from?”‚ “How old are you?”‚ “Are you married?”‚ “What is your job?” etc. Gradually his face grows grim and he leaves. You might think he is so rude. However‚ is this because of him? What make him so angry? The answer is an understanding of other cultures. Most Koreans think these questions are needed when they become friends with a person who meet for the first time but it is different in western countries. Many people do not understand the reason why they have to learn other country’s culture when
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THE DETERMINANTS OF THE NUMBER OF HR STAFF IN ORGANISATIONS: THEORY AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE JOS VAN OMMEREN CHRIS BREWSTER Cranfield School of Management Cranfield Bedford MK43 0AL UK E-mail: J.Van_Ommeren@cranfield.ac.uk. Tel: + 44 (0) 1234-751122; Fax: + 44 (0) 1234 751276. April 1999 ABSTRACT The current paper develops a range of hypotheses about the determinants of the human resources staff ratios in organisations and tests them using empirical survey data from European organisations
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HUM/176 MEDIA AND AMERICAN CULTURE Week 4 Discussion questions Week 4 DQ 1 The Week Four Tool wire Learnscape explores the effectiveness of using social media to bring attention to WhizBang Games. In general‚ do you think the benefits outweigh the problems of publicizing any business in this way? Why‚ or why not? Week 4 DQ 2 · Social media appears to add different benefits and values. What benefits do social media offer for your personal use? What type of negative experiences‚ if any
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My roommate once told me that she could recognize Asians from different countries by just looking at them. I do agree with her. I think even though Chinese Korean and Japanese are all Asians‚ there are a lot of differences between their appearances. These differences not only caused by original looking‚ but also their clothes due to different cultural backgrounds. After I came to America where there are people coming from all over the world‚ I did realize that people from different country wear
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Intercultural Paper I interviewed Kotryna Klizentyte‚ who is from Lithuania. Kotryna’s family is from Lithuania‚ where she was born. Unfortunately‚ when Kotryna was young‚ her parents separated and got divorced‚ her mom went to America with $50 and made it and was able to save enough and start a new life bringing Kotryna and her sister over to America. Kotryna was about three years old when she came to America. Though she has lived in America for the majority of her life‚ she feels attached
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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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How does culture impact negotiation internationally? In every international negotiation‚ the chance of succeeding increases with the understanding of the culture. When negotiating an agreement the main point is to come to a conclusion‚ as near as possible what the different parties want (Fisher and Ury‚ 1983). We can define international negotiation as: “…the process of a consideration of an international dispute or situation by peaceful means‚ other than judicial or arbitral processes‚ with
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of the impact to the organization with regards to the challenges in managing the “balancing act” between recruiting and retaining the employees‚ which appears to be critical for Resorts World Berhad RWB (thereafter referred to as RWB). Whilst recruitment is a major task‚ retaining‚ plus people development through training and retraining are challenges that need be managed in view of the high staff turnover within RWB. Being one of the biggest Genting’s subsidiary and entertainment and leisure arms
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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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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. There are numerous definitions of culture but I will use the definition of the interpretive approach and Clifford Geertz’s‚ which defines culture as a meaning system which
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