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values, religion, traditions, and ideas. Not all cultures are identical to one another; some may or may not share the same characteristics depending on what region that country or society falls in. Before implementing counterinsurgency, one must be cross-cultural competence by having cultural awareness. This essay will offer cultural awareness of Spain focusing on three Operational Environment (OE) variables. Discussions will cover areas such as physical geography, military conflict history,…

Examining Barriers to Cross Cultural Communication Introduction The increase in globalization and internationalization has seen a rise in the movement of students across borders. In particular, students from China, India, and South Korea are making their way to countries such as the United States. These students enhance the amount of diversity present in classrooms and campuses and widen the understanding as well as an appreciation of the differences that exist. However for the vast majority of…

but I have never found anything I was good at. I decided to try cross country, and after the first practice, I knew this sport was for me. I lived for the feeling of finishing a hard workout and knowing you had accomplished your objection. Along with finishing a hard workout, the practices were entertaining and I enjoyed spending time my teammates. During races, I felt inspired by each and every…

Geert Hofstedes is well known for his research on cross cultural groups and organizations. He developed cultural dimensions theory where he describes national cultures along different dimensions. Each person has their own individual personality, history, and interests. But all people share common human nature which is very social. We use language with collaboration and group competition. There are unwritten rules of how things work from human group to another human group. This is called…

what she “ought-to-be”, and imply fear of punishment or retribution. Dejection-related emotions are linked to one comparing herself to what she “ideally-could-be”, and imply depression or disappointment. In sum, self-discrepancy theory allows us to link attributions for breach (based on self-comparisons) to emotional outcomes. This leads us to ask, what prompts an employee to reflect on a particular selfcomparison (“ought-to-be” or “ideally-could-be”) when breach occurs? Comparison of the self…

Make sure to have your signature, which includes a link for your site, at the bottom of everything that you write online. If you participate in forums, place a link to your site in the signature of your posts. Make sure you link your website to your email. This helps you get the word about your website out to everyone you meet, and it may also have favorable SEO effects. Put a catchy slogan right before the link to encourage people to click it. If you are considering promoting your blog it is…

The film Osama directed by Siddiq Barmak delivers insider perspective of the challenges a woman living in Afghanistan experiences on a daily basis. Osama was entirely filmed in Afghanistan during the strict rule of the Taliban, where women are not allowed to work or be in public without a male escort. Many families are left without men to provide for the women because many of them died during the Afghan Wars, thus leaving families with only women to starve. Osama exposes an extremist culture…

There is a debate on culture uniformity, on one side, theory of convergence support uniformity by providing argument that because of the business around the world is relying more on the technology as it moves to industrialized era, culture would become more similar (Sparrow, Schuler, & Jackson, 1994). On the other side, there is a view about culture divergence means that uniformity is unlikely to take place as the characteristic of culture is unique and dynamic (Kelley & Reeser, 1973; Lincoln,…

This perspective is one I wholeheartedly agree with. Having been in a hiring position previously, I can relate to wanting to hire an individual with the right mindset over someone with the right skill set. While the right skill set is important, skills are easier to teach. A person 's mindset is not fixed but it is much harder to change. The education system is largely designed around teaching skills. The soft skills, i.e. mindset, is something that is developed along the way. I personally would…

n the article “Exploring the exchange student’s global minds in a study abroad project” by John et al(2015), the authors present a research which aims to determine how the students improve themselves in the foreign environment and how they construct their global minds. Meanwhile in the article “Intercultural Communication as Revealed in Language Learning Histories” by Doman(2014), the author reveals the important factors which either hinder or enhance students’ English learning abilities.…