INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND OPERATIONS: AN ANALYSIS OF CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION EFFECTIVENESS AND MANAGEMENT ORIENTATION AUTHOR: EPHRAIM OKORO‚ PHD HOWARD UNIVERSITY DONE BY: WANGSA MAJU Article which is going to be analized is: International Organizations and Operations: An Analysis of Cross-Cultural Communication Effectiveness and Management Orientation Author: Ephraim Okoro‚ PhD Howard University 1.0 Introduction Cross-cultural communication has been the topic of research of various
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Cross Cultural Management in INFOSYS INTRODUCTION Infosys Technologies Limited (BSE: 500209‚ NASDAQ: INFY) is a multinational information technologyservices company headquartered in Bengaluru‚ India. It is one of India’s largest IT companies with over94‚379 professionals (including subsidiaries) as of June 30‚ 2008. It has nine development centers inIndia and over 30 offices worldwide. Its annual revenues for the fiscal year 2007-2008 exceeded US$4billion with a market capitalization
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position regarding cultural adaptation?’ Regarding the topic of cultural adaptation there are many theories. This essay‚ essentially‚ will analyse in depth the opinion of a Professor in the Department of Language and Business communication - Hanne Tange - ‚ whos major is inside the field of Intercultural communication‚ in opposite cultural and shock adaptation proposed by Sverre Lysgaard in 1995. At first‚ Tange illustrates in her article ‘In a cultural No Man’s Land – or
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Report on the Cultural Adaptation on the PG Students in Middlesex University Executive Summary: When new students attend university in a new culture from their own culture‚ behaviors and expectations change. According to Zhou at el (2008)‚ traditionally researchers thought that culture shock was only about medical conditions. Historical theory has changed to contemporary theory of acculturation. This theory contains of cultural learning‚ stress and coping and social identification. We found
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world”. The growth of interdependence and cooperation among countries‚ and international companies‚ do not claim that the cultural difference is decreasing. Instead‚ Culture difference increasingly impact on most aspects of people’ activities. Regarding business management‚ it is clear that most of the international companies cannot make more profit because of neglect of cultural differences. On the one hand‚ the globalization has created opportunities for corporations to cooperate among countries
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CULTURAL SENSITIVITY Omega Manufacturing is headquartered in a regional manufacturing area in the United States. Company A produces engine components that undergo an extra heat-hardening process that provides extended life for engines of heavy-duty trucks‚ and it provides specialized machined engine components to all major U.S. truck and automobile manufacturers. Omega Manufacturing currently has 5‚000 employees in the United States and wants to double its size within the next four years
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The Cultural Differences Analysis of Geely’s Acquisition of Volvo 1. Introduction Cross-border mergers have become the inevitable trend of economic globalization‚ which is strategic tool for the enterprises to obtain the core competitiveness. The mergers can not only enhance the internal competitiveness of the enterprises‚ but also promote the enterprises to develop international markets and some emerging areas. However‚ when multinational companies enter the international market‚ Cultural difference
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Cultural Competence To be culturally competent the nurse needs to understand his/her own world views and those of the patient‚ while avoiding stereotyping and misapplication of scientific knowledge. Cultural competence is obtaining cultural information and then applying that knowledge. This cultural awareness allows you to see the entire picture and improves the quality of care and health outcomes. Adapting to different cultural beliefs and practices requires flexibility and a respect
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HLT 418V Grand Canyon University January 17‚ 2013 Cultural competency‚ what exactly is it? Does it have importance in society today and who has the capability to influence change if needed? Researching cultural competence you may find several definitions or interpretations’ depending on where the information is being gathered. Cultural competence refers to a combination of awareness‚ attitudes‚ skills and behaviors related to health care providers ’ ability to care for diverse groups of patient
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Cultural Dimensions In Management And Planning Geert Hofstede* ABSTRACT The nature of management skills is such that they are culturally specific: a management technique or philosophy that is appropriate in one national culture is not necessarily appropriate in another. The paper describes the scope of (workrelated) cultural differences as they were revealed by research in more than 50 countries around the world and discusses how these differences affect the validity of management techniques and
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