Influence of Social Culture and Industry Culture on Organizational Culture Niloofar Namjoofard Global Challenges B7521 Argosy University Fall I‚ 2012 Dr. Nkemeh Relationship Between Social Culture‚ Industry Culture and Organizational Culture According to Briscoe & Schuler global organizations try to offer products and services with lowest costs‚ highest quality and shortest time of delivery to wherever demand is sufficient. They provide the resources from wherever the
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Culture of Iceland 1. Physical or spatial distances * 1.2 m between two people while talking is appropriate. 2. Greeting protocol * An Icelander is called by his first name‚ because his or her surname is made up of his or her father ’s Christian name plus son (son) or dóttir (daughter). You may address men and women as Fru (Mrs.) and Herra (Mr.). * Common greetings include gódan daginn (good day)‚ gott kvöld (good evening)‚ and bless (goodbye). * Icelanders customarily
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Chinese Culture - The Culture of Shanghai Shanghai University 30.11.2012 Shanghai – Brief Overview Shanghai is an important commercial harbor and the most important industrial town of the People ’s Republic of China. The administrative area has more than 23 million inhabitants. The status of the town corresponds to that of a province; the town is subordinated directly of the central government. Shanghai is an important traffic interchange and an important cultural center and educational
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Spanish culture Spain is a very geographic diverse country‚ ranging from deserts‚ beaches‚ and mountains. Spain is deeply rooted in tradition due to the many outside influences throughout time. Spain is the third largest country in Europe. Spain became part of NATO‚ and then joined the European Union in 1986. After this the economy of Spain increased significantly‚ placing Spain firmly on the Western economy map and gained major trading partners. The country is a highly developed and stable democracy
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have a big impact on the Midwife woman partnership. The Oxford Dictionary (2012) defines culture as: the ideas‚ customs‚ and social behaviour of a particular people or society‚ and Midwifery as: a nurse (typically a woman) who is trained to assist women in childbirth. There are many factors that the midwife must take into consideration when implementing a partnership with an expectant mother from a different culture‚ than that of her own. The Cultural beliefs people hold shape their perception of health
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Kurdish Culture Anita Palomo Anthropology 101 Mr. Steven Sager January 21‚ 2013 Kurdish Culture The Kurdish people are an indigenous ethnic minority found in the country of Iraq‚ also in parts of Turkey‚ North West Iran and smaller areas of North East Syria and Armenia. Ethnically parallel to the Iranians‚ the Kurds in the past traditionally nomadic herders but are currently mostly seminomadic. The majority of Kurds are Sunni Muslims. The Kurds are the most populated ethnic group in the world that
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CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION While studying culture and communication‚ it is found that gender is an important factor that makes a difference in communication. Using evidences and examples from local and international‚ highlight and explain those differences. ‘For men and women‚ communication can be a very long drive‚ using different roads most probably to get to the same place.’ Having said that‚ it would be appropriate to first give a definition of the word communication followed by what gender
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Marriage and Kinship ties of Indian culture specifically of the village of Ratakote as told in Conformity and Conflict. The first thing I noticed about both cultures was they practiced arranged marriages with their children preferably being young (the Indians explained that young age was best so their children wouldn’t start becoming sexually active and elope with someone else they fell in love with and break off the entire marriage they were in). Both cultures were very close to each other family-wise
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all brought by “Globalization”. International organization are also one of the products which produced by globalization. Working within a multi-national firm‚ it is unavoidable to work with people speaking different language‚ living with different culture. These cultural differences are always the main sources of conflict in the workplace. What is conflict Before the discussion of sources of conflict‚ we need to firstly know what conflict is. According to Kevin Avruch (1998)‚ “Conflict is competition
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Discuss the contributions of the various ethnic groups to Caribbean society The history of the Caribbean is rich with adventurous tales‚ blended cultures‚ and natural diversity. The impact of colonialism and slavery can still be seen in many of the island cultures today; so much so‚ in fact‚ that travellers often note a sense of living with the near-tangible history that permeates the region. Knowing the history of the Caribbean region goes a long way toward understanding
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