audience. Social media sites such as Facebook (www.facebook.com), Twitter (www.twitter.com), or YouTube (www.youtube.com) allow companies and entrepreneurs to market their products or services either for free or at fee based advertisement. Facebook is a global social media network with $400 million member (Boone/Kuntz, Contemporary Business, 14 Edition, 2012. p.382). Consumers are able to view ads from the largest establishments to the smallest home base business with the correct marketing tools available
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Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 1 in 68 American children are on the autism spectrum (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014). 1 in every 42 boys and 1 in every 189 girls are diagnosed with autism in the United States (Autism Speaks, 2014). According to the DSM-V, there are five criteria that need to be present in order for an individual to be diagnosed with ASD. The first criterion states “persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple
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was no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joined them. The present work force even in local contexts demands global skills such as excellent communication skills. Regardless of the region, global skills are the primary requisite of any organization as these organizations are operating in a global scenario. Cross-cultural communication is one such global skill
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Bilingual Education By C. Mori When I started my investigation about bilingual education I never thought the debate about it would be as controversial and passionate as it is. But considering the numbers of English Language Learners (ELLs) in the U.S. public school, approximately 5.5 million, which represent about 11% of total number of students, and the percentage of drop outs, about 30% of ELLs, it is understandable that public opinion puts some pressure on the U.S. public school system
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facts of these two companies: the products, market, finance situation, brand and technology, etc. It was found that these two companies have very little in similarity, but a huge difference in product segment, technology and brand, inter-culture, language, etc. Therefore, there is no immediate cost saving through the integration of two companies and the sharing of the common components, which indicates that the risk of failure of this acquisition is relatively big. However, there do exist some opportunities
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Global Human Resource Management By Michelle L. Johnstun Survey of Global Business MGT 430 Dr. Ed Goold D.B.A. M.B.A. February 12, 2013 Abstract Human Resource Management is related to the strategy of an organization in assisting a firm to reach its primary goal of “reducing the costs of value creation and adding value by better serving customers” (Hill, 2013). In order to be successful as a global HRM cultural differences and customs must be acknowledged and understood. Labor
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“What do we say to the client who still insists on having a “native speaker” English teacher?” An analysis of the prejudices surrounding non-native English speaker teachers (NNESTs) and the obstacles for fostering cooperation between NNESTs and native English speaker teachers (NESTs) in ESL courses in Indonesia. Word count 2997 The spread of English across the globe in recent years had led to English being taught by many more NNESTs, a shift which has produced as many inconsistencies as
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......................................10 ii Acknowledgement “You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.” I would like to express my sincerest thanks to those special persons who made my life so meaningful. I owe my deepest gratitude to my parents for all
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will be difficult for both companies. It is because cultural differences affect the human thinking, feeling, acting and behavior that can result in cross culture conflicts within the organization (Adekola and Sergi, 2012). For example, in terms of language, religion, value, and attitudes, there are several cultural differences in both countries: U.S. and Japan, which can affect decisions and choices of employees or people from these countries and can cause to cross culture conflicts (Yoder, 2011).
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quantitative approach method, where questionnaires were distributed among 200 employees. Analysis of data compiled was carried out using the SPSS version 20.0 mode. Through an in-depth analysis and application of this study, there is a bigger impact of multinational firm communication in the cross-cultural communication. In addition, the dimensions of national cultures, high and low context communication, language and communication system have no apparent effects on the cross-cultural communication
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