Cross Cultural Communication Deanndra Johnson HCA/230 September 20th‚ 2013 Phyllis B. Phillips There are six principals in cross-cultural communication. The first principal states that the greater the cultural difference the greater the chance is for the communication ti break down. The second principal says that when communication breakdowns occur during cross-cultural encounters‚ the breakdowns are most often attributed to cultural differences. The third
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1) Read the following two cases (Source: Cellich – Jain: Global Business Negotiations) and answer the questions after each case. You can do this either individually or with a partner. Assessment Pass/Fail. 2) Culture has a great impact on different types of negotiations. Find out the general features of business culture in your home country and how you negotiate in your own culture. Case 1 Background Brown Casual shoes‚ Inc. located in Houston‚ Texas‚ is a second-generation family-owned
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Social norms are created through both cultural values and presentation of self‚ with these concepts of reality being constantly learned throughout our lives by means of social interaction as well as outside influences such as media‚ movies‚ television‚ and even observing strangers. Through these interactions and influences we determine what is publically acceptable in our society and conform ourselves to these social norms in order to remain in sync‚ by upholding our self presentation and social
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Moral schools of thought dictate ethical behavior‚ however‚ every culture assigns ethical and moral values differently (Lecture 1). Without a moral or ethical structure‚ society would not prosper. Clashing cultural values make defining morality complicated. Ethicists argue the minimum conception of morality establishes a starting point based on reason that defines and installs a code of morality or ethics. The minimum conception of morality is an “effort to guide one’s conduct by reason—that is
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Cross-Cultural Perspectives Debra Blackwelder ETH-316 MAy 12‚ 2014 Chuck Thompson Cross-Cultural Perspectives When an organization goes global‚ there are new social and ethical issues that arise. A company like Wal-Mart is no different. Wal-Mart is considered a retail giant and one of the largest companies in the world. It has grown as a staple in America as well as on an international platform‚ touching base in countries such as Japan and China. Wal-Mart is the largest retailer and the largest
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Cultural Identity Barrera Vianney English P:1st We live in a world where no one is the same. We all go through things because of the way we look‚ speak‚ what we believe in‚ our social status‚ or where we come from. We are all different. Those differences are what makes us special. Sometimes what makes us special makes us feel left out too. I have felt left out in some points of my life. I think everyone has felt left out at some time. Throughout my life I have‚ especially now
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In the essay “Cultural Literacy‚” E.D. Hirsh argues that raising our literacy levels cannot solely depend on researching new and varies “teaching techniques”‚ but by implementing “cultural literacy” into our school curricula. In fact‚ he suggests that educational institutions steer away from teaching “cultural literacy” in fear of “imposing cultures and ideologies” which is a factor in the decline of literacy. He references a couple of experiments which helped him realized that students weren’t literate
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We are considered fortunate to live in the world that we do today. Material things seem to be bountiful‚ science and technology simply keeps on advancing‚ and we are all busy and hard at work in school or making money to achieve certain things in life by whatever means. In particular‚ science and technology has introduced so many significant inventions and conveniences to society that we cannot help but feel that we need to have these things. The products and services out there being advertised
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Influences on Arizona Teachers Learning Team C EDU /301 May 27‚ 2013 Danielle Voyer Influences on Teachers in Arizona Teachers have to be resilient‚ persistent‚ considerate‚ and willing to wear more than one hat at all times to be an exceptional educator. As an educator in Arizona‚ one will encounter positive and negative influences to overcome. However‚ one believes in his or her own personal philosophy this will be motivation to work even harder to educate students
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Subject: Culture shock When we think about traveling‚ we don’t usually think about the "side effects" that it might have. Now‚ I’m going to talk about one of them that is called "culture shock" and try to connect with the experience I had abroad. Culture shock is a subject that’s been studied for many psychologists and can be defined as a feeling of uncertainty‚ confusion or anxiety that people experience when they live in or visit a different culture. In the studies they classified that in
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