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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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    destination‚ with about 841‚000 international visitors between September 2006 and September 2007. For further 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

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    dark. She should just break the door of the other room. She will not be so nervous sleep on the same bed with Mina if she did that. Chaeyoung around and face Mina‚ watching at the other girl peaceful sleeping face. She smiled to herself when she remembered the embarrassing situation earlier. "Huh?" "That’s not what I mean! You’re misunderstanding .. Oh my god." Chaeyoung fanning her face that suddenly felt hot because of the question that had just rolled out of her mouth. She knows Mina also

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    People everyday are faced with conflict. It’s inevitable to avoid conflict. Conflict ranges from many things‚ to deciding what to wear‚ to wondering if you’re going to make it to the next day. Everyone has conflict doesn’t matter how big or small the issue is. In the situation of conflict‚ you can either decide to let the conflict get to you‚ or accept it and move on‚ it all depends on how you go about the situation.. This happens in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. There is a scene when Okonkwo

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    Belgium Culture – Intercultural communication Our lecture started with well-known demographic facts about Belgium - the population equals to 10‚511‚000‚ 15% of which are immigrants (1‚570‚000). In Belgium‚ Catholicism is the most widespread religion. There are also Moslems‚ Jews and Protestants. In general‚ people are open-minded about other religions and of course different nationalities. The cultural diversity is enriched by international and local immigration. In the last hundred years the

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    Intercultural Communication Slide 1: Introduce the topic Slide 2: Introduce the outline of the report Slide 3: First and foremost we need to start by giving a working definition of the term Intercultural Communication. What are we describing when we utter this term? We are of course very much familiar with communication. However for this term the concept “Intercultural” is added. Now‚ we can break down this word into its basic parts: Inter‚ a Latin prefix‚ which means between or among

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    in N.Y. my four friends and I were sitting on my friend’s porch at about 11:00p.m. listening to the radio and along comes a cop and arrests us all. My friend’s mother tried to tell the cop that we were there all night but he didn’t care and arrested us anyway. The cop would not tell us why we were being arrested; he just read us our rights while waiting for the paddy wagon to arrive. We kept asking him what we did and why we were being arrested but he wouldn’t tell us. He said‚ "You know why I am

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    Intercultural Communication March 17‚ 2014 MGMT 316 Colorado Technical University-Online Instructor Alan Witty Abstract The purpose of this paper is to discuss and explain the hurdles that you come in contact with when deal with business ventures involving people from multiple countries. The communication can be difficult to understand and it is important to clarify and make it as easy as possible for everyone involved. Helping those of other countries meld and minle with one another can be difficult

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    The 4 Things You Must Eat To Avoid Malnutrition While those of us living comfortably in the United States do not see malnutrition on a regular basis‚ it can and will pose a problem if an  unprepared population finds itself dealing with a long-term disaster. During the turbulent times of the Great Depression‚ malnutrition was at the forefront of health issues and as a result‚ many suffered short and long-term effects of this health problem. Equipping yourself with the knowledge of why we should store

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    International and Intercultural Communication Ashford International and Intercultural Communication BUS600 July 27‚ 2014 International and Intercultural Communication International and Intercultural Communications have been of great interest to the Hofstede Centre for many years. In fact Geert Hofstede’s dimensions of culture have been the most widely disseminated of all theories. Hofstede’s five cultural dimensions are‚ “1) Power Distance‚ 2) Individualism or Collectivism‚ 3) Masculinity-Femininity

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