Hofstede article ‘Hofstede’s model of national cultural differences and their consequences: A triumph of faith – a failure of analysis’: In particular‚ McSweeney questions the plausibility of national cultures being systematically causal‚ i.e. that the identification of the differences causes or leads directly to the behaviour of the nation or people from that nation. McSweeney is also concerned that Hofstede ’s work has led others to believe that influential national cultures exist and that
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Puma’s Poor Intercultural Communication Karen Deal COMM 360 May 27‚ 2014 LaTrica Henegar‚ Ed.D‚ LPC‚ NCC Puma’s Poor Intercultural Communication In an age of new technology enabling one to work from anywhere in the world‚ important business decisions now effect citizens of more than one country. Business dealings with partners and customers from other countries entail communication with those from different cultural backgrounds. The following paragraphs provide an example of a corporation ’s
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For our homework‚ we had to think about the relationship between the video and an article about Stumbling Blocks in Intercultural Communication that is written by Barna. It was mainly talking about the problem of people who has misunderstanding on other country’s habits . After reading and watching my homework‚ I thought the first block and the third block is related to the white flower video and the fifth block is related to the baseball video and the Chinese fish video. I thought every video has
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Summary of Intercultural Communication Chapter 1: Defining Culture and Identities Aboriginals are the native people of Australia. Co-culture/subculture is a group that exists within a culture. Usually based on social class‚ ethnicity or geographic region. Cultural identity are people who identify themselves with a culture. Cultural studies is an approach that attempts to develop an ideal personification of the culture. This ideal is used to explain the actions of individuals
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Intercultural communication‚ from my point of view‚ it means if someone communicate with foreigners‚ how could he notice the differences and communicate with them gracefully because they have different languages and cultures. Nowdays‚ with the development of the world economy‚ the globalization has become an irreversible trend. Today’s society‚ unlike the previous which is closed‚ is a society of cultural fusion. Everyone in the world is easy to communicate with others by using lots of chat tools
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Effect of Cultural Globalization in Intercultural Communication A. Background It’s almost always about international trade‚ foreign investment‚ capital flow and all the rest. But what about culture‚ identity‚ traditions and ways of life; do these things amount to anything? True‚ globalization has various manifestations. If viewed strictly from economic terms‚ then the debate delves into trade barriers‚ protectionism and tariffs. Powerful countries demand that smaller countries break down all
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from outside their group tried to have a conversation and stepped too close they responded with nonverbal communication like having surprise facial expression and taking a couple of steps back . Nor would they try to keep the conversation up instead they tried to give simple answers and move away. One can argue that discrimination might be playing a role because of the lack of friendly communication. Discrimination cannot escape a society especially one with many ethnic groups smiliar to the RGV. Nonetheless
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COMM120 Intercultural Communication: Journal Report 1 Name: Ng Txx Hxx‚ Pxxxxx (SXXXX075I) http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/02/15/f-audio-photos-immigrant-canadian-children.html Children of immigrants caught between 2 cultures Second-generation Canadians open up about bullying at school‚ cultural conflict at home By John Rieti‚ CBC News Posted: Feb 15‚ 2012 3:04 PM ET | | | | | At Winnipeg’s Churchill High School‚ Ronia Arab just looks like a typical student. But
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Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Recognition of the intercultural communication 2.1 Recognition and equality 3 2.2 corporate culture 4 3. importance of the intercultural competence 3.1 to foster strengths and circumvent weaknesses
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Babel (2006) Babel is a film about communication. There are four main storylines‚ which involved four countries and five languages. However‚ the director used a rifle to link up the four stories together aptly‚ which makes it a coherent movie. The first storyline was about the married American couple‚ Richard and Susan. They travelled to Morocco‚ but Susan was shot during the journey. Another storyline was about the two brothers lived in Morocco‚ and one of them unintentionally shot Susan. The third
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