Essays about: "cross culture skills"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 25 essays containing the words cross culture skills.

  1. 16. The Expatriates’ Acculturation Process : Individual Differences Within the Social Context

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Beata Gullberg; Laurie Watts; [2014]
    Keywords : Acculturation; Activity theory; CHAT; Cultural learning; Expatriate; Sociocultural adaptation; Work locus of control;

    Abstract : As expatriation and cross-border assignments have become increasingly frequent, so has the need for research on what makes a successful expatriate. The objective of this study is to further understand the working expatriate’s acculturation process, which is the process of learning and acquiring the requisite skills to successfully inhabit a new cultural realm. READ MORE

  2. 17. THE APPLICATION OF POLITENESS THEORY INTO ENGLISH EDUCATION IN JAPAN

    University essay from Avdelningen för språk och kultur; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Maho Kawai; [2013]
    Keywords : politeness theory; ESL in Japan;

    Abstract : In Japan, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) revised the Course of Study in English education twice in the last decade (in 2002 and in 2011), and the drastic changes have been made especially in the section of communicative skills: introduction of English study in elementary school, teaching English in English in high school, requirement of the subject ‘Oral Communication I’ in high school, etc. The aim of the revisions is to produce international individuals, who have high English proficiency not only in input-skills but also in output-skills, especially in speaking (MEXT 2004: 90, MEXT 2011). READ MORE

  3. 18. Applications of Cultural Analysis in Marketing in a Mainland Chinese Context

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Yu Bei Gong; [2010]
    Keywords : marketing; applying cultural analysis.; Chinese young adults; MACA; mainland Chinese context; ethnography; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Although China is changing rapidly, Chinese values and culture change much slower than economic statistics. Simultaneously, interests in culture have grown dramatically in marketing study and practice worldwide, however culture is by and large the least investigated part in terms of marketing in mainland China. READ MORE

  4. 19. Managing Diversity in Multinational Organization : Swedish and Thai culture

    University essay from Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU

    Author : Woraphan Atikomtrirat; Tanavut Pongpayaklert; [2010]
    Keywords : Diversity; managing diversity; globalization; leadership; cross culture management;

    Abstract : This project proposes is focus on having diversity in workforces of different cultures within theglobalized world that we live in. It is not enough to be perceived as effective in a singleorganization or by one nation. READ MORE

  5. 20. Development of a screening assay for inhibitors of inflammation useful against pancreatic cancer

    University essay from Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling; Institutionen för biologi och kemiteknik

    Author : Shima Ghafoory; [2009]
    Keywords : Pancreatic Cancer; Chronic Inflammation; JAK STAT Signaling Pathway; STAT3; Marine Natural Products;

    Abstract : Pancreatic cancer is the fourth most lethal cancer and ranks as the eighth most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide. This is due to its rapid proliferation, strong metastatic potential and its delayed detection. One major risk factor for developing pancreatic cancer is the aggressive inflammatory disease chronic pancreatitis. READ MORE