TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Executive Summary 1 2. Introduction 2 3. Cultural aspect to Communication 3 3.1. Cultural Contexts 3 3.2. Assessing Cultures through Hofstede’s Framework 4 4. Codes of Communication 6 4.1. Verbal Communication 6 4.1.1. Welcome topics of conversation 7 4.1.2. Topics to avoid 8 4.2. Non-Verbal Communication 9 5. Gift Giving 10 6. Causes of Cross-Cultural Communication Conflicts 12 7. Conclusion 13 8. Recommendations 14
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Case 1: What Else Can Go Wrong? Summary Joe Van West is an American who was working as an Operations Manager in Taipei, Taiwan when he got a call offering him a job in Mexico as a President of the Mexican subsidiary of Appliances United. After applying for the job he got approved and moved to the said country. There Van West and his family got help from Antonio Hernandez, President of Manufacturing, with settling down. He and Mrs. Hernandez introduced them to various clubs and influential
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Introduction The workplace varies drastically from country to country and culture to culture. An employee from the United States will need to have pre-departure training on a variety of things to be successful on an assignment in France. The following information should provide insight into French culture, communication, and business etiquette, to improve both the training and the success of an expatriate being sent to France. I. France Overview France is one of many countries
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The study of International Human Resource Management (IHRM) has focused mainly on the policies, practices and strategies of Human Resource practitioners in individual multinational firms. The goal of this special issue is to move beyond this narrow focus at the enterprise level and situate HRM within wider economic, organizational, political and institutional contexts. HRM differs across countries but to date the comparative literature has tended to focus on cultural issues. Research that systematically
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Enterprise Risk Management — Integrated Framework Executive Summary September 2004 Copyright © 2004 by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. All rights reserved. You are hereby authorized to download and distribute unlimited copies of this Executive Summary PDF document, for internal use by you and your firm. You may not remove any copyright or trademark notices, such as the ©, TM, or ® symbols, from the downloaded copy. For any form of commercial exploitation distribution
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ABSTRACT Doing business on a global basis requires a good understanding of different cultures. What works in one country might not work well in another, and could even be interpreted as an insult! Therefore, understanding cultural differences is crucial for the success of an organization venturing in foreign countries. This assignment aims at trying to explain the different aspects of Culture by using the “Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner's Seven Dimensions” Model; to elaborate on the importance
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of the negotiation process that the Japanese follow when they doing business is a foreign concept to Crowell. When Crowell received the gift he did not show his gratitude and was very discourteous from Moto. This no creates relationship between the two protagonists but rather put a cold. Moto expecting a word of thanks and wanted added some precisions on the subject but Crowell reacts very actively by offending Moto. In addition, Crowell said: "They look like Russian dolls. Hey thanks a lot, my daughter
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Case study: Leading a Global Organization This paper will evaluate Carlos Ghosn’s approach to turning Nissan around from his appointment of COO at a very critical time in Nissan’s history. After many years of success, Nissan began facing difficulties in the 90s and Carlos Ghosn was invited to help turn the organization around. Both national and organizational culture was very strong in Nissan and made changes difficult, but Ghosn’s management style enabled him to implement the Nissan revival
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de-escalate negative emotions and situations when feelings are first discussed. Superficial thoughts are examined and explored to help a couple better understand each other’s offenses (Zuccarini et al., 2013). New emotions are introduced in phase two as the couple gains new understandings of their negative emotions. Couples discuss personal regrets and take responsibility for their actions (Zuccarini et al., 2013). Phase three is when a couple learns to forgive and reconcile as they become more
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Relationship Between Psychological Intimacy and Romantic Jealousy Abstract Most of the research on romantic relationships are emphasizing the roles of psychological intimacy and the generated jealousy evoking behaviors. However, the causal effects of these constructs in relation to jealousy have not yet been examined enough. Some of the factors such as affection, affirmation levels, attachment style, and levels of intimacy play an important role in
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