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1. In business communication is very important in order to exchange information between people. There are different types of levels of communication and flow of communication. The way in which a message can be affected, depends on the flow of communication. There are three types of communication flow. Downward communication flows from a supervisor to employee or from top to bottom of an organization chart. Upward communication is “a type of communication that is generally a response to…

This past course on Intercultural Communication is designed to introduce different theories, research, and selected applications regarding individuals, groups, and different subcultures within the United States. This course is designed to stress the understanding of contrasting cultures, ways of communicating, and how our perspectives and backgrounds influence the way we communicate with strangers. There is also faith that is integrated within this course. We are challenged to be co-leaders with…

Communication skills are human essential method to understand each other and form a society. However a lot of people are worried about their communication skills. I am one of them. We can learn new skills and develop our communication skills through practice. The three skills I want to improve is that Intercultural Skills, Converting “YOU” statements to “I” statements, and Understanding Communication Climates. Just like any other countries, we have our own culture and traditional but not…

One Future Challenge The efficiency of organizational management has a significant influence on the overall performance and success of any organization. To this effect, companies are always involved in a continuous move to integrate new management concepts and emerging trends so as to enhance the effectiveness of their managers and management systems. Management communication is a key factor that influences the ability of managers to perform exceptionally. According to Ahmed, Shields, White…

3) Does ownership culture necessarily require stock ownership by employees? There are so many different cultures and the ways people work is very different too. When talking about ownership culture and its incentives, stock ownership might mean a lot to employees in one country but nothing in another. Without a doubt, employee stock ownership increases motivation, performance, ability to solve problems, increases hard work, and etc. But does this apply to any employee? No, in some countries…

try to fit into the in-group by trying to find things that we both enjoy, or find amusing. When Ruth told her joke, I feel like she was also trying to do this. Given both the interaction and what I found about Ruth’s culture and my own, the biggest recommendation I can make for successful intercultural communication would be for people to be aware of individual values. “Many [people] hold an integrative set of values, such as I-identity and we-identity patterns across a diverse range of…

in home-based early intervention services beimg more culturally sensitive towards the children and families that they deal with and this is very important. As the years pass the population of families with children who have a disability, mental health issue and who are delayed become more socioculturally, linguistically, ethnically, and diverse. It is expected that interventionists work well with families who challenge them to provide home-based intervention services in different, but still…

A significant issue at Healthco is the lack of communication between management and employees. The managers are not effectively communicating with the clerks, this is shown through Healthco employees being informed of policy rate changes 15 minutes before the offices closed on the day before the rate rise, because of this the clerks lacked the knowledge to inform and answer any questions members had regarding the new policy rates, this caused the members to become aggressive and abusive towards…

1. PRE-IFRS development factors, cultural dimensions and accounting values of Japan and China The following four main PRE-IFRS development factors have the biggest impact on international business accounting practices: source of finance, legal system, taxation system and political and economic ties (Meek & Saudagaran, 1990). Once you know a nation’s PRE-IFRS developmental factors, particularly Source of Finance, then you are able to predict the cultural dimensions that will be in place as they…

have to segment the market and have a niche, for instance, targe high-end customers or indigent customers. Therefore, the company will have employ focus strategy, which entails targeting a narrower segment or even differentiating its products or services to meet the supply of the target market (Griffin 2007, p. 69). Although the power distance level in Egypt is high compared to the UK making it harder for Sainsbury’s to penetrate the market, the fact that more individuals in Egypt are becoming…