A Thousand Years of Good Prayers 10/03/13 Intercultural Communications Midterm Exam Introduction The film A Thousand Years of Good Prayers is a great example of how real life intercultural interactions exist. The main characters do a great job in playing their role. In this essay exam I am going to give a brief synopsis of the film and then describe 15 key terms from our reading and how they apply to the film. A Thousand Years of Good Prayers A Thousand Years of Good Prayers is a story
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Chinese economic transforming since the end of 1970s (Hofstede‚ 1994). Hofstsde ’s was conducted in 1970s that told us in general way about differences between cultures. Many of Hofstede ’s finding are consistent with standard Western stereotypes about cultural differences. Therefore‚ it could not totally be suitable for today ’s Chinese situation. Second‚ Hofstede assumes there is a one-to-one correspondence between culture and the nation-state‚ but‚ China
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main essence of knowledge and understanding. The emphasis on cross cultural communication has increased due to the ever growing global environment‚ of which‚ this case is a perfect example. Canadian Bank of Nova Scotia increased their share in Inverlat‚ the Mexican Bank to 54% and took control of the management. Soon after that‚ BNS started the restructuring process of Inverlat and sent a team of Canadian managers to Mexico. Cross cultural communications was a major issue between Canadians and Mexicans
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Mismanaging cultural differences can render otherwise successful managers and organisations ineffective when working across cultures. As stated byOsland (1990‚ p. 4) ``The single greatest barrier to business success is the one erected by culture’’. Hofstede (1983) defines culture as "the mental programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one human group from another" (Hofstede 1983 p. 25). Through the comparison of Chinese culture and Australian culture using Hofstedes five cross-cultural
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culture develops out of cultural diversity (ethnic‚ racial‚ religious‚ political‚ etc.). How do differences among culturally diverse members of an organization help to establish an overall culture that is unique to an organization? Page Limit: 5-7 pages‚ double-spaced. This paper portrait how culture affects an organization‚ it defines culture and cultural diversity according to different researchers. Further‚ it mentions different attributes of an organization cultural competency. And finalizes
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Each countries culture is unique to itself and these cultures heavily influence how its citizens act (Thompson‚ n.d.). These unique cultures can aid a business transaction if cultures are compatible or if both sides research on proper etiquette (Thompson‚ n.d.). Business relationships can be hampered if individuals do not research or if cultures are slightly different and committing a faux pas is easily done (Thompson‚ n.d.). Two cultures that are somewhat similar are Canada and Spain (Canada‚ n
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Cross-Cultural Psychology Roberta Menlove Psy/450 January 29‚ 2013 Jacquie Nelson Cross-Cultural Psychology Culture exist everywhere‚ it performs a significant function throughout life. Culture expresses itself in every individual’s life. These expressions come in multiple forms such as behavior‚ appearance‚ and language. The importance of culture and its influence is demonstrated in the relationship between different cultures and cross-cultures‚ how individuals use critical thinking as well
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to regards the main issues in opening the Euro Disneyland and compare the French cultural with American cultural by using Hofstede’s cultural Dimensions and Trompenaars ‘s cultural dimensions. This essay will then end by gives out some solutions and recommendations for how to overcome those issues. Issues: There are several issues showed in this case. Firstly‚ lack of understanding and appreciation of cultural differences between U.S. and French. For example‚ different cultures have different
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formula developed by Kogut and Singh in 1988 in the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS)? Explain the formula in your own words. In the formula CD means the culture difference between two countries. Iij is the country score in a certain cultural dimension. Vi is the Variance of the score of one of the 4 dimensions. If this formula is filled in‚ the CD between 2 countries will come out. 2. What is the difference between mean and variance? Can you explain the example given in the lecture
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Asian Social Science May‚ 2008 Formation of Cultural Competitive Force When Doing Business in China Maohua Sun School of Mathematics and Computer Science‚ Nanjing Normal University Nanjing 210097‚ China Tel: 86-25-8528-2055 E-mail: dongxiaobo@163.com Abstract With the globalization of world business‚ China has become an appealing market for foreign investors. The problem of cross-cultural management arises as the cooperation between China and its culturally different Western partners
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