...Book review: “Business culture in international business: from collision to an understanding” written by Richard D. Lewis Prepared by Kamalov Artem In the present time Internalization of business and economics has become a global problem. Entrepreneurship goes far beyond national boundaries, drawing into its orbit increasing number of people with different cultural views. As a result cultural differences are starting to play an increasing role of business organizations and stronger influence on the marginal efficiency of business. This book “Business culture in international business: from collision to an understanding” created as study materials for practitioners, business mans, who want to avoid some conflicts and misunderstanding because of their own ignorance. I chose this stuff, because logic and the main idea of writer are easy. At the beginning he talk about the basic concepts and ideas of language in culture and about the culture of which he defines as "the collective programming of behavior." The second biggest part represents analysis of aspects common for all types of business culture and specifically for each other: use of time, space, structure of decision making, rituals, humor and so on. Finally, at the third part, he characterizes business culture of separate counties, regions including Russia. The main idea of this book is help to understand a local culture from different countries. In theoretical plan R. Lewis suggested a highly original approach to solving...
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...In elementary school I used to be bullied, when I tried to ignore it like my mom told me to the boys took advantage of it. They thought that went I didn't react to them that I was okay with and it got worse and worse. Like at my school in Lord of the Flies Jack and his hunters violent actions escalate out of control. In William Golding's “Lord of the Flies” Jack’s violent sense of identity administers an uncontrollable savage response to the boys island culture. This cultural collision directly influences William Golding's purpose to prove that all humans are born evil. Previously to his arrival on the island Jack’s beliefs were firmly rooted in his upbringing of british culture. An example of this is on page 38 Jack says “We’ve got to have...
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...One of the characters from Pat Conroy’s novel, The Lords of Discipline, who undergoes a cultural collision is Tradd St. Croix. His Old Charlestonian background and aristocratic nature collided with the Institute’s military culture. Tradd’s response to this cultural collision has a major effect on the plot of the novel. Unlike the other boys at the Institute who assimilated to the military culture, Tradd responds to the cultural shift by keeping the attitude of an aristocrat. This is especially evident in his refined vernacular and his frequent comments on his roommates’ “disgusting” habits. Tradd remains a well mannered, high society Charlestonian Aristocrat. Consequently, Tradd is immediately labeled as different from the rest of the...
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...• How does an understanding of local culture give managers an advantage in working in business competition? Which operational, managerial, or organizational processes are most affected by cultural differences? How might cultural differences affect the cost of doing business? It is imperative for any organization that is operating outside of its home country to understand the local culture of the country where it is operating. The true is that business involves people( Daniels& al, 2010) and in order to operate and to compete effectively in today’s competitive global market; it is important for an international firm doing business in another country to avoid cultural collision by understanding how that nation’s culture and business practice differ from its own. Understanding a local culture gives managers competitive advantage because culture affects business practice (). Thus, understanding the local culture gives them the knowledge such as how to communicate effectively with their direct reports, which management style to adopt and how to distribute work responsibility. It helps them avoid the major problem of culture collision. Due to differences in value, culture and religion; operational, managerial and organization processes are affected by culture differences. Several Muslims countries around the world use religion as a guide on how businesses are operated. For example, in a Muslim country such as Saudi Arabia, Friday is not a working day because it is...
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...The most widely excepted theory of the moon’s formation is “The Great Impact Hypothesis” the theory that during the formation of the Solar System when Proto-Earth was being formed a proto-planet the size of Mars, named Theia (named after the Greek god Theia who was the mother of the goddess of the moon.) was on a collision course with the earth, which impacted and broke off a part of the top hemisphere of earth. The debris of the collision soon solidified into a flat disk around the earth and eventually all the debris formed into the Moon. During this time the moon was very young and hot. Volcanoes erupted forming the Lunar Mare and many craters were formed on the surface from impacts of celestial bodies. Another theory is “The Capture Theory”...
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...In the Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, a American born daughter of Chinese immigrants, a variety of collisions within Chinese-American cultures is explained. Most significantly the characters of Jing-Mei, representing the Americanized new generation of Chinese culture, and Suyuan, representing the Old Chinese generation, exemplify this throughout the novel. For instance, when Jing-Mei Woo or “June”, the daughter of Suyuan Woo, who founded the Joy Luck Club, is introduced, she represents the Americanized new generation of the Chinese daughters in the story, which can already be inferred because of the Americanization of her name from Jing-Mei to “June”. She struggles with accepting her heritage and -like the other daughters in the novel- is a conformist to American culture and society, trying to abandon Chinese customs and values. While her mother, Suyuan Woo, represents the mothers in the story who are the older Chinese generation with laid back values and expectations trying to ensure an opulent life for their children....
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...their appearance? Do people really believe in stereotypes they hear about other ethnicities? Are individuals naturally afraid of unfamiliar cultures? These questions are explored by Director Paul Haggis in the provocative 2005 film Crash. Set in contemporary Los Angeles, Crash is an explosive exploration of prejudice. The plot of Crash consists of a series of inter-related vignettes about people of assorted ethnicities and socio-economic groups who come into contact with one another—often violently--over a 36-hour period. In the film the interaction of the characters causes viewers to question stereotypes while at the same time acknowledging the grain of truth they contain. Because the vignettes are all related, with characters in one reappearing in another, viewer are able to see various sides of a character: a character shown committing a racist act in one scene is depicted in an act of kindness in another. This structure stresses the interrelationship of human-beings and underscores the complexities of prejudice and racism. The title of the movie Crash is a metaphor for the content. The most obvious meaning of the word crash in contemporary society is an auto collision, and the movie begins and ends with car accidents. But the idea of collision, as it pertains to the film, has a much broader application. This film is about collisions between ethnic groups, classes, ideologies and even age groups. For example, the first car accident occurs between a Latina and an Asian American...
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...Lara Abouhamad Essay #1: The Significance of the Arts “With their focus on history, culture, literature, language and other relevant areas of study, the humanities address all these issues in direct and positive ways, while also providing important, if less easily quantified, insights about the human condition.” -Cornell President David Skorton A friend of my father once took it upon himself to give me some gratuitous advice on the matter of applying to college. Himself a successful business man, he urged not that I got straight into business school or any other specialty school of the sort, but strongly advised me that I get a liberal arts degree first (or in the case of Cornell, apply to the College of Arts and Sciences). He insisted that having a liberal arts and humanities background would be the best resource not only career-wise, but simply put, it would allow me to have the freedom to explore different realms of study before finding what interests I truly want to pursue, because at the study of the arts and humanities rests at the core of every profession. Albeit unprompted, the advice he gave me that day profoundly stuck with me and ultimately solidified my decision to apply to the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell. In many ways, what my father’s friend explained to me echoes closely what President Skorton said in his letter: “Perhaps most important, the humanities are the cornerstone of understanding what it means to be fully human – an understanding that we...
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...think that if seatbelts were implemented earlier, this accident could have been avoided. The production of the automobile at the beginning was slow and inefficient. They were made one by one, and took many hours to produce, but in 1913 Henry Ford was able to revolutionize the automobile industry by producing automobiles much faster than ever before. Automobiles are still produced using this technique, however it has been modernized with the use of robots that increase productivity to a point that it has never been before. The widespread adopting of the car fundamentally changed the way American society was structured. American society quickly integrated cars into their society and culture becoming a leading manufacturer of traditional automobiles. The United States adopted an expansive car culture where the quality of the car a person drives is a statement of their wealth and privilege. We can still see this today in our society to but this trend is starting to drop off. However this model may be due for an update because as society starts to downsize and worries about the economic and environmental feasibility of this mind set people want smaller and more efficient cars instead of the oversized "gas guzzling" sports cars of old. The shift towards the manufacturing of electric cars helps to create more jobs and reduces the United States' foreign dependency on oil. The United States manufacturing sectors is one of the largest sectors of the United States economy. This sector accounts...
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...won the world audience recognition. He grew up in a traditional Chinese family and study in the United States. The differences between eastern and western culture took a sharp collision in his heart, and it revealed without hiding in his movie and finally become his own unique aesthetic features. This article try to read Lee’s creative thought and artistic style through analysis and research of Lee’s special culture background master’s creative ideas, and learn more about the human temperament of the director which is full glory of human nature. First, this article will introduce about Ang Lee’s growing environment and studying experiences, in order to analysis the formation of his Chinese and Western characteristics. Secondly, through multiple films, the article would analysis of the impact of the East-West cultural collision and merger. Furthermore, a comprehensive interpretation of Ang’s unique film elements and the traits would be expounded. Abstract Ang Lee, Taiwan filmmaker, however, doesn’t have the same characteristics with other Taiwan film makers. He is like a movie ranger, with no specific cultural identity, however, simultaneously, it could be find a certain kind of familiar cultural identity on him, especially in his films. His film always combines the collision of Chinese and Western cultures, but always gives a calm and objective impression, as the story of the movie. His upbringing experience and schooling in America, shaped his specialities...
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...Social Constructs Found In the Movie “Crash” The aptly named movie, “Crash”, is a depiction of how humans crash into each other, collisions in personality, attitudes, and understanding. In the opening scene we are introduced to the premise of the movie as the man says “We crash into each other, just so we can feel something.” This is the thesis statement for the movie, setting up the idea that our interactions with each can be as traumatic and life changing as a vehicle collision. Each character in the movie played a role in showing the viewer the different influences and behaviors the numerous cultures have towards their very own culture and that of others’. Ethnocentrism, prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination are the core themes presented in the movie “Crash.” At the very beginning of the movie, two African American men are seen leaving a coffee shop, Anthony, the obviously more dominant of the two, and Peter. Anthony is complaining about the poor service they received, blaming the poor service on being African American. Peter is quick to point out that the waitress was also black. Anthony expresses to Peter that black women can also think in stereotypes believing that they, as black men, would not her leave a tip thus not putting forth the effort to provide them with good service. This is an example of stereotyping within a culture. This ties in to the social-conflict theory in that the woman did not see them as worthy of her effort because they would not enhance her...
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...between seventeen-year-old Hally, who is portrayed as the more privileged Caucasian male, and his family’s two middle-aged and uneducated black servants, revolves around an order of power that represents the racial segregation imprinted into the surrounding culture of Port Elizabeth in the 1980’s. In the beginning, the racial discrimination that Hally's dialogue exults, displays complete unawareness to the wrongs of his thoughts due to his segregated culture and ignorant family's beliefs. However, in the end, Hally uses the power that the culture naturally imposes on him to become "Master Harold". Sam, a character representing the less fortunate side of the racial segregation in the culture, expresses his hopes for a more peaceful "world without collisions", and hints at how the want for more equality between races in both opportunity and respect is not one only formed within him individually, but one among the masses. Hally, is a boy raised amongst a culture and family in which the Caucasian race is automatically granted large sums of power in comparison to the blacks in the culture. The acknowledged idea of the two opposite races lacking the acceptability to integrate on an equal level, is not only engraved into the culture presented in this script, but also etched into the dynamics of the individual character's minds with their power roles predetermined by their race and can make individuals like Hally, unaware of the faults of their racist thinking. Sam and Hally's relationship...
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...The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Book Review by Jerry Cyccone The book I chose to review, “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Huong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures”, by Anne Fadiman, is a non-fiction narrative about the collision of cultural relativism and medicine. The book describes the struggles faced by the Lees, a Hmong family that emigrated from Laos in 1980, to the city of Merced, California. The story revolves around young Lia Lee, the second born from her parents and a sufferer of epilepsy. Difficulties arise when barriers in communication, culture, and religion surface between American physicians and Lia’s parents over Lia’s treatment. These barriers, further enhanced by both side’s ethnocentric beliefs and failure to work together, resulted in creating a series of events that would eventually determine the fate of poor Lia Lee. Lia had her initial seizure at the young age of three months old. In an unfamiliar country and not fluent in English, yet concerned by Lia’s seizure, the Lees brought Lia to Merced Community Medical Center. From the beginning, the inability of both Lia’s parents and the doctors to communicate with each other, made it almost impossible for Lia to even be diagnosed properly. In fact, the first diagnosis of Lia was that she was suffering from a “bronchial infection” (p. 26). Yes, Lia did have breathing issues, but because of the language barrier, the doctors didn’t realize until...
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...The Factors that Affect Health Status and Patterns of Ill Health P3: Describe current patterns of health and how they are monitored – Patterns of ill health in the UK are monitored through the use of statistics. The UK National Statistic organisation is responsible for producing these statistics in order to illustrate and identify patterns of ill health within the UK. Government statistical departments play a vital role in identifying and monitoring patterns of ill health in the UK, of which include: • The Department of Health • Health and Safety Executive • NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care Statistics can be collected from records such as birth certificates, the death register and hospital admissions records. Records can be used for further analysis in order to gain more specific information, for example the weight of a new-born baby, or the reason an individual was admitted into hospital. The government has made the use of having these records available a legal requirement so that the statistics may be available when they are required. Statistics can be collected through the use of surveys, i.e. the national census of which is held every 10 years in the UK by the government. The national census survey has been in place since 1801 and takes into account each individual within a household. It is able to provide an outline of the UK which enables us to compare geographical areas. However statistics are not always accurate for what they represent...
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...one cultural setting but bad in another, but cannot be either good or bad full stop. Those who reject relativism, of course, have arguments of their own: In some cases, it does seem to be right to judge one culture to be morally superior to another, to make cross-cultural comparisons. To make cross-cultural comparisons, though, one needs a cross-cultural standard, which is precisely what moral relativism says there isn’t. Not only does moral relativism entail that we cannot make legitimate moral comparisons of different cultures, it also entails that we cannot make legitimate moral comparisons of a single culture across time; we cannot judge whether a changing society is getting better or worse. Generally, though, we do think that we have made moral progress. Moral relativism, arguably, cannot make sense of this. Moral philosophy Moral philosophy refers to the basic rules or principles that people use to decide what is right or wrong. Although there is no single moral philosophy that every culture, every nation, even every people accepts, there are still some moralities are widely accepted. Such as honest, integrity, and fairness which was mentioned in last week. More complicated situations may exist in real live. People may sink into dilemma when there are collisions between those...
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