... | | |United States |Japan | |Table manners (Before meal) |Wet cloth for hand washing |Napkins placed on laps | |Greetings |Handshake and hugging |Bow down | |Tipping |Widely used |Not allowed | |Eating utensils |Forks, knives, and spoons |Chopsticks and Chinese spoons | In the US, napkins are provided usually in fancy restaurants or during a formal gathering. Napkins are unfolded and placed on one’s laps and it will be remained there until the meal is done, do not shake it open. Napkins are not supposed to use to clean cutleries or wipe any part of your body. At the end of the meal, napkins are placed semi-folded on the table, not twisted or crumpled and it must not be left on a...
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...CULTURAL ETIQUETTE Cultural etiquette and communication have become critical elements required for all business people. It is important to understand the uniqueness of cultures around the world and how to apply the skills of proper business etiquette and manners to become more successful. Language English is the universal business language. It is helpful if people master it. Knowing other languages would be an advantage. Non-verbal Communication Body language can make or break a deal. Building successful business relations across cultures is not only a matter of knowing what to say or when to arrive for a meeting. It involves an understanding on the different body languages and gestures among cultures. It is important to know basic differences in cultures to avoid embarrassment and awkwardness. Every day, we respond to thousands on nonverbal cues and behaviors including postures, facial expression, eye gaze, gestures, and tone of voice. From our handshakes to our hairstyles, nonverbal details reveal who we are and impact how we relate to other people. Understanding body language of the destination country and interpreting body language correctly will not only assist you to avoid unpleasant situation but will grant you respect from the locals. There are different forms of greeting acceptable in certain countries. • Handshake is a common form of greeting on various countries. A vital component you need to bring to any interpersonal encounter...
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...In Mexican culture the tortilla is an essential. Almost every dish includes tortillas as part of the dish or on the side. In “Tortillas” Jose Antonio Burciaga, the founder of Disenos Literarios, a publishing company in California, talks about some of his experience with tortillas and the impact they have on everyday life. Burciaga recalls his first memory of tortillas is his mother or mama telling him to not play with them. It isn’t uncommon to reference family with tortillas as most of the time tortilla making is something that is passed down from generation to generation. Burciaga writes, “For Mexicans over the centuries, the tortilla has served as the spoon and the fork, the plate and the napkin,” (507) in other words a tortilla was an everyday...
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... 1.) 5 manners in the family or at home. -Say, "Please" and "Thank you" often. -Always greet someone when they come over to your house. -Opening doors for others. When going into buildings, allow elders to go first and open the door for them. When preceding others into a building, don"t let the door slam in the face of those behind, but hold the door until the person behind can grab it. Also teach your children that if someone holds the door for them, then remember to say "thank you". -Clean up after yourself. Whether at home or at a friend's house, always pick up after yourself. It's their mess, so they need to clean it up. - differences. When people do things differently from your family because of diversity in culture, race, or religion, then teach your child respect. Point out how interesting it is or how different families do different...
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...UK office etiquette In Britain, people are very polite and reserved. They pay a lot of attention to manners and are extremely punctual. Knowledge about British culture and their etiquette plays a vital role in creating a good impression while doing business in Britain. * The British pays a lot of attention to their office attire. It is conservative for both men and women. Dark suits, usually black, blue and grey are well accepted. Men's shirts should not have a pocket. If shirts have pockets, it must be empty. Single colored or pattered ties must be worn. Striped ties are not well received. For women, a color doesn't matter, however their attire must maintain a conservative image. * English are slow decision makers. Hence, they must be given time to think and decide. * Punctuality is very important for the English. Hence, reaching early or late is not well accepted. * While greeting someone, a firm and confident handshake is a must. * Privacy is very important for the English. Hence, never delve in asking personal questions. * Never make an intense eye contact or physically touch a person in public. It is considered inappropriate. Even during conversations, seldom have eye contacts. * To signal that something must be kept a secret or confidential, always tap your nose. * Gift giving is generally not part of English business. US/Canada office etiquette Office etiquette varies from country to country. Get to know some office do's...
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...I am a Hindu who always wanted to trade in her religion during one month of the year: December. I could never resist my adoration of Christmas. As a child, I thought it was unfair that I could not have a Christmas just because of my primary religious beliefs. Though my family never celebrated the holiday, I secretly honored the season in my heart; loving the music, the trees and the glowing lights I saw throughout the city. But I was never able to outwardly celebrate the holiday until I acquired my second family in my junior year of high school. Members of my second family are Jewish and Atheist. In fact, none of us are actually Christian. We all love the trappings of Christmas and decided nothing could stop us from celebrating the holiday. On Christmas Eve last year, we met at my friend's apartment on the Upper West Side. We dressed in our finest and set the table with fancy plates, beautiful silverware, and the embroidered napkins. We spread Chinese take-out on the plates and ate fortune cookies for dessert. In a sense, we were celebrating our friendships and diversity more than the holiday itself. For me, the Chinese-Jewish-Christmas was an affirmation of a newfound independence that inadvertently came into my life with my second family. Before then, I had grown socially dependent on my six-pack.I became friends with six girls from Southeast Asia, other "Brownies." We were inseparable in my freshman year. I always dreamed of attending Stuyvesant High School but it seemed...
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...Organization culture for the company McDonald’s Culture is refer to the cumulative deposit of knowledge, experience, beliefs, values, attitudes, meanings, hierarchies, religion, notions of time, roles, spatial relations, concepts of the universe, and material objects and possessions acquired by a group of people in the course of generations through individual and group striving. On the other hand, culture also can be defines as the set of key values, belief, understandings, and norms shared by members of an organization. Besides that, culture also can be analyzed by surface level and deeper level. The fundamental Symbols Symbols is a shape or sign used to represent something such as an organization. Symbols are experienced as real, and their impact has significant organizational consequences. All communication is achieved through the use of symbols. Besides that, the current symbol for company McDonald’s is the wording “M” with gold colour which...
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...Strategic Plan Part One “A Taste for All” will open its doors in the immediate future. That name was picked because it will be a restaurant in the middle of Montgomery, Alabama and will have dishes from around the world. Our mission at A Taste for All is: We strive to efficiently provide high quality and an expanded array of fine foods to meet and exceed customer expectations. This restaurant will have extensive training so the best customer experience will be the outcome. The customer will be put first of a dining experience that will not be forgotten. The vision statement tells what the goals of the company are in the future. The vision is: At A Taste for All, we envision to be the best restaurant worldwide by having the best foods and the best customer satisfaction. To reach this goal, the company will have to find the best quality and freshest foods to prepare the diversified dishes. Every person is different so it is important to have dishes from each culture. Extensive training will be provided to all employees. By training each employee on the goals and values of the company will give them a feel for what the company is all about. The menu will also be taught because it will have a huge variety. Each dish will have to be mastered from what is in it to what it tastes like and how to cook it. The best chefs will train on how to make each dish. This in turn will also strengthen the chef’s specialties. This will also give customers great products and services, along with...
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...The Party Continues Mona Price REL133 December 17, 2012 Tim Watson Thank the Gods it is a Party (Continued. . .) “I think primarily we are all the same at the core though.” Bo said. “While Hindu’s have more gods, and others have less, at the core of our belief systems, humans all want the same thing. They want to know that there is someone or something ‘out there,’ that is bigger than they are that will give meaning to their life, to give them a sense of purpose.” Bo shakes his head in sadness, “I wish they could just all see that.” Huang He agrees as he shouts to the servers, “Bring on the next course!” A line of Polynesian male dancers come into the center of the party carrying a huge platter with a gigantic pig on it. The servant bows, “we have brought the pig in for you to view before we ready it for serving.” The table is quiet as they let their eyes feast on the pig. They stand and show honor to the animal who has given his life for their dinner. Bo slightly bows his head to the servant. “Thank you.” He says quietly. “He looks like he was a magnificent animal.” The servants bow again and quickly hasten to the back area to prepare the meat. As the servants retreat, another group comes in carrying trays of grilled fish, long rice, lomi lomi, sweet potatoes and, Poi...
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...EVENT PLANNING FINAL Antonio Mazzone Professor Roy February 3, 2013 TWO DAY MICROSOFT CONFERENCE Tuesday February 14, 2013 1st Meeting Time Activity 7:00 A.M. - 8:00 A.M. Breakfast 8:00 A.M. Room check: beverage, AV, tables/chairs 9:00 A.M. Photographer, videographer meeting 10:00 A.M. Security in place Speaker dry run: Speaker schedule 11:00 A.M. Voice mail to the staff person 12:00 A.M.- 1:00 A.M. Review special event line-up: entertainment Need prep room, food service, special needs/décor Lunch : AmericaFood 1:00 P.M. Brief meeting 2:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M. Special Event setup: band, décor, banquet/dining tables, food service 5:00 P.M. Event End References: Moran, J. S., (2004). How to Start a home-based Event Planning Business. Guilford, Globe Pequot Press. TWO DAY MICROSOFT CONFERENCE Tuesday February 15, 2013 2nd Meeting Time Activity 7:00 A.M. - 8:00 A.M. Breakfast 8:00 A.M. Room check: beverage, AV, tables/chairs 9:00 A.M. Photographer, videographer meeting 10:00 A.M. Security in place Speaker dry run: Speaker schedule 11:00 A.M. Voice mail to the staff person 12:00 A.M.-1:00AM. Review special event line-up: entertainment ...
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... languages, and customs. Individuals can part the similar ethnic group then have dissimilar ethnic groups. In this paper, personal issues will be discussed within cultural diversity, understanding of the concepts, and reflects on the American Counseling Association (ACA) and National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC) codes of ethics. Cultural diversity is the cultural variety and cultural changes that are in the world, a culture, or an organization. It is also the presence of diverse people in a set or society. Cultural diversity (also known as multiculturalism) is a group of diverse individuals with consist of different cultures or societies. Typically, cultural diversity takes into consideration language, religion, race, sexual orientation, gender, age, and ethnicity. My personal experience with discrimination was subjected to me while working in an area that is dominate Caucasian area. It was very obvious the attitudes were due to my race. For instance, I was working for a fast food restaurant in Chalmette, Louisiana. Most of...
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...Basic features of interviews A job interview is your chance to show an employer what kind of employee he or she will get if you're hired. That is why it is essential to be well prepared for the job interview. Preparing means knowing about the industry, the employer, and yourself. It means paying attention to details like personal appearance, punctuality, and demeanor. Knowledge is always your best weapon and so you should arm yourself with plenty of it. That starts with the very basic bit of knowledge regarding job interviews. Before you research the industry and the company and even before you practice answering the questions you might be asked, you should have some general information about job interviews. Let's start by going over the different types of interviews you might face. The Screening Interview Your first interview with a particular employer will often be the screening interview. This is usually an interview with someone in human resources. It may take place in person or on the telephone. He or she will have a copy of your resume in hand and will try to verify the information on it. The human resources representative will want to find out if you meet the minimum qualifications for the job and, if you do, you will be passed on to the next step. The Selection Interview The selection interview is the step in the process which makes people the most anxious. The employer knows you are qualified to do the job. While you may have the skills to perform the tasks that...
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...Portfolio Student Name: Ida N Johnson Course Code and Description: GS210 W14 6WKB / Midstart Section 2 Term: 2014-03-03 Winter 6 Week B/ Midstart [pic] How has this course benefited me in my career? The class benefited me in my career because it will help me predict the behavior of the masses. People behave a certain way and how the behavior is determined by science. Also by studying sociology, it provided me with the educational background needed for managers to understand their employees and customers. [pic] What specific skills have I learned in this class? The specific skills that I have learned in this class is communication, interpersonal, leadership, analytical, statistics and research design, computer literacy, cross cultural understanding and business sense. [pic] Instructor Comments regarding my performance: Excellent job Ida! Terrific topic, Ida! Well done Ida! Good start to your paper, but no reference are listed. Be sure all information used from sources is paraphrased and given citation in text and on a reference page. Nicely done Ida! Well done Ida! [pic] Course Paper/Project: Ida Nesbeth Johnson GS210 Sociology Course Project 6 April 9, 2014 11:55 pm Miller-Motte College Online Chapter 2 Culture Moroccan Culture The Moroccan culture is much different from the American culture. There are things that Americans do that would disrespect the culture of Moroccans. Moroccans are extremely hospitable...
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...1960’s Significant Events That Shaped an Era DJC958 Kaplan University – SS310 – 01 October 22, 2013 1960’s Significant Events That Shaped an Era Good day! I’m very excited you have opened this time capsule. Inside you will find a treasure of items that shaped the era of the 1960’s. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Debbie Crabtree and the current year is 2013. The 1960’s was an era of awakening and change but it was also an era of reckoning. Many events happened in the 1960’s that stimulated personal awareness and growth as well as growth as a nation from the music to art to politics to civil rights. I could go on and on but I am including in this time capsule the major events that I feel best portray the era of the 1960’s. The first event is the lunch counter sit-in at Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina. I have included an original newspaper from the Greensboro Record. This event happened early in the decade, February 1, 1960. On this day four young African American men, freshman at the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina, entered the Greensboro Woolworth’s. Woolworth’s sold items to both African American and white customers but they also had a segregated lunch counter for whites only. Each of the four men purchased a few small items, kept their receipts and proceeded to sit down at the lunch counter designated for whites only. They requested service and were denied. The men pulled out their receipts and asked why their...
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...Victoria Wright Wright 1 WRT 102 10190 Erin Armstrong 11/23/11 “Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson A Life of Crime Isn’t Hard to Find The movie Crime d'amour, (or Love Crime), exemplifies the human ability to manipulate and so deceive oneself of morality, as does O' Connor in "A Good Man is Hard to Find". In regards to the subject of moral judgment, psychologists and scientists alike have been baffled at the way human beings rationalize what behaviour is ‘moral’ or ‘immoral’. Are the things our society encourages us to see as bad concrete rights and wrongs, or does everyone develop their own right and wrongs based on their beliefs? When seeing Love Crime and reading “A Good Man is Hard to Find” I saw prime examples of human beings choosing to react irrationally...
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