International Journal of Economics and Finance www.ccsenet.org/ijef Cross-cultural Communication in Business Negotiations Liangguang Huang English Department, Zhenjiang Watercraft College of PLA Zhenjiang 212003, China E-mail: Blackhawk1975@126.com Abstract All communication is cultural -- it draws on ways we have learned to speak and give nonverbal messages. With the implementation of the Economic Reform and Opening policies, more and more Chinese companies do business with the foreigners
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important than actual communication, “Saving Face” by Francine Kemp tries to help us understand conflict in multicultural organizations. To obtain a better understanding of what Kemp means by “saving face” we need to move forward and understand what is happening in the world around us. Author Francine Kemp’s professional interests are in leadership development. Kemps main research lies in the field of women and diverse groups with the focus being cross cultural communication between cultures, genders
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January-April 2011 Subject name: Mass Communication Research Subject code: SM 312 Lecturers: Kenneth Teo Student ID: 1000922384 Topic : Benefits of learning intercultural communication to university student. Chapter 1 Introduction Background of the Study Anthropologist Edward T. Hall is the founder of intercultural communication during the 1951-1955 when he was at the Foreign Service
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business students for intercultural communication in the global economy. This consortium was formed and funded on the assumption1 that business students, while receiving excellent training in the business component of international business, are woefully under-prepared for face to face communication with members of other cultures, and thus could potentially compromise American ventures abroad. The group, calling itself the Alliance for the Promotion for Cross-cultural Skills for Business Students, was
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“The dimensions of culture may be categorized as Communication, Religion, Ethics, Values and Attitudes, Manners, Customs, Social Structures and Organizations, and Education”. In the late 1960s and early 1970s an IBM sociologist named, Geert Hofstede, studying the diversity of his company, concluded that aside from individuals, a country can have a culture or personality that can be scored and compared with other countries. His theory of cultural dimensions includes only five categories: Power distance
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Denielle Scalisce 05/13/2014 Understanding Cross-Cultural Communications It’s no secret that communication across many cultures is something that we deal with in every work place. As business environments expand they include various geographic locations and a wide range of cultures. Because of that it is important to be able to understand how to communicate with individuals who speak another language or who rely on different means to reach a common goal. The internet
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report on cross border offshoring management, cultural dimensions and gamification Table of Contents Table of Contents Executive Summary | p.5 | Chapter I – Introduction1.1 Purpose of the Report1.2 Effects of Globalization on Businesses’ 1.3 Company Background1.4 Outline of the Report | pp.6-7 | Chapter II – Cross Border and Offshoring Management 2.1 Introduction2.2 Defining culture2.3 Defining management and cross cultural management 2.4 Offshoring2.5 Key problems in cross cultural
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Cross Cultural Awareness and Communication INTRODUCTION Communicating across cultures can be a difficult experience. All successful communication results from one person understanding the meaning and intention of what another person has said. The skills associated with effective and rewarding cross-cultural communication can seem elusive to many people who lack experience of this form of interaction. The information contained in this fact sheet is designed to initiate and/or guide your cross-cultural
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Assignment 3: Article Analysis Semester: Autumn 2014 (HT14) Group 1 INTRODUCTION The article that we choose to analyze has to do with the trust developed in business to business relationship. The title is “Trust formation in cross-cultural business-tobusiness relationships” and it is written by Heffernan Troy. It is published by the Emerald Group Publishing Limited and it comes from Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal, Volume 7 · Number 2 · 2004 · pp. 114-125.
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ADR Bulletin ADR Bulletin Volume 12 | Number 2 Article 2 5-1-2010 Cultural impacts in international negotiation negotiating with Norwegians Simen Moen Nordbo Recommended Citation Nordbo, Simen Moen (2010) "Cultural impacts in international negotiation - negotiating with Norwegians," ADR Bulletin: Vol. 12: No. 2, Article 2. Available at: http://epublications.bond.edu.au/adr/vol12/iss2/2 This Article is brought to you by ePublications@bond. It has been accepted for inclusion in ADR
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