1-4 INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION COMM 1502 Alexandra MacMurdo May 14‚ 2013 Chapter 1 1. Why is it important to think beyond ourselves as individuals in intercultural interactions? It is important to think beyond ourselves as individuals in intercultural interactions because the world is a melting pot filled with many people of different cultures living amongst other cultures. This makes intercultural communication inevitable to everyone. Additionally‚ having an intercultural interaction
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acquire national awareness or because of whatever reason to approach different cultures‚ people undertaking the study of communication with respect to the culture shall have in mind differences in the perception of the world: attitude systems civilizations have formed along centuries‚ particular beliefs‚ values and world views. 8.1 Types of Awareness Why study intercultural communication? The modern society feels more and more acutely the need of cross-cultural contacts and interaction. Hence
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Intercultural Communication - Reflection Paper I would like to discuss‚ reflect on and analyse Hofstede’s cultural patterns. Based on my personal experiences and opinions I believe Hofstede has to some extent attempted to successfully classify different nations and cultures into their predominant dimensions‚ however it is not without its flaw. Of the four dimensions Hofstede has identified‚ I will explain two. The notion of power distance (PD) has proven to be a relatively
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Yevgeniya Zhdanova. Intercultural communication. Learning diary. Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart. Mahatma Gandhi. Culture is complex‚ abstract and pervasive matrix of social elements that functions as an all-encompassing form or pattern for living by laying a predictable world in which an individual is firmly oriented. Culture is individual and universal! This is a very complex concept that includes life‚ art‚ science‚ individual
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Intercultural Communication Intercultural communication is now a common experience as a result of globalisation. It is extremely important to understanding how culture impacts on employee relationships and communication as it can affect the success of multinational and culturally diverse businesses. Hofstede (1984) defines culture as “the mental programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one human group from another”. Intercultural communication refers to the communication between
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Chapter 1 Studying Intercultural Communication * This chapter offers six reasons or imperatives for studying intercultural communications * Economics * The workplace * Businesses must be more attentive to diversity issues * As the workforce becomes more diverse‚ their will be more problems * Benefits * Speaking different languages * Seeing new business markets * Marketing products to different
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Intercultural Communication in Multinational Corporations Why is the Walt Disney Company so successful? 跨国公司中的跨文化交际 华特迪士尼公司何以如此成功？ A Thesis Proposal Submitted to Foreign Languages Department In Candidate for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts By Liu‚ Meng Supervised by Professor Fan‚ Peilin Capital University of Economics and Business Beijing‚ 12/2011 Introduction As the process of globalization develops continuously‚ multinational
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Intercultural Communication Slide 1: Introduce the topic Slide 2: Introduce the outline of the report Slide 3: First and foremost we need to start by giving a working definition of the term Intercultural Communication. What are we describing when we utter this term? We are of course very much familiar with communication. However for this term the concept “Intercultural” is added. Now‚ we can break down this word into its basic parts: Inter‚ a Latin prefix‚ which means between or among
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Meaningful communication implies that the sender and the receiver of a message must share a mutual opinion of the meaning of the message (Reynolds & Valentine‚ 2011). Thus‚ much is required to reach a mutual understanding in a communication process‚ especially when the sender and the receivers of the message come from different cultures. A culture can defined as something that unites people of with common interests. The idea of culture is closely related to concepts such as common sets of values
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ESSAY OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION SEX GENDER AND BIOLOGY ARE BEHAVIOUR DIFFERENCES BIOLOGICALLY BASED? Many people think that there are inbuilt differences of behavior between women and men which appears in all cultures‚ for instance‚ in almost all cultures men rather than women go hunting and warfare and it shows that biologically men tend to be more aggressive than women. The level of aggressiveness of males varies vast between different cultures. Women are supposed to be more passive or
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