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    Culture Through Icebergs

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    and perhaps the most obvious language. In the bottom section of the iceberg I will analyze differences in personal special limits‚ family interaction and privacy‚ and finally the overall pace of daily life through out a day focusing on the Spanish “siesta” and the high paced “rush hour” of a day in Chicago. Finally using the outlined structure of the differences culturally between the two cities I will examine what I believe the hardest parts of Chicago’s culture to adapt to from a Malaguetan’s perspective

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    the first stereotype about Spain is that the Spanish are very lazy and that they like to sleep the siesta. It is false. In the European Union the Spanish have the longest working hours and they work really very hard. Yes‚ the Spanish like to sleep the siesta‚ but only about 20% of them can do this‚ and those are the retired and those who live in small rural towns. The others probably sleep the siesta on weekends‚ when they can. The second stereotype about the Spanish is that all of them have dark

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    and harmony. It basically means "circle" and managers and employees work in a circle of harmony. It is important to understand International culture. In Mexico it is believed that if employees have a siesta midday production will increase. In our Western culture you would be fired if you had a siesta on the job. If a company does not take the time to study the culture and business practices of a country they can find themselves tied up in corrupt business transactions. Is it ethical to take part

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    Cultural Misinterpretations A stereotype is a predisposed idea about a group of people based on limited information you have heard or seen and assumed to be true about every individual in that group. In “Don’t Call Me a Hot Tamale‚” Judith Ortiz Cofer describes how being Puerto Rican affects her every day. People make rude comments about her‚ based on her ethnicity‚ and without knowing her. Cofer describes how she was stereotyped in different situations. From being compared to a Latina character

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    T.T. Kip 2702525 Introduction to International Business. 23-10-2014 J.N. van Wieringen 2758105 M.B.M. Ossel 2759616 Henk Ritsema | Group number 11‚ team number 6. 1. What is the formula developed by Kogut and Singh in 1988 in the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS)? Explain the formula in your own words. In the formula CD means the culture difference between two countries. Iij is the country score in a certain cultural dimension. Vi is the Variance of the score of one of the 4

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    of the siesta takes his name of the sixth Latin word‚ or the exta hour of the day. This the above mentioned Roman reflects: the first six hours of the day are to work others are to live. It is clear that this owes to the physical needs of the people in a warm climate. In these regions it is preferable to work during the most fresh hours. In these regions it is preferable to work during the most fresh hours. Up to today‚ in many parts of the mute Hispanic one it is a custom to sleep the siesta after

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    wants to hire three or four young engineers to supervise the workers. He thought that abolishing the 90-minute siesta break is impossible. Max Bierman’s proposed are tighter fiscal and supervisory control will be placed over the subcontractors. They have to meeting deadlines and for quality of workmanship will be increased. Next‚ work tempo will be increase by abolishing the siesta break. Then‚ his assistant John Perkins will work with the project’s chief engineer and construction supervisor

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    other is 10 years old whose name is Kelsie. Kelsie’s dance recital is the one she wanted me to go to so that she could meet me and hang out with me but this was years ago. I never went because we were doing something else instead. So on the way to Siesta Key we were all sleeping because it was a long drive and really early in the morning. When we got there it was about the middle of the day the sun was out and the sand was real. What I mean by the sand is real is it was pure white and soft and cold

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    This is a two-mile long sandy beach around glasslike bay. The bay backdrop is surrounded by lush mountain ranges. The western part has a quiet shoreline. It is a great place for frisbee throwing or beach walking. Siesta Beach‚ Florida Siesta Beach is at the Beach Road of Sarasota‚ approximately 8 miles long. It has the world’s finest powdery white sand. The beach has received many awards and recognition because of its magical quality. Coopers Beach‚ New York Coopers Beach

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    Stay Up Late

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    We have received so many questions about this problem that we know it is crying out for a solution. So many people are wasting so much time in staying up late at night. But the truth of the matter is that this phenomenon is not homogenous. There are three kinds of staying up late: (1) Staying up late to worship Allaah. This is the worthy kind of staying up. It includes staying up for reasons that are of benefit to the Muslims in general‚ such as staying up to pray (qiyaam al-layl) and read Qur’aan

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