FACT SHEET Cross-cultural communication Working for our future – today Cross-cultural communication Everybody has the right to express his or her culture and beliefs. This fact sheet is a simple guide to help you in communicating with people from other cultures. Multiculturalism on the Gold Coast One in four Gold Coast residents was born overseas (2006 Census) and 8.7 % of our community speaks a language other than English. After English‚ the most frequently spoken language at home is
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Cultural Misunderstandings | |[pic] This is a collection of interesting (and sometimes tragic) incidents of cross-cultural miscommunication. They emphasize the importance of appreciating cultural differences when traveling or working abroad. [pic] An American supervisor on an oil rig in Indonesia shouted at his timekeeper to take a boat to shore. Since one never berates an Indonesian in public‚ a mob of outraged workers chased the supervisor with axes! ~ Managers
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The Misunderstanding of Internet Freedom The public governance has been a significant part of every system. People as citizens always discuss their opinions with each other. In accordance with the system which they are ruled‚ their discussions have an effect on the rules and regulations of the government. In modern societies which embrace democracy as management system‚ the influence of public determination is predominant. As it is mentioned above sharing and declaring public decision is the milestone
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Expository Writing A Jail Incident On a cold night in N.Y. my four friends and I were sitting on my friend’s porch at about 11:00p.m. listening to the radio and along comes a cop and arrests us all. My friend’s mother tried to tell the cop that we were there all night but he didn’t care and arrested us anyway. The cop would not tell us why we were being arrested; he just read us our rights while waiting for the paddy wagon to arrive. We kept asking him what we did and why we were being arrested
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They entered the store. Sara looked in amazement at the twenty foot tall white Christmas tree. She was admiring the decorations. Green‚ red‚ orange‚ yellow‚ and every color you could imagine. Though‚ it seemed weird to her that there were no black decorations. Still looking at the tree she asked his fiancé‚ "Tom‚ why do you think they don’t have black decorations?" Tom looked at her with a dumbfounded expression. "Um‚ Sara...Let’s think. Christmas is about joy and love‚ which means‚ "FUN" colors
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shown in the text‚ Of Mice and Men? 2. How is misunderstanding shown in the text‚ Of Mice and Men? 3. How is mental illness shown in the text‚ Of Mice and Men? Teacher Example: How is gender shown in the text‚ Of Mice and Men? 1. Keywords – Highlighted topic a. How b. misunderstanding c. Shown d. Text i. Synonyms 1. How – In what way‚ by what means 2. Misunderstanding- confusion‚ misinterpretation‚ error
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MISUNDERSTANDING LAWYERS’ ETHICS Monroe H. Freedman* Abbe Smith** A Modern Legal Ethics: Adversary Ethics in a Democratic Age. By Daniel Markovits. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. 2008. Pp. xii‚ 361. $29.95. The title of Daniel Markovits’s book‚ A Modern Legal Ethics‚ gives the impression that it is a comprehensive treatise on contemporary lawyers’ eth2 ics. The contents of the book‚ however‚ are both more limited and more expansive than the title suggests. Markovits’s treatment of lawyers’
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Misunderstandings Every country has its own culture which is different from other countries’. Therefore‚ differences in cultures can make communication misunderstanding. Cultural differences increase the likelihood of misunderstanding as well. If people speak different languages‚ the danger of bad translation is obvious. But even if people speak the same language‚ they may communicate in different ways. Common differences are between high-context and low-context communication. Low-context communication
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Macbeth’s Misunderstanding of Evil Macbeth‚ one of Shakespeare’s most well-known plays‚ captivates the audience and readers with a unique plot and note worthy characters. Of these characters‚ Macbeth‚ not unaffected by evil‚ an internal or external force that compels an individual to do harm to others‚ ultimately reaches self-devastation by his own hand. His choices lead him to do so. Macbeth‚ the tragic hero of the play‚ allows his flaw of misunderstanding of evil guide him to destruction.
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of Business and Management Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan Case Analysis No. 1 The Vice President‚ the Product Manager and the Misunderstanding Alma Frances R. Hortelano‚ MBA‚ DCM Dynamics of Management - MBA 111B Submitted by: Ian Rodel G. Nercuit CASE # 1: The Vice President‚ the Product Manager‚ and the Misunderstanding I. Viewpoint Human Resource II. Statement of the Problem It is apparent that managerial roles were not properly exercised by each of level
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