suggested cultural competence is as an ethical obligation and cross -cultural skills should be placed on a level of parity with other specialized skills (2009). Within each culture exists an incredible diversity of groups and subgroups (2011). Achieving a base of knowledge for each group creates a challenge. Social workers are affected by the way they grow up and their own culture. They will form stereotypes and biases. A post-modern perspective turns our attention to our own cultural baggage. We
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Executive Summary This assignment is to analyze the U.S. culture and Japanese culture by using Hofstede’s 5 cultural dimensions and Trompenaars’s cultural dimensions. According to the Wal-Mart’s Japanese strategy case to distinguish the difference culture in Japan compare with U.S. There are some problems that Wal-Mart may encounter which are Japan’s current distribution system‚ people’s traditional thinking of low price equate low quality and people would not going big shopping. The inherent
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Q23: And how do you think‚ do these differences which you have mentioned on the cross-cultural communication and how are they minimized within the company? Yes‚ that’s the same thing‚ these issues are minimized by surveying‚ we surveyed the Russian product owners‚ we surveyed the American people who deal with them and we listed the issues‚ we gave a guideline document to Russia‚ how to better communicate‚ we gave a guideline document to Americans‚ how to better communicate. And that’s how you minimize
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review of the relevant theories and models relating to the area. You also need to detail the relevance of your chosen area to the assignment scenario‚ with respect to the cross-cultural challenges/difficulties that it would pose for the organisation detail the relevant theories & models and the potential cross-cultural difficulties that could arise as a result of culture shock & adjustment back up your arguments using appropriate theories & models and appropriate real life examples
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Cross-Cultural Realities at Work John Doe Motivation and Leadership Professor: Frank Franks June 10‚ 2012 Cross-Cultural Realities at Work I conducted an interview with my neighbor who has a very different cultural background than my own and who does a job that is much different than my own. I would first like to give a brief overview of things that we discussed and then I will take this information and try to answer questions of culture‚ values‚ work‚ behaviors‚ and give insight into communicating
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‘collaborative dialogue‚ where participants learn with support from each other’ (Ashton et. Al.‚ 2008‚ p. 10). Where staff and families are different from cultural and linguistic and their cultural communication practices. Knowing about aspect such as body language‚ forms of address‚ eye contact and personal space can help promote effective cross-cultural communication. When educators are knowledgeable about experiences‚ social practices and languages that children bring from home‚ they are able to ‘include
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Table of contents 1 Introduction 2 Fiji Culture 3 Festivals of Fiji 4 City Festivals of Fiji 4 Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day 4 The Lovo Feast 4 Culture 5 The Three Cultures Model 5 Cultural Frameworks and Dimensions 6 Hofstede 6 Trompenaars & Hampden-Turner 7 Hall 8 The Johari Window 9 GLOBE Research 10 Comparison of Cultural Frameworks and Dimensions
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Introduction Paper What is social welfare/social services? They are services/assistance provided by the government to help those in need. They help benefit the community‚ including things such as education and housing. The goal of social welfare is to fulfill the social‚ financial‚ health‚ and recreational requirements of all individuals in a society. Social welfare seeks to enhance the social functioning of all age groups‚ both rich and poor. Recipients of social welfare vary throughout the world
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Research Question: Depression according to the Cross-cultural and Behavioural Perspectives Mariam Magdalena Diallo Professor: Ms. Samineh Izedi I- Introduction: Depression is an illness that affects the psyche‚ the mind the soul and the physical aspects of the individual. Its symptoms are various and differ from one another. Through the Behavioural and Cross Cultural Perspectives within psychology’s theories clearly give a detailed explanation of this phenomenon. This essay will
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Russians and Americans. Throughout the 20th century‚ and often against serious odds‚ Russians and Americans have been falling in love and marrying. Visson‚ an interpreter and writer‚ herself married to a Russian‚ has interviewed some 100 of these cross-cultural couples and researched the lives of couples in the earlier part of this century in an effort to understand the strange mutual attraction between people whose countries were usually antagonists. While rational explanations can only partly answer
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