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    Based on my observation‚ one of the common non-verbal ‘things’ done in my community or culture is we greet each other with Salam. Salam is something like shake hand but in more polite way by using both hands. The next thing I noticed is that every time people do Salam their right hand will go to their chest‚ including me‚ based on my knowledge it is to indicate that we greet each other sincerely. In another word‚ based from what I read it is to show that we greet each other from the heart. Another

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    Culture Affect Identity and Behavior? A Movie-Thesis Based on the Movie: The Namesake by Mira Nair (2007) Based on the Novel By Jhumpa Lahiri Does culture affect identity and behavior? The Namesake is the story of Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli from their traditional arranged marriage in Calcutta‚ India‚ to their immigrant life in America and the family they raised in the suburbs of New York. The film explores cultural identity and tends to reflect at key turning points in the story on the Russian

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    The Difference Maker is a self-help book that teaches you how to make your attitude an asset. John C. Maxwell‚ the book’s author‚ uses a realistic approach in that he makes no claim that one’s attitude is all powerful. Instead‚ Maxwell explains what attitude cannot do for you right from the start to curb unrealistic expectations. Attitude cannot replace competence nor can it change the facts. A positive attitude will not substitute for personal growth nor will it stay good automatically. Maxwell

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    1. records and well and checkup visits for the family along with other important documents (p.354). As a teacher‚ I would welcome Ahmad and his family in my classroom engaging their presence by having a variety taste of foods from different cultures. Involving diverse families in different events helps the parents as well as the kids cope with the change. I plan to incorporate Ahmad culture and his family background into my curriculum using bulletin boards‚ music and drawings. I will display a bulletin

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    cultures constantly come across each other. As a consequence‚ the ability to understand other cultures and to deal with cultural differences will probably be a major quality required in our future professional life. This year‚ thanks to the "Ichec housing project" we had the opportunity to gain experience on this subject. The topic of this essay is to explain the cultural differences that can exist between the Indian society and the Western society. In order to do that we will first make a theoretical

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    presentation I INTRODUCTION am going to be giving you an insight into the Holocaust and the events in which unfolded within it . I am also going to be explaining to you about the people who were targeted in the Holocaust under my theme of ‘the Dignity of Difference’. of people/Jewish people which took place WHAT IS THE HOLOCAUST? leading up to and during World War II. Since then the holocaust has been remembered throughout many countries around the world with some of them having there own memorials to show

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    ADMN3170 0440210 Retail Marketing Is All About Cultural Differences and Communication In the 21 century‚ the process of globalization is getting faster. More and more people tend to be involved in the world community. People should be able to understand people will not have too much difficulties to communicate with each other in a very same cultural background. Using the same communicate skills to communicate a person with a very different cultural background might lead that person into some serious

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    Cultural Family History Research Essay – Assimilation of Ancestors Shaina Wood GS221 Professor Edmund Pries‚ Professor Bina Mehta Wilfrid Laurier University Sto lat‚ sto lat‚ Niech żyje‚ żyje nam. Sto lat‚ sto lat‚ Niech żyje‚ żyje nam‚ Jeszcze raz‚ jeszcze raz‚ Niech żyje‚ żyje nam‚ Niech żyje nam! As a child I heard this jumbled collection of words flying out of my family’s mouths in song‚ directly after the celebration jingle ‘Happy Birthday’. Other children would

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    MANAGING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES ACROSS VIRTUAL TEAMS IN PROJECTS --- (Narotham sen tripuraneni) ABSTRACT I have taken this topic ’MANAGING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES ACROSS VIRTUAL TEAMS IN PROJECTS ’ since i felt there was a growing need in project management to address this issue. Thanks to growing global competition‚ today ’s businesses are no longer restricted by geographic boundaries. Globalization

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    Cultural differences and conflicts in tourism: a case study of Dubai: Culture determines human behaviour and shows differences on how people do things and receive world. People are not consciously aware of their culture before they come across foreign culture. Foreign culture set situations where people feel uncomfortable which helps them to understand cultural differences. Elements generating cultural differences are such as language‚ religion and economics (Reisinger & Turner‚ 2003). Two

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