Cross-Cultural Communication Styles: High and Low Context
The concepts of high context and low context refer to how people communicate in different cultures. Differences can be derived from the extent to which meaning is transmitted through actual words used...
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Benefits of Doing Business in Russia
Russia is by far the largest country in the world. The country covers an area all the way from Europe in the West to North America in the East and bordering with Asia in the South, and boasts a vast...
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God is Brazilian! The International Rush for Brazilian Oil
© istockphoto.com/bkindler ‘God is Brazilian!’ – Those were the patriotic words of Brazil’s president Lula da Silva, upon hearing of the recent discovery of new oil fields off the coast of Brazil...
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Working across Cultures: the Challenges of Virtual Communication
© istockphoto.com/ Quavondo Virtual communication is a vital asset for international business. It allows business people to hold international business meetings without having to move from their...
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Managing International Teams – Can Fabio Capello Harness the Bulldog Spirit?
Fabio Capello has been under constant criticism ever since England started their World Cup campaign with a draw against the USA. At the time, people acknowledged that this poor start was not helped by...
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Intercultural Communication in Action – UNESCO’S ‘International Year for the...
UNESCO is the United Nations’ organisation charged with the task of building ‘the defences of peace in the minds of men’ by developing international cooperation in its fields of competence such as...
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Global Leadership: What Makes the Perfect Leader?
Many anthropologists and intercultural specialists like Geert Hofstede and Fons Trompenaars have developed cross-cultural comparative models showing the main cultural differences between cultures....
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Managing International Teams – Reduce the Risk and Reap the Benefits
Have you ever thought of multicultural teams as a distraction? Do differences in approaches and opinions always get in the way of the decision making process? Some people think that cultural difference...
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Implementing a Global 360° Feedback Process across Cultures: Will it Really...
360° feedback is one of the most widely used performance management strategies in global organisations today. In fact, research shows that approximately 90% of all Fortune500 companies use some kind...
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When National Teams “Muck About” at an Olympics Medal Ceremony
The ability to understand group behaviour and manage potential culture clashes is an essential skill for anyone interacting on a global scale. What may be considered acceptable behaviour by some...
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