Essays about: "Bridging cultural gaps"

Found 4 essays containing the words Bridging cultural gaps.

1. 1. The Kiruna town move : Unearthing the possibilities for full-scale fire tests

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Byggkonstruktion och brand

   Author : Henrik Pettersson; Adam Thörn; [2021]
   Keywords : Full-scale fire tests; Kiruna town move; SFPE roadmap; Fire tests; Kiruna s housing-stock; Fullskaliga brandförsök; Kiruna stadsflytt; Brandförsök; Kirunas Byggnadsbestånd;

   Abstract : The work with this thesis started during the last semester at the Fire Protection Engineering program at Luleå University of Technology. Kiruna has relied on the iron ore resources of Luossavaara and Kiirunavaara since the creation of the town. The iron ore stretches underneath the current city center. READ MORE

3. 2. Canvas of dissent : a study of visuals and its significance in group formations and communications during the 2019 Hong Kong Anti-ELAB movement

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Wing Lam Cheryl Fung; [2020]
   Keywords : Visual culture; Social Movements; Group Formations; Hong Kong; Anti-Extradition Bill Movement; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Beginning from June 2019, the streets of Hong Kong have been turned into a theatre of protests. Together with their banners and umbrellas, protesters took to the street to protest against the proposed extradition bill that allows the government to send suspected criminals to mainland China. READ MORE

4. 3. An argument for a postcolonial canon of literature for upper-secondary schools in multicultural Sweden : Course book analysis and didactic questions regarding the teaching of literature in the English subject

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Andreas Signell; [2016]
   Keywords : Postcolonialism; canon; didactics; multiculturalism; syllabus;

   Abstract : This essay investigates the possibility of a postcolonial canon of literature for upper-secondary schools in multicultural Sweden. It uses an in depth course book analysis as a basis for looking at didactic questions regarding the teaching of postcolonial literature. READ MORE

5. 4. Assessment of cultural gaps in IKEA’s IT operation in Shanghai, China : MBA-thesis in marketing

   University essay from Avdelningen för ekonomi

   Author : Avinash Jha; [2010]
   Keywords : Culture; Cross culture; IKEA culture; China; IKEA in China; Bridging cultural gaps; Organizational culture;

   Abstract : Research related to culture, and analysis of the collected information needs frameworks to understand and solve the complex questions about cross culture behaviour and their integration, particularly when a company with strong native cultural influence starts its operation in another country which has similarly strong local culture. Using Hofstede and Trompenaars, Hampden’s dimensions of cultural understanding, this study aims to understand and assess the challenges related to integration of cultures, when Swedish MNC IKEA started its IT Operation in Shanghai, drawing conclusions about how and if the cultural behaviours did fit the existing frameworks and underlining the cultural gaps still existing in the organisation. READ MORE