different things to people from different cultures‚ even when 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
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CROSS CULTURAL MANAGEMENT RESEARCH Key Course Concepts “Organizational Culture has been defined in several different ways. In its most basic form‚ organizational culture can be defined as the shared values and beliefs that enable members to understand their roles and the norms of the organization” (Hidgetts‚ Luthans‚ & Doh‚ pg. 10). Practices of each Company Starbucks Starbucks embraces diversity to create a place where all employees can be themselves and treat each other with
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regions. The problems experienced by Lenovo concerns the construction of cross-cultural teams. Most of the merger and acquisition fail in the post-merger cultural integration. Lenovo set up work teams for designing the future of IBM and developing the new view after acquisition. The results had been shown it uneasy and can lead to the failure of the Lenovo’s acquisition strategy. At the beginning of the acquisition‚ cultural differences had not been enough anticipated in the acquisition process. And
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negotiation skills are becoming increasingly important for today’s global business. A lot of time is spent negotiating in a global setting as companies and individuals conduct business. This paper will attempt to critically assess the significance of cross cultural negotiation skills for the success of international mergers and alliances. To begin with let the definition of negotiation be deduced. Daniels‚ Radebaugh and Sullivan (2004) identify negotiation as a sequence of actions in which two or more
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Eliminating Barriers to Cross-Cultural Communication through Curricular Interventions By David Dankwa-Apawu (Lecturer) Ghana Institute of Journalism P.O. Box GP 667 Accra‚ Ghana +233208704133 +233302228336 dvdankwa@yahoo.co.uk 1 ABSTRACT With the world fast becoming a global village‚ communicating across cultures has become an inevitable reality. On one hand‚ cross-cultural communication or intercultural communication presents a fine opportunity to foster global peace and prosperity
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CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION PAPER COURSE: MBA 505 QUARTER: SPRING FACULTY: GREG PRICE STUDENT: KIKO NYAMBI DATE: 05/13/2012 Cross-cultural communication is a communication involving two different cultures‚ as am going to compare and contrast the American business culture and the Japanese business culture‚ I will looking in to some of the following factors that makes both these cultures different from each other‚ these
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Cross-Cultural Perspective of Schizophrenia Christine Griffith Marywood University July 24‚ 2010 Abstract This paper takes a cross-cultural perspective by examining the diagnosis and issues of schizophrenia in the Dominican Republic‚ Ethiopia‚ Somalia‚ and the United States. In particular issues related to gender‚ age‚ sexual orientation‚ race‚ and socioeconomic status are identified. In addition‚ the rates of occurrence‚ approaches to treatment‚ and the implications for social work practice
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The Cultural Differences and Competitive Advantages of Transnational Companies -------------Take Western Subsidiaries in China for Examples Part one Cultural Differences in Transnational Business 1 the introduction of cultural differences in transnational business 2 compare the differences of corporate culture between China and Western countries Part two Cultural Differences is a Double-edged Sword 1 culture conflict and operating
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There are many different cultures in the world and all of them rich with their own language‚ customs‚ traditions‚ and way of life. Throwing myself in an unfamiliar setting with different people allowed me to not only broaden my cross cultural awareness‚ but also come to a better understanding of where I came from. I took upon the opportunity to learn about a friends’ foreign culture‚ and from her hospitality‚ had the chance to break my comfort zone and learn about the diverse lives others lead.
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case? At First‚ in the Aon merger process‚ they had to work out different ways of becoming one company. At this stage‚ cultural misunderstandings can already take place. Indeed‚ each of the merging companies had its own way of doing everything. For instance‚ how they hired staff to how they processed a claim. What’s more‚ they used different computer systems. Hence‚ misunderstandings occurred between the way people work and think. Thus‚ Aon had to either take into account these things‚ to make the merger
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