In my experiences in my career and my educational time there has not been an opportunity for me to study or work abroad either because of my financial situation or because of my the natural of my professional career. That being said my first achieve would be from the experience of living overseas and interacting with a society that is different from the lifestyle of my raising. Much like the author of “Being Normal in my “Personal” Culture” from Chapter 9 in the text, Managing Cultural Differences. I have conformed to the culture around and have become normal in my everyday life. I have strived to accomplish the goals that “world” around me. Personally, I have been in this situation for long enough now that the need to push the “eject”
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Because of my personality and need to grow connections with others it will be difficult to leave my new acquired friends and say goodbye. Also, many business cultures have a slower or more relaxed pace of time. Such differences are laid out in the article “10 things that US businesses need to be aware of when developing business in Europe” posted on http://businessculture.org/blog/2014/05/29/differences-between-american-and-europe/ by Aleksej Heinze. After being more accustomed to the pace of business time rather is be faster or slower would be a significant problem to overcome. The pace of society and business can also effect attitudes and daily lives. This change is lifestyle could be significant from the American lifestyle making transitions entering or returning difficult and this will more than likely be an issue I will have to overcome on reentry. Although, I would have assistance in returning as it is something my wife has accomplished after living in North Africa for a couple of years. My preparation for leaving the United States would be to research for companies that would provide the opportunity and the best support. As we have learned throughout the course of this class and most recently in Chapter 9 of Managing Cultural Differences, it is important that individuals find companies
Because of my personality and need to grow connections with others it will be difficult to leave my new acquired friends and say goodbye. Also, many business cultures have a slower or more relaxed pace of time. Such differences are laid out in the article “10 things that US businesses need to be aware of when developing business in Europe” posted on http://businessculture.org/blog/2014/05/29/differences-between-american-and-europe/ by Aleksej Heinze. After being more accustomed to the pace of business time rather is be faster or slower would be a significant problem to overcome. The pace of society and business can also effect attitudes and daily lives. This change is lifestyle could be significant from the American lifestyle making transitions entering or returning difficult and this will more than likely be an issue I will have to overcome on reentry. Although, I would have assistance in returning as it is something my wife has accomplished after living in North Africa for a couple of years. My preparation for leaving the United States would be to research for companies that would provide the opportunity and the best support. As we have learned throughout the course of this class and most recently in Chapter 9 of Managing Cultural Differences, it is important that individuals find companies