Discuss the concept of cultural capital Pierre Bourdieu developed the concept of cultural capital in order to attempt to explain the differences in educational outcomes in France during the 1960’s. Cultural capital is theorised as the forms of knowledge‚ skill‚ education; any advantages a person has which‚ give them a higher status in society‚ including high expectations (Nick Stevenson‚ 1995.pp.46-48). This differentiates economic and social status from the class agenda which‚ is rigidly
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Cross-Cultural Realities at Work John Doe Motivation and Leadership Professor: Frank Franks June 10‚ 2012 Cross-Cultural Realities at Work I conducted an interview with my neighbor who has a very different cultural background than my own and who does a job that is much different than my own. I would first like to give a brief overview of things that we discussed and then I will take this information and try to answer questions of culture‚ values‚ work‚ behaviors‚ and give insight into communicating
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Fachhochschule Köln Cologne University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Research paper of the discipline “Cross Cultural Competence SS 2012” Made by: Brovchenko Ekaterina Dzyuba Stanislav Shushunina Tatiana 2012 Content Summary 1.Targets
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Cross-Cultural Issues in Consumer Behavior SHARON SHAVITT University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign ANGELA Y. LEE Northwestern University CARLOS J. TORELLI University of Minnesota ne of the most difficult choices that multinational corporations face is deciding whether to run the same marketing campaign globally or to customize it to the local taste in different countries. In many cases‚ companies develop their marketing strategy in one country and then do "disaster checking" as
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Learning Outcomes Why do we need to specify them? What are Learning Outcomes: Learning outcomes are statements of a learning achievement and are expressed in terms of what the learner is expected to know‚ understand and be able to do on completion of the award or module. They may also include attitudes‚ behaviours‚ values and ethics. Learning outcomes are different from aims‚ in that they are concerned with the achievements of the learner‚ rather than the overall intentions of the tutor. Teaching
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1. Describe the five cross cultural values highlighted in the chapter. Using these dimensions of values‚ describe Malaysia. Values differ across cultures. Therefore‚ we need to understand these differences in order to explain and predict employees behavior from different countries. Some cultures value group decision‚ whereas others think that the leader should take charge. For an example‚ meetings in Germany usually start on time‚ whereas they might be half an hour late in Brazil or Malaysia
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Contents Summary 2 Introduction 3 1 Evaluations of factors which should be taken into account when deciding whether a local manager should be appointed or a current KeepWell Manager relocated to take over the leadership of each new site. 3 1.1. Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions 3 1.1.1. The Five Dimensions of Culture 3 • Power/Distance 3 • Individualism 4 • Masculinity 4 • Uncertainty/Avoidance Index 5 • Pragmatism 5 2 Prioritise the factors which should be taken into account when deciding the type
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Importance of Cross-Cultural Training for Expatriates As soon as an employee is chosen for an overseas position‚ cross-cultural training turn into a key step in the process of preparation for the desired foreign effectiveness. Cross-cultural training is considered the primary instrument for supporting successful cross-cultural interaction and dealings.. The training is presented to an organization after a decision has been made to send an employee or a manager abroad for an overseas assignment‚
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intergenerational‚ cross-cultural conflict Due to the increasing immigration from China to Australia‚ the phenomenon accompanies with a series of social problems‚ in this essay‚ the author will combine previous research and theoretical materials to explore one of the problems—the intergenerational conflicts in Chinese immigration family in Australia. The whole essay can be finished with responds of four questions‚ which includes how the conflicts emerge; what problems the conflicts cause; how to address
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initiatives of international / cross-cultural conflict management introduced below‚ and the author categorized them into commercial and non-commercial. It is mainly because the BRI is primarily perceived as an economic activity. However‚ this is the arguments of this article that potential conflicts under the BRI should be diversified; all of them are also need to be well managed for implementing the BRI well. The non-commercial examples below not only enrich the understanding on what various conflicts going
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