...latitude and longitude labeled. It shows relative location because the cities near Sydney are labeled. For example if someone was describing where Sydney was in relation to other Australian cities they might say “I live near Carberra” or “I live east of Adelaides”. Both these cities and others are labeled in the map of the cities of Australia. This is why this map is a good choice to represent the location of Sydney. B. Place To represent place I chose a picture of Sydney’s seaport, combined with two caucasian Australians saying “G’day mate”. I also added a famous church in Sydney, St. James, to the skyscrapers and other buildings. Sydney’s seaport represents how Sydney’s physical features include a lot of water (specifically seas). The two caucasian Australians saying “G’day mate” represent human characteristics in Australia. The majority of people living in Sydney are the race of Caucasian and this is why I chose these two people. They are saying “G’day mate” because in Australia they speak English, but they speak with different phrases than we would use in the United States. I also added a famous church in Sydney to the...
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...appropriate Unacceptable Living Rules: Limited access to electricity Unreasonable access to bathroom <30 minutes and laundry < once a week Limited access to food and water It’s definitely not acceptable if you feel unsafe or uncomfortable REMEMBER: **Between you and your landlord, you need to have a written agreement** Transport www.131500.com.au Advice services: http://www.international.mq.edu.au International Student Advisers: e-mail iss@mq.edu.au Counselling and Health: UCHS, Lincoln Building, level 2 Career Services: Lincoln Building, level 2 Study Skills Support Unit: more info on uni website FOCUS contacts: Email: Info@focusmacuni.org Website: www.focusmacuni.org Australian Slang Definitions: G’day Mate - HelloRidgy Didge - RealBudgy Smugglers - Swimming suit Fair Dinkum -Are you sure?Sheila - Real Banana Bender - A person from QLDBloke - ManAnkle Biter - ChildArvo - AfternoonAmbo - AmbulanceBack of Bourke - Far awayMate - Friend Bikkie - Biscuit Thongs - Flip Flop shoes (slippers) | Bloody - A way to show strong emotionFair Go - Give me a chance Gobsmacked - Speechless and Surprised Dunny - Toilet Bludger ...
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...masculinity–femininity; and non-verbal cues such as tone of voice, appearance and use of space. Since culture can be defined to include attitudes, expectations, family roles, history, language, non-verbal communication, socialisation, traditions and world view, intercultural communication has a very broad meaning. To practise intercultural communication effectively requires us to be adequately informed about how to use verbal and non-verbal signals and to be open to checking our understanding with others in intercultural, and indeed any, communication contexts. Introduction to intercultural communication Here is a straightforward, everyday conversation between Hong Kong businessman Mr Lau, and his Australian counterpart Mr Clarke. Mr Clarke: G’day mate. I’m Robert Clarke. My friends call me Bob. Here’s my card. Mr Lau: Hello, Mr Clarke. I am William Lau. Very glad to meet you. How was your trip? (exchanges business cards) Mr Clarke: Call me Bob. Good, thanks. (reading card: ‘Lau Wing-Leung’) Oh, it’s Wing-Leung! Nice to meet you. I’ll call you tomorrow, Wing-Leung, OK? Mr Lau (smiling): Yes, I will expect your call. (both men depart) (Adapted from Scollon and Scollon 2001) Meetings like this take place every day all over the world in offices, airports, restaurants and the street. But this ordinary exchange between members of different cultures has unforeseen problems that create tension and uneasiness, ultimately leading to...
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...Marketing aims to target and engage new and current customers in order to generate sales (Elwood, 2014). It is a necessary and important part of business. Therefore, marketers play an important part in generating revenue , and how the revenues translate into profit (Elwood, 2014). Sharp (2013) states that the role of a marketer ‘requires a combination of skills and knowledge’(p.6) which enable them to ‘analyse the market and financial data’(p.6). They must also have a high level of communication skills to enable them to explain their marketing strategy to their staff, the retailers and the customer (Sharp, 2013). To understand what the customer wants, and to identify opportunities in the market, marketers use market research in order to do so (Sharp, 2013). Research is used to help them make decisions on things such as whether or not to offer a particular product or service, who the product or service is marketed for, the price, and what kind of advertisement they want to use (Sharp, 2013). This enables them to keep the organisation competitive with other similar organisations, ensuring that their customer’s maintain their awareness and loyalty to the brand (Sharp, 2013). Ensuring customers are loyal will lead to greater financial profit as customers would return for the product or service. Market research can also ‘help organisations understand customer needs and how these translate into wants’ (Sharp, 2013, p.15). In order to satisfy the needs of the customer, marketers ‘encourage...
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...BCT SPEECH G’day class, my name is Campbell and that guys’ name is Campbell and today we will be presenting to you a ‘Mrs Gutteridge standard’ induction of the sub-topic of Conflict of Teams, under the Organisation and Work Teams Unit, which I hope all of you know what I’m talking about. As you know, Mrs Gutteridges’ standard is a little hard to live up to, but we will try our very best to inform you with the importance of understanding what is involved in this interesting topic. So ladies and gentlemen please sit back and listen as we take you on a journey fulfilled with learning and excitement. Take it a way Cameron. Good MORNINGGGGGG CLASS and Mrs Guteridge! As my fellow comrade Cameron just informed you we are here to deliver a serious presentation on conflict in teams, but don’t you worry Matt Jackson and Kane we will make sure you have a bit of fun. Firstly I would like to pose a question to you class, what are conflicts and what do you know about them? Put your hands in the air like you just don’t care! That’s okay, we didn’t think you would know, because of the diversity of ideas and opinions presented by members in a workplace, conflict is an inevitable, yet necessary obstacle and the effectiveness of a team will be determined by the way conflict is handled. To reduce the impact of conflict, management should offer training on dealing with conflict at the commencement of the project. Although there will not always be agreement with ideas that other team members...
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...Name Instructor Course Date Cultural Factors and Customs Australia is an island continent with six states namely Queens Land, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, and Wales. Most people live in the urban areas especially around the coastal regions. The capital cities automatically are also six namely Darwin, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne. Excluding Tasmania, Australia covers approximately an area of about 7.6 million square kilometers. The social aspects in Australia are highly valued since they act as the unifying factor in the country they include, language, religion, arts and the sporting culture (Frankie, 171). The social aspects determine the future of the country both economically, socially, and politically. Language is the first aspect; many people are urged to learn the national language which is English and also a unifying factor among the people. There are also a variety of other languages that are used in Australia such as Greek and Vietnamese. Another aspect is that of religion, where most of the citizens in Australia are Christians by religion. Australia is recognized as a nation with a wide cultural diversity due to the many religions practiced. The earliest religions date way back to the islander people who existed around 60, 000 years ago. There is no official rule in the nation that restricts people from practicing any religion as long as they respect the law. Australia is also famous for its vibrant and fine art that...
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...INTRODUCTION The title of this work is “Australian English” The work which is presented deals with the study of the Australian English Language, about its pronunciation, regional variations, vocabulary. The Australian English is a language with its own peculiarities and it differs a lot from Standard English and the other variants because it has its own history and development. There appeared a large number of new words in each variety of the English language because of historical, political, different socio- economic events and of course it has affected to the Australian English. I wanted to learn more about the appearance, development and using nowadays of the Australian English language. The aims of this work are: -To study the difficulties of using and understanding the words in AusE -To define cultural peculiarities of AusE speakers The topicality of this work is explained by the interest to the difference of Australian English between the other English variants and to the practical usage of the vocabulary. The theoretical value of this work is determined by necessity of the comprehensive analysis of Australian English because every language allows different kinds of variations: geographical or territorial, stylistic and others. It is very important to use up- to –date information of the western scientists who are concerned nearly to the English linguistics. The practical value is seen in rising interest to the English...
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...Good afternoon everyone, my name is and this is Today we are going to be discussing with you culture shock within Australia and how and why people who arrive in Australia from diverse countries, cultures and traditions are often affected and how they can be helped to feel culturally safe. We will explore the history of immigration within Australia and how it has developed over the years and why majority of people who come to Australia may experience culture shock. We will then discuss what we can do as a nation to make these people feel culturally safe within our country. Immigration is very popular within our country with thousands of people coming to and from Australia every year. Although many people seem to believe that Australia is the halfway point between the UK and the USA they seem to always not prepare themselves for what Australia has in store for them and how culturally diverse we are. Immigration has been common in Australia for over 50,000 years. Beginning with the initial human migration to the continent, when the ancestors of Australian aborigines arrived via the islands of maritime southeast and New Guinea. From the early 17th century onwards, the continent experienced the first coastal landings and exploration by European explorers, the convict transportation from Britain. From 1793 and 1850 nearly 200,000 free settlers chose to migrate to Australia to start a new life. Then came the gold rush from the 1850’s and by 1901 the Chinese were the third largest...
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...Land and Climate Area (sq. mi.): 2,988,902 Area (sq. km.): 7,741,220 Australia is the sixth largest country in the world. It is just smaller than Brazil and about four-and-a-half times the size of the U.S. state of Alaska. Australia is the only country that occupies a complete continent. It is also the driest inhabited continent in the world. About one-third of its land is desert and another third is composed of poor-quality land. A long chain of mountains, the Great Dividing Range, runs along the Pacific coast. Fertile farmland lies east of the Great Dividing Range, in the southwestern corner of Western Australia, and in the island state of Tasmania. Cattle stations (ranches) reach the edge of the barren interior desert. The famed Australian Outback is an undefined region that encompasses all remote, undeveloped areas. The Outback is seen as a mystical heartland or frontier—a symbol of Australia's strength and independence—where the climate is hot, life is hard, and people are tough, independent, and few. CultureGramsTMWorld Edition 2015 | Commonwealth of Australia | BACKGROUND include the emu, cockatoo, and kookaburra. Australia's snakes are among the most venomous in the world. BACKGROUND include the emu, cockatoo, and kookaburra. Australia's snakes are among the most venomous in the world. Among Australia's natural wonders is the Great Barrier Reef, a system of coral reefs that extends more than 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) near Australia's northeast coast...
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...CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION There are various factors that contribute to the rising workplace diversity. These include increasing numbers of immigrants, company mergers and joint ventures in different countries, increased engagement of business consultants and temporary employees, international competition and the phenomenon of globalization, which has transformed the world into a global village. Globalization has occurred because of a combination of factors such as improved infrastructure, advancements in technology. Infrastructure and technology have not only provided cheaper means of communication and travel, but have revolutionized the speed at which individuals and businesses communicate with each other. Domestic companies are also spreading their operations to new territories across the globe in search of new markets or outsourcing some aspects of their production process. Management of employee cultural diversity, through the integration of suitable strategies plays a key role in improving the competitive advantage of the business, especially on the global platform. Globalization calls for specific approaches that promote harmonious working relationships within increasingly culturally diverse workplaces. Hansen (2002) observes that workplace diversity is critical to the existence of businesses and identifying key strategies to ensure harmonious working relationships among culturally diverse employees is integral to the survival of any business. Diversity in this case...
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...Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson Copyright© 1999 by Louise Rennison All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Printed in the United States of America. For information address HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019. _______________________www.harperchildrens.com_____________________ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rennison, Louise. Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging: confessions of Georgia Nicolson / Louise Rennison. p. cm. Summary: Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen-year-old British girl who tries to reduce the size other nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win the love of handsome hunk Robbie. ISBN-13: 978-0-0602-8814-3. — ISBN-10: 0060288140 [1. Diaries—Fiction. 2. England—Fiction. 3. Humorous stories.] I. Title. PZ7.R29114An 2000 99-40591 [Fic]—dc21 CIP ___________________________________________________________ AC Typography by Alison Donalty 10 * First American edition, 2000 Originally published by Piccadilly Press Ltd., 5 Castle Road, London NWI 8PR To Mutti and Vati and my little sister, also to Angus. His huge furry outside may have gone to cat heaven, but the scar on my ankle lingers on. Also to Brenda...
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...Growing Up Asian in Australia file:///D|/ /Calibre Library/Wei Zhi/Growing Up Asian in Australia (799)/text/part0000.html[2014-6-18 23:54:32] Growing Up Asian in Australia file:///D|/ /Calibre Library/Wei Zhi/Growing Up Asian in Australia (799)/text/part0000.html[2014-6-18 23:54:32] Growing Up Asian in Australia Growing up Asian in Australia file:///D|/ /Calibre Library/Wei Zhi/Growing Up Asian in Australia (799)/text/part0001.html[2014-6-18 23:54:33] Growing Up Asian in Australia Growing up Asian in Australia ...................................... Alice Pung Edited by file:///D|/ /Calibre Library/Wei Zhi/Growing Up Asian in Australia (799)/text/part0002.html[2014-6-18 23:54:33] Growing Up Asian in Australia Published by Black Inc., an imprint of Schwartz Media Pty Ltd Level 5, 289 Flinders Lane Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia email: enquiries@blackincbooks.com http://www.blackincbooks.com Introduction and this collection © Alice Pung & Black Inc. Individual works © retained by the authors. Reprinted 2008 . ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 2008. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior consent of the publishers. Photo of Hoa Pham by Alister Air. Photo of Joy Hopwood by Yanna Black. The National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry: Pung, Alice (ed.) Growing up...
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...MANAGING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES SIXTHEDITION MANAGING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES SERIES Managing Cultural Differences: Global Leadership Strategies for the 21 st Century, Sixth Edition Philip R. Harris, Ph.D., Robert T. Moran, Ph.D., Sarah V. Moran, M.A. Managing Cultural Diversity in Technical Professions Lionel Laroche, Ph.D Uniting North American Business—NAFTA Best Practices Jeffrey D. Abbot and Robert T. Moran, Ph.D. Eurodiversity: A Business Guide to Managing Differences George Simons, D.M. Global Strategic Planning: Cultural Perspectives for Profit and Non-Profit Organizations Marios I. Katsioulodes Ph.D. Competing Globally: Mastering Cross-Cultural Management and Negotiations Farid Elashmawi, Ph.D. Succeeding in Business in Eastern and Central Europe—A Guide to Cultures, Markets, and Practices Woodrow H. Sears, Ed.D. and Audrone Tamulionyte-Lentz, M.S. Intercultural Services: A Worldwide Buyer’s Guide and Sourcebook Gary M. Wederspahn, M.A. SIXTH EDITION MANAGING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES GLOBAL LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES ST FOR THE 21 CENTURY 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION PHILIP R. HARRIS, PH.D. ROBERT T. MORAN, PH.D. SARAH V. MORAN, M.A. JUDITH SOCCORSY Editorial Coordinator Elsevier Butterworth–Heinemann 200 Wheeler Road, Burlington, MA 01803, USA Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP, UK Copyright © 2004, Philip R. Harris, Robert T. Moran, Sarah V. Moran. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a...
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