backgrounds to work together under the same umbrella. Wherever you go, even the smallest of the company has people from different cultural backgrounds. This mixing of so many cultures at workplace has come up to be challenge for the modern organizations. The modern managers or leaders find it difficult to make a decision for their team, which comprises of people from different cultural and educational backgrounds. There is always a problem of synchronization within the team, which is faced by a modern leader
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TIA084, Intercultural Communication Anonymous id: 41842 Intercultural communication. Cultural differences, power and ethics What are ethical norms and how do they differ from other norms? We can for an example talk about ethical norms in communication, than from reading Allwood, we would find that agent hood (give freedom), motivation (do not hurt) and rationality (give correct information) are the main universal ethical norms, or these are the basis of universal needs that we can create ethical
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Inter Cultural Paper In order to satisfy my thirst regarding the Asian culture and fulfill my “obligation” to my professor and myself I have studied and explored the Korean culture from every possible angle in the past nine weeks. One of the main topics that I found very intriguing and fun was my personal experience in Korea Town when I visited several celebrated sights for my final assignment. My first visit was at the Korean Cultural Center. The landmark provided a fair share of information
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Chele Lyn, Wong (1770152) Tutorial day/time : Thursday/ 1:30pm Q) Identify the five (5) cultural dimensions stemming from Hofstede’s study. Using examples, explain how two (2) of these dimensions can impact upon international business. Hofstede used extensive data collected by IBM (International Business Machine) to develop four universal dimensions that can be applied across all nationalities. A fifth dimension was added later. 1) Power Distance: “Power distance is the extent to
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Multicultural Awareness Mental Health Counseling After reviewing the results of my multicultural self-assessment scores, I have found that overall; I am very comfortable with myself and choices. In counseling, before understanding someone else you must first be able to understand yourself. Also the awareness of your own comfort range must be apparent. If it was not apparent, then how could you counsel someone else when you are uncomfortable
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Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions US vs. India by Edward A. Molnar January 19, 2013 Abstract This article acknowledges the six dimensions of Hofstede’s theory of cultural dimensions, and defines five of them for a comparison between the United States and India. This article shows for the most part, the definitions of Hofstede’s cultural dimensions are correct, but the article did identify some ambiguities while making the comparisons. Finally, future areas of possible research
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Cultural Impact on Business: A Case Study on Coca Cola’s Cultural Issues in India admin August 20, 2012 Blog No comments Socio Cultural barriers faced by coca cola in India Coca – cola, the world’s largest selling soft drink company had established its strong presence in the world since 1886. Coca-Cola is the first international soft drink brand to enter the Indian market in the early 1970’s. Till 1977 Coca-Cola was the leading brand in India; later, due to FERA (Foreign Exchange Regulation Act)
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difficult to quantify. Hence, comparing different cultures will require a set of common yardsticks with indices the magnitude of which are represented by numerical values. Amongst the many models advanced to allow for cultural comparisons and to provide us with a better understanding of cultural differences are those from Hofstede and Trompenaars. The dimensions listed in Hofstede’s model are: “Power Distance”, “Uncertainty
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relationships- these and many others are defined by culture. Your culture also influences the way you think, which naturally affects the way you communicate as both a sender and receiver. Another thing also discussed in this chapter are the negative cultural attitudes like Ethnocentrism and Stereotyping. Ethnocentrism means when a person is judging another culture solely by the values and standards of ones own culture. Another thing they also talked about is recognizing variations in a diverse world
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Cultural differences among U.S. and International Businesses Businesses that choose to compete internationally will face many barriers in their operations abroad. Success on a global scale requires knowledge of cultural differences, which may include languages, customs and values even holidays. These differences among nations are vast, ranging, and absolutely vital to understand. When business people understand and respect these social and cultural differences it creates an avenue where international
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