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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English Essay | Cultural Identity | Selma Alejandra Saldaña EstradaAlonso Pérez CovarrubiasFrancisco Emmanuel Álvarez VegaJulio Cesar Martínez Contreras | 8-11-2012 Cultural Identity: Does your culture or mine? When we qualify the inhabitants of a town of dirty‚ stupid‚ selfish‚ cold ... we use stereotypes. We do not know the customs and values of others and fall in on subtle racism‚ that is‚ we believe that our culture is the only one that exists and we take as a reference to judge
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Categories of perceived images become ineffective when we place people and things in the wrong group. Cross-cultural miscategorization occurs when I use my home country categories to make sense out of foreign situations. For example‚ a Korean businessman entered a client’s office in Stockholm and encountered a woman behind the desk. Assuming that she was a secretary‚ he announced that he wanted to see Mr. Silferbrand. The woman responded by saying that the secretary would be happy to help
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Cultural Anthropology Chapter 2 2. Construct a model of cross-cultural misunderstanding‚ using the information presented by Lee in this article. There are many cross-cultural misunderstandings including language barriers‚ the way people speak and interpret words‚ as well as actions performed. /ontah experienced these cross-cultural misunderstandings in the remotest corners of the Kalahari Desert‚ while living by the Bushman. Every year the people would slaughter an ox and feast and dance in celebration
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2008 AP Human Geography Mrs. Rutlege Cultural Imperialism By definition cultural imperialism is the practice of promoting‚ distinguishing‚ separating‚ or artificially injecting the culture or language of one nation into another. Usually the larger power or culture is imposing their culture on a smaller‚ less influential culture. Cultural imperialism can take the form of an active‚ formal policy or a general attitude. The question‚ “Does U.S. cultural imperialism exist?” might as well be rhetorical
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Internal/ external Time CULTURE DIMENSIONS’ IMPACT ON MANAGEMENT PRACTICES 5 Safety vs. risk Individual rewards vs. group rewards Centralized decision-making vs. decentralized decision-making: Informal procedures vs. formal procedures. High organization loyalty vs. low organization loyalty: Cooperation vs. competition Short terms horizons vs. long-term horizon Stability vs. innovation: BUSINESS STRATEGIES 6 Ethnocentric Parochial Synergetic CONCLUSION 6 BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Your Task Make sure you have read pages 58‚ 60-62 and 96-97. Review the definition of “cultural revitalization” in your seminar notes. Choose ONE of the three case studies provided and complete the attached chart in bullet form. Use internet research‚ your textbook and links provided to find the required information. CASE STUDY #1 – Nunavut – efforts to revitalize Inuit language and culture http://www.tusaalanga.ca/splash Tusaalanga (Inuit language learning) http://www.pirurvik.ca/en/programs
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Globalization is the process through which events and decisions in one part of the world have come to affect people in quite another part of the world. One proof of this is the emergence of a global economy‚ in which it as become increasingly difficult to regulate the international flow of monetary funds globally (IMF)‚ Although when we talk about globalization‚ its not all always about the economy. Globalization can be further categorized into cultural globalization‚ economic globalization‚ and political globalization
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feel as though I have a few different cultural identities that I value and identify with. Everyone has a culture that that they are a part of and most often there is more than one culture to which we belong. The experience we gain from associating with these different cultures help shape us into the individuals that we are. Every aspect of our present has been greatly influenced by our past experiences and environment we were associated with. The two main cultural identities that I feel I identify with
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Cultural Artifacts Could you image going through your whole life‚ without a cell phone? Many of us have become accustom to the new technology that allows us to communicate so effectively. Today the world uses technology in almost everything it does. No modern artifact has the capability to be so incredibly noticeable and brilliantly built as the cell phone. Cell phones play a huge role in our daily lives. They are an item that every one possesses from‚ children‚ students‚ workers‚ parents‚ and etc
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