... report contains information on the subject of communication. It is being reported on for Professor Underwood's Business Communications class. The information reported on was conduct at the LRC at Mesa College and local San Diego public libraries. The topic at hand is divided into different components that effect how we communicate. The main topics that will be discussed are ... valued at different levels in different cultures. When dealing with customer service for a business, tolerance of uncertainty can greatly affect how people communicate with each other. If an individual with a high...

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... may be true in some cases, but not all. The true reason why so many girls in East St. Louis get pregnant and drop out of high school is not because they are incompetent to learn or do not want to succeed, it is because "there's not much for [them] in ... the public school", and "a diploma from a ghetto high school doesn't count for much in the United States today", so many find no reason to continue their schooling. However, Kozol asks, if they were ... , and gender. Economic status is crucial when shopping for a home; which is why the advertisement aims to specify the wealth of each p...

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... countries on the basis of student data collected by Bond. These studies together identified and validated five independent dimensions of national culture differences Power distance scores are high for Latin, Asian and African countries and smaller for Germanic countries. Individualism prevails in developed and Western countries, while Collectivism prevails in less developed and Eastern ... anxiousness people encounter when in uncertain and unknown situations. Different cultures respond differently to the unknown and employ different behaviour towards ambiguity. According to Hofstede's a...

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... and Stalker (1961) p. 161. Centralization is the concentration of authority for making most decision at the top levels of the organization. Highly centralized organizations usually exhibit high formalization which is the degree to which organizations standardize behavior through rules, procedures, formal training, and related mechanism (Mintzberg, 1979). This is defined as written documentation ... globalization, diversified workforce and formation of business coalitions. 5.0 INFLUENCE OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND CULTURE ON MOTIVATION OF INDIVIDUALS IN ORGANIZATIONS Motivation within...

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... . With the fall of the reformers, entrepreneurs found new opportunities. Impresarios soon became the platform for cultural refinement, moral elevation, and scientific instruction. Attractions that were once only available to high-class elites became available to working middle-class. Examples of these attractions were cakewalks, music, sports, and dancing. The most transformative attraction on American culture would have to be the ... . Two of these "projects" were New York's Central Park and Chicago's Columbian Exposition. The main idea of these projects was to bring social conduct and p...

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... to talk about the tax law. When it comes to customer service the American and Swedish culture also differ. In America customer service is very high as the customers are the priority of any business. In American businesses you are served purposely so that they trigger you to make return purchases ... (Shulruf, John and Robyn 47). This is probably because of the high competition between firms. If you to a restaurant you get memorable experiences through the customer service you get. However, in the Swedish culture things are ... people go to celebrate with their families or workmates. In...

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... (p. XV). However, intercultural communication cannot be separated from language or discourse. Therefore, the book also included topics like stereotypes (pp. 271 - 275), high context and low context situation (pp. 40 - 42), face system (chapter 3), the shifting of U.S. individualism and the shifting of Chinese collectivism ... As Dreama G. Moon have pointed out, "cultural identity tends to still be manifested as national identity or in terms of collectivism/individualism and low-high context" (Dreama G. Moon, 2010, p. 41). Also W. Leeds-Hurwitz talked about "national character" when she ...

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... was to bring that identity and sense of pride out by providing his students with a sense of value and belief (Sarra, 2007). This culture of self-belief along with high expectations inspired students to achieve remarkable results (Australian Human Rights Commission, 2008). 1.3 Dealing with Issues Adhering to Indigenous Terms of Reference (ATR) protocols is an essential element of ... of Students Although the learning environment and relationships with Aboriginal students may seem a little less formal, learning expectations need to be high. In developing a high expectation relationship wi...

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... migrate overseas, change his religion, and adopt an entirely different world view. He was raised as a Baptist, but after being expelled from high school his senior year he took responsibility for broadening his own horizons in education and religion. After spending time in the Middle East, Sam ... quot; and "get me the thingy" with success, and we use completely different forms of communication for our mother and father. High context communication is widely used by Donna and low context communication is employed by Sam. On one hand I have a strong sense of self ... simultaneously I have ...

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... dimension that takes a lot of criticism. Judging by the name the first thing we see is that this dimension deals with gender roles in a culture. Hofstede explains how people in high masculinity index believe in achievement and ambition, in ostentatious manliness, with very specific behaviors and products associated with male behavior. Also they represent a preference in society for achievement, heroism, ... situations. In some countries both government and the corporate level try to avoid uncertainty and come up with new ways and rules so they never have them. Cultures with high uncertai...

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... and AIDS in South Africa"(HIV & AIDS in South Africa). With the amount of citizens engaging in polygamy from this region, the odds of transmitting and obtaining the virus are high. Polygamy is a large contributing factor in the spread of AIDS and HIV, "It has been suggested that their practice of polygamy is bad because it increases the risk of HIV ... /AIDS infections "(Botlhoko and Pinielo). Many people feel that polygamy in a country with such high rates of sexual infections and diseases can only facilitate the spread of this fatal illnesses, "Critics say polygamy does not fit the ima...

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... times, she has been spit on, hit on, and called names. This made Mary feel very insecure about herself. Between the years of middle school and high school, Mary made a transition, and she began to learn the customs, and the ways of her fellow American peers. By the time ... cared about how they looked and who they hung out with, but she didn't care about any of the things they thought to be important. She feels that by high school this is why she was a very well liked person. She began to take up modeling, which gave her more confidence, and then it seemed that all ... them. As far as ...

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... cultural concepts within regions remain consistent. For example, the construction process of houses in South Sulawesi might have changed. However, the symbolic status of the houses remains uncontested (Robinson 1993). "High Culture" versus "Everyday Culture" In looking at the relationship between the state and regional diversity, it is important to discuss an important state policy, that is, the adoption of a ... "national culture". Since Indonesia's independence, the state has actively promoted the adoption of a "national culture". The definition of "national culture" includes the "high...

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... a half ago. In this time however I have not forgotten how enjoyable and beneficial the class was nor have I forgotten the reason I took Aboriginal Studies and the surprise I got. I returned to K. High School at the end of year ten after living in America for 2 years. On my return I was immediately given a pink form to fill in. This form listed all the subjects ... to teach as future educators and to learn and accept throughout my degree. In my opinion reconciliation begins with this education. So teachers who take on teaching Aboriginal Studies in high schools are taking steps toward ma...

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... the culture of psychedelic lighting and rock music that emerged from the ethos of the clubbing scene in the height of the counterculture movement. The lighting, fog machines, and high energy music creates a spirit of festivity among the youth and heightens the sensory stimulation-almost completely inhibiting this conference from teaching any valid form of biblical principles. This ... throughout the Bible. For example, a keynote preacher at the Passion 2011 Conference filled his speech with biblically irrelevant glittering generalities consisting of emotionally appealing words that are a...

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... this bind could be emotionally damaging and lead to living double lives. Many girls that are raised in Christian homes are not exposed to true pop culture until they reach high school. They are often sheltered from the world by their blood family and their church family. Once they are exposed to pop culture and they can start making their own ... this happens they tend to lose sight of who they really are and what really makes them happy. I discovered this bicultural bind in my own life when I was a freshman in high school. For me I began modeling at the age of fourteen and I was expose...

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... and satisfy the needs of change, but not to be fixed. Nowadays, it is not difficult to find boring-monotonous-assembly-line work which is no longer presents high effective produce. Japanese type of working model should be criticised by new flexible function. In this function, employees will gain more opportunities to be involved in different horizontal ... is possibly disappearing. New system of empower team is like to be responded positively by employees. It also guides organisational techniques for improving motivation shifting. Many organisations have developed high-performance work...

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... countries. One pitfall that must be avoided is selling a common consumer product/service. There will be a lot more competition within the target markets as well as with other competitors. A high-quality, well-priced product in a solid market niche will have a better chance of succeeding in foreign markets. Gaining a substantial market foothold in the international arena is not an easy task ... demand for budget hotel accommodations throughout the continent. This has generated new opportunities for franchised hotels in Europe. While there are plenty of four and five-star accommodations a...

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... to. Everybody wants their children to get good education but nobody wants them to be so obsessed with study that they don't even think about anything else besides studying. I know high education requires more time and really hard work, but it's not the same with kids. Some kids achieve so much at a very young age, which is so impressive, and this ... life I enjoyed before becoming a student."" It is useful to read books and get something out of them but it doesn't mean that you should be a bookworm. Some people call getting high education at a very young age a success and therefore maki...

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... her life because of her parents. Tannen and her sisters learned about the world through their parents when they went on countryside road trips as a family. When Tannen was in high school, she walked to and from school reading books. Reading books and keeping journals was Tannen's favorite hobbies and still is today. After Tannen graduated ... high school, she went to college not knowing what she wanted in life or wanted to do in life. Therefore, after college, Tannen lived at home and work as an insurance ... grants, and has made many appearances on live radio and talk shows. In the b...

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... 's things completely changed. Everyone began wearing oversized sweaters, tight rolling their jeans and pulling their socks up over their pants. Girls began teasing their hair and making it go as high as possible. Everyone was obsessed with Michael Jackson's "Thriller," although, I was personally scared of it, and doing the moonwalk. Heavy metal music also hit its popularity ... high, as well as new rap sensations like the Beastie Boys and Vanilla Ice. Teen-age girls began going crazy over the new group New Kids On The Block. There was ... Hall. All of these things seemed cool at the ti...

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... this time, only 10 percent of American teens ages 14 to 17 were enrolled in high school (Mondale 154). But it was during the twentieth century when the percentage a teenagers enrolled in high school began to increase. From 1900 to 1990 the number of teenagers who graduated from high school rose from six percent to 85 percent (Mondale 155). The numbers grew because ... . It stated that one out of every four Americans identified themselves as black, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, or American Indian (Gould 198). Foreign born residents was at an all time high with 20 million. Joining mul...

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... adopted on a global scale- in the dictionaries. From this definition it may seem as a good thing but the reality is not like that, unfortunately. The globalization is the process having high standards in the economy. On the other hand, it is the process of having lower standards in the economy. It may seem a dilemma but the reason of this is how ... . First of all, globalization is happening because of some reasons like free market capitalism in today's global economy, to want to have high standards, to have a competition with other countries and knowing that you can not live behind high...

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... . Power distance can be found in families, schools, workplaces..., and it can affect the way we behave when we are introduced to somebody. Spain is said to be a country with a high grade of power distance, so we do not always use the same kind of greetings. We will give two kisses when we consider the other person as an equal, but ... , for example, we will never kiss our boss due to the fact that a high grade of power distance separate us. Spanish way of greeting also changes depending on the genre. Gender, generations, and class cultures are part of the social system of a culture and .....

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... Mali in West Africa and is in his mid-40's. He spent most of his childhood/teens years between Mali and France. He attended a Catholic elementary school, public middle and high schools and a state college in West Africa. The local government sponsored education in most of the former French Colonies in West Africa. Most of his(interviewee) friends at home followed ... coworkers as Mr., Ms., Dr. first and last name. Next, Individualism addresses the amount of interdependence a society has. Hofstede Cultural Dimension Model shows a lower the score (25) for Senegal and high score for the Un...

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