COM 2603 Semester 1 ASSIGNMENT 01 INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION Unique assignment number 868015 Closing date 10 March 2014 Contact lecturers Prof KB Khan‚ Ms B Sibango QUESTION 1 1. 1 Social Science Approach - The Social Science Approach: This approach‚ also known as the functionalist approach‚ was most popular in the 1980s and is based on research in psychology and sociology. 1. Assumptions: a The existence of a describable external reality. b Human behaviour is predictable
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Intercultural Adaptation Introduction Many of us have travel or lived abroad always wondering which will be the correct way of behavior or the proper manners to successfully communicate with others. We wonder if it’s better to bow or to give a hand shake‚ to give a kiss or a hug. This and many other questions are presented upon us because each and every country has a different cultural background. This paper will explore into the intricate process in which people may or may not successfully
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Intercultural Interview [Student’s Name] [Institution’s Name] Intercultural Interview Introduction This specific paper is based on interviewing two individuals who belong to different religions‚ which is the cultural characteristic in question as far as this paper is concerned. The individuals that were consulted for this specific paper belong to Muslim and Christian religions. The paper and the specific questions which were asked
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The adolescent that was interviewed for this paper‚ Cassie Menendez‚ is a seventeen year-old junior in high school. She comes from a middle-class family with a mother who is 48 years old and works as a nurse on a trauma floor in an upper state New York hospital and a father who is 52 and works as a dairy farmer. Cassie is also the youngest out of three children. She has a brother‚ Daniel who is currently 22 and getting his masters in history and a sister who is 20 and is working towards a degree
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Intercultural Communication Intercultural communication is now a common experience as a result of globalisation. It is extremely important to understanding how culture impacts on employee relationships and communication as it can affect the success of multinational and culturally diverse businesses. Hofstede (1984) defines culture as “the mental programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one human group from another”. Intercultural communication refers to the communication between
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Intercultural Communication in a Global Workplace Wilhemenia M Maxey Hana‚ A Joint Venture Between Health Snacks and Toka Foods March 09‚ 2013 Professor Marcus Payne Trinity International University The world consists of different countries. Every country has its own unique culture. People come from different countries have different belief and different customs. But with the globalization increasing‚ world is becoming smaller and smaller. Different people from different countries
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Self-access module 2 USING CONNECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES TO BUILD AND SUSTAIN INTERCULTURAL LANGUAGE LEARNING © Commonwealth of Australia 2007 This work is copyright. It may be reproduced in whole or in part for study or training purposes subject to the inclusion of an acknowledgment of the source and no commercial usage or sale. Reproduction for purposes other than those indicated above‚ requires the prior written permission from the Commonwealth.
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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF UKRAINE DRAGOMANOV NATIONAL PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN PHILOLOGY COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS AND TRANSLATION DEPARTMENT INTERCULTURAL ADVERTISING Report Performed by Svitlana Bukina Teacher: Kovalchuk I. M. Kyiv-2013 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1. Language in advertising 2. Communication style in advertising 3. Colours‚ numbers and images in advertising 4. Cultural values in advertising CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Name: Jeremy Ong Intercultural Communication Individual Essay The intercultural experience I am sharing involves one of my close Malay friend whom I have known for many years‚ and through our different family backgrounds and religion‚ there are times when we have to employ some effective intercultural communication skills to cross the boundary that is set by our personal field of experiences. First and foremost‚ and probably the most important difference between us is our religion‚ which with
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ethnorelativism: a case study of Finnish-Polish collaboration Sampo Tukiainen 4 Exploring the culture context of Franco-Vietnamese development projects: using an interpretative approach to improve the cooperation process Sylvie Chevrier 5 The intercultural challenges in the transfer of codes of conduct from the USA to Europe Christoph I. Barmeyer and Eric Davoine 6 When American management system
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