They needed to find a way to not just make the company profitable but save the company from going out of business. Not only did Ford need to improve its car line‚ but they also needed improve the company and the way the conducted business. The car building industry is a true form of an open system. While they design and develop the cars they get the parts or raw materials to build the cars from outside suppliers
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1. What is the dispute or issue that you are to negotiate over? Our team (Town of Richland) is about to negotiate with River City‚ considering various factors both on short term and long-term basis. The factors are as follows: - • Incorporate the town of Richland • Water o Clean water supply o Place second water main • Annexation • Inter state development • Pollution control 2. What do you want to achieve from this negotiation
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Naeja Silar January 14‚ 2012 Leadership and Organizational Behavior Unit 1 Assignment Organizational Theory: Cross-Cultural Work Environments I will be researching a theory on the analysis of cross-cultural management style and structure. In researching this theory‚ it will help managers in a multinational company‚ or work environment‚ interact with employees of a diverse background. In understanding‚ and getting a better idea of how cultures interact in workplace environments‚ the manager
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Introduction to Cross-Cultural Psychology Paper Rachael Schreffler PSY 450 April 9‚ 2012 Instructor: Stefanie Krasner Introduction to Cross-Cultural Psychology Paper Cultural psychology is to discover links between psychology and culture of those who live in the culture (Shiraev & Levy‚ 2010). Cross-cultural psychology is a comparative and critical study of cultural effects on human psychology. The relationship between cultural and cross-cultural psychology is studying how culture and
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Cross-Cultural Organizational Behavior Annu. Rev. Psychol. 2007.58:479-514. Downloaded from arjournals.annualreviews.org by University Of Maryland on 12/11/06. For personal use only. Michele J. Gelfand‚1 Miriam Erez‚2 and Zeynep Aycan3 1 Department of Psychology‚ University of Maryland‚ College Park‚ Maryland 20742; email: mgelfand@psyc.umd.edu Technion‚ Israel Institute of Technology‚ Technion City‚ Haifa‚ Israel 32000; email: merez@ie.technion.ac.il Department of Psychology‚ Koc University
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approximately 500 words‚ what motivates you to study Cross-Cultural and Sustainable Business Management at the graduate level‚ what attracted you to this program‚ and what‚ from your own academic and/or professional experience‚ you can bring to the program. With developing globalization of business‚ it is critical to business success that employees have the ability to effectively communicate with one another across cultural barriers. Cross-cultural understanding and tolerance by individuals serves
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