Introduction Increasing globalization requires more interaction among people from diverse cultures‚ beliefs‚ and backgrounds than ever before. People no longer live and work in an insular marketplace; they are now part of a worldwide economy with competition coming from nearly every continent. For this reason‚ organizations need diversity to become more creative and open to change. Therefore maximizing and capitalizing on workplace diversity has become an important issue for management today. Since
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Team Performance Management Emerald Article: Overcoming the problems of cultural differences to establish success for international management teams Malcolm Higgs Article information: To cite this document: Malcolm Higgs‚ (1996)‚"Overcoming the problems of cultural differences to establish success for international management teams"‚ Team Performance Management‚ Vol. 2 Iss: 1 pp. 36 - 43 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13527599610105547 Downloaded on: 26-01-2013
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International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management Emerald Article: Creating‚ Maintaining and Reinforcing a Customer Service Culture Richard A. Martin Article information: To cite this document: Richard A. Martin‚ (1992)‚"Creating‚ Maintaining and Reinforcing a Customer Service Culture"‚ International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management‚ Vol. 9 Iss: 1 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02656719210007545 Downloaded on: 07-02-2013 Citations: This document
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Brazil‚ my partner’s home country. There are many customs and courtesies one should understand to ideally communicate with a Brazilian. When greeting a Brazilian you kiss a woman once on each cheek‚ from left to right and you greet a male but giving him a handshake. Long handshakes are common in Brazil and good eye contact is important. (Maria-Brazil) There are a number of gestures
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Culture of Iceland 1. Physical or spatial distances * 1.2 m between two people while talking is appropriate. 2. Greeting protocol * An Icelander is called by his first name‚ because his or her surname is made up of his or her father ’s Christian name plus son (son) or dóttir (daughter). You may address men and women as Fru (Mrs.) and Herra (Mr.). * Common greetings include gódan daginn (good day)‚ gott kvöld (good evening)‚ and bless (goodbye). * Icelanders customarily
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HR articles: Workplace culture Workplace culture is often hard to describe‚ because it means something different in every organisation and many times employees feel it’s ‘just the way things are’. But so often it can define a company and when it’s not working well‚ everyone knows about it. Below are some blog posts on what culture in the workplace is and how to positively cultivate it throughout your business. The happier an employee is at work‚ the more productive they are. It’s never too late to
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5 Slave Culture: African or American Despite the abduction of millions of blacks from their homeland‚ slaves developed a strong familial camaraderie in America‚ retaining their African traditions as seen through dance‚ language‚ clothing and hairstyle. Although kinship ties were usually broken during the slavery process‚ blacks living on the same plantation created a strong-knit community that took part in festivals that highlighted the vibrant music and dancing of the African culture. Additionally
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Culture is the way of life in a specific group of people. Culture is sort of a blueprint for an individual society. The socially transmitted behaviors‚ patterns of thought‚ beliefs‚ arts‚ institutions‚ behavior‚ customs‚ traditions‚ language‚ rituals‚ music‚ literature‚ dress‚ and all other products of human work and thought compose a unique culture and human survival tool. These patterns and traits were considered as the expression of a certain period: Edwardian and Japanese culture‚ the culture
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Deaf Culture Carolyn Mason I was interested in immersing myself with this group because they are a community of people that I’ve often wondered about. I’ve always wondered about the way they communicate with others and was it hard being deaf or hearing impaired in some ways. As myself‚ I learned that most people feel uncomfortable when meeting a Deaf person for the first time and this is very normal. When we communicate with people‚ we generally don’t have to think about the process. When faced
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Korean Culture vs. Australian Culture > Korean and Australian culture seem to have only a few similarities‚ as Australia is a western country and Korea is an Asian country‚ and because of the different history‚ characters of people‚ and differences in surroundings. However‚ I am sure that there are a lot of similar features that people in both countries might have overlooked. In this paper‚ I will focus on finding the similarities and differences between Korean and Australian cultures especially
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