http://www.flashcardexchange.com/cards/csc-100-test-one-chap-1-4-992930 Apple’s suppliers in China mistreat workers‚ making them work overtime beyond legal limits‚ paying them low wages‚ and exposing them to dangerous working conditions‚ according to the report released Wednesday. The investigation of other Apple suppliers in China reveals that serious work-related injuries and worker suicides but exist throughout Apple’s supply chain. The abuse of factory workers making Apple products came under
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1. What are Hofstede’s five dimensions of cultural differences that affect work attitudes? Using these dimensions describe the United States. 1.1 Individualism vs. Collectivism‚ the individuals believe they should make their own choices and be responsible for them‚ they are concerned about losing their social frames‚ in contrast the collectivism involves the loyalty and group thinking in order to create hormonal work process. The individualism encourages individual achievements‚ as collectivism
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Shakespeare’s Cultural Capital in Popular Cinema: Chinese Filmic Spinoffs of Hamlet Lingui Yang Year 2006 saw two made-in-China films based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet—Feng Xiaogang’s Madarin Yeyan (The Banquet) and Sherwood Hu’s Tibetan Ximalaya wangzi (The Prince of the Himalayas). For their Shakespearean components‚ the films join their counterparts elsewhere around the globe that interpret‚ appropriate‚ dissemble‚ and reconstruct Shakespeare’s canonical text. To be sure‚ they have in their own
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Cross-cultural differences impact all interactions. Today we are going to look at how they impact the organization within a business. Many readers may not quite be here yet. But I thought this would be interesting to look at. Are There Differences? What makes an international business different? Does an international business function differently from one that is not international? Are there international growing pains? Apart from the legalities of operating an international company‚ it
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Cultural Differences between Australia and mongolia The culture of Australia and Mongolia is different and cannot be ignored whilst doing business. The sets of values‚ beliefs and rules help by Mongolians is essentially different from Australians therefore it is important to understand what are the cultural norms and values that are prevalent in Mongolian society in order to avoid miscommunication and enable a prosperous business future between Australian and Mongolia business firms. Mongolians
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E-mail To: Mayor From: Angela Clark Subject: Cultural Differences between India and Pakistan Many people‚ especially in the United States see people from another country and somehow connect them‚ or think that they are all the same. The fact is that there are many different cultures and at times they may resemble one another‚ yet are different. For my research today I will discuss the people of India and Pakistan. People of India and
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An Overview of Aging and Existing Cultural Differences Society predetermines a specific life course for each person of their community. Missing any stage of this course is detrimental to the development of the human life. But not all societies have these stages of life; ergo different cultures define stages differently. The stages of the life course are childhood‚ adolescence‚ adulthood‚ young adulthood and middle adulthood‚ old age and death. Society thinks of childhood as the first twelve
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Published in Human Relations‚ Vol. 55‚ No. 1‚ [January] 2002‚ pp. 89-118 HOFSTEDE ’S MODEL OF NATIONAL CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES: A TRIUMPH OF FAITH - A FAILURE OF ANALYSIS Brendan McSweeney University of Essex ABSTRACT Geert Hofstede ’s legendary national culture research is critiqued. Crucial assumptions which underlie his claim to have uncovered the secrets of entire national cultures are described and challenged. The plausibility of systematically causal
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Giorgia Frizzi‚ 23rd July 2010 ’’Globalization‚ Localization‚ Glocalization’’ Research Paper. Does globalization weaken cultural diversity or does it foster it? Effects of Globalization in Cultural differentiation 1. Introduction. As some of us may know‚ the term “globalize” started being used in the modern times. However globalization as an idea has been brought up since even before the 1500’s when people started forming connections between communities‚ and therefore creating forms of communication
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How can we explain the differences in achievement between boys and girls? Statistics show that it is clear that girls achieve more A* to C grades at GCSE then boys. This obviously shows that girls do better and achieve more in schools. In fact‚ since 1980 to the present day‚ the percentage of boys who have achieved these grades has risen. But so has the girls. When it comes to girls and boys choosing their options for GCSE‚ although they are open to pick the same subjects‚ there still seems to
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