Cultural Differences Dorri Mollon May 3‚ 2010 Cultural Differences Differences between cultures are wide-ranging and there are also many differences among cultures that are geographically close. The noticeable differences are from the uniqueness of specific cultures or of an individual influenced from belonging to his or her family culture. Families have tremendously strong connections for an individual to remain within and follow the customs of the culture he or she has been raised.
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PM Page 7 On the same Track? MOZAIK 2004/1 Sören A S M U S The Conquest of Latin America: Europe and the External Other It has taken a long time to realise how the respective peoples perceived the encounter between people from Europe and people from Latin America. Enrique DUSSEL describes the process of encounter between the European conquistadores and the indigenous people of the Americas from a European point of view in six forms: Invention‚ Discovery‚ Conquest‚ Colonisation‚ Spiritual
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COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA Donald J. Mabry Professor of History Mississippi State University and The Historical Text Archive historicaltextarchive.com ii For Paula Crockett Mabry iii Preface The material in this book comes from my teaching Latin American history over many years. It does not pretend to be a textbook‚ although it could form the basis of one. It is more than an outline but much is omitted. This little book contains notes and commentary on important
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The economic and social gap between Latin America and North America is certainly a mixture of path-dependence causes‚ and current economic behaviors. This is mainly because‚ on one hand history legacies‚ are essential to understand the current patter of unequal or unstable growth. On the other‚ economic prosperity is also about the degree to which each region has been capable of changing over time and adapting to external factors in order to create continued growth. Mahoney‚ aims to explain the
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Interactions between North Americans and Japanese : Considerations of Communication Style The Summary Communication style has a very big impact on the dynamics of face-to-face encounters‚ that is‚ whether a conversation proceeds smoothly or by fits and starts‚ whether both continually interrupt each other or are both able to talk simultaneously without interrupting and whether their style of listening match. Differences in ethnic background coupled with those of communication style probably
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Cultural differences can lead to misunderstandings‚ suspicion‚ disorientation‚ frustration and anger. However‚ cultural differences can greatly enrich how we see the world‚ lead to breakthrough thinking and the exposure and creation of better ways to getting things done. Benefits for the delegate By completing the Cultural Intelligence Learning Path‚ delegates will be able to: Develop and maintain an understanding of the cultures of customers and colleagues Cultural differences also become
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Chapter 11 Cultural Characteristics and Effective Business in China Maria Fernanda Pargana Ilhéu ISEG/UTL‚ PORTUGAL Abstract For firms in the international market the cultural characteristics of host country societies‚ where their managers are going to deal and work‚ must be learned‚ absorbed and adopted. A person’s perception of market needs is framed by his or her own cultural experience. More than factual knowledge of Chinese culture the interpretative knowledge is very important and difficult
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a plethora of locations‚ most notably North and South America. These slaves would go on to form their own individualized communities within their bondage and shape the very countries that had enslaved them in the 18th and 19th centuries. Slaves in North and South America played similar roles but developed independently of each other and thus shaped their own individual social‚ economic‚ and political advances. African Slaves living in North and South America
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Argentina became the first Latin American county to legalize same-sex marriage. Allowing for the first time thousands of Argentinian people to be legally allowed to be with those they love. This law became passed in spite of venomous opposition from the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church opposing the LGBTQ community is not a 2000’s phenomenon‚ however. With the recent rise in acknowledgment for these once marginalizes groups‚ historians of colonial Latin America have taken an interest in these communities
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Attitudes‚ values and racist and xenophobic systems establish‚ openly or covertly‚ a hierarchy between ethnic or racial groups that are used to justify the privileges and/or advantages with which a dominant societal group enjoys. Xenophobia is the hatred‚ disgust or hostility towards foreigners. Racism is an ideology of superiority‚ while xenophobia is directed against a refusal directed against foreigners. Therefore this growing xenophobia is what has contributed to the growing hostility that the
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