Social Science Vol. 6‚ No. 9; September 2010 On a Personal Experience of Cultural Adaptation ---From the Perspective of Microculture Lisha Liu Qindao College‚ Qingdao Techonological University 79 Tie Qi Shan Street‚ Chengyang‚ Qingdao 266106‚ China E-mail: olivia_lisha@126.com Abstract This paper‚ from the perspective of microculture‚ mainly explores how the cultural anthropological theory “cultural adaptation” works on a personal experience of a student who pursues her further study inter-regionally
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1.0 Executive Summary The purpose of this assignment is to highlight the issues and challenges that are faced by expatriates in managing highly diversified cultural teams and the need for cultural intelligence to overcome these challenges that occur in their assignments. Also‚ the cost of failure of assignments‚ which result in lost opportunities for Multinational companies (MNC’s) in the particular country they operate in. These failures have resulted in the need of repertoires that can be used
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What Would You Do? Episode __ : Helping the Homeless I. Relate the video to conscience Conscience‚ as defined by the Merriam – Webster Dictionary‚ is “the part of the mind that makes you aware of your actions as being either morally right or wrong”. It’s that tiny voice inside your head that tells you if what you’re about to do‚ what you’re doing or what you’ve done is essentially right or not. A lot of people nowadays tend to ignore this for fear of being ridiculed or judged by other people‚ even
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Sociocultural Adaptation scale (SCAS) 1. Making friends. 2. Using the transport system. 3. Making yourself understood. 4. Getting used to the pace of life. 5. Going shopping. 6. Going to social events/gatherings/functions. 7. Worshipping in your usual way. 8. Talking about yourself with others. 9. Understanding jokes and humor. 10. Dealing with someone who is unpleasant/cross/aggressive. 11. Getting used to the local food/finding food you enjoy. 12. Following rules and regulations
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"W.W.Y.D" Society is quick to judge and people are quick to stereotype other people. In the show "What Would You Do" three people were trying to steal a bike. The first one was a white male and most of the people just walked by or asked "Is that your bike‚" and his reply was "No‚" then the people just kept walking by and didn’t even try to stop him. There was roughly 100 people an hour that just walked by until an old couple walked up and tried to stop him. Next‚ was a black male and the first
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What Would You Do to Be Successful Being a kid with a learning disability can be stressful and challenging in everyday school. I can understand the benefits of online schooling‚ because I experience what the students with learning disabilities go through on a daily basis. Online schooling benefits students that want to get done with schooling early‚ students with with learning disability‚ and some students that wanna be successful in life more. Students at Mona Shores would benefit more
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a HR Manager would have to consider when relocating a manager from Australia to manage a local branch of an Australian organisation based in Tokyo. | HRMT20022 | | Alicia Ettlin | Student No. 0244463 | 1 August 2013 Lecturer: Patrick Goh Course Coordinator: Gordon Stewart Word count: 2197 1 August 2013 Lecturer: Patrick Goh Course Coordinator: Gordon Stewart Word count: 2197 BRISBANE CAMPUS BRISBANE CAMPUS Identify and discuss the issues that a HR Manager would
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Expatriate Failure – Research Essay With globalization and increasing competition‚ organizations are forced to expand beyond national boundaries. These international operations naturally gave birth to the need of expatriates‚ who goes to the foreign country with an intention of controlling the operations and to provide technical and administrative services. The expatriate job is highly demanding and sometimes very complicated due to differences between countries’ labour situation‚ culture‚ economic
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EXPATRIATE FAILURES "The internationalization of business has proceeded at a rapid pace as the world has become a global economy."(Mathis‚ Jackson 2000) This is the very reason why companies now have the need for international executives. As all aspects of a business spread worldwide‚ so must the employees. An expatriate by definition is a home-county national‚ usually an employee of the firm‚ who is sent abroad to manage a foreign subsidiary. (Rodrigues‚ 2001) A successful expatriate generally
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ISCTE – SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT Similarities and Differences between Arab and American Managers Predominant Characteristics 1 2 3 Leadership Style Arab Stereotype Egalitarian‚ emphasis on peer approval and gain personal acceptance. Consultative Ritual‚ display a high desired for long-term relations‚ affective‚ e.g.‚ appeals to emotions and feelings‚ concession seeking. Hard work is a virtue in the light of the needs of man and the necessity to establish
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