Intercultural Communication Issues University of Phoenix Dr. Julie Hu SOC/315 June 15‚ 2008 Introduction In today’s workforce a person will be able to see a very diverse crowd‚ including employees‚ supervisors and managers. Diversity is having different sorts of cultures‚ nationalities and genders mixed together. Unfortunately‚ there are barriers in which may cause problems among the workers including language as a communication issue. Although English may be the language all of the
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2011 Copyright © IIUM Press ISSN 0128-4878 Book Reviews Malaysia’s foreign policy‚ the first fifty years: Alignment‚ neutralism‚ Islamism. By Johan Saravanamuttu. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies‚ ISEAS‚ 2010‚ pp. 388. ISBN: 978-9814279-78-9 Reviewer: Abdul Rashid Moten‚ Department of Political Science‚ International Islamic University Malaysia. E-mail: rashidm@iium.edu.my Malaysia’s foreign policy is very much under-studied. Nevertheless‚ there exist several scholarly
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The Principles of British Foreign Policy Philip Vander Elst The Principles of British Foreign Policy Philip Vander Elst Second Edition © The Bruges Group 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9547087-5-7 Published in February 2008 by The Bruges Group‚ 227 Linen Hall‚ 162-168 Regent Street‚ London W1B 5TB www.brugesgroup.com Bruges Group publications are not intended to represent a corporate view of European and international developments. Contributions are chosen on the basis of their intellectual rigour
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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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Being a competent intercultural communicator is being able to utilize the six dialectic of intercultural communication during communication practices. Dialectic refers to a method of logic based on the principle of idea generating its opposite‚ leading to a reconciliation of the opposites (Martin and Nakayama 77). These dialectics include cultural-individual‚ personal-contextual‚ differences-similarities‚ static-dynamic‚ history/past-present/future‚ and privilege disadvantage dialectics. Using these
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Background: I encountered several intercultural communication problems with my uncle‚ he was shifted to Mainland China and living there because of the potential development of there‚ so I wasn’t familiar about him and we weren’t so close in relationship. Recently he came to Hong Kong and paid a visit to our family for several weeks‚ I was astounded when I heard that he would live with us‚ I was panic to communication with a different culture person. As expected‚ he has different way to handle things
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Intercultural Communication in the Workplace Communication is one of the vital keys for a successful business atmosphere. “There is no better way to build trust than through communication” (Grady‚ 2003‚ pg 40). About 5 years ago while I was working at a bank‚ there was a miscommunication between a co-worker and myself. Lily was originally from Honk-Kong and worked as the loan Analyst for the bank. Due to her heavy accent‚ and inability to form proper sentences‚ I would almost always ask her to
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Foreign Policy Nathan Jaramillo 1/15/14 Foreign policy refers to relations carried on with other countries. There are various factors that influence foreign policy‚ such as economics. There are also various options a country can choose to deal with other countries such as war‚ as well as approaches to dealing with other countries such as isolationism. The current administration for the United States deals with all of these complex elements‚ plus it also deals with many issues in foreign affairs
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In society there are four building blocks of intercultural communication. They are culture‚ communication‚ context‚ and power. Culture can be viewed as patterns of learned beliefs that are shared through generations. It is often considered to be the main concept in intercultural communication‚ and how we think about culture affects our idea and perceptions. Throughout the world there are many differences between cultures. For example in France‚ it is customary to greet the shopkeeper before beginning
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aggression‚ undermine the foundation of international peace and hence the security of the United States" (Truman‚344) After Truman’s inspiring speech‚ Congress took two months to make their decision on the aid package. Meanwhile‚ Truman had to find inventive ways of giving money to the countries‚ like scraping funds from other aid programs. This aid package was vital for Greece and many democratic countries in Europe‚ and the decision would affect U.S. foreign policy for years to come. In Picture 1‚ the
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