English 101 20 June 2012 A Cultural Misunderstanding Dr. Barbara Ehrenreich better known as a myth buster is best known for her non-fiction reportage‚ book reviews and social commentary. Her reviews‚ essays‚ op-eds‚ and feature articles have been widely published and have appeared in Harper ’s Magazine‚ The New York Times‚ Time Magazine‚ The Wall Street Journal‚ Life Magazine‚ The New Republic‚ and the New Statesman. Ms. Ehrenreich received her Ph.D. from The Rockefeller University in 1998
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1.3) Explain conflict management techniques that may be used to resolve team conflicts. Conflict can occur in many situations in the workplace such as‚ when there is an organisational change or‚ when people’s personalities clash. When there is a personality conflict between colleagues these issues should be looked at from the other person’s point of view to try and understand them and determine what may cause someone to act this way; you can also look at how others interact with them to gain knowledge
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Communication Misunderstanding Assignment 1.1 Example 1 Who was the sender? My line supervisor (EA sports packaging and distribution) Who was the receiver? Me (Machine Operator) What was the message? “Pick it up!” What channel was used to send the message? Verbal What was the misunderstanding that occurred? I did not understand how much I should “pick it up.” The result was me turning my machine up to a speed that caused issues further down the line and eventually halting production.
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The Misunderstanding of Gluten Consumption Have you ever heard of the word Gluten and what it is? Gluten is a substance that can be used to make baked goods that have an elastic texture of dough. It has changed the lives of many both good and bad; positively because people enjoy eating it since it taste so good‚ but negatively it has caused many people to become sick and die because gluten was part of their daily diet for such a long time. Celiac Disease is developed from the consumption of gluten
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Cultural Misunderstandings | |[pic] This is a collection of interesting (and sometimes tragic) incidents of cross-cultural miscommunication. They emphasize the importance of appreciating cultural differences when traveling or working abroad. [pic] An American supervisor on an oil rig in Indonesia shouted at his timekeeper to take a boat to shore. Since one never berates an Indonesian in public‚ a mob of outraged workers chased the supervisor with axes! ~ Managers
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information on the cultural and linguistic diversity of the Gold Coast community‚ please view the social profile document at: www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/t_standard.aspx?pid=6634 Avoid cultural misunderstanding Cultural differences can sometimes lead to misunderstanding in the community or the workplace. Misunderstandings can occur around the simplest things‚ such as: n n n n n n n food language greetings gestures facial expressions eye contact touching n n n n n n pointing self expression privacy
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.....................3 Introduction........................................................................................................................................4 Conceptual Skills...............................................................................................................................5 Interpersonal Skills.........................................................................................................................6 Technical Skills......................
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Chapter 3 #2 - When is a company’s competitive advantage most likely to endure over time? A company’s competitive advantage is most likely to endure over time when the company has built barriers to imitation‚ which make it difficult for a competitor to copy the company’s distinctive competencies. Another element needed is the ability to quickly react to changes in the customer’s needs and have a high absorptive capacity in order to identify‚ value‚ assimilate‚ and use new knowledge. Lastly‚ the
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Tamar Abramson Nation Building Nation building is a flawed art‚ a method that greatly fails. According to Paul Collier‚ Professor of Economics at Oxford University‚ “40 percent of all post-conflict situations‚ historically‚ have reverted back to conflict within a decade. In fact they’ve accounted for half of all civil wars.”[1] Although there are many reasons as to why nation building fails so often‚ the focus is what can be done to increase its success rate? What nation building needs in order
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PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES A projective test‚ is a personality test designed to let a person respond to ambiguous stimuli‚ presumably revealing hidden emotions and internal conflicts. This is different from an "objective test" in which responses are analyzed according to a universal standard (for example‚ a multiple choice exam). The responses to projective tests are content analyzed for meaning rather than being based on presuppositions about meaning‚ as is the case with objective tests.
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