Culture and Global Business Dr. Aaron C. van Klyton Global Business 1357 The Business School; Greenwich University Lecture 3 1 Learning Objectives 1. Explore the meaning of culture: its definitions‚ classifications‚ and dimensions 2. Analyze different models of cultural communications 3. Examine why culture matters in international business 4. Understand the role of cultural intelligence 2 Culture Affects All Business Functions Marketing Human Resources Production
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www.jntuworld.com Satellite Communications Reference book: Satellite Communications‚ 3rd ed. Dennis Roddy McGraw-Hill International Ed. www.jntuworld.com www.jntuworld.com 1.1 Introduction Features offered by satellite communications large areas of the earth are visible from the satellite‚ thus the satellite can form the star point of a communications net linking together many users simultaneously‚ users who may be widely separated geographically Provide communications links
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* Earth was round‚ rather than flat * Earth was the centre of the Universe and that the Sun‚ the Moon‚ and other visible planets‚ as well as a celestial sphere containing all the stars‚ revolved around the Earth‚ this model was known as a geocentric model (Earth in the centre) Aristarchus (240 BC) He has an alternative view; he suggested: * The Sun is much bigger than the Earth * The Sun is at the centre of the Universe and the Earth orbits it * The Earth
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Aristotle. His concepts of instantaneous motion led to the development of Calculus around 1665-1666. He saw the four largest moons of Jupiter in orbit around the planet‚ proving that the Ptolemaic system was not simple‚ that the solar system was not geocentric‚ meaning that the planets and the sun did not orbit around the Earth. He stated that there were sunspots on the surface of the sun‚ that the sunspots changed their shapes‚ and that both originated and dissolved on that sphere‚ concluding that the
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topic. It would be better to cut the long story into short. One of those controversial misunderstanding‚ I would love to introduce here. The famous astronomer and philosopher Galileo was often considered as arrogant while he was opposing Pope and geocentric ideas. The arrogant ideas of him put him into the daylight and the truth came out of superstitions that already had been embedded on people’s minds. If we look around we would be able to spot so many examples of how arrogance and confidence are
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constant natural laws. Galileo‚ most known for the use of his telescope‚ advocated the Copernican model of a heliocentric universe‚ which he published and supported through his own observations and measurements. This was an absolute opposition to the geocentric model‚ which was supported by the church because Earth‚ man’s home‚ was said to be placed in the center of the universe to show God’s priority. By opposing the beliefs of the church‚ and by supporting the heliocentric model‚ the church viewed it
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current worldview to a startling new vision of reality that has far-reaching repercussions for both science and religion. We may be standing on the threshold of changes even more fundamental and far-reaching than those initiated by Copernicus. The Geocentric Universe Five hundred years ago‚ as the Middle Ages began to give way to the Renaissance‚ the reality within which most people lived and conducted their affairs was one in which human beings played a pre-eminent role; everything revolved around
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Contents 1 Introduction 2 1.1 History 2 1.2 Vision 2 1.3 Business idea 2 1.4 The human resource idea 2 1.5 Limitations 2 2 Empirics 3 2.1 IKEA’s presence in the global market 3 2.2 IKEA going global 4 2.3 Managing foreign establishments 5 2.4 IKEA in China 6 2.4.1 Duplication system 6 2.4.2 Training 6 2.4.3 Vacant positions 6 2.4.4 Social Responsibilities 7 2.4.5 Staffing 8 3 Analysis & Discussion 10 4 Conclusions 13 5 References 14 5.1 Articles 14 5
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production through its affiliates located in several countries‚ -exercises direct control over the policies of its affiliates‚ -implements business strategies in production‚ marketing‚ finance and staffing that transcend national boundaries (geocentric). Very large multinationals have budgets that exceed those of entire countries. Multinational corporations can have a powerful influence in international relations and local economies. Multinational corporations play an important role in globalization;
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A Proposal for geodetic datum development 1.0 Introduction A national geodetic datum provides a country with a local implementation of global coordinate systems. It minimizes the risk of having different and inconsistent coordinate reference systems. It enables a wide range of spatial applications to be supported in a manner that is consistent with international standards and best practice. When Borneo Triangulation 1968 (BT68) was established‚ it complied with the then current recommendations
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