Globalization Note Series Pankaj Ghemawat and Sebastian Reiche National Cultural Differences and Multinational Business The eminent Dutch psychologist‚ management researcher‚ and culture expert Geert Hofstede‚ early in his career‚ interviewed unsuccessfully for an engineering job with an American company. Later‚ he wrote of typical cross-cultural misunderstandings that crop up when American managers interview Dutch recruits and vice versa: “American applicants‚ to Dutch eyes‚ oversell themselves
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With the expansion of business across so many borders there is a greater amount of interaction between cultures that previously‚ did not communicate. This can cause a great deal of confusion and require businesses to update their understanding and appreciation for the differences between cultures. Cultures vary widely throughout the world‚ and with these variations in culture come differences in communication style and expectations. Through a greater understanding of cultural differences and a
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Julie Carnes Culture Shock SOC 120 University of Phoenix If I were visiting the villages of the Yanomamo I would need to prepare myself in more ways than one. Since culture shock affects you emotionally‚ physically‚ and mentally you would need to prepare yourself for what you were about to experience. Since culture shock can either happen right away or after being some place different for a few days‚ it’s important to plan ahead. If I were planning a trip to Venezuela or Brazil‚ where the
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CULTURE SPEECH Culture is a way of life for a group of people--the beliefs‚ values‚ norms‚ and symbols that people often accept without thinking about them. A culture is a way of living that is often passed along through communication‚ observation‚ and imitation. You will now deliver an informative speech about the history‚ traditions‚ or customs that are significant to your own culture‚ or a culture that fascinates you. When devising your speech‚ you may consider how a culture’s traditions
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Vissing (2011) explains culture as “an organized system of living and thinking. It contains shared attitudes‚ values‚ goals‚ and behaviors that are present in individuals‚ groups‚ organizations‚ or regions of the world” (p. 24). Describe some of the ways that the role of culture can shape our expectations about how people are supposed to behave? Use the following terms in your explanation: values‚ norms‚ material‚ status‚ groups and roles. Culture can shape our expectations about how people are
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The Maasai Culture The group in cultural anthropology that I would like to study as a cultural anthropologist is the Maasai. From prior knowledge‚ I have learned that the Maasai are a cultural group that resides in vast open spaces in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa. The Maasai are found in countries such as Kenya and Tanzania‚ and their lifestyles are a reflection of the environment in which they live. One of the aspects that I find the most interesting about the Maasai is that they
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that is unmistakably present. Lately they have been joined by a new vogue word‚ "culture"‚ a sort of upwardly mobile‚ perhaps more professional‚ version of what would once have been called "team spirit". In cricket it aims to put a name to the community created by the members of a team that makes them hard to beat - although it is more often defined in the negative - a weakness identified as the outcome of a "poor culture". The word was used 15 times in the Argus review in the context of it being "poor"
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I NTERNATIONAL CULTURE Contents Objectives of the chapter Introduction 131 Places and people differ. The Japanese tend to be very polite‚ the Australians characteristically blunt. Red means “danger” or “stop” to the British‚ but in Turkey it signifies death and in China‚ good fortune. In France getting into a grande école tends to guarantee good job prospects whereas in Saudi Arabia the wealth and status of your family is far more important. What is culture? 131 The importance
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The Individualist concept of culture refers to being more self-centered and emphasize mostly on their individual goals. People from individualistic cultures tend to think only of themselves as individuals and as "I" distinctive from other people. They prefer clarity in their conversations to communicate more effectively and come in general directly to the point. People in individualistic cultures emphasize their success/achievements in job or private wealth and aiming up to reach more and/or a
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Semai Culture. You will understand what their economy is‚ their beliefs are‚ the social organization of that culture‚ and the gender relations. I will also‚ explain how they live‚ and how they raise their children. This is called ethnology and or ethnographies. At the end of the research‚ I will be comparing the Semai culture to the North American culture we will see how these two cultures are alike or different. It will be interesting to see how our culture compares to that of the Semai culture.
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