Case Study: “From Regional Star to Global Leader” (taken from Harvard Business Review January 2009) Seminar Paper in Intercultural Competence International Business BSc/MBA at ESB Business School Reutlingen University SS 2011 Author: Tiffany Yoko Wendler Tiffany_Yoko_Margarete.Wendler@Student.Reutlingen-University.DE Matriculation number: 702746 Supervisor: Mr. Muenscher Submission Date: September 15‚ 2011 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Analysis 3 Conclusion
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Business Communication Quarterly http://bcq.sagepub.com/ Intercultural Communication Apprehension and Emotional Intelligence in Higher Education: Preparing Business Students for Career Success Lisa T. Fall‚ Stephanie Kelly‚ Patrick MacDonald‚ Charles Primm and Whitney Holmes Business Communication Quarterly 2013 76: 412 originally published online 18 September 2013 DOI: 10.1177/1080569913501861 The online version of this article can be found at: http://bcq.sagepub.com/content/76/4/412
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The Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity The Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS) was created by Dr. Milton Bennett (1986‚ 1993) as a framework to explain the reactions of people to cultural difference. In both academic and corporate settings‚ he observed that individuals confronted cultural difference in some predictable ways as they learned to became more competent intercultural communicators. Using concepts from cognitive psychology and constructivism‚ he
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of cultural adaptation there are many theories. This essay‚ essentially‚ will analyse in depth the opinion of a Professor in the Department of Language and Business communication - Hanne Tange - ‚ whos major is inside the field of Intercultural communication‚ in opposite cultural and shock adaptation proposed by Sverre Lysgaard in 1995. At first‚ Tange illustrates in her article ‘In a cultural No Man’s Land – or‚ how long does culture shock last?’ the meaning of sojourn‚ a
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Introduction The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the importance of intercultural negotiation‚ and the reasons hereof. Equally so‚ it is to explain the differences between two closely linked concepts‚ namely international negotiations and intercultural negotiations. An account of Bülow and Kumar’s (2011) objections about the relevance of national culture is presented‚ and finally‚ the concepts of conflicting findings‚ imprecision in terminology and essentialism are discussed in further
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Candle’s Tour de France MGB225 Intercultural Communication and Negotiation Skills Assessment 1 Name: Raya Korudova Student ID: 9385584 Tutor’s Name: Ken Huxley Word Count: 1606 1. Executive Summary Possessing cultural awareness is of an extreme importance when it comes to doing business internationally. The European Negotiations Southern Candle’s Tour de France case study illustrates its significance as it points out a lot of intercultural‚ verbal and non-verbal communication
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On the left is an image preview of every page of this document‚ and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed: Q1. What skills‚ attitudes or values do you think should be emphasized in development programs designed to prepare managers to manage a diverse workforce? If you were asked to develop a four-hour workshop for managers‚ what content and activities would you include? Answer: Diversity can be defined in a broad perspective in terms of race‚ gender‚ ethnicity‚ age‚ national origin
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Theme 1) Insiders and Outsiders: Although strategies for reducing intergroup tensions do exist‚ it is unlikely that misunderstandings and hostility can ever be entirely eliminated: agree or disagree. Name: Student #: Seminar Section: Professor: Class: Course Code: Due: Submitted: It is through extensive research in international relationships with the ever-present theme of insiders and outsiders that this essay has been cultivated. While strategies to reduce intergroup tensions exist;
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Name- Raunaq Jain Class- ENG W131 2868 Lane Rogers 11/30/2011 SA4- New Realization My interview with Pauline Archembault a ENG- W131 (Multilingual Version) teacher at Indiana University helped me bridge a gap between Kwasi Mensha’s “International Students in the U.S.: Trends‚ Cultural Adjustments‚ and Solutions for a Better Experience” and Michael Smithee’s “US Classroom Culture”. The article with a real person helped me get answers to questions that were unanswered in the two essays. My issue
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Intercultural Conflict and Organizations During our lifetime‚ we are bound to become part of an organization. With America becoming more and more diverse‚ it has led to a rise in intercultural organizations. Anytime you have individuals of different ethnic backgrounds‚ there is a chance for some type of communication conflict. When people from different areas of the world engage in conflict‚ they often have different expectations of how the conflict should be dealt with. Conflict is a clash of
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