Kenneth McNally 1/31/2016 Business Communications Culture, The Business World, and Me Reflection Paper The way that you communicate is profoundly influenced by the culture that you were raised in. This cultural influence gives you the understanding of the meaning of words, gestures, time and space issues as well as rules of human relationships in your culture. Intercultural communication is not just translating a message from one language to another but rather understanding how people
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Reflective Cultural Practice Assignment Contents Page Portfolio of Reflective Cultural Practice Assignment 1.1. Introduction In recent times, there has been seen an increased change in the composition of the workforce in organisations because of the rapidly growing globalisation which has made the world increasingly more interrelated (SOURCE). Therefore most business’s around the world including the hospitality and tourism industry need to enter into a cross-cultural alliance to
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Cross-cultural Influences on Workplace Behavior: A culture is defined as, “A way of life of a group of people--the behaviors, beliefs, values, and symbols that they accept, generally without thinking about them, and that are passed along by communication and imitation from one generation to the next”. (Sunniva Heggertveit, 2012). Or It is also defined as, “the values, attitudes, and ways of doing things a person learns during the socialization process in the particular place where they were
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very essential that they should listen to their colleagues in an intercultural environment, as sometimes, a term in one culture would be diverse in another culture, and this is where intercultural communication plays the crucial role in developing cultural diversity in the region. (Porter, 2005) Problem Causes • Ethnocentrism It is the social belief that personal culture is superior to the others, which is one of the major causes of inefficient intercultural communication, as individuals do not
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with many layers of intercultural and intergenerational communication (miscommunication) between mothers and daughters, as well as the daughters’ struggle with their cultural identities II/ Relevant literature and intercultural communication term * High context/ Low context Cultures * Collectivism / Individualism * Cultural Identity III/ Language barriers Even though the mothers speak understandable English, there are differences between the mothers’ English (alternative version of
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* * | Spoken messages have a relational dimension. | | | | * Question 2 0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | Cultivating informal networks within and outside your organization can benefit your career. | | | | | | | | | | * Question 3 0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | Communication skills are important in people-oriented careers but not in high-tech jobs. | | | | | | | | | | * Question 4 0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | It is not a good idea to send a message via
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Cultural Challenges When Entering the Global Market Prepared by: Dennis M. Reilly, Regent University, LDSL 724, Cultures & Values I. Executive Summary Globalization can be defined as the inevitable integration of markets, nation-states, technologies and people in a way that is enabling individuals, organizations and nation-states to reach around the world farther, faster, deeper, and cheaper than ever before. Culture has become a highly significant factor in determining the success
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HUE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES ENGLISH DEPARTMENT .................... CROSS- CULTURAL COMMUNICATION Instructor : NGUYEN BACH NGA Group : 8 Student : HO VAN KET Class : ANHSPK10D Student code : 13F7011114 ******* Hue, 2016 ******* TOPIC FOR END-OF-COURSE ASSIGNMENT CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION When people from different cultures communicate, misunderstandings can happen. What are the possible reasons for those misunderstandings and
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Cross Cultural Management of Japan & United States One concern of the merger between these two companies involves group interaction and sense of space. People in the United States take great pride in themselves on individualism and informality. The Japanese culture values groups and formality. People in the United States admire a person who excels above everyone else. If this merger takes place and it makes the price of stock to rise, the American company might want to buy more stock and
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population is growing and becoming more diverse than ever. With the increase in the diverse population, healthcare workers are being exposed to a vast number of different cultures causing barriers when treating a patient from a different country. Cross-cultural communication barriers such as language, nonverbal, and responses to pain can affect a person’s health care delivery. Culture is a framework that directs human behavior. It is a person’s values, beliefs, and attitudes. “In health care, language
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