dealing with global business‚ one must be an effective intercultural communicator. It is important for those involved in intercultural communication to avoid ethnocentrism‚ which is “the belief that one’s own cultural group is superior” (Ober‚ 2003‚ p. 50). One must embrace ethno-relativism‚ which is consists of acceptance of acceptance‚ adaptation‚ and integration of other cultures. Although‚ language is important‚ effective intercultural communicators have to focus on nonverbal communication (Hynes
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MANASSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Cultural Diversity Essays Manassas City Public Schools Providing an innovative‚ engaging‚ inspiring and challenging learning environment for all students 2010-2011 School Year Cultural Diversity Essay Contest Grade 4 Topic (Local) Describe the changes that immigrants have brought to the cultural landscape in Manassas and Virginia. Virginia Studies Specific Standards of Learning: VS.4b The student will demonstrate knowledge of the life in the Virginia
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Cultural is defined as a shared design for living. It is based on the values and practices of society. People absorb culture through early process of socialization and the process carries over to the way in which they perceived themselves and the world. Some people agree that cultural diversity in the workplace develop our country skills and contributes to the growth. But how far these opinion accepted by the society as a whole. Many corporations have recognized that diversity contributes to the
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Cultural Globalization refers to the transmission of ideas‚ meanings and values across national borders. From the anthropological context culture is more indigenous and refers to elements that condition and distinguishes human life as opposed to other mammals and gives a sense of identity. The main ingredients are probably language‚ history‚ religion‚ customs‚ artifacts‚ cooking‚ values‚ traditions‚ and also dependent upon man’s capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations
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World Views and Cultural Landscapes Every land has a past and a story behind it that has been built with time. This history is extremely important because if you take the time to analyse a certain land‚ you can realise that it has a lot of interesting things that you can learn. But are some lands more important than other? To characterise a land as a cultural landscape‚ many criteria are demanded. Also‚ a big influence for this kind of land is the world view. Here are two important terms that
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Cross-Cultural Psychology Roberta Menlove Psy/450 January 29‚ 2013 Jacquie Nelson Cross-Cultural Psychology Culture exist everywhere‚ it performs a significant function throughout life. Culture expresses itself in every individual’s life. These expressions come in multiple forms such as behavior‚ appearance‚ and language. The importance of culture and its influence is demonstrated in the relationship between different cultures and cross-cultures‚ how individuals use critical thinking as well
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long-term commitment. During these circumstances Spanish employees are likely to feel more threatened than supported by the system. The main causes of cultural clashes between managers from Sweden and employees in Spain originate from difference in socio- cultural dimensions and a lack of understanding for these cultural values. Following information would have been useful for IKEAs management: It has been stated by Hofstede that Swedish organizational and
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American Cultural Imperialism: Fact or Myth? The phenomenon known as globalization has brought sweeping changes to the world. Forces associated with globalization like the spread of capitalism‚ advancements in communications and information technology‚ and expansion of the media have contributed to these changes. The main trademark of globalization has been an increasing flow of exchange in trade and culture. With this lowering of barriers‚ some people have begun to talk of a global culture
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effectively address cultural issues. To understand the diverse cultural backgrounds of clients‚ nurses must strive to be culturally competent (Marcinkiw 2003). Cultural competence requires the building of cultural awareness‚ knowledge‚ skill‚ encounters‚ and desire in the nurse. Clients will feel respected‚ valued‚ and have a greater desire to achieve mutually agreed upon health care goals if the nurse is culturally competent. The purpose of this essay is designed to show the cultural competence in the
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CULTURAL TOURISM First of all‚ it is important to define cultural tourism as the basis around which the whole research is formulated. It is important to highlight the fact that the experts do not agree on a universal definition because of the wide range of activities it covers. Over the years‚ the definition of this type of tourism has suffer some changes depending on the field of study and one of the most popular definitions is the one stated by Richards (2001‚ p.37) in which the concept of
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