Essays on Cultural Differences

Introduction

International Human Resource Management (IHRM) is concerned with the management of labor of a company that is international in operations. This implies that the company in question has several branches extensions of its parent company in its home country in other nations around the world (Harzing & Pinnington, 2011, p. 13). Multinational corporations are increasingly finding it necessary to conduct strategic international human resource management (SIHRM) due to the global dynamics in the manner in which businesses are conducted. The objectives of SIHRM are built to ensure that the managers are cognizant of the differences in world’s market segments Continue reading...

Business Relations between the United States and Japan

The globalizing economy is a constantly growing worry in the minds of today’s businesspersons. How we relate and communicate with other countries can dictate whether we are able to do business together, or whether we have to look for other resources. In order to be successful when building business relations with businesspeople of other cultures, it is important that we understand the customs of that culture. Japan, for example, is a very different country than the United States. When the U.S. attempts to do business with Japan, we need to consider many different aspects of the country. We Continue reading...

Trained medical professionals attend to patients of diverse ethno-cultural backgrounds, different age groups, different sexes, as well as patients with different educational backgrounds something that that makes communication between them more multifarious and difficult. Professionals in this field are required by law that they increase their communication competencies in culturally diverse healthcare contexts, where the cultural diversity of patients and staff challenges the professionals in the field. It is believed that the intercultural lens is appropriate for understanding the issue of intercultural communication, which usually involves miscommunication in hospital settings (Coiera and Tombs, 1996). The refresher course the medical Continue reading...

CHAPTER 5: DISCUSSION, FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS

5. Findings and Analysis

Lulivo Irving restaurant is located in London. From the graph above, the hotel has 6 nationalities namely Italian, Albanian, Romanian, Egypt, Spanish and Hungarians. Italians are the majority with 6 followed by Albanian, Romanian and Egypt with 2 then Spanish and Hungarians 1 each. British nationals do not work in the hotel because most do not consider it a noble job to do. In the absence of British nationals, the hotel has no option but to employ other nationals thus the diversity.

Graph 2: Piazza Restaurant

Pizza restaurant has 6 nationals namely Italian, Albanian, Romanian, Egyptian, Spanish and Bosnians. Continue reading...

Research paper

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Introduction

Globalization has made a significant contribution both socially and economically. Although, the focus was mainly on the socio-economic impacts of globalization, it is important to consider globalization from the cultural point of view. Since the 80’s in 20th century, Hollywood has been putting a lot of efforts in promoting strategies toward globalization, through which Hollywood movies have virtually reached each and every corner of the planet in an unprecedented speed and scale. Globalization in Hollywood films portray the inevitable result of globalization of world economy, where the “Chinese elements”, in particular, have become an epitome in Continue reading...

International Students Financial Issues in the US

Introduction
The issue of foreign students or international students is increasing within U.S, especially at the level of university. According to Burdett and Crossman (2010), in the year 2007, there were approximately 35,433 international students registered in an educational institution within New York. As an initiative, CREPUQ commits in supporting efforts of government to locate NY as destination of high quality university studies. Their supports are devoted to creating support measures or strategies as Para academic components for success of students. Nonetheless, there are many challenges facing foreign students, which include, but not limited to language problems, funds Continue reading...

IHRM

Introduction
Firms that do not have the quality human resource face challenges in managing its operations globally and in attracting quality human resource (Farndale, Scullion, and Sparrow, 2010). Therefore it is critical for firms to manage their human resource. For this reason, the practices of human resource management are decisive in the success of the organization. As firms expand their operations to different countries, organizations have to consider a lot more factors than they have to when they are managing an organization that operates in only one country (Adler, 2002). Therefore, the role of international human resource management practices Continue reading...

English: Culture and Thinking

Intercultural communication aims at sharing information among people from different cultures. It encompasses wide a range of communication procedures and deals with problems faced when people from different culture are working together in one organization. The article selected for this paper is “The Crisis in Burma” taken from the website of International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect (ICRtoP); link of the article is mentioned in the citation. In this paper, only Part VI of the article will be summarized and compared with the Bennett article as it is only this part that deals with the ethnic and religious Continue reading...

This report highlights some important concerns that may arise out of the company's global expansion. The study is with respect to PPQ Part's expansion spree in Germany and Japan.

Issues Faced by Host Foreign Nation as a Result of Expansion

Though global expansion may be lucrative for any business in terms of brand recognition and profitability, it may bring a lot of challenges for the host country including :

• Environmental impact affecting local wildlife

• Economic instability i.e. changes in demand, supply patterns, trade barriers, limitations to exports and imports etc.

• Setback to local business and changes in business contour

• Stress on Economic resources because of the addition of new people
• Impact on local culture and social settings
Clearly, the abovementioned list only highlights some Continue reading...

Introduction

The practice of acknowledging, understanding, accepting, celebrating and valuing differences among people as regards ethnicity, class, age, gender, sexual orientation, physical and mental prowess, race and religion is referred as diversity (Green, López, Wysocki and Kepner, 2013). In the current global scenario with the driving forces of globalization like the advent of technologies, communication, internet, transportation and transnational companies having diminished boundaries, the work place environment has grown extremely diverse with people of various cultures, backgrounds and beliefs fraternizing with each other every day on account of work and business. The demography in USA has gone through a Continue reading...

Hemophilia is a chronic medical disorder that causes internal bleeding and can result in deformity, joint mobility impairment, chronic pain, and narcotic medication abuse. There is no cure for hemophilia, so psychological interventions are necessary to help the affected individuals manage their condition and emotionally cope with the consequences of the disorder. Even though psychological interventions are considered an essential part of care delivery to hemophilia patients and their families, most of the interventions focus on acceptance, coping strategies, and cognitive-behavioral changes while neglecting potential psychiatric problems associated with hemophilia. This paper will discuss the importance of psychological interventions Continue reading...

Diversity in the Workplace

Many places of work, today, have become a beacon of multicultural individuals from all over the world. This is because of globalization as well as some managerial concepts of expanding cultural diversity at the workplace. However, different leaders at the workplace may call for inclusion or assimilation depending on their different understanding. While inclusion accepts the cultural differences and aims to maintain them in spite of the predominant culture, assimilation calls for blending or infusion of the minority culture into the predominant culture.
However, managers are advised to embrace inclusion since it brings diversity into the workplace. However, a Continue reading...

CHAPTER ONE

I. INTRODUCTION
Diversity in the classroom is extremely important to the development of children, and continues to become more important in light of the changing demographics of the classroom today. Diversity and multicultural education provides children with the context that they need to function within an increasingly multicultural society today. It is also a way to deal with the changing demographics of the classroom; in America, classrooms now contain children from a variety of different cultural and ethnic backgrounds, and providing other children with the context needed to understand their differences and maneuver around any conflicts that are created Continue reading...

Abstract

Cultural differences have a great bearing on the way managers perform their work. This paper outlines the need for managers to acquire intercultural training because how they behave in their roles has great implications on the organization as a whole. Electronic technology has changed the way people communicate and work. This introduces cultural dynamics that have to be incorporated into intercultural training. The paper also discusses culture and identity as factors which influence each other. Personal identity and organizational identity are discussed as two interrelated factors which depend on each other. overall, the paper underlines the importance of proper Continue reading...

Renaissance Essay

The Northern European Renaissance and The Italian Renaissance were the significant time periods, and they have also paved the way for several civilizations. However, these time periods have many similarities as well as differences.
The social and cultural similarities between the Northern European Renaissance and The Italian Renaissance are that both of them have chosen the religious figures and stories of Christianity as their basic artistic premise. Religion was given importance in the work in both time periods. Both the eras have indicated the religious events as a mean of showing their love and affection for the religion. Adam Continue reading...

Introduction

There are many forces that cause the reduction of linguistic diversity in the world. In most countries, there are different people from different cultural backgrounds but as time goes by, we find that most of these communities seem to have forgotten their languages and have integrated with the other communities and formed different common language. Roughly, five to six thousand languages are spoken in the world today. However, a hundred years from now, those numbers will certainly fall to a thousand or even less. Communities that were once self-sufficient are now finding themselves under intense pressure to integrate with Continue reading...

  Any person, who relocates to a place where the language, behavior, attitudes, and ways of thinking are different from one’s own native ethnicity, is bound to have some degree of “culture shock.” Culture shock is a set of feelings a person would experience when moved to a new living condition. The feelings may include: confusions, nostalgia, lack of motivation, frustration due to local people’s attitudes, paranoiac interpretations about people’s behavior, diminished self esteem etc. This concept has much relevance in International Human Resource Management.
Martin Nicole is a practicing architect working in Daffodil Engineering Projects Inc ( Continue reading...

Introduction

Human beings tend to negotiate at one point or another in their life, on one matter or another. Some however do it more effectively those others. Human beings have been able to not only survive but also thrive as a species mainly because of this ability (Alfini, 2010) of all methods of conflict management; the negotiation process is the most efficient, flexible, eminently sensible, and economical in the human repertoire to manage differences and controversy. In early human history, disputes occurred mostly within families, tribes, communities, and individuals. Yet, despite past successes and the dire necessity of negotiations for Continue reading...

In her book, Dionne Brand portrays a clear picture of what tags along when one identifies themselves with a certain people from a certain culture. Through her various life experiences we are able to have a clear view of what goes down when people get tangled in others of a different culture from theirs. Some occurrences are sickening as you have to endure doing what probably never crossed your mind. Different cultures trim people differently and the difference may be so crucial as to make those in a foreign culture feel left out or else in the wrong place.
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The world today is rapidly changing and coming together, thanks in part to globalization and the power of the internet. Communication by all means is cultural. It has the ability to draw on the many ways in which we learn to speak and give nonverbal messages. Communication between people doesn’t all happen the same as it varies from day to day, affected by individual personality, context, and the interactions of different individuals moods with the impact of cultural influence. Communication is an interactive process in which social influences are internalized to influence individuals’ choices, and effect relationship with Continue reading...

Non-Verbal Communication

Communication involves the activities people carry out in their day to day basis. It is used as an effective tool as it helps people get along through ways that are convenient. Verbal and non-verbal communication skills define the way people interact and therefore need to be properly utilized and interpreted to avoid sending the wrong message. The simple things people take for granted really send a loud message about who someone is or how they carry themselves around. The most vital components of non-verbal communication entail gestures, postures, importance of clothing and accessories, the tone of the voice facial Continue reading...

Introduction

When it comes to organizations, then there are certain things and provisions always be convicted accordingly. Organizations always strive hard for the economic prosperity and no organization wants them to distract from their core mantra. Organization is termed as a place where-in people belong to different demographics and mindset works together merely for the achievement of a single and pre-specified goal.
There are certain issues that may interfere in the operations of the company, or it could be said that these issues may pamper them not to expand positively and effectively. The main perspective of this assignment is to Continue reading...

Management

Advertising in recent times
Because of the globalization, there is more tough competition. Advertising trends have also changed in the recent times. Advertising strategies are making these days after paying the detailed considerations to the minorities and diverse cultures because of the inclusion of the diverse customers in the country like ethnic customers comprise just 30% in the United States. Those newly changed trends also make the large influence in the advertising strategies and jargons involved in the advertising. .

Some of the examples of pure ethnic and the cultural differences advertising are as follows.

- In 2001, Toyota Company publish print ad by showing the close up of the black man’s smile with Continue reading...

Introduction

Music has no boundaries and is listened by all sections of society, globally. Whether it is in English, German, French, Hindi, Mandarin, Arabic, Urdu, or any other language, music is enjoyed by one and all for its sheer power of attraction. It is not necessary that all audiences like the same kind of music, and it is also not true that all artists are liked by all. Tastes differ, and preferences are many. While some would pledge their hardcore support for the songs sung by Madonna, or a Lady Gaga, they need not necessarily have to agree that they Continue reading...

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The nursing profession is one of the few professions that allows for a culturally diverse interaction on a daily basis. Given this facet of the profession, it has become wholly necessary that nurse gain competency in responding to their call of duty with utmost level of cultural competence. Aside from catering to a culturally diverse clientele, it should be taken into consideration that the profession also offers a delicate and highly customized care plan unique to every patient noting differences in the patient’s condition, culture, religious beliefs and capacities. In lieu with this, this paper would Continue reading...

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Introduction 3
Ethical Issues in Information Technology 4
Ethical Case Study in IT 5
IT Laws 6
Cultural Differences in the Use of IT 7
Conclusion 8

Abstract

People continuously thrive in making their lives easier; thereby inventing different kinds of technology to suffice what is needed for different kinds of human work. The Internet emerges as the greatest invention yet in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as it transcends the barriers of communication. However, ethical issues arise in its use, one of which is seen in the rampant inequality in the access of cyberspace as not everyone is privileged Continue reading...

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INTRODUCTION: Culture is a vague term defined by experts engaged in different academic experiences in a unique way. The analysis of term according to sociologists differs from that of to anthropologists, but in any case the description remains analogous. The definition provided by western languages refers culture as a “civilisation” or “enlightenment of mind” .The British Catholic Christopher Dawson described culture as an adaption in accordance with the environment made to fulfil the monetary demands. Hofstede argued by defining culture in terms of features distinguishing one group from the other. (Matthias Boeing 2012, pp.3 and 4)Interpreting the Continue reading...

Culture refers to how a person thinks and functions represented by eating, dressing, working and interactions behaviors. Culture creates many impacts towards the operation of global businesses (Aswathappa 2010). Eastern and western cultures differ in cultural elements in both social and business environments. The following paper represents a case of the United Kingdom firm that received a complaint from Chinese clients over a bad product that affects customers. Lane Crawford wishes to close the contract with Alexander Mcqueen because of complaints from customers. In order to resolve the issue Alexander Mcqueen had to send a team of experts to Continue reading...

The challenges that marriages in the present day face have increased there has been a gradual change in the family setup accompanied by family breakups and hence a great majority of people entering into marriage come in with various social problems (Berg & de Shazer, 1993).Even for those couples that had a stable childhood problems often crop up in marriages due to the different personalities and temperaments of the people that enter into the marriage. Marriage counseling is hence a very important component of psychology as it helps couples to get to the root cause of their problem and Continue reading...

Discussion on Ethical and Cultural Aspects of Global Companies

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Introduction

As the world is getting globalized, businesses face more challenges in handling cultural variations. Handling customers, employees, and partners from different backgrounds needs a balancing and an essential understanding of various cultures and beliefs. Additionally, ethical dilemmas are also on the increase for organizations as the focus is more on working conditions, customers' satisfaction, business social responsibility, environmental regard, and the like.
This essay discusses challenges of cultural and ethical issues that global organizations face in their regular commercial activities. The author has referred to examples of global companies including Wal-Mart, and Mc Continue reading...

Introduction

Multinational companies, in their objective of developing business practices, increase profitability and overcome any problems associated with the saturation of their existing markets, expand their operations to an international platform. When a company makes a decision of marketing its products at the international level within the field and the theory of international marketing, a principal decision is related to standardization and localization.
A company has to decide whether to use a standardized marketing mix with a single marketing strategy all over the world, or to adjust the marketing mix and strategies for fitting into unique and distinct dimensions of Continue reading...

(How does London's model of multiculturalism interact with issues of religion, gender and sexuality?)
In this paper one of the greatest peculiarities of the London society is described. The capital of Great Britain is considered to be one of the biggest World Cities. Thus it attracts people from all over the world to come here. This essay describes some of the problems that often raise in the multicultural society as well as the ways how London citizens handle with these issues. Among the problems analyzed in the essay there are social conflicts based on religion differences or gender and Continue reading...

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The video clip talks about cross-cultural differences in children’s emotional reactions to a disappointing situation. The respondents are four to seven years old, Chinese American and European American children.. In terms of ethnicity and age, results show that European-American children and older children demonstrated more positive behaviors than Chinese American children and younger children, respectively. Younger children also demonstrated more negative behaviors than older children. As for gender, boys demonstrated more negative behaviors than girls and in which European American children demonstrate more total expressive Continue reading...

Introduction

Multicultural education is a constructive way of pedagogical education and education for tolerance. It is intended to help students understand their culture, the role of stereotypes in the communication between different cultures, aware of his “I”, to answer the question “Who am I?”
The student population is very diverse with regard to language, ethnicity, religion, culture and socioeconomics. However, the faculty and administration are homogeneous. Faculty and administration recognize that there may be a cultural disconnect between students and teachers (including administration). The board of trustees has given a mandate to the administration that there must be a push Continue reading...

Speaking difficulties of International students

The number of students who travel to other countries for education has increased considerably in recent years. Immigrant students join courses in order to learn English so that they can communicate with the local people, settle in a new country and study the subjects of their interests. Students expect that the courses should not only provide the knowledge of English language but also offer tips that would prepare them in every way to settle in a new culture. They expect to get knowledge about manners and etiquettes of the new country and serve as finishing schools. This renders the Continue reading...

The term ‘appearance discrimination’ represents a new discriminatory phenomenon in our modern society. As compared to the past, today’s modern society tends to judge others by the individual’s appearance, treating others differently based on their relative attractiveness. Appearance discrimination based on beauty gives rise to inequality in communities in today’s societies and groups such as the labor market. This research proposes the discriminatory phenomenon that one’s physical attractiveness is a significant factor in the workplace, and that discrimination based on physical beauty does occur therein.
For this research, the subjects of the study will all Continue reading...

IBA304

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Bridging
Integrating
EXCELL Cultural Scenario Map
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Review cultural information on Finland and Spain
Prepare an MBI analysis on the situation.
get persuasive so that delta foods can adopt new startegies

Culturally satisfied business solutions

The first managing director of blue ridge spain avoided to grow the company because he was from catalonia and Madrid people have regional ties that are strong in spain. It is important to embrace different cultures in different socities for business to thrive. The company should appoint management from the towns that they want to set business in for expansion so that the locals can feel comfortable Continue reading...

PART 1

Professional socialization
Professional socialization refers to the process whereby an individual acquires skills, sense and knowledge of all aspects that characterize the profession. It involves learning everything that entails a particular profession (Claywell, 2009, p.6). This means that the internalization of the values, culture norms and ethical standards is necessary for one to be considered to have gone through full professional socialization. The values of different professions vary. In nursing, students learn through a procedural culture and in the end acquire the occupational identity of the profession. A student nurse does not acquire full professional socialization until after a Continue reading...

Current marketplace has many opportunities to involve intellectual resources from all countries of the world though that means the diversity of cultural backgrounds of people engaged. Charlene Solomon and Michael Schell (2009) in the book Managing Across Cultures: The Seven Keys to Doing Business with a Global Mindset present the definition of a global mindset and the model that help to transform the awareness of cultural similarities and differences into effective and profitable usage of the intellectual potentiality. Consideration of different cultural particularities such as values and behaviors of customers, colleagues, and suppliers is important for success on both Continue reading...

- Ethical business practices that take into account the needs of the major stakeholders.
- Conclusion
- Cultural differences and racial tensions.
- Peaceful coexistence and doing the right thing’.
- The right thing to everyone

Introduction

The film reviewed, Do the Right Thing. The film is the 1889 creation of Spike Lee. The film revolves around one day in the life of the people of Brooklyn with a focus on the underlying social and racial strains in the neighborhood.
Thesis: In a society, “doing the right thing” is not only relative but also premised on a number of varying Continue reading...