Reverse Culture Shock Lauren Falzone MBA61A MGT 667: Global Business Professor Thomas Beauford 14 October 2014 Culture shock is a psychological condition where a person experiences disorientation when they are suddenly exposed to a new and unfamiliar culture. Culture shock is a trauma that occurs when a person’s values and customers conflict with those of a new culture. Consequently‚ there is also something that is known as reverse culture shock which is when a person returns
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Reverse discrimination is defined as “discrimination in hiring‚ college admissions‚ etc. directed against members of certain social or racial groups‚ as white males‚ thought of as being dominant or having benefited from past discrimination against minority groups who are now favored‚ often as a result of affirmative action” (yourdictionary.com) Affirmative action was created as a remedy for racial discrimination. Its intent was to help people who were victims of discrimination (i.e.: family heritage
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A CASE STUDY ON SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN INDUSTRY – EXPERIENCES AND CONCLUSIONS P. Mandl-Striegnitz1‚ H. Lichter2 1 Software Engineering Group‚ University of Stuttgart 2 Department of Computer Science‚ Aachen University of Technology Abstract In this paper we present and discuss the findings of two case studies on software project management in industrial software development projects and the conclusions drawn from it. These studies were motivated to improve software project management
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Electronic waste From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For the EC directive‚ see Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. Defective and obsolete electronic equipment. Electronic waste‚ e-waste‚ e-scrap‚ or waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) describes discarded electrical or electronic devices. There is a lack of consensus as to whether the term should apply to resale‚ reuse‚ and refurbishing industries‚ or only to product that cannot be used for its intended purpose
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FOR BRAZIL‚ Russia‚ India and China‚ the acronym is BRIC. Out of these four counties the last two ‘IC’- India and China - are in limelight in the eyes of worldwide investors. Chinese dailies are full of the news of huge market capitalisation of top five Chinese companies‚ one of which (Petro China) has created a world record by being first company of the world to have market capitalisation of over one trillion dollars. This article compares the two hot countries of Asia. Comparison of economies
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Business logistics The way business is done was revolutionised by the Internet and caused emergence of the e-commerce. The main changes from the business perspective happened in the supply chain. Supply chain is important for any business‚ because it literally shows the way inputs go through to reach the customers. It is often very sophisticated and complex‚ but simple version could be shown in the following scheme: As far as the logistics is concerned‚ we can look closely to that aspect
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Shrader Tire / Retread Tire Industry Industry Analysis October 31‚ 2012 Competitive Environment Introduction The retread tire market is extremely competitive market due to the constant technological improvements in the industry and the ever changing Federal and local guidelines they must follow. It is extremely easy to enter the retread market‚ but it is hard to stay competitive in this market. They keep up to date on
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say a dentist office than I thought went into commercial buildings. He is not a government employee‚ but the majority of his work involves contracts and jobs that are government buildings. I asked him about the expected growth in that particular industry and he replied that there are plenty of buildings needed to be re-engineered and re built in the near future and each of these projects are typically one year to a couple year projects. He told me that his company is scheduled out with contracts
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from mine . . .” Have you ever had the sentiments like the quote above? Have you ever felt like you are a stranger with your friends‚ or worse‚ your family after a homecoming? If yes‚ I bet you were experiencing “reverse culture shock.” 1. What is “Reverse culture shock”? Reverse culture shock is the shock suffered by some people return home after a number of years overseas. This can result in unexpected difficulty in readjusting to the culture and values of the home country‚ now that the
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References: Reading Lists Fuller‚ J. B.‚ O’Conor‚ J.‚ and Rawlinson‚ R.‚ May-June 1993‚ “Tailored Logistics: The Next Advantage”‚ Harvard Business Review. Hutt‚ M. D.‚ and Speh‚ T. W.‚ 1998‚ “Business Marketing Management – A Strategic View of Industrial and organisational Markets”‚ Dryden Press. Walters‚ D.‚ 2002‚ “Operations Strategy”‚ Palgrave Macmillan
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