I. INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION. FRAMEWORK "...the single greatest barrier to business success is the one erected by culture." Edward T. Hall and Mildred Reed Hall Why study Intercultural Communication? Cultural diversity and multiculturalism are the realities of everyday life for almost everyone. The growth of interdependence of people and cultures in the global society of the twenty-first century has forced us to pay more attention to intercultural issues. In order to live and function
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Intercultural Communication March 17‚ 2014 MGMT 316 Colorado Technical University-Online Instructor Alan Witty Abstract The purpose of this paper is to discuss and explain the hurdles that you come in contact with when deal with business ventures involving people from multiple countries. The communication can be difficult to understand and it is important to clarify and make it as easy as possible for everyone involved. Helping those of other countries meld and minle with one another can be difficult
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Intercultural Communication in a Global Workplace Wilhemenia M Maxey Hana‚ A Joint Venture Between Health Snacks and Toka Foods March 09‚ 2013 Professor Marcus Payne Trinity International University The world consists of different countries. Every country has its own unique culture. People come from different countries have different belief and different customs. But with the globalization increasing‚ world is becoming smaller and smaller. Different people from different countries
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information on the cultural and linguistic diversity of the Gold Coast community‚ please view the social profile document at: www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/t_standard.aspx?pid=6634 Avoid cultural misunderstanding Cultural differences can sometimes lead to misunderstanding in the community or the workplace. Misunderstandings can occur around the simplest things‚ such as: n n n n n n n food language greetings gestures facial expressions eye contact touching n n n n n n pointing self expression
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the difference between cultures‚ the greater the chance for misunderstanding. Cultural differences are listed in four categories: Contextual‚ Legal and Ethical‚ Social‚ and Nonverbal. Cultural context is the pattern of physical cues‚ environmental stimuli‚ and implicit understanding that conveys meaning between members of the same culture. High context cultures encourage lengthy decision making‚ concentrating on everything detail‚ and avoids confrontation and debate. Whereas low-context cultures emphasize
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Plagiarism and how to avoid it for students 2009/10 What is this booklet about? Respecting authorship through good academic practice is one of the key values of higher education in the UK. Contents page 4 – Introduction page 4 – What is authorship? page 5 – What is plagiarism? Plagiarism is the term used to describe the misuse of authorship. It is a serious academic offence and is treated as such by the University of Essex. This booklet and the accompanying website (URL opposite) have been
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1.1. List your culture? Answer Shona culture 1.2 List the other person’s culture Answer Xhosa culture 1.3 Distinguish according to Hofstede ‚ any four differences between your culture and that other person’s culture and provide an example for each dimension? Answer. Individualism vs collectivism. The xhosa people have tightly knitted social frame networks‚ their primary concern is the entire group compared to a single person. Members depend strongly on extended family groups and
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INTERCULTURAL MANAGEMENT “Managers must recognize the values that they share with the people of other cultures in order to understand the values of those cultures different from their own.” Dr. Ian Lawrence. Leads Metropolitan University. Date: 15/06/2014 For Nakib Ahmed Business Management 104 By-Vishwas Kolla Prakash‚ Vivek Patel‚ Selina Szito and Shivudu Godda. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Intercultural management is also called as cross cultural management. It is very important to know about
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International and Intercultural Communication Ashford International and Intercultural Communication BUS600 July 27‚ 2014 International and Intercultural Communication International and Intercultural Communications have been of great interest to the Hofstede Centre for many years. In fact Geert Hofstede’s dimensions of culture have been the most widely disseminated of all theories. Hofstede’s five cultural dimensions are‚ “1) Power Distance‚ 2) Individualism or Collectivism‚ 3) Masculinity-Femininity
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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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