FACT SHEET Cross-cultural communication Working for our future – today Cross-cultural communication Everybody has the right to express his or her culture and beliefs. This fact sheet is a simple guide to help you in communicating with people from other cultures. Multiculturalism on the Gold Coast One in four Gold Coast residents was born overseas (2006 Census) and 8.7 % of our community speaks a language other than English. After English‚ the most frequently spoken language at home is
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AVOIDING CROSS-CULTURAL MISCOMMUNICATION Abstract International business has been developing fast in the globalization. We can see Chinese businessmen in most of places in the world‚ from Africa to America‚ and many 2 foreign companies are investing in China‚ vise versa. I‚ a Vietnamese woman‚ am working for Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) in oil and gas field in Vietnam where lots of foreign oil and gas corporations are operating such as KNOC‚ Halliburton‚ Schlumberger‚ BP‚ and Premier.
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Role of Cross-cultural Misunderstanding in Ruining Lia’s Life Lia is born of a loving Hmong family‚ and just three months into her life‚ begins to reveal epileptic symptoms. According to the Hmong community‚ the condition is curable‚ and the presence of spirits in such a patient’s soul is considered a blessing. However‚ American doctors in a community medical center fail to understand and appreciate Lia’s parents’ approach to the child’s disease‚ and are only interested in saving this child’s
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Cross Cultural Perspectives ETH 316 October 13‚ 2014 Cross Cultural Perspectives Multi-national companies from the U.S. hold a great advantage by working in and with other countries and cultures to make their products accessible to a much broader community. When multi-nationals gains access into or with other companies/countries‚ it may be an assumption that because everyone inside the business is working for the same purpose‚ they are going to automatically communicate‚ think and look
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Globalization and Cross-Cultural Issues in Project Management Dennis G. Ballow‚ Sr.‚ MAED‚ PMP’ Project Management Knowledge Transfer‚ Inc. Abstract With hot topics like globalization and cross-cultural opportunities in the Asia Pacific rim‚ one might think it would be easy to research the implications of cross cultural issues. Rather‚ what the writer found was a significant discussion all around the periphery but little in-depth analysis. Discussion prevailed on the socio-economic and technological
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RUNNING HEAD: NEGOTIATIONS RUNNING HEAD: NEGOTIATIONS CROSS CULTURAL NEGOTIATIONS MS302-ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR KAPLAN UNIVERSITY JULY 2‚ 2012 [Pick the date] Authored by: Andrea CROSS CULTURAL NEGOTIATIONS MS302-ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR KAPLAN UNIVERSITY JULY 2‚ 2012 [Pick the date] Authored by: Andrea | ANDREA REED | | | | ANDREA REED | | | Cross Cultural Negotiations Negotiation is a process in which two or more parties exchange goods or
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Cross-Cultural Perspectives University of Phoenix ETH/316 Cross-Cultural Perspectives The mission of the International Organization of Migration (IOM) is commitment to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrates and the society in which they choose to live (“International Organization for Migration”‚ n.d.). IOM provides a safe‚ reliable‚ and cost-effective service to help those who require international migration assistance. This global organization is forced to face
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Cross cultural negotiation is one of many specialized areas within the wider field of cross cultural communications. By taking cross cultural negotiation training‚ negotiators and sales personnel give themselves an advantage over competitors. There is an argument that proposes that culture is inconsequential to cross cultural negotiation. It maintains that as long as a proposal is financially attractive it will succeed. However‚ this is a naïve way of approaching international business. Let
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Elaborate on three of the cross cultural communication principles and give concrete examples for it of them. Cross cultural communication is a studying of how to look at people from differing cultural backgrounds communicate (for example‚ national‚ ethics‚ religious‚ etc)‚ resulting from a common language and communication style‚ customs‚ beliefs‚ attitudes and values‚ in similar and different ways among themselves and how they endeavour to communicate cross the cultural. Cross cultural communication has
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Culture is the way groups of people come together and share common characteristics. There are six principles of cross-cultural communication; People have different ways they communicate with each other‚ there is a communication breakdown between different cultures‚ communicating between cultures can emphasize their own way of communicating‚ there are “do’s and taboos” (Cheesebro & O’Conner & Rios‚ 2010‚ p. 52) within their own cultures‚ becoming aware of the culture can help you understand their
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