ceremony of presenting the gift and the way it is wrapped is as important--sometimes more important--than the gift itself. . Gifts are given for many occasions. . The gift need not be expensive‚ but take great care to ask someone who understands the culture to help you decide what type of gift to give. . Good quality chocolates or small cakes are good ideas. . Do not give lilies‚ camellias or lotus blossoms as they are associated with funerals. . Do not give white flowers of any kind as they are
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Cross-Cultural Communication “Communication in health care is a complex issue. Language and cultural barriers complicate the situation. Language is the framework in which the world view of a culture is molded‚ and it describes the boundaries and perspectives of a cultural system. A language barrier disarms a communicant ’s ability to assess meanings‚ intent‚ emotions‚ and reactions and creates a state of dependency on the individual who holds the keys to the entire process” (Putsch‚ 1985‚ para
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cost-effective healthcare service. In this paper‚ I described my personal experience as a dental hygienist‚ which was regarding my interaction with a patient who is socially and culturally diverse from me as well as the approach that I used in the cross-cultural communication. Few years back‚ a Muslim Asian woman‚ aged around 50 years old‚ came to the clinic where I worked at to get a consultation on her dental problems. Based on her personal records and interview data‚ it was known that she came
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Cross Cultural Communication A country that was annexed by another country is sure to have exchanged or been impacted culturally and in many other aspects. An excellent example of this could be the British India. India was ruled over by Britishers for almost 350 years. Therefore‚ many traits and systems in India today are derived from the time they were under the British rule. One of the most vivid illustrations of this is the schooling system and English as a medium language for teaching and
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Teesside University Business School MSc International Management Assignment Title: Cross-culture Effect to Prudential Assurance (M) Berhad Tutor: Maryam Shadman Pajouh Subject : Managing Across Cultures Course Leader : Gill Owens Student : Amira Najwa Lukman Student Number : M2309674 Student E-Mail : M2309674@tees.ac.uk Submission date : 17 May 2013 Word Count : 2900 Table of Contents Acknowledgement 3 1.0 Executive Summary 4
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which Oticon lacked. Kolind believed that Oticon could no longer compete with its technologically advanced competitors. By reinventing itself‚ Oticon showed that it could. Oticon drastically changed its organizational structure‚ ways of working and culture to let loose the human potential of the company. Kolind created a vision of a service-based organization and pursued it to gain a competitive edge. Employee involvement is
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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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CULTURE CODE ANALYSIS ESSAY NAS Beauty or seduction are seen differently in different cultures. South asian cultures emphasizes on a woman’s fair skin rather than a sunkissed glowing tan skin. English women dress up way too much to draw attention towards themselves where as Geishas in Japan sometimes attract men by showing bare skin for example pouring tea to a client in a seductive manner or they wear the collar of their kimono to display their necks. When I cut my dark long hair‚ everyone I
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Chapter 8 Team Leadership and Self‐Managed Teams Chapter 8 Learning Outcomes • Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of working in teams. • Briefly describe the seven characteristics of effective teams. • Describe top management’s and the team leader’s roles in fostering creativity. For each‚ list b ’ d h l d ’ l f h l activities they should undertake to promote creativity. • Outline the three parts of conducting effective meetings. • Explain the differences between conventional and self‐managed teams
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Organization: Hewlett – Packard (HP) Organization Culture: The organization culture of Hewlett-Packard is also known as “The H-P Way”. Within the context of “The H-P Way”‚ the employees of the organization together with the management are expected to follow a saying “Don’t Be Evil”. The H-P Way is supposedly to be honest in all its operations and in all of the information coming out from the business organization. But‚ one cannot remove the fact that not all information are going out and being
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