backgrounds. This essay tries to present the main elements of cultural misunderstanding during cross cultural business and then find some effective ways to avoid or mitigate those problems. Different cultures make the world diversified. However‚ unfortunately‚ it also causes some negative effects on international business‚ which can lead to misunderstanding‚ confusion even anger. It usually appears in following aspects: 1). Misunderstandings based on power distance: According to Gallois and Callan(1997
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Introduction: Generally‚ our logo is a bird‚ one of the animals that can fly around. On the top of the logo‚ there are Chinese and Canadian national flags. In this case‚ we can compare our students in Sino-Canadian Program as the bird that will fly from China to Canada for better education. On the other hand‚ from the expression of the beautiful bird‚ we can also deduce that our students must have royal quality and great ambition. Basically‚ our bird is composed of various types of geometric
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REQUIRED READING FOR ALL STUDENTS NEW STUDENT GUIDE JANUARY 2013 REQUIRED READING FOR ALL STUDENTS NEW STUDENT GUIDE JANUARY 2013 You are required to read this to help you prepare for your studies at George Brown College. Students who deferred from the previous semester and re-applied to the January 2013 semester are also required to follow these steps. MANDATORY STEPS Confirmation and Payment by Offer Expiry Date 1. Confirm and Pay your fees before the Offer Expiry Date on your Acceptance
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Lilibeth June 26‚ 2014 VIEWPOINT The Vice President STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Mr. Brewster as being the Misunderstanding in the case was promoted to a position as the Assistant Product Manager which he was relatively unfamiliar. He wasn’t given enough time to know more of his field. And shortly a meeting was called by the Vice President (Mr. Smith) to all product managers to discuss marketing strategies. Since his immediate superior‚ the Product Manager (Mr. Reynolds) can’t attend
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Case Analysis THE VICE PRESIDENT‚ THE PRODUCT MANAGER AND THE MISUNDERSTANDING Point of View: Glenda V. Nano MM/HRM Problem Situation: The performance of the new assistant product manager will be affected because of the vice president and the product manager misunderstanding. The San Miguel Corporation has a meeting for planning marketing strategies. It was participated by product managers and other staff. After the meeting began‚ Butch Abelos the vice president and the presiding officer
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In the short story “A Real-Live Blond Cherokee and His Equally Annoyed Soul Mate” Cynthia Leitich Smith uses conflict between Jason and Nika to to show how a misunderstanding can lead to a very strong relationship. Nika walks into Jason’s workplace “All the world’s a stage” and asks him for an interview for her history class. “My American history teacher‚ Mr. Cavazos‚ he says that we have to use primary sources because if you want to find out about people’s history… I’m getting a C minus in history
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The Misunderstanding of a Mistaken Mind. The psychological state of any human being is extremely complex and may never be fully understood. Two minds may overlap and have some similarities‚ but for the most part‚ every person’s mind is different‚ affected by their society’s discourse and their environment. The movie Paranoid Park‚ by Gus Van Sant exemplifies the accurate embodiment that real life has to offer. In the movie‚ the main character Alex must confront real life problems and surpass
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Must You Point Out Misunderstandings During Negotiations to Your Counterparty? January 25‚ 2012 In Daventry District Council v. Daventry & District Housing Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 1153‚ the Court of Appeal rectified an agreement for common mistake even though one party arguably did not intend to enter a contract on those rectified terms. The problem arose because the parties and their lawyers were at cross purposes on an important point during negotiations. The only person aware of the differing
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When growing up‚ different phases of life bring about different phases of people. Making friends is going to happen. But once a new opportunity comes about‚ losing communication with friends from past opportunities‚ can mean losing those friends all together. Losing a friend could result from not being supportive‚ not knowing how to say sorry‚ and from lack of communication . First‚ losing a friend could happen from not being supportive of a choice that was made. People make their own choices throughout
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AVOIDING CROSS-CULTURAL MISCOMMUNICATION Abstract International business has been developing fast in the globalization. We can see Chinese businessmen in most of places in the world‚ from Africa to America‚ and many 2 foreign companies are investing in China‚ vise versa. I‚ a Vietnamese woman‚ am working for Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) in oil and gas field in Vietnam where lots of foreign oil and gas corporations are operating such as KNOC‚ Halliburton‚ Schlumberger‚ BP‚ and Premier.
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