11/7/2011 SCHOOL OF PETROLEUM MANAGEMENT South Africa: A Cross Cultural Approach Managing Cross Cultural Issue (MCCI) | ABHIK TUSHAR DAS (EMBA10)‚ NITIRAJ RAJPUT (PGP10)‚ VIRAL NORIYA (PGP10) School of Petroleum Management‚ Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University‚ Gandhinagar‚ Gujarat‚ India. Managing Cross Cultural Issues Contents: 1. Population of the country; its influence in terms of PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) and GDP (Gross Domestic Product) 2. Political turmoil history and
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$1 US per day (World Bank). The incidence of extreme poverty never seems to go down‚ despite decades of work by African governments and NGOs‚ outside NGOs‚ and foreign government aid programs. What causes this entrenched poverty‚ on a continent rich with natural resources? Unfortunately‚ poverty in Africa doesn ’t result from just one or two causes. There are a number of different factors at work‚ all interacting with one another‚ and making the problem of entrenched poverty extremely difficult to
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Overpopulation in Africa No one likes to be stuck in a traffic jam. In the unfortunate case that drivers do get caught in heavy congestion‚ however‚ they may question where all of other drivers are travelling to‚ or where they are coming from. Some drivers may even suggest that there are too many people on the roads. On a much grander scale‚ some experts are suggesting that there are too many people in the world‚ and they are concerned that the population is growing too rapidly. Less than
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Poverty in Africa More than 800 million people fall asleep starving every day‚ and 300 million of those 800 are only children. Poverty is a global crisis‚ something that affects many in a horrible way. “Poverty is going empty‚ with no hope for the future. Poverty is like watching your mother father‚ brothers and sisters die in pain and in sorrow just because they couldn’t get something to eat.” Poverty has been around for ages‚ and will always be around. It is always there and will always be
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Salvadoran migration to the United States is small in comparison with other immigration waves of the past. The Salvadorans took flight from their country; it was a horrific result for El Salvador’s civil war‚ depleting the country of between 20 and 30 percent of its population. More than half between 500‚000 and one million moved to the United States‚ which was home to over 10‚000 Salvadorans before 1960. Salvadoran Americans many refugees from a supported United States government forced a rethinking
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When many people hear the word Africa‚ they picture steaming jungles and gorillas. Hollywood films have shrunk the public image of this immense‚ varied continent into a small segment of its actual diversity. To have a more accurate picture of the whole continent‚ however‚ one should remember that there are‚ roughly‚ three Africas‚ each with its distinct climate and terrain and with a style of life suited to the environment. The continent can be divided into the northern desert areas‚ the southeastern
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10. Africa and the International Community The continent of Africa has faced and continues to deal with many problems due to its geography‚ colonialism‚ and economic exploitation. Africa contains roughly 1/3 of the primary commodities in the world‚ yet it is one of the poorest regions. Geography on the African continent is diverse from deserts to rain forests and beaches to mountain ranges. The pure size of the continent and some extreme environments has made it challenging to develop infrastructure
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National Flag of South Africa Country: South Africa Proportions: 2:3 South African Flag Description: The flag of South Africa consists of two horizontal stripes of equal width - red on the top and blue on the bottom. The red and blue stripes are separated by a green middle stripe which is bordered in white and splits into a horizontal Y. On the left side of the flag there is a black isosceles triangle which is outlined in yellow. South African Flag Meaning: Although the colors have no official
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the African continent in three stages. The first stage which is early Christianity‚ makes Christianity in Africa qualify to be as old as Christianity itself. The second stage involves the Portuguese patronized Christianity in Africa. The third stage of the Christian extension in Africa is marked by circumstances of contemporary modern times. Though the concept of Christianity in Africa is as old as Christianity itself‚ there are very few figures in its long history that are more influential
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The Great Migration from Ireland to America 1800-1900 The Irish were among the many people who migrated to the United States of America. The wave of Irish migration happened in the mid – 18th century and started around the early 1840s. Many of the Irish moved to the United States of America and Canada because they wanted to be able to live freely. The majority of Irish people post 1000 A.D were Catholic. In Ireland‚ there were laws enforced by the British government that removed power form the
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