TEACHING CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION Paul Kalfadellis Working Paper 34/05 May 2005 DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT WORKING PAPER SERIES ISSN 1327–5216 Abstract The ability of managers to interact with individuals from cultures other than their own‚ requires a concerted effort on the part of business educators and academics to ‘train’ and ‘educate’ today’s students and tomorrow’s managers in the area cross-cultural communication. This is not necessarily an easy task. Teaching cross-cultural communication
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highly important for all international companies to understand that business culture in China is based on strong family networks or cultural ties secured in "quanxi" connection (Huang‚ 1987). This form of Chinese culture is heavily influenced by Confucianism‚ Taoism and Cultural Revolution. Under the cultural acceptance‚ good business practice in helping family and close associates and building relationships prior to doing business deals. Fei ’s (1948) framework also illustrate the network circle
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1 Tanner Dewald: Miscommunications in the Workplace Miscommunications in the Workplace Tanner Dewald GB 312 Business Correspondence Ms. Michelle MacDonald Texas A&M University- Central Texas 4/20/13 Dear Ms. MacDonald: Recently we have had two of our retailers contact us with problems regarding shipments they have received or have failed to receive. I know this is not the first time this has happened but I would like to minimize the possibilities of it happening again. It seems the root
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Cross-Cultural Perspectives (Wal-Mart) Sandra M. Hubbard May 13‚ 2013 ETH/316 Ed McCullough Cross-Cultural Perspectives 2 As an organization goes global‚ there is a new set of social and ethical issues that arise. In this instance‚ the organization‚ Wal-Mart‚ is considered the giant of retail and one of the largest companies in the world. It has grown as a staple in America as well as on an international platform‚ touching base in countries such as Japan and China. Wal-Mart is
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I think Peeta’s feelings for Katniss were genuine and he wanted to protect her and help her survive. While the two were in the cave‚ Peeta tells the story about when he first developed his crush for Katniss. He tells the story so vividly and Katniss’ thoughts after show that it was truthful. “That part about my father and the birds. And I did sing the first day of school‚ although I don’t remember the song. And the red plaid dress... there was one” (184) This allows the reader to understand that
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THE IMPACT OF CULTURE ON INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS The Impact of Culture on International Business Doing business on the international plane presents many challenges because of a variety of factors which differ from one market to the other. These differences are basically informed by the environment of the host country‚ which is often times different from that at home. One of the environmental factors that present such a challenge is culture. Culture can be defined as complex construct that embodies
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The cross-cultural encounter between Europe and Africa began as Europe aggressively initiated an era of exploration of Africa south of the great savanna. Europe’s curiosity‚ exploration and greed transformed the history of African people. In the study of the cultural history of Africa‚ much innovation has been attributed to outside origins and influences. Historians and archaeologists have learned a great deal about the developments that emerged from the European influence in Africa. The age of exploration
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Cross Culturale Introduction • Culture: encompasses the knowledge‚ experience‚ beliefs‚ values‚ attitudes‚ religion‚ symbols‚ and possessions acquired by a group of people who lived in the same region or country for generations. • Subculture: a cultural group within a larger or predominant culture distinguished from it by factors such as class‚ ethnic background‚ and religion‚ and unified by shared beliefs and interests • Counter Culture: A culture that has values or lifestyle that
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------------------------------------------------- Concerns about Current Cross-cultural Training Training Methods and Training Rigor The first concern is the selection of an appropriate cross-cultural training method and its level of training rigor. The degree of interaction required in the host country and the similarity between the individual’s native culture and the new culture are two determining factors for the selection of training methods and the level of training rigor (Black & Mendenhall
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they talk the "same" language. When the languages are different‚ and translation has to be used to communicate‚ the potential for misunderstandings increases. Stella Ting-Toomey describes three ways in which culture interferes with effective cross-cultural understanding. First is what she calls "cognitive constraints." These are the frames of reference or world views that provide a backdrop that all new information is compared to or inserted into. Second are "behavior constraints." Each culture
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