Ebiwari Apulu BBA-F1205-0225 Table of contents 1) Introduction............................... page 3 2) Culture.......................................page 3-4 2.1) significance of culture.........page 4-6 3) Socio cultural components......page 6 3.1) Aesthetics................................page 6-7 3.2) Attitude and beliefs................page 7 3.3) Religion.................................. page 7-8 3.4) Material Culture....................
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Cross-cultural communication problems in "Expatriation: An American Working in Japan" case. I decided to choose this topic because in the modern world‚ where globalization takes over the economy‚ the cross-cultural communication is becoming increasingly important subject to address for organizations and especially for its Human Resource Management. Whether it is a multinational company with subsidiaries all over the world‚ or a manufacturing company with distribution network across continents
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Individualism & Collectivism: Collectivism is the degree to which people work together in groups and it is measured on group achievement. Individualism is the degree to which people work independently and is measured on personal achievement. Canada has a very high individualism and a very low collectivism. In contrast to Turkey whose collectivism is high and individualism is low. In societies like Canada there is a strong sense of competition. People expect from each other to fulfill their own
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patterns of beliefs systems which are passed down from generation to generation within a certain group of individuals. Additionally‚ this transmission of culture also includes behaviors. Nonetheless‚ cultural beliefs vary for instance individualistic and collectivistic cultures differ is individualism consist of individual values that focus solely on an individual. Culture goals support and focus on emotional well-being and independence and how a person possesses unique qualities which makes them different
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An analysis of American – Chinese movie ‘Saving face” by using Face Negotiation Theory Table of contents Face Negotiation Theory 2 An application of face-negotiation theory in the movie “Saving face” (2004) 3 Advantages and disadvantages of face theory 6 Conclusion 7 References 8 The term “face-negotiation theory” was first introduced by Stella Ting-Toomey‚ a Professor of Human Communication Studies at California State University‚ in 1988 based on amazing works of Goffman in 1955
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Individualism-Collectivism and Team Performance Kevin L. Jackson University of Phoenix Annotated Bibliography Schroeder‚ P.E. (2013). A quantitative correlation study of individualism-collectivism and employee innovation in Turkey (Doctoral dissertation)‚ Available from ProQuest Dissertation and Theses database. (UMI No. 3585958). This quantitative correlation study examines the relationship of the individualism-collectivism values‚ to leadership‚ and how it affects employee’s creativity and
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difference‚ Uncertainty avoidance‚ Masculinity - Feminity‚ Short term - Long term orientation. We will briefly examine them one by one. Individualism - Collectivism: This describes the general behaviour of members of certain culture is individualistic or collectivistic‚ when dealing with an issue. ie whether they take the personal opinion/preference over a group or
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organization‚ employee turnover creates both tangible and intangible costs. The presentation used Hofstede’s findings (1980) to structure a comparison between the cultures used in the role-plays. More specific‚ on one hand‚ individualistic cultures are compared with more collectivistic ones. On the other hand‚ the difference in power distance of the considered cultures also helps to identify and develop potential solutions. Based on research of Kirkman and Shapiro (2001)‚ there is a tendency for higher
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in which people from birth onward are integrated into strong‚ cohesive groups‚ which throughout people’s lifetime continue to protect them in exchange for unwavering loyalty. As you were growing up‚ in what ways were you reared to be individualistic or collectivistic? Which orientation was the predominant cultural value of your family? As I grew up I was always told that it was a dog eat dog world and that only my brother would ever have my back. Being one of the few white children in town and only
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and is useful for managers to guess about cultural behavior in a country. Therefore‚ it is used as assistant tool in building unitary organizational cultures. The tourist firm relied on Hosftede’s framework. Because Japanese are collectivistic while Danish are individualistic‚ the Danish director had to consider whether provide guidance to Danish staffs or strict control to Japanese staffs‚ instead using individual competencies for all employees. Another example‚ the audio-visual firm took a chance
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