Cross-Cultural Communication Matrix University of Phoenix Com/285 December 16, 2010 Cross-Cultural Communication Matrix Cross Cultural Communication Country Preferred communication style Non-verbal communication practices Business communication norms Strategies to increase cross-cultural communication Saudi Arabia South Africa China Saudi Arabia Arab’s communication style is more elaborate, as they make use of various phrases while communicating. Therefore
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Problem: Stephen Esterant, does not understand the cross cultural differences of the Western Hemisphere. • Began making criticisms before he arrived • Misuse of employees, ( driving family around New York and taking on shopping trips) less respect • Thoughtless, unappreciative and distant in his interactions with subordinates • Acted superior • District Managers wanted him recalled to Spain • Previous manager kept a open door policy, new manager doesn’t want subordinates talking to him •
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message. Cross-cultural communication tries to bring together such a relatively unrelated areas and establishment area of communication. Its core is to establish and understand how people from different cultures communicate with each other. Its aim is to produce some guidelines with which people from different cultures can better communicate with each other. The key to effective cross-cultural communication is knowledge. It is essential that people understand the potential problems of cross-cultural
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communication and also discusses how to identify cultural norms and values. It also gives detailed Explanations of the barriers to effective intercultural communication as well analysis of how to develop intercultural communication competence Culture can be defined as the values, belief, orientations and underlying assumptions prevalent among people in society. When choosing a topic for a speech it is important to choose a subject that is appropriate for the cultural and ethnicity of your audience by doing
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1. Worldview describes how a person perceives his or her relationship to the world. A person worldview influences communication, individual goals, belief system and behavior. Teachers could misapply both cultural knowledge and techniques leading to ethical misunderstandings. The worldview help a teacher go beyond applying general culture information about a student. That way a teacher will know what to expect in the classroom with different students within that room. The five main categories of worldview
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According to the Finding Answers, Disparities Research For Change article, There are strategies and recommendations for responding to culture. These strategies are used to become more aware of and actively respond to patients cultural differences.These strategies include gathering information that help you learn about patients, building interventions and workflows on patients culturally based values, preferences, and perceptions. The strategies also include creating patient education materials, choose
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changes and it is at times difficult to differentiate between imagined culture and actual reality. Packaging culture is a difficult task because society is heterogeneous and dynamic. Talking about culture has also become a political enterprise; cultural elements are accentuated and marginalized as politicians, researchers, residents and non-residents interpret and represent a culture. Such imaginations may then be reinforced and perpetuated through social engineering and selective perception.
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enters the organisation. (Schein, n.d) It is imperative for an organization’s culture to be aligned to its vision and mission. Cultural web which was introduced by Gerry Johnson (1988) could be used as an implement for mapping of organizational culture. This could determine whether its culture is on the same path with its vision and mission. The elements of these cultural web includes ‘stories’, ‘symbols’, ‘rituals & routines’, ‘power structure’, ‘organizational structure’, ‘control system’ and
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Cultural Competency Cultural Competency is a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency, or among professionals that enables effective work in cross-cultural situations (HHS, 2013). With the increasing population growth dealing with ethnic and racial communities, everybody have their own cultural traits and health profiles, this creates a challenge in the health care industry in the U.S. Cultural Competency is important to the health care industry
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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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