Cross-Cultural Communication Research Paper Bulgaria versus Japan Ivan Ivanov November 30‚ 2011 MBA 501: Business Communications & Research Methods According to Benjamin Whorf’s theory (1956)‚ the nature of the language we speak affects and determines our behavior and way of thinking. Japanese is a very good example of how this theory works. Japanese people use their language in a completely different way from anyone else and their behavior makes sharp contrast to the rest
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Cultural Diversity SOC. 315 Cultural Diversity History of American is the way it is because of the contribution of the multicultural society of the different ethnic groups. The immigration of the ethnic groups brought different cultures to the land of American and bringing the difficulties of stereotyping and discrimination. Each group ’s culture had constructed an identity based on their abilities which created the U.S. society of today. Every
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1.0. CROSS CULTURAL EXPERIENCES 1.1. INTERNSHIP Back in 2010 when I was still a student at Singapore Polytechnic‚ I was fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to serve my internship at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). I must emphasize‚ that the 6 months spent was one of the most memorable life experience I have had. Personally it opened my eyes to what I’ll call the ‘real’ working environment‚ as the previous jobs I held were mainly serving as an assistant in retail (part-time). I termed
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According to Cheesebro‚ O’Connor‚ and Rios (2010) “there are six principles in cross-cultural communication.” The first of these principles states that the more culture and language differences between people the more the likelihood of a communication breakdown. The second principle says when there is a communication breakdown it is often thought to be because of cultural differences. The reality is that these breakdowns are often the result of a misunderstanding. The third principle says that communicating
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the earlier results have included commercial airline pilots and students in 23 countries‚ civil service managers in 14 counties‚ ’up-market’ consumers in 15 countries and ’elites’ in 19 countries. In the 2010 edition of the book “Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind”‚ scores on the dimensions are listed for 76 countries‚ partly based on replications and extensions of the IBM study on different international populations. Dimensions of National Culture The values that distinguished
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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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The forces affect an organization Introduction With an increasingly competitive and dynamic business world‚ anyone organizations want to be successful‚ managers must make and develop appropriate business strategies. Strategy is the direction and scope of an organization over the long term‚ which achieves advantage in a changing environment through its configuration of resources and competences with the aim of fulfilling stakeholder expectations. ( Johnson‚ Scholes‚ Whittington‚ 2009:3). It does
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“Cross-cultural psychology is the study: of similarities and differences in individual psychological functioning in various cultural and ethnocultural groups; of ongoing changes in variables reflecting such functioning; and of the relationships of psychological variables with sociocultural‚ ecological and biological variables” (Berry et al‚ 2012). Defining Cross-Cultural Psychology Berry et al (2012) define their topic using the English language‚ which of itself contains culturally-bound concepts
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and Sharon Siddique‚ eds. Islam and Society in Southeast Asia ‚ 1987. Abeyasekere‚ Susan. Jakarta: A History ‚ 1987. Alisyahbana‚ S. Takdir. Indonesia: Social and Cultural Revolution ‚ 1966. Anderson‚ Benedict R. O ’G. Language and Power: Exploring Political Cultures in Indonesia ‚ 1990. Boomgaard‚ Peter. Children of the Colonial State: Population Growth and Economic Development in Java‚ 1795– 1880 ‚ 1989. Brenner‚ Suzanne April. The Domestication of Desire: Women‚ Wealth‚ and Modernity in Java
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CROSS CULTURAL ISSUES WALMART IN SOUTH KOREA Wal-Marts venture into South Korea is yet another example of a company attempting to duplicate its strategies and business model unsuccessfully. Wal-Mart didn’t consider how the vast differences in culture could affect their survival and ultimately let their complacency‚ conservatism and conceit get in the way. Their continued losses forced them to withdraw their investment after failing to adapt to the environment‚ the culture and customer needs. Wal-Mart
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