explore a number of theoretical principles and topics of cross-cultural management in the everyday life of Australian’s living in this suburb‚ through such theories and topics as Oberg’s six-month cycle of culture shock‚ Cultural dimensions- Ethnocentrism/stereotyping/parochialism‚ Hofstede’s value dimensions theory‚ as well as Harris’s and Moran’s cultural profiles. Oberg’s six-month cycle of culture shock Oberg’s theory identifies 4 major stages of cultural shock and explains the “typical” transition
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discuss the barriers to intercultural communication for interaction with the ‘Other’ and how to overcome these barriers. There are issues surrounding the problem of intercultural communication and I have chosen to include culture‚ ethnocentrism‚ categorization‚ stereotyping‚ prejudice and the representation of the ” Other” in my analysis. Interpersonal communication
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The main reason was to take possession of its land and resources and the riches were used to deal with another country. As there was an increase for the demand of food and other goods‚ they would establish a trading route for export. Ethnocentrism and Racism Ethnocentrism refers to: ‘’negatively judging aspects of another culture by the standards of one’s own culture. To be ethnocentric is to believe in the superiority of one’s own culture’’ (Jandt‚ 2010:84) Racism means a form of discrimination based
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BA 205 section 002 Spring 2009 Chapter 1 and 2 Quiz B Multiple Choice 1. Making a clearly unethical or illegal choice is termed an: a. ethical lapse b. ethical dilemma c. ethical crime d. ethical misdeed ANSWER: a. An ethical lapse is the term used for a clearly unethical or illegal choice. DIFFICULTY: moderate; PAGE: 7; OBJECTIVE: 5; TYPE: concept 2. Miscommunication between cultures often occurs because a. the senders and receivers are encoding and decoding messages using the
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department) Diversity is valued because things would not be they way it is today if we did not have it. It make everyone different. 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? Ethnocntrism can be defined as “the preferencing of an individual’s culture over the cultures of any other group.(wisegeek)” Ways that ethnocentrism can be determed in society is by the way that someone looks‚ or dresses. It can so be determed my the way they do things or the food that
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individual or groups that feel threatened It may be due to socialization (e.g. authoritarian personality) It may be the animal instinct of territoriality and feral restraint. It may be mere bigotry and ignorance It may be egotism and inflexible ethnocentrism Elements of racism an underlying belief in the superiority of one
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values that are merging in this intercultural society and workplace. Businesses need to be aware of stereotypes‚ prejudices‚ and generalizations and proactively educate employees in cultural awareness. According to The American Heritage Dictionary‚ stereotyping is defined as: a conventional‚ formulaic‚ and oversimplified conception‚ opinion‚ or image. Sometimes stereotypes may contain truth‚ however if the stereotypes become rigid and are based on false beliefs‚ they can easily turn into a prejudice.
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multicultural societies is mutual misunderstanding‚ which is often caused by mutual ethnocentrism. This could also be entitled culture clash‚ which is a condition in which people from dissimilar cultures have fairly incorrect expectations of one another‚ and therefore they misconstrue the significance of the message that is being exchanged. The short story A Horse and Two Goats by R.K. Narayan is a good example of how mutual ethnocentrism causes mutual misunderstanding. In the short story we meet an old Indian
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motivations‚ communication styles‚ attitudes and needs of their employees. I will discuss issues which relate to Cultural Diversity in the workplace as below: • outsourcing and off-shoring‚ • corporate culture and • Cultural relativism‚ ethnocentrism and stereotyping. This paper wills emphasis on how it affects the communication and business communication. Outsourcing involves transfer of the management or day to day implementation of an entire business function to an external service provider. The
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Whether it is through ethnocentrism‚ stereotyping‚ socialization‚ etc. people fall victim or victimize another through this phenomenon regularly. For most‚ it is just a part of life or the way they were brought up‚ and it just comes naturally to think this way. Prejudice is defined as:
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