TEACHING CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION Paul Kalfadellis Working Paper 34/05 May 2005 DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT WORKING PAPER SERIES ISSN 1327–5216 Abstract The ability of managers to interact with individuals from cultures other than their own‚ requires a concerted effort on the part of business educators and academics to ‘train’ and ‘educate’ today’s students and tomorrow’s managers in the area cross-cultural communication. This is not necessarily an easy task. Teaching cross-cultural communication
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Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is a classic postcolonial text. It shows what happens in Okonkwo’s life and how the igbo people viewed him as what a great warrior he was. For example‚ he struggles with cultural changes and his own status within his society. Furthermore‚ his fatal flaw affects who he is as a high social status‚positive and negative qualities he has. Cultural displacement shows colonialist ideology which is how the British thought they were better than the Igbo people. Along with
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What makes the Thailand‚ Philippines‚ and Egypt a country that many tourists adore throughout Asia? These three countries are a country filled with many interesting things‚ such as their culture‚ their beliefs‚ and their values. Everything that these three countrieshave to offer‚ from the culture to the geography‚ attracts many tourists‚ therefore making it one of the most adored countries in the world. One of the aspects of the Thailand that everyone adores is their cultural values
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Cultural Perspective‚ how you see and view the world‚ and how it affects you in return. Culture affects you in ways you couldn’t or couldn’t even imagine. I don’t see myself as having a set culture‚ or a set of cultural traditions that I always do. But‚ one thing that has been repetitive for a good couple of years‚ is Thanksgiving. For Thanksgiving I and my family go to my grandparents’ house. All off my close cousins are there‚ as well as distant cousins. So they day would start off with me getting
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1. Discuss any differences in cultural values or nonverbal communication that you are aware of between your culture and your friend’s culture. Culture is defined as the complex whole that includes knowledge‚ belief‚ art‚ law‚ morals‚ customs and any other capabilities and habits acquired by humans as members of society. Now‚ we look at the meaning of nonverbal communication. Non-verbal communication means communication without the use of spoken language. Nonverbal communication includes gestures
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economics and societies all over the world. Because of globalization‚ the number of countries where products can be sold or purchased has increased dramatically. Globalization also cause an increasing influence of Multinational Companies (MNC). An example is a car company whose head office is based in Japan. This company has branches in different countries. While the head office controls the subsidiaries‚ the subsidiaries decide on production. The subsidiaries are tasked to increase the production
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Intercultural Communication ………………………….….……….5 1.1 Language as a marker of cultural identity …………………………………………….………….5 1.2 Cross-cultural communicative competence ………………………………………………………7 1.3 Cultural and intercultural communication ………………………………………………...…….12 Chapter 2 Influence of Native Language and Culture on Intercultural communication ……………18 2.1 Levels of communication …………...………………………………………………………..…19 2.2 Cultural Values‚ Customs and Linguistic Expressions …………………………………………27 Conclusion …………………………………………………………………………………………
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happiness‚ but not my personal happiness nor the happiness of others. My idea of morality is doing what makes God happy. I am a Christian‚ and my “moral compass” comes right from the Bible. Right and wrong are not subjective‚ they are not grey areas‚ and they are not up for debate. What God says is right is right‚ and what God says is wrong is wrong. This is why I absolutely detest the idea of Cultural Relativism. Under that philosophy‚ all forms of wickedness are not only justified‚ but are viewed
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until Iams recognized that it had to change the consumers thinking‚ was the brand able to establish itself and gain the trust of European pet breeders and pet owners (Van Gelder‚ S. 2004). The problems that Iams did not recognize were cross-cultural‚ such as consumption patterns of the pets (based on the feeding habits of the pet owners)‚ product usage‚ economic and social conditions (Schiffman‚ L.G.‚ Kanuk‚ L.L. 2007‚ 9th Ed.). The analysis thereof would have helped identify increased marketing
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The cross-cultural encounter between Europe and Africa began as Europe aggressively initiated an era of exploration of Africa south of the great savanna. Europe’s curiosity‚ exploration and greed transformed the history of African people. In the study of the cultural history of Africa‚ much innovation has been attributed to outside origins and influences. Historians and archaeologists have learned a great deal about the developments that emerged from the European influence in Africa. The age of exploration
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