Question 1: Discuss three nonverbal differences you might encounter if you are transferred to manage a company in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. An individual is likely to encounter differences in nonverbal communication when interacting in a different nationality from their own. The Brazilian Culture harbors a number of nonverbal differences when compared to the American culture (Deresky, 2014). Working as a manager in a Brazilian company would expose me to quite a number of these differences in the efforts to communicate with the local inhabitants in the day to day business interactions. A dominant difference would be the observance of personal space. Brazilians, unlike Americans, have no observance of personal space during communication. This
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Information systems are organized systems for the collection, organization, storage, and communication of information. Information systems may be different for various businesses which may have an impact on their relationship if they interact. Information systems can inhibit or facilitate successful business interaction (Deresky, 2014). Businesses with similar information systems get along well but those with differences in how the conveyance of information is done have quite a rough time interacting and sharing ideas. A business with an efficient information system can find it difficult to deal with a business with a system that is not as apt as theirs. In the exchange f information, the business with the superior information system will feel slowed down or offended by the delays in communication with the business whose information system is inferior. Information systems can cause a lack of understanding during negotiations and other business activities, therefore, limiting one business from becoming successful in its competitive field. Besides the speed of functioning, the process that an information system follows to come up with a finished product in communication can also interfere with the business relationship. The process information may go through in one country may vary in another country making the communication of this countries very difficult. This clearly shows that the differences in information systems affect the relationship between
Information systems are organized systems for the collection, organization, storage, and communication of information. Information systems may be different for various businesses which may have an impact on their relationship if they interact. Information systems can inhibit or facilitate successful business interaction (Deresky, 2014). Businesses with similar information systems get along well but those with differences in how the conveyance of information is done have quite a rough time interacting and sharing ideas. A business with an efficient information system can find it difficult to deal with a business with a system that is not as apt as theirs. In the exchange f information, the business with the superior information system will feel slowed down or offended by the delays in communication with the business whose information system is inferior. Information systems can cause a lack of understanding during negotiations and other business activities, therefore, limiting one business from becoming successful in its competitive field. Besides the speed of functioning, the process that an information system follows to come up with a finished product in communication can also interfere with the business relationship. The process information may go through in one country may vary in another country making the communication of this countries very difficult. This clearly shows that the differences in information systems affect the relationship between