How to Manage Multicultural Workforce COMM/215 September 04‚ 2012 Introduction The world is becoming more diverse and most large companies are multicultural. Diversity definitely has brought new importance to the workplace. “More organizational leaders are trying to overcome the challenges of managing a multicultural workforce so that they can reap the benefits. A multicultural workforce consists of employees with a wide range of backgrounds. Age‚ race‚ national origin‚ gender‚ and marital
Free Culture
Antigone‚ As Described By Aristotle The tragic play Antigone‚ written by Sophocles‚ is a story of mixed emotions and drastic reactions. At the beginning of the play‚ the current ruler of Thebes‚ Creon‚ orders that no one is to touch the deceased Polynecies. However‚ Antigone has a very different plan for his body. Antigone tries to convince her sister‚ Ismene‚ to help her bury her brother‚ but she is too afraid to break the law. After sprinkling dirt on the body‚ Creon sentences Antigone to death
Premium Sophocles Suicide Poetics
International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling 14: 105-119‚ 1991. © 1991 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands. C ross-cultural transitions and wellness: D ealing with culture shock MICHAEL KIM ZAPF Faculty of Social Work‚ The University of Calgary‚ Edmonton Division Abstract. Cross-cultural communication has emerged as a major concern for the helping professions in our multicultural society. Much has been written about recognizing the cultural biases inherent
Premium Cross-cultural communication Culture Sociology
30.11.2010 Culture shock * my personal experience Eydís Brynjarsdóttir kt:091085-3569 Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 Definition of culture shock 3 3.0 Culture shock lifecycle 4 4.0 Culture shock triangle 6 5.0 My personal experience 8 6.0 Ten steps to minimize culture shock 8 7.0 Conclusion 9 1.0 Introduction I chose culture shock for my discussion in this assignment. I will discuss the definition of Culture shock and how it affects people. I will also
Premium Culture shock Sociology Emotion
Explain what is meant by the term culture shock. Identify and discuss the stages of culture shock? Culture shock is the personal disorientation a person may feel when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life due to immigration or a visit to a new country‚ or to a move between social environments‚ also a simple travel to another type of lifeOne of the most common causes of culture shock involves individuals in a foreign environment. Stages of cultural shock- Stage 1 - Excitement The individual
Premium Connotation Denotation
costs of borrowing or make borrowing more difficult. In the next report‚ it should be shown that the main causes of the global credit crunch are sub prime mortgage crises in the US. Analyze the reasons that led to the sub prime mortgage crises and how they precipitated the global credit crunch. In a word‚ there are three reasons which lead to sub prime mortgage crises. Follow by the report‚ it should examine and explain the effects these crises‚ and compare two economies the US and Australia‚ use
Premium Subprime lending Subprime mortgage crisis Mortgage
In a global educational environment a key issue for international students is culture shock. Discuss. Introduction: 1. Definition of ‘culture shock’ (International students and culture shock‚ paragraph 2). 2. statistics of ‘culture shock’( Foreign students Education and culture shock‚ FACTS AND FIGURES part‚ the first paragraph) 3. Topic state: this essay would mainly talk about two elements of culture shock‚ the first one is physical and psychological problems for international students; the
Free Student International student Education
myocardial infarction resulting in cardiogenic shock. My paper will detail the medical diagnosis and nursing management of cardiogenic shock. Medical Diagnosis Cardiogenic shock is a term used to describe the heart’s inability to supply enough blood to the organs of the body. The heart becomes unable to pump enough volume of blood to meet the body’s demand creating a state of organ hypoperfusion (Goldman‚ 2010). If left uncorrected cardiogenic shock will result in total circulatory collapse and
Premium Myocardial infarction Cardiology Heart
moving beyond borders to work abroad and need to be caught and integrated in the new working environment. The purpose of the article is to present the challenges and consequences arising from globalization and affecting human resource management practices and strategies in the 21st century‚ in some selected companies from Romania‚ using a longitudinal perspective. The aim of this paper is to gain a better understanding of the expatriate selection process. To satisfy the research purpose we addressed some
Premium Human resource management Human resources Expatriate
Describe the causes of culture shock... Culture shock Culture shock is basically defined as moving from a familiar culture to a one which are un familiar. Culture shock depends on factors such as how big the cultural difference is between your home and your new location‚ and how long one is away from home‚ you may or may not experience all the phases. There are many factors that cause culture shock like climate‚ food and language. One of the main reasons is climate
Premium Cooking Weather Nutrition