Cultural Misunderstandings | |[pic] This is a collection of interesting (and sometimes tragic) incidents of cross-cultural miscommunication. They emphasize the importance of appreciating cultural differences when traveling or working abroad. [pic] An American supervisor on an oil rig in Indonesia shouted at his timekeeper to take a boat to shore. Since one never berates an Indonesian in public‚ a mob of outraged workers chased the supervisor with axes! ~ Managers
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I once had a significant misunderstanding‚ and it ended a relationship I didn’t want to end‚ but some of me thinks it was suppose to happen. So most people at my age have a Myspace profiles‚ so like them I do have a Myspace. Myspace is place where I can chat with friends and write some of my poems. But EVERY person’s Myspace has a password‚ that no one else knows. But someone knew mine‚ when I didn’t know they knew it. My relationship was going up and down a hill these days. Somehow I knew it
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Cultural Misunderstandings Darcy Lingg PSYC3540 – Culture‚ Ethnicity & Diversity Capella University March 2014 My example of a cultural misunderstanding is between a doctor and a Chinese patient. Are you drinking plenty of fluids? < Patient thoughts: I wonder why he is asking me that‚ what it is with these people and water > I don’t like the water here. It’s too cold. I don’t know what’s wrong with people here that they drink that. Really??? And what happens when you drink the
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Misunderstanding #1 In my first example I was the sender. My role in the conversation is the District Manager. As the district manager at J P Morgan Chase‚ there are times when I have to engage in difficult conversations with my subordinates. I’ve got one subordinate in particular named Gayle who is the receiver of a specific message. She has always been unaccountable for her actions and typically combative towards anyone who is providing her with negative feedback. During our reading assignment
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model 2 2.2. Phonological elements of communication 3 2.3. Prosodic elements of communication 4 3. Miscommunication – Problems in the auditory channel 6 3.1. Hearing and Listening 6 3.2. Channel- based and interactional- related miscommunication 8 3.3. Sender and receiver related miscommunication 8 3.3.1 Prosodic problems 9 3.3.2 Phonological problems 10 4. Analysis of miscommunication 11 4.1. A phonological problem 11 4.2. Hearing and Listening 12 4.3. Prosody and homophones 14 5.
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Communication Misunderstanding Assignment 1.1 Example 1 Who was the sender? My line supervisor (EA sports packaging and distribution) Who was the receiver? Me (Machine Operator) What was the message? “Pick it up!” What channel was used to send the message? Verbal What was the misunderstanding that occurred? I did not understand how much I should “pick it up.” The result was me turning my machine up to a speed that caused issues further down the line and eventually halting production.
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“Paul’s Case‚” Paul‚ the protagonist views money as the key to escape his poor life and live the fabulous life he deserves. As other factors shape Paul’s way of viewing money as the escape route‚ it only leads him to an undesirable path. Paul’s misunderstanding of the value of money leads to unrelenting disappointments‚ resulting in his tragic downfall. “Paul’s Case” by Willa Cather tells a story of a young boy who dreams the life of riches. He sees his life as an embarrassment and is ashamed of his
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The first time I ever visited United States was in the year 2002‚ as a tourist. I was excited and nervous both and was really looking forward for my first ever –Western experience. I was travelling with my international driving license and rented a nice beautiful SUV. I was ready and in gear for my adventure to start. While coming out of the parking lot I honked couple of times‚ once when I was close to someone walking on the road and once at the gate of the car rental building as the driver in
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’Mistakes and misunderstandings are painful when they occur." nevertheless as life goes on‚ these occurrences turn into experience that add value to relationships and life. When asked to define what a mistake really is‚ one would say it is an act of misdoing or perhaps even an error of judgement. However‚ as the word itself suggests‚ such misdoings are unintentional and the doer cannot be fully blamed for his/ her inaccurate action. on the other hand‚ a misunderstanding maybe elucidated as an unfortunate
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English 101 20 June 2012 A Cultural Misunderstanding Dr. Barbara Ehrenreich better known as a myth buster is best known for her non-fiction reportage‚ book reviews and social commentary. Her reviews‚ essays‚ op-eds‚ and feature articles have been widely published and have appeared in Harper ’s Magazine‚ The New York Times‚ Time Magazine‚ The Wall Street Journal‚ Life Magazine‚ The New Republic‚ and the New Statesman. Ms. Ehrenreich received her Ph.D. from The Rockefeller University in 1998
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