CHAPTER 2 • CROSS-CULTURAL BUSINESS 105 PRACTICING INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CASE A Tale of Two Cultures Many cultures in Asia are in the midst of an identity crisis. In effect‚ they are being torn between two worlds. Pulling in one direction is a traditional value system derived from agriculture-based communities and extended families-that is‚ elements of a culture in which relatives take care of one another and state-run welfare systems are unnecessary. Pulling from the opposite
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Running Head: FAMILY CULTURE AND TRADITIONS � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �1� FAMILY CULTURE AND TRADITIONS � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �2� FAMILY CULTURE AND TRADITIONS Name: Institutions: Professor: Date of submission: In our family‚ there are several cultures and traditions that play a very important role in defining our family values and cultures. These traditions and cultures have been passed to our parents from our grandparents. The two most vivid cultural patterns that are present in our family have been
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The meeting of two strong cultures in Australia is a time which is said to have been one of the most difficult and inharmonious in history. The meeting of the Aboriginals‚ the indigenous people of Australia‚ who had been inhabitants of Australia for at least 50‚000 years‚ and the first European settlers‚ who are said to first have settled around 200 years ago. When and how the Aboriginal people came to Australia is an on-going debate and there is such speculation that we cannot know definitively
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the tensions these cultures are experiencing? Be specific. ------------------------------------------------- Our company has no direct impact in the changing social trends happening in Asian countries. There are steps we could take to help create a Segway between many of the social and cultural changes occurring. ------------------------------------------------- As an American company operating in a foreign nation‚ it is our intention to assimilate with the local culture of that nation not
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distinguish men from beasts.” However‚ having to experience this culture of formality firsthand as a child of two refugees‚ I discovered that not only is this completely false but that Confucius was nothing more than an old fool. The idea that a family‚ or society for that matter‚ must be held together by strict social hierarchies maintained by polite customs and etiquette is a laughable idea if not completely harmful. In modern Western society‚ family is seen as the ultimate bond between people‚ an unbreakable
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Family tradition and cultural legacies contribute to inhibit to an individual self-identity in many ways that would last a life time. A person’s way of living and how they present themselves‚ comes from the culture that was instill in the soul from youth. Even the choices of food we may eat or the beliefs we may have with religion all comes from our family tradition. An individual who comes from a respectable and strong background of their culture are more likely to want to past their cultural
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learning about the way of life of westerners. I understand that my company is not solely responsible for the social change because there are other factors that add to this effect such as movies‚ clothing‚ music‚ nightlife etc. All of these are of interest to young people like me because most of the time we tend to be very impressionable. International companies are just one step in the ladder of social change. Young Indians are able to earn the means to cover the life style that they wish to emulate
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The Lee family was originally from northwest Laos. They arrived in America during the 1980’s after fleeing from their country‚ which had been over taken by communist groups. After much scrambling around and moving from place to place‚ they resided in a Merced. They spent their first days being showed around by relatives who had arrived earlier than the Lees. This was a very confusing time for the Lees‚ as what they had known as normal‚ wasn’t so normal in a western society. The Hmong were farmers
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Based off the poem “Heritage” by Linda Hogan “I Learned Everything” Hogan’s “Heritage” is a poem about accepting life‚ learning from experiences‚ and growing as an individual. It’s about maintaining focus on the important things in life; not getting caught up in the small‚ frivolous things. The writer is a woman of mixed race and cultures; part Chickasaw Indian‚ and part Caucasian. As a child and also into her adult years‚ she often wondered at the calmness and acceptance of her Native American
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Baka Family Life There has never been just one type of family. Indian‚ African‚ and European peoples have each had their own traditional ceremonies‚ family structures‚ and rites of passage. The Baka people have similar family life characteristics as that of the ideal family. There were many aspects of the Baka family life that I observed. The Baka live deep in the rainforest in Africa‚ relying on the forest for survival. Theirs is an original and unspoiled culture where co-operation and sharing
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