different cultures. Individuals from different cultures or background often carry an attitude that their own culture is superior to that of others. This hampers communication between groups from different cultures. For example: an individual who is ethnocentric in nature often is under the impression that anyone who doesn’t belong to their group is either strange or inferior. This perception prevents healthy social and political communication between the two parties. Power This is the ability to influence
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Introduction 1) Does Louie have a problem‚ or are the people who made the negative comments about Louie just being too sensitive? According to the article‚ the manager named Louie does have problem. The people who made the negative comments are not being too sensitive since the comments about him are true although he may not realize that. Louie has discrimination problem against female (para.3 and 8)‚ homosexual (para. 4)‚ older people (para. 5) and other races of people
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Top of Form Question 1. Question : Which of the following is an example of an etic description of teen pregnancy in America? Student Answer: One of my friends in high school got pregnant in her sophomore year. She and the father decided to keep the baby‚ got married and just celebrated their 10th anniversary. They both finished college and have good jobs now. It just goes to show that people can overcome teen pregnancy and become successful parents. Although popular opinion sometimes
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IHRM Review Questions – Interim Exam 1. Introduction to the Logic of the Course 1. What is human resource management (HRM) the policies and practices involved in carrying out the “people” or human resource aspects of a management position‚ including recruiting‚ screening‚ training‚ rewarding‚ and appraising. 2. What is the purpose of HRM? 3. Identify and define HRM activities (practices) a. Strategic Human resource management b. Job analysis - The procedure for determining the duties
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Chapter 3 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. According to the opening case McDonalds was able to succeed in India because of: A. India ’s love of beef. B. India ’s love of pork. C. relationship networks. D. customers wanted the "American" experience. E. collective help 2. _______ is an understanding of how cultural differences across and within nations can affect the way in which business is practiced. A. Cross-cultural literacy B. Cultural
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Culture and the Dominant Ideology Functionalist and conflict theorists agree that culture and society are mutually supportive‚ but for different reasons. Functionalists maintain that social stability requires a consensus and the support of society’s members; strong central values and common norms provide that support. This view of culture became popular in sociology beginning in the 1950s. It was borrowed from British anthropologists who saw cultural traits as a stabilizing element in a culture
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1. The broadening set of interdependent relationships among people from different parts of the world is known as ________. a. globalization b. Offshoring c. international business d. outsourcing 2. The term globalization is sometimes used to mean the ________. a. movement of jobs to low-wage countries b. business being undertaken outside the confines of any nation c. Uneven distribution of resources and their influence on different products and services in different parts of the world
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behavior or belief by a social analyst or scientific observer (a student or scholar of anthropology or sociology‚ for example)‚ in terms that can be applied across cultures; that is‚ an etic account attempts to be ’culturally neutral’‚ limiting any ethnocentric‚ political‚ and/or
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cultural expression of patriotism by Indians‚ of pride in the vast and rich history and heritage of India. 4. Japanocentrism: A belief that Japan should be the center of the world for its cultures‚ economy and politics. 5. Sinocentrism: Any ethnocentric perspective that regards China to be central or unique relative to other countries. Effects of ethnocentrism Ethnocentrism leads to stereotyping. Ethnocentrism leads to issues in the workplace & schools when it concerns languageTheEqual
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Jim Sciba 8/31/16 Origins of Ancient Civilization Essay #1 In the last 10‚000 years‚ the origins of domestication and the rise of cities and states are the hallmark for human progress leading up to the modern world. Despite the ethnocentric biases that entails‚ the development of densely populated cities and states has created many disadvantages and in comparison to small‚ family-based‚ egalitarian societies‚ it is more satisfying than living in cities and states. The development of densely populated
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