2011 Copyright © IIUM Press ISSN 0128-4878 Book Reviews Malaysia’s foreign policy‚ the first fifty years: Alignment‚ neutralism‚ Islamism. By Johan Saravanamuttu. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies‚ ISEAS‚ 2010‚ pp. 388. ISBN: 978-9814279-78-9 Reviewer: Abdul Rashid Moten‚ Department of Political Science‚ International Islamic University Malaysia. E-mail: rashidm@iium.edu.my Malaysia’s foreign policy is very much under-studied. Nevertheless‚ there exist several scholarly
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Intercultural Communication in Healthcare Intercultural Communication in Healthcare In a culture as diverse as the United States it is of utmost importance that individuals in settings such as the health care field learn to communicate with people from different cultures. This type of setting offers many chances for misunderstanding‚ miscommunication‚ and mistrust. It is imperative for the health care field to have an effective strategy to minimize these negative consequences of poor intercultural
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Does poor communication cause conflict? Essay written by: jmurdoch Is most conflict in an organisation is caused by poor communication? If we had perfect communication would conflict cease? Consider for example‚ an e-mail asking for some information "yesterday" to stress how important this request is. The sender thinks e-mails are great as they travel at the speed of light and spell things out in black & white. The recipient may consider that if its in a e-mail then it can ’t be that urgent
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we live in a culturally diverse society due to globalization. As our world grows‚ expands and become increasingly more interconnected‚ the need for effective interpersonal communication among differing cultures has become apparent. When people from different cultures interact with one another there is intercultural communication because different cultures create different interpretation and expectations about what is seen as competent behaviors that will enable the construction of shared meanings
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Foreign Policy Nathan Jaramillo 1/15/14 Foreign policy refers to relations carried on with other countries. There are various factors that influence foreign policy‚ such as economics. There are also various options a country can choose to deal with other countries such as war‚ as well as approaches to dealing with other countries such as isolationism. The current administration for the United States deals with all of these complex elements‚ plus it also deals with many issues in foreign affairs
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Background: I encountered several intercultural communication problems with my uncle‚ he was shifted to Mainland China and living there because of the potential development of there‚ so I wasn’t familiar about him and we weren’t so close in relationship. Recently he came to Hong Kong and paid a visit to our family for several weeks‚ I was astounded when I heard that he would live with us‚ I was panic to communication with a different culture person. As expected‚ he has different way to handle things
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Introduction The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the importance of intercultural negotiation‚ and the reasons hereof. Equally so‚ it is to explain the differences between two closely linked concepts‚ namely international negotiations and intercultural negotiations. An account of Bülow and Kumar’s (2011) objections about the relevance of national culture is presented‚ and finally‚ the concepts of conflicting findings‚ imprecision in terminology and essentialism are discussed in further
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Belgium Culture – Intercultural communication Our lecture started with well-known demographic facts about Belgium - the population equals to 10‚511‚000‚ 15% of which are immigrants (1‚570‚000). In Belgium‚ Catholicism is the most widespread religion. There are also Moslems‚ Jews and Protestants. In general‚ people are open-minded about other religions and of course different nationalities. The cultural diversity is enriched by international and local immigration. In the last hundred years the
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Intercultural communication and conflicts The communication between different cultures is very difficult. Intercultural communication can lead to misunderstanding and confusion. You may offend someone without even knowing it. Nonverbal communication is challenge as well such as handshakes‚ eye contact‚ hug‚ and etc. These problems happened so many times from my fiancée who is from America and me who is from South Korea. One day‚ my father visited to our place for holiday. When my father walked
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Intercultural Communication in the Workplace Communication is one of the vital keys for a successful business atmosphere. “There is no better way to build trust than through communication” (Grady‚ 2003‚ pg 40). About 5 years ago while I was working at a bank‚ there was a miscommunication between a co-worker and myself. Lily was originally from Honk-Kong and worked as the loan Analyst for the bank. Due to her heavy accent‚ and inability to form proper sentences‚ I would almost always ask her to
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