& ETHICS ACTIV-1 ACTIVITY 1 – TOPIC 1: CULTURAL DIMENSIONS DIALOGUE 1 1) Which cultural differences cause the misunderstanding or confusion? Which cultural dimensions can help us understand the situation? On my understanding of the situation – bearing in mind that when in a multicultural dialogue‚ many meanings can be found or understood by just context without the use of words – I believe that the confusion has its origin by the cultural difference amongh both characters. The conversation
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The Dimensions of Culture (Chapter 3) The Dimensions of Culture (Chapter 3) What is Culture? Culture means to me the tastes‚ in art‚ manner‚ thought‚ letters‚ beliefs‚ and behavior of a social group. Culture is what guide everyone’s life and everyday things. Its has been said to be the backbone of human cultivation. The main thing behind culture is to help guide most people who do not seem civilize actually civilize in their own way. Most people stay within their cultures. According to the
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1. The beginning of the documentary shows the victims of poverty in Recife‚ Brazil. A family of 6 has to struggle to even get by. The woman says‚ “My husband’s been unemployed for 5 years. Now to survive‚ he’s selling bottles of mineral water in the streets for 1 real each‚” which is the equivalence of $0.50. The man recounts on his situation as a result of being laid off and says‚ “I used to have a job delivering gas but they started to cut and cut the personnel and staff. Now‚ I’m here making a
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Colgate Palmolive Case Study: Segmentation Strategy March 21‚ 2011 Segmentation Variables Geographically‚ Brazil is the largest country in South America and is the world’s fifth largest country in size and population. It is bound by the Atlantic Ocean and bordered by Venezuela‚ Guyana‚ Suriname‚ French Guiana‚ Columbia‚ Bolivia‚ Peru‚ Argentina‚ Paraguay‚ and Uruguay. There is a wide range of weather across the area but it is mostly tropical. There are five major climate subtypes including
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to how it would or should be handled. Some article argued for discretion and some argue against it. Discretion is processed differently depending on the situation. In the article by Sekhon (2011) he states that “Departmental discretion has three dimensions: geographic deployment‚ enforcement priority‚ and enforcement tactics” (p. 1171). Meaning that the Police Officers get to choose who’s guilty or innocent and who they want to give discretion to. This article argues that officer’s discretion could
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were not too long‚ so it was easier to be attentive to the whole concert. I wish I could write about all the songs‚ but these ones were my favorites‚ and I also included one that I did not really care for. The first song I am going to review is “The Brazil”‚ performed
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JOB INVOLVEMENT Job involvement can be defined as "psychological identification with one’s work" as well as "the degree to which the job situation is central to the employee and his or her identity". As employees with a high degree of job involvement are more likely to regard work as the center of their self-concepts (Frone & Russell‚ 1995)‚ they are also more likely to increase their self-respect through successful job performance (Burke‚ 1991) and display of organizational beneficial behaviors
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world”. The growth of interdependence and cooperation among countries‚ and international companies‚ do not claim that the cultural difference is decreasing. Instead‚ Culture difference increasingly impact on most aspects of people’ activities. Regarding business management‚ it is clear that most of the international companies cannot make more profit because of neglect of cultural differences. On the one hand‚ the globalization has created opportunities for corporations to cooperate among countries
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Cultural Intelligence Cultural Quotient is the organizational psychology and management theory‚ and it is all about the continuous learning and aptitude to develop personally through this learning. The differences in the intercultural do remains in the momentous challenge stage in all multinational organizations. Hence to face the challenge there is a need of a new domain of astuteness which immense relevance to the era of escalating globalization and the workplace diverse. For every manager who
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1. Today I would like to present you the United Kingdom described in six Geert Hofstede’s dimensions. 2. Separated from the European continent by the North Sea and English Channel‚ the United Kingdom includes England‚ Scotland‚ Wales‚ and Northern Ireland. England and Wales were united in 1536. The United Kingdom is the 22nd-most populous country‚ with an estimated 64.1 million inhabitants. It is a constitutional monarchy and has a parliamentary system of governance. Its capital city is London‚
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