IBUS2001 notes Globalisation and cross cultural management Case: globalisation of health care- shortage of radiologists in the US and demand is twice as large as the rate of graduation. Solution is to send images over the internet to be interpreted by radiologists in India? In 2004 170‚000 foreigners visited India for medical treatments and is expected to grow at 15% for the next several years. Globalisation: The shift toward a more integrated and interdependent world economy. Globalisation
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Television is a powerful medium. However‚ Turkish viewers ignore Dutch television and point their dishes to receive TV-stations from their home country. The commercial Turkish stations are more popular than the state broadcast TRT INT‚ receivable through cable. Do these stations actually interfere with integration or are the Dutch stations not making enough efforts to attract Turkish viewer ship? TRT INT is the international TV-station of the Turkish state-owned broadcasting system TRT. It broadcasts
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Cultural Differences COM/360 November 12‚ 2012 The movie Crash (2004) is about a handful of disparate people’s lives intertwined as they deal with the tense race relations that belie life in the city of Los Angelos over a thirty-six hour period. All the players involved in the movie are: a Caucasian district attorney‚ his Caucasian wife who believes her stereotypical views are justified‚ therefore they’re not racist; two black carjackers that use their race to their advantage; two Caucasian
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Cultural Profile Culture is said to be a universal of shared beliefs‚ values and norms that guide a particular group of people through everyday life. Culture does not only shape and mold a country on a national level but it also molds many businesses within that country as they build their own norms‚ beliefs and values as it pertains to different aspects of conducting their business in a culture. In order for a business to be successful one must first understand how national and business culture
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Introduction A personal and/or cultural value is an absolute or relative ethical value‚ the assumption of which can be the basis for ethical action. A value system is a set of consistent values and measures. A principle value is a foundation upon which other values and measures of integrity are based. Those values which are not physiologically determined and normally considered objective‚ such as a desire to avoid physical pain‚ seek pleasure‚ etc.‚ are considered subjective‚ vary across individuals
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February 4‚ 2011 Cultural Competence in Physical Therapy Practice To be culturally competent physical therapists need to understand their own world view and those of the patient‚ while avoiding stereotyping and misapplication of scientific knowledge (cross‚ et al. 1989). Therapists must take into account eight characteristics that involve the dimensions of diversity: age‚ race‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ ethnicity‚ mental and physical activity‚ religion and socioeconomic status. But before they
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SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CRIME 1. AGE 2. SEX 3. ETHNICITY 4. SOCIAL CLASS Since the recession of the 1980s‚ employment rates for adolescents increase yearly and have an impact on the diminishment of youth crime The younger you are‚ the more prone you are to be a victim of victimization The older you get‚ the more you are prone for property crimes and less for physical crimes SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CRIME 1. AGE 2. SEX 3. ETHNICITY 4. SOCIAL CLASS MALES: Offenders are most likely
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The Seven Dimensions of Islam To help us understand religion better‚ Ninian Smart formulated the seven dimensions of religion‚ which can be identified in all religions. The practical and ritual dimension covers the practical portion of religion. The important experiences of the founders of religion as well as their followers are explained in the Emotional and Experiential dimension. The stories within each religion are also important as expressed in the Narrative and Mythical dimension. The Ethical
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Culture is a lot more than what language a person is speaking how they are dressing and what kind of food they are eating. Cultural groups share nationality‚ race and similar ethnicity. However‚ culture could also include religion‚ sexual orientation‚ gender and even generation. Although culture is not visible‚ it plays a major role in how we handle conflict. It is often the starting place of our thinking and our behaviors. Cultures are sort of implanted in every conflict because conflicts arise
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Canada: A Cultural Analysis Abstract Canada is a beautiful country that is adjacent to the United States of America. There are many resemblances between Canadian culture and American culture. It is also common for Canadians to expect great communications in the workplace and friendliness. It is valued to be respectful of others ethical background as well. It is also standard to see similarities in basic hand shake as a cultural behavior to mean many things. In a
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