able to communicate effectively. When dealing with global business‚ one must be an effective intercultural communicator. It is important for those involved in intercultural communication to avoid ethnocentrism‚ which is “the belief that one’s own cultural group is superior” (Ober‚ 2003‚ p. 50). One must embrace ethno-relativism‚ which is consists of acceptance of acceptance‚ adaptation‚ and integration of other cultures. Although‚ language is important‚ effective intercultural communicators have
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Cross Cultural Perspectives: Microsoft Daniel St.Germain Eth 316 June 25‚ 2013 Darci Drury Cross Cultural Perspectives: Microsoft This is the age of globalization. All across the world boundaries of culture‚ class‚ and country are traversed like so many steps taken to one’s mailbox. In this essay there will be discussion of one company‚ namely Microsoft‚ and the subsequent issues it faced in light of being a global organization. In addition‚ there will also be discussion of what a business
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CROSS CULTURAL MANAGEMENT Under these conditions it is obvious that corporations very often operate in different countries and deal with people from other nations. The Company that makes business outside the home country encounters some difficulties. There are significant differences among countries according to their culture and this affects their relationships between trade partners or cooperating companies. This subject very often is described by Lisbeth Clausen. She is a professor that associates
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Cross-Cultural Understanding There are many various culture in the world‚ each country has different culture. It can be different in‚ communication‚ behaviour‚ habits‚ etc. actually‚ the differences of culture not only happen in a different country‚ in a country it can be. The differences of cultures happens when people come to new place‚ to communicate‚ to visit‚ or to live overseas. With the various purpose‚ such as‚ vacation or holiday‚ study‚ business‚ or work. This differences of culture will
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1.0. CROSS CULTURAL EXPERIENCES 1.1. INTERNSHIP Back in 2010 when I was still a student at Singapore Polytechnic‚ I was fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to serve my internship at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). I must emphasize‚ that the 6 months spent was one of the most memorable life experience I have had. Personally it opened my eyes to what I’ll call the ‘real’ working environment‚ as the previous jobs I held were mainly serving as an assistant in retail (part-time). I termed
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Cross Cultural Communication A country that was annexed by another country is sure to have exchanged or been impacted culturally and in many other aspects. An excellent example of this could be the British India. India was ruled over by Britishers for almost 350 years. Therefore‚ many traits and systems in India today are derived from the time they were under the British rule. One of the most vivid illustrations of this is the schooling system and English as a medium language for teaching and
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Cross-Cultural Perspectives Cross-Cultural Perspectives Coca-Cola sells in more than 200 countries‚ has been in business for 125 years‚ and has almost 140‚000 employees ("The Coca-Cola Company"‚ 2011). Coca-Cola started in 1886 by a pharmacist named Dr. John Pemberton ("History of Coca-Cola"‚ 2011). In the 1900’s Coca-Cola expanded its’ bottling operations in Guam and Europe. By the 1920’s Coca-Cola expanded its’ bottling operations to 10 other countries. In the 1930’s Coca-Cola entered three
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Cross-Cultural Communication “Communication in health care is a complex issue. Language and cultural barriers complicate the situation. Language is the framework in which the world view of a culture is molded‚ and it describes the boundaries and perspectives of a cultural system. A language barrier disarms a communicant ’s ability to assess meanings‚ intent‚ emotions‚ and reactions and creates a state of dependency on the individual who holds the keys to the entire process” (Putsch‚ 1985‚ para
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The purpose of this essay to demonstrate the cultural differences between the UK manager going to work as an expatriate manager in Colombia. By taking into consideration Hofstede‚ Bond‚ Trompenaars and other cross cultural management researchers to advise the UK manager about the Colombian culture‚ taking into consideration the differences between leadership styles‚ decision making‚ recruitment and selection‚ motivation‚ planning and team versus individual working.The reason for selecting Colombia
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Cross Cultural Communication Mohamed Elamin Date: 02/23/2011 City University of Seattle Abstract This paper is about comparing and contrasting the American style of communication and that of Bahrain. Different countries have their own interpretation for every single issue based on their culture background and their way of thinking. The most significant characteristics of American culture are: individualism‚ equality‚ competition‚ freedom and privacy‚ action orientation‚ directness‚ particularity
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