Author: Steffen Kirilmaz
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3656770042
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Communications - Intercultural Communication, grade: 1,3, University of applied sciences, Cologne, language: English, abstract: The purpose of this paper is to give the reader an understanding of two very contrary cultures, Germany’s and Thailand’s, in order to help preventing cultural misunderstandings when working together. At first, an explanation of the word “culture” will be given, although, so far, there has not yet been one exact definition all scientists approve of. After giving some general information about the two countries, a comparison will be drawn between Germany and Thailand based on two individual theories of so-called “Cultural Dimensions” put forward by the scientists Edward T. Hall and Fons Trompenaars. Additionally, the reader will find a brief elaboration of suggestions on how the two cultures may approach one another to lay potential differences aside. Thus, the aim of this paper is pointing out possibilities to enable business to develop further and that the people from these two countries will find it easier to cooperate in the future.
A comparison between the culture of Germany and Thailand based on the cultural dimensions of Edward Hall and Fons Trompenaars
Author: Steffen Kirilmaz
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3656770042
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Communications - Intercultural Communication, grade: 1,3, University of applied sciences, Cologne, language: English, abstract: The purpose of this paper is to give the reader an understanding of two very contrary cultures, Germany’s and Thailand’s, in order to help preventing cultural misunderstandings when working together. At first, an explanation of the word “culture” will be given, although, so far, there has not yet been one exact definition all scientists approve of. After giving some general information about the two countries, a comparison will be drawn between Germany and Thailand based on two individual theories of so-called “Cultural Dimensions” put forward by the scientists Edward T. Hall and Fons Trompenaars. Additionally, the reader will find a brief elaboration of suggestions on how the two cultures may approach one another to lay potential differences aside. Thus, the aim of this paper is pointing out possibilities to enable business to develop further and that the people from these two countries will find it easier to cooperate in the future.
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3656770042
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Communications - Intercultural Communication, grade: 1,3, University of applied sciences, Cologne, language: English, abstract: The purpose of this paper is to give the reader an understanding of two very contrary cultures, Germany’s and Thailand’s, in order to help preventing cultural misunderstandings when working together. At first, an explanation of the word “culture” will be given, although, so far, there has not yet been one exact definition all scientists approve of. After giving some general information about the two countries, a comparison will be drawn between Germany and Thailand based on two individual theories of so-called “Cultural Dimensions” put forward by the scientists Edward T. Hall and Fons Trompenaars. Additionally, the reader will find a brief elaboration of suggestions on how the two cultures may approach one another to lay potential differences aside. Thus, the aim of this paper is pointing out possibilities to enable business to develop further and that the people from these two countries will find it easier to cooperate in the future.
Cultural differences between Germany and France
Author: Martina Bencetic
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3346583309
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 5
Book Description
Document from the year 2021 in the subject Cultural Studies - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,0, , course: French Institutions, language: English, abstract: In this term paper, I will deal with the cultural differences between Germany and France. As an Erasmus student from Germany, this topic is of particular interest to me and has already accompanied me intensively before my stay in Paris as a preparation for the semester abroad. In the last section, I will share my own opinion and thoughts on this topic. To structure my text in a meaningful way, I will refer to some cultural dimensions outlined by Edward T. Hall, Geert Hofstede as well as Fons Trompenaars and Charles Hampden-Turner and apply them to France and Germany.
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3346583309
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 5
Book Description
Document from the year 2021 in the subject Cultural Studies - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,0, , course: French Institutions, language: English, abstract: In this term paper, I will deal with the cultural differences between Germany and France. As an Erasmus student from Germany, this topic is of particular interest to me and has already accompanied me intensively before my stay in Paris as a preparation for the semester abroad. In the last section, I will share my own opinion and thoughts on this topic. To structure my text in a meaningful way, I will refer to some cultural dimensions outlined by Edward T. Hall, Geert Hofstede as well as Fons Trompenaars and Charles Hampden-Turner and apply them to France and Germany.
Cross-Cultural Aspects of Tourism and Hospitality
Author: Erdogan Koc
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000172066
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Cross-Cultural Aspects of Tourism and Hospitality is the first textbook to offer students, lecturers, researchers and practitioners a comprehensive guide to the influence of culture on service providers as well as on customers, affecting both the supply and the demand sides of the industry – organisational behaviour, and human resource management, and marketing and consumer behaviour. Given the need for delivering superior customer value, understanding different cultures from both demand and supply sides of tourism and hospitality and the impact of culture on these international industries is an essential part of all students’ and practitioners’ learning and development. This book takes a research-based approach critically reviewing seminal cultural theories and evaluating how these influence employee and customer behaviour in service encounters, marketing, and management processes and activities. Individual chapters cover a diverse range of cultural aspects including intercultural competence and intercultural sensitivity, uncertainty and risk avoidance, context in communication, power distance, indulgence and restraint, time orientation, gender, assertiveness, individualism and collectivism, performance orientation, and humane orientation. This book integrates international case studies throughout to show the application of theory, includes self-test questions, activities, further reading, and a set of PowerPoint slides to accompany each chapter. This will be essential reading for all students, lecturers, researchers and practitioners and future managers in the fields of Tourism and Hospitality.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000172066
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Cross-Cultural Aspects of Tourism and Hospitality is the first textbook to offer students, lecturers, researchers and practitioners a comprehensive guide to the influence of culture on service providers as well as on customers, affecting both the supply and the demand sides of the industry – organisational behaviour, and human resource management, and marketing and consumer behaviour. Given the need for delivering superior customer value, understanding different cultures from both demand and supply sides of tourism and hospitality and the impact of culture on these international industries is an essential part of all students’ and practitioners’ learning and development. This book takes a research-based approach critically reviewing seminal cultural theories and evaluating how these influence employee and customer behaviour in service encounters, marketing, and management processes and activities. Individual chapters cover a diverse range of cultural aspects including intercultural competence and intercultural sensitivity, uncertainty and risk avoidance, context in communication, power distance, indulgence and restraint, time orientation, gender, assertiveness, individualism and collectivism, performance orientation, and humane orientation. This book integrates international case studies throughout to show the application of theory, includes self-test questions, activities, further reading, and a set of PowerPoint slides to accompany each chapter. This will be essential reading for all students, lecturers, researchers and practitioners and future managers in the fields of Tourism and Hospitality.
When Cultures Collide, Third Edition
Author: Richard Lewis
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey International
ISBN: 1423774582
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
The classic work that revolutionized the way business is conducted across cultures around the world.
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey International
ISBN: 1423774582
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
The classic work that revolutionized the way business is conducted across cultures around the world.
Understanding Cross-cultural Management
Author: Marie-Joëlle Browaeys
Publisher: Pearson UK
ISBN: 1292205016
Category : Diversity in the workplace
Languages : en
Pages : 737
Book Description
Given the global nature of business today and the increasing diversity within the workforce of so many industries and organisations, a cross-cultural component in management education and training has become essential. This is the case for every type of business education, whether it be for aspiring graduates at the start of their careers or senior managers wishing to increase their effectiveness or employability in the international market. The 4th edition of Understanding Cross-Cultural Management has been adapted in line with the feedback from our many readers, and boasts new case study material based on recent research, as well as a stronger focus on Asian cultures, thereby providing more non-Western examples.
Publisher: Pearson UK
ISBN: 1292205016
Category : Diversity in the workplace
Languages : en
Pages : 737
Book Description
Given the global nature of business today and the increasing diversity within the workforce of so many industries and organisations, a cross-cultural component in management education and training has become essential. This is the case for every type of business education, whether it be for aspiring graduates at the start of their careers or senior managers wishing to increase their effectiveness or employability in the international market. The 4th edition of Understanding Cross-Cultural Management has been adapted in line with the feedback from our many readers, and boasts new case study material based on recent research, as well as a stronger focus on Asian cultures, thereby providing more non-Western examples.
The Laws of Globalization and Business Applications
Author: Pankaj Ghemawat
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107162920
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
This book explains not only why the world isn't flat but also the patterns that govern cross-border interactions.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107162920
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
This book explains not only why the world isn't flat but also the patterns that govern cross-border interactions.
Intercultural Communicative Competence in English Language Teaching in Polish State Colleges
Author: Piotr Romanowski
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443892254
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
This volume provides a strong theoretical introduction to the field of intercultural communication, offering practical examples of classroom activities, as well as presenting empirical research which demonstrates that intercultural communicative competence (ICC) can be developed effectively in specially tailored courses adjusted to the needs of learners. It presents a novel model of intercultural sensitivity assessment, and outlines the results of research into intercultural communicative competence conducted among the students of English Language Studies in state colleges in Poland. The cultural component in developing ICC as an extra-linguistic determinant is assigned particular prominence in the book. A thorough analysis of the empirical material collected from participant observation, the administered questionnaires and interviews allowed the most common values and attitudes held as components of intercultural sensitivity to be identified. The obtained findings are subsequently analyzed to predict the potential areas of communication misunderstandings and failures between Polish learners of English and representatives of other cultures.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443892254
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
This volume provides a strong theoretical introduction to the field of intercultural communication, offering practical examples of classroom activities, as well as presenting empirical research which demonstrates that intercultural communicative competence (ICC) can be developed effectively in specially tailored courses adjusted to the needs of learners. It presents a novel model of intercultural sensitivity assessment, and outlines the results of research into intercultural communicative competence conducted among the students of English Language Studies in state colleges in Poland. The cultural component in developing ICC as an extra-linguistic determinant is assigned particular prominence in the book. A thorough analysis of the empirical material collected from participant observation, the administered questionnaires and interviews allowed the most common values and attitudes held as components of intercultural sensitivity to be identified. The obtained findings are subsequently analyzed to predict the potential areas of communication misunderstandings and failures between Polish learners of English and representatives of other cultures.
Ethics for the Information Age
Author: Michael Jay Quinn
Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Widely praised for its balanced treatment of computer ethics, Ethics for the Information Age offers a modern presentation of the moral controversies surrounding information technology. Topics such as privacy and intellectual property are explored through multiple ethical theories, encouraging readers to think critically about these issues and to make their own ethical decisions.
Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Widely praised for its balanced treatment of computer ethics, Ethics for the Information Age offers a modern presentation of the moral controversies surrounding information technology. Topics such as privacy and intellectual property are explored through multiple ethical theories, encouraging readers to think critically about these issues and to make their own ethical decisions.
Strategic Alliances, Mergers and Acquisitions
Author: J. M. Ulijn
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 184980561X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Organizational flirts and marriages alliances, mergers and acquisitions are dramatic examples of how soft cultures can produce hard facts of success or failure. Decisions born from human vanity can lead to destruction of human capital. The chapters selected by Ulijn, Duysters and Meijer illustrate the many facets of organizational family life for the scholar and, hopefully, for the decision-maker who considers another move. Geert Hofstede, author of Culture s Consequences This unique book focuses on the link between different types of culture (national, corporate, professional) and the success of strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions. Over the past decades we have seen a significant increase in the number of strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions. Despite this proliferation many recent studies have reported high failure rates. This failure is often attributed to cultural differences between partners, which has led to a growing body of literature on the subject. To date, most of these studies have focused on national and corporate culture, whereas this book also places particular emphasis on the importance of culture at the professional level. The authors clearly show that all three levels of culture may have a profound impact upon the ultimate success or failure of alliances, mergers and acquisitions. Researchers in the field of international business, strategic management, and strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions will find this book to be of invaluable interest. Managers in multinational corporations and international business students should also not be without this important resource.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 184980561X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Organizational flirts and marriages alliances, mergers and acquisitions are dramatic examples of how soft cultures can produce hard facts of success or failure. Decisions born from human vanity can lead to destruction of human capital. The chapters selected by Ulijn, Duysters and Meijer illustrate the many facets of organizational family life for the scholar and, hopefully, for the decision-maker who considers another move. Geert Hofstede, author of Culture s Consequences This unique book focuses on the link between different types of culture (national, corporate, professional) and the success of strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions. Over the past decades we have seen a significant increase in the number of strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions. Despite this proliferation many recent studies have reported high failure rates. This failure is often attributed to cultural differences between partners, which has led to a growing body of literature on the subject. To date, most of these studies have focused on national and corporate culture, whereas this book also places particular emphasis on the importance of culture at the professional level. The authors clearly show that all three levels of culture may have a profound impact upon the ultimate success or failure of alliances, mergers and acquisitions. Researchers in the field of international business, strategic management, and strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions will find this book to be of invaluable interest. Managers in multinational corporations and international business students should also not be without this important resource.
The Quintessence of Intercultural Business Communication
Author: Melanie Moll
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642282385
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Successful business communication is more than simply speaking your client’s language. At the heart of all effective communication lies a fundamental understanding of human behavior. The natural result of globalization is a level of behaviors that we all share and expect. However, underneath this level are many other influencing factors. We tend to view the situation around us according to our own expectations which are often shaped by our cultural backgrounds. What happens, though, when our cultures are so different that the expectations collide? This book combines theory and practice in a way that helps you as a busy intercultural manager understand what others are communicating to you and those around you. We take apart real examples of intercultural business interaction and show you how deeply embedded cultural norms are found within a simple conversation. Then we offer you important tools and principles that you can use to improve your own intercultural business communication. After reading this book, you should have a good understanding of the basic culture types, and be able to identify most cultures based on the principles described here. Additionally, you will know which social issues, attitudes, and values appear even in the most rational business negotiation. Most importantly, your cultural awareness will help you build successful and lasting relationships with your clients across regional and global boundaries.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642282385
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Successful business communication is more than simply speaking your client’s language. At the heart of all effective communication lies a fundamental understanding of human behavior. The natural result of globalization is a level of behaviors that we all share and expect. However, underneath this level are many other influencing factors. We tend to view the situation around us according to our own expectations which are often shaped by our cultural backgrounds. What happens, though, when our cultures are so different that the expectations collide? This book combines theory and practice in a way that helps you as a busy intercultural manager understand what others are communicating to you and those around you. We take apart real examples of intercultural business interaction and show you how deeply embedded cultural norms are found within a simple conversation. Then we offer you important tools and principles that you can use to improve your own intercultural business communication. After reading this book, you should have a good understanding of the basic culture types, and be able to identify most cultures based on the principles described here. Additionally, you will know which social issues, attitudes, and values appear even in the most rational business negotiation. Most importantly, your cultural awareness will help you build successful and lasting relationships with your clients across regional and global boundaries.