GSM 511- Case Analysis | From Regional Star to Global Leader | | Yogita Inamdar | 6/18/2011 | | Case Analysis: From Regional Star to Global Leader Statement Yang Jianguo has been promoted from Country Manager China to Global Head of Product Development at Deronde International. The CEO of the company chose Country Manager Yang from China over other three high performers based on his technical expertise and his knowledge of Asian markets. Yang currently faces a challenge in transitioning
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Multiculturalism has been considered a "fourth force" in the field of psychology‚ supplementing behaviorism‚ psychodynamic theories‚ and humanistic psychology. It explores such topics as differences in worldviews and in means of communication; the acculturation process; stereotyping‚ prejudice‚ discrimination and racism; cultural identity development; and building multicultural competence" (Fhagen-Smith‚ 2010). Multicultural psychology attempts "to understand and to accurately represent the psychology
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Up‚ Up‚ and Away - The Invention of the Airplane The airplane is not only one of the greatest inventions in the 20th century‚ but also the most wonderful scientific creation of the human history at large. Flying higher and higher‚ floating deep into the air like birds‚ and moving from one place to the other within a jiffy in order to mitigate the distances had always been one of the most astounding dreams of human beings since the beginning of time. Several experiments had been conducted time and
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Jewish minority would eventually even accept Christianity and finally vanish. i. This term assimilation describes more accurately what really happened in Western as well as to a lesser degree in Eastern European societies. In contrast to this‚ acculturation is a less radical and more academic term which implies that people accept a new culture or part of it‚ but do not give up completely their own traditions. ii. The discrimination of the Jews increased during the nineteenth century because the
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person responds negatively to these stressors‚ the sensation of being lost in so many unfamiliar people is great. Previous literature indicates that less research has been carried out with respect to our indigenous culture to address the issue of acculturation of non-local students; however in the west this issue has captured the attention of the researchers and the psychologists. A study conducted on the adjustment issues of Turkish college students studying in the United States discusses that during
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factors. 1. Test-taking behaviour concerns such factors as level of education‚ language and practice or familiarity with tests and testing. 2. Cultural and environmental factors relate to aspects such as the effects of rural or urban residence‚ acculturation‚ and various preferences associated with ethnicity. 3. Dispositional factors include age and gender‚ both of which correlate with test performance. 4.1. Approaches to cross-cultural assessment By addressing the issues associated with using psychometric
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Survey Replication‚ journal of Biological Psychiarty (61) 348-358. J Lake‚ A J.M.S. Pearce (2006). Sir William Whitney Gull‚ Journal of European Neurology. (55) 53-56. Lee‚ S Lester‚ R. (2004). Eating Disorder and the Problem of “Culture” in Acculturation‚ Journal of Culture‚ Medicine and Psychiatry. (28)‚ 607- 615. M Garner‚ D. E Garfinkel‚ P. (1980). Socio cultural factors in the development of anorexia Nervosa. Journal of Psychological Medicine. (10)‚ 647- 656. National Eating Disorders Association
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IN WHAT WAY IS REPARATION PROVING TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES? DISCUSS WHAT SHOULD BE THE ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF AN EXPATRIATES TRAINING PROGRAM‚ DESIGNED TO ASSIST THE WESTERN EXPATRIATE ADJUSTING TO LIFE AND WORK IN ANOTHER CONTINENT. ABSTRACT: Amongst many crises faced by multinational corporations comprises of both premature return of expatriates as a result of failed assignments‚ and the poor retention of returned expatriates due to failed repatriation. In order to
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Outline the stages of culture shock with reference to the literature and your own experience and make suggestions for how you could have dealt with culture shock better. With reference to the literature; also discuss the major differences between your home and host culture. The phenomenon of culture shock is accompanied by almost everyone who goes outside of the home country‚ and sometimes even beyond the borders of the region where they grew up the longer stays and more difficult goals to achieve the greater
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The Collision of Two Cultures - Implications of Cultural Values and Beliefs on Caring Concepts Abstract This paper is a personal response to Anne Fadiman’s book The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. The paper includes a summary of the book‚ an overall impression of the reader‚ a discussion of three major themes evident in the book‚ and a description of a situation from the book and how the situation could be handled differently using references and material learned in 3020 Transcultural
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