Essays on Cultural Value

As a part of a certain national culture, there is a single value, which is seen in most of the members. This specific value is considered as the one responsible for the overall behavior of the members of this society, both in individual and collective ways (“Analyzing Cultural Value Dimensions” 2). This value might originate either from the past, or through the formation of societal standards, which specifically imposed to the members (“Analyzing Cultural Value Dimensions” 1). For example, a culture has a high value for respecting the elderly; most of the members tend to follow this certain standard. ...

Everyone, male or female, is subject to the whims and the pressures of society. Of course, not everyone has to bow or bend to the demands of society: there have been a plethora of counterculture movements that have focused on the need to rebel against the mainstream and against the demands that society places on people to conform. Human beings seem to have a simultaneous need within that drives them to want to stand out from the crowd, but also drives them to want acceptance from the crowd. For many, acceptance from the crowd requires conforming to many arbitrary ...

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In the present-day 21st era, sharing of the gospel is comprehended and acknowledged as a custom, fact, and right bestowing to each precise indulgent and its context. The society is comprised of diverse categories of individuals, different in their spiritual, ethnic, social, political, and economics settings. In such different situations, culture plays the most vital part in all features of human-associated life and in the function of sharing the gospel. This is an indication that every action ought to be arbitrated by culture and the process ought to be religion based understood, and considerate. Addressing the issue of gospel ...

The Business of International Business is Culture

-Geert Hofstede

Views on the International Business Perspectives

International communication has been the research topic of various scholars and disciplines for several decades. The phenomena of globalization brought upon internationalization and growth of businesses, thus resulting into practicality and necessity of it. Due to the increase in business opportunities’ number beyond the borders of their own country, numerous organizations choose to extend their activities abroad frequently without understanding that the prospective financial growth can result into disastrous conditions because of the inappropriate communication with the individuals from the other countries. One of the typical misconceptions among the executives of the enterprises is that business communication ...

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The Hmong is one of the many human race groups who at the moment are occupying Minnesota and California cities found in the United States of America. The group is from different countries found in Asia for instance China, others from Vietnam whereas others have their roots in the country of Thailand. The research seeks provide in-depth understanding of traditional cultural practices of Hmong people, comparing them with present time in order to motivate critical and creative thinking about differences in western culture and also prompt more research questions in the intercultural communication frontier. This paper will seek to ...

In the Middle East lies a territory where two civilizations collide. Some refer to the region as Israel, while others call the same land Palestine. The two entities, one a declared nation, the other a territory seeking statehood, are separated by a giant wall in many areas, and, if you consider the settlements in the West Bank, a road in other areas. Politically, the two are miles apart. Most people might assume that they are culturally separated by vast distances also, but, is this actually the case. This paper compares and contrasts Israel and the Palestinian Territories based on ...

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1.0 Chapter One: Introduction Chapter 1 introduces the concept of cross-cultural management in reference to the situation in Kazakhstan. The history of the region is briefly introduced with reference to the phenomena of globalization. The framework of the research is based on the seven organization constraints. The seven organizational constraints are listed and briefly defined. Research questions are listed with the research objectives. The rationale for the research is offered.

1.1 Introduction Cross cultural business and trade is not a new global phenomenon; a historical example is the Silk Road that passed through ...

The ancient philosophers such as Aristotle, Mill, and Kant developed philosophical perspectives and morality theories that have contributed to the understanding the role of human beings in the society. We all seek to understand what motivates people to act responsibly? What is the basis of their ethical behavior? Are there limits to the moral obligation to act responsibly? When a child is born, there are various factors that come into play that culminate to the habits and individual portrays. Our cultures play a significant role in enabling us develop moral standards and social responsibility. The culture is a broad collection of the ...

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With increasing globalization, there has evolved a keener interest in cross-cultural management. It is now common to have international managers who lead their businesses or organizations spanning various countries wand different cultures. As such it has become incumbent upon these business leaders to ensure that they are equipped with the right management skills so as to have an edge in the competitive environment. This phenomenon of globalization has led to the use of cross-cultural or multicultural teams so as to act as sources of experience and give their respective organizations a competitive edge. Nonetheless, cultural differences usually interfere with the successful ...

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According to Kreiser, Marino, Dickson, & Weaver (2010, p.959), international businesses have existed for centuries and the world is entering into an era of unprecedented global economic activity. Economists predict growing prosperity of economically developing countries. The current business era is about worldwide production and distribution, as well as multinational mergers, acquisitions, and global strategic alliances. Globalization in the business environment is contributed by technological and economic factors, and has led to increase in the number of cross cultural interactions in the workplace (Kalliny, Cruthirds, & Minor 2006, p.123). Culture creates relational patterns. Relational patterns affect international cross cultural management through ...

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The American culture bears both the qualities which can lead to heroes and those which can lead to some people becoming villains. There are cases leading to prominent figures becoming villains such as Jeffrey Skiing and Kenneth lay’s financial misdeeds and accounting malpractices at Enron (Messner & Rosenfeld, 3). There are also stories about heroes such as Milken who is famous for his innovative spirit and bottom-line fanaticism. The American culture is encourages creativity, courage, confidence, energy, intelligence and the use of innovative solutions to solve conventional problems (Messner & Rosenfeld, 3). This culture is diverse and supported by a vibrant ...

More than often, culture is learned, shared and patterned in the society through aspects of enhancing unified cultural institutional change throughout interactions among individuals. Nonetheless, diverse cultures exist in a social environment allows for increased constant interactions between internal and external cultural values that articulates in the concepts of ethnocentrism and cultural relativism (Spade & Ballantine, 2012). Even though, it is not easier to accept the beliefs, values and practices of other cultures it is essential not to become judgmental and harsher towards any specific cultural value and norms. More noticeably, ethnocentrism and cultural relativism remains as ways in which ...

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Recently, the Antiquities Chief of Egypt, Zahi Hawass, has been asking that several prominent museums return several of the biggest and most well-known artifacts of that country back to Egypt. Among them is the Zodiac of Dendera, which is located in the Louvre, as well as the Rosetta Stone, which has been displayed in the British Museum for two centuries. Already, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has promised to return nineteen items that were found in the excavation of King Tut, and were fixtures of the museum for tens of years. Hawass plans to use these ...