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1
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ethnicity

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culture of people in a given geographic region

usually a nation

2
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Discuss the relationship of values, religion and communication with culture

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values: beliefs that people hold important to them and what they live their lives by
religion: every culture has different religions and might not be exposed to others around the world
communication: every culture has different ways of communicating with each other

3
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communication

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low context v high context

4
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globalization

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countries coming together as one big global economy

the way countries and people interact and integrate when doing global business

5
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evaluating

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direct v indirect negative feedback

6
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Trompenaars

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7 dimensions

is a framework for cross-cultural communication applied to general business and management

7
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GLOBE

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9 dimensions

To determine how people from different cultures viewed leadership

8
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cultural diversity

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variety of different cultures

9
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the importance of understanding cultures as part of the context for transacting global business

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10
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Discuss the business implications of a country’s political and economic environment on global
business

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Political: Risk, political stability, tax implications, trade system, GDP ( people’s ability to pay) and economy awareness, understand the market, currency and exchange rate, unemployment rate,

11
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why is knowing a countries legal system important

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A country’s law regulates business practices, defines business policies, rights, and obligations involved in business transactions

12
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deciding

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consensual v top down

13
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scheduling

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linear v flexible time

14
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leading

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egalitarian v hierarchical

15
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Erin meyer

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8 dimensions
identify what is typical in their culture but different from others to open a dialogue of sharing, learning and understanding

16
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Culture

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group of people
collective
set of learned behaviors

17
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disagreeing

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confrontational v avoids confrontation

18
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Discuss the business implications of a country’s legal system as well as the ethical and human rights
aspects of the country’s culture

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Risk evaluated with legal system, well being of workers in legal system, realizing what is ethical in diff countries, properly structure business, ability to enforce contracts, rules for dissolving disputes, corruption ( what extent can you trust what is said), protection of workers and how that might fall on you

19
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culture map

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communication
evaluating
persuading
leading
deciding
trusting
disagreeing
scheduling
20
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persuading

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concept first v application first

21
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nationalism

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identify with ones own nation, and promote its culture and interests over other nations

22
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Hofstede

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says culture is the collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one group of people from another
6 layers

23
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trusting

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task-based v relationship-based