Cultural Difference

Culture is a very vital part of the world as we know it today. There are very many different cultures all around the world. In the USA, we have a mix of all the different cultures and and family values. From the original Native Americans that inhabited America to the Middle Eastern people in Afghanistan. These people groups have brought their language, food, values, and customs with them.

There are cultural differences within all the communities that make up the world, we are constantly surrounded and reminded of these other cultures. In this paper cultural differences will be discussed from the film “Why Did I Get Married?” which is an African-American movie about the hardships one goes through in marriage, friendships, and trust. This paper is going to give specific examples of Hall’s perspective of culture on the screen and Hofstede’s five dimensions that are reflected in a particular pattern. Examples of both verbal and non verbal intercultural communication and how they relate to particular intercultural

Often, I consider whether there are other living creatures around that we have not yet found. A while prior I had a thought to investigate the universe all the more intently. In light of my interest, I recently went by an irregular planet called Earth. As I landed on Earth, everything was extraordinary; it was as though I was trapped in a snow globe all my life and did not know anything past. Consequently, I felt ecstasy as I walked through a narrow pavement exploring the nature around me. Our own particular planet varies in a wide range of viewpoints. In addition, there are frequent significant differences in other living creatures. I observed a common species and examined them well; they refer to themselves as humans, more specifically Americans.

The rare but beloved by all but one, aspic gelatin that shows up during certain “Russian parties.”

A connection I saw through this was the difference between a normal map of our countries and contents to this one. The differences were very clear and made me wonder. As a noticed this I saw that the smaller countries that were not as populated were in the shape and same spot as Africa. The larger countries that I am used to seeing in the same spot shifted to different parts of the map. Unlike, a normal map China, Indonesia, Russia, India, and the United States had a star next to them to show that these were some of the more settled areas. Well, I saw a ton of differences as I explained I also saw some similarities such as all the countries were labeled and there were still blue to represent the bodies of water that remain around them.

Everyone has a different way of life, whether it be by the way you talk, dress, or eat. Or maybe how you dance, sing, and perform. These aspects of everyday life is called culture. Everybody in the world has a culture, but not all cultures are the same from person to person. In the book, The Miles Between, a group of teens, who attend a boarding school, have a different way of life than I do. Even though there is many differences between our cultures, there are still some similarities peeping through all the differences.

Throughout the different cultures around the world, there are many traditions that have been in place for many years. These traditions have been passed down from generation to generation and are looked at as being normal in these cultures. To the United States, and other parts of the world, some of these traditions are looked at as being crazy, bizarre, and even strange. There are many different cultures and unique traditions associated with them, but these are 5 interesting traditions found around the world.

India is a unique country. Home to close to a billion people, it boasts a rich cultural history spanning over 4 millennia. India's vast geographical coverage features all kinds of different terrain; from the cold, magnificent peaks and valleys of Kashmir to the hot, barren lands of Jacobabad. With such terrain comes a culture so vast that it is almost impossible to define. India possesses an array of different races, languages, religions and customs (Bryman & Hardy, 2009).

The discussion around the achievement gap has varied from socioeconomics and parent education levels to teacher quality and course offerings. Despite the variables that exist, the problem still remains. Riegle-Crumb and Grodsky (2010) illustrate in their study how racial differences impact course taking and student achievement. The study goes on to say that white students whose parents have completed a master’s degree have a predicated probability of .67 of being in advanced math classes, compared to that of African American students at .57 and Hispanic/Latino students at .48 . In addition to these statistics, studies indicate that schools with high populations of African American and Hispanic/Latino students tend to employ teachers who have

Race is described as genetic differences due to phenotypic characteristics such as specific physical features (Sheets, 1999). Not only do individuals of different race have specific identifiable features but also internal growth mechanisms vary. This paper will explore several areas in which racial differences influence growth and development. Growth differences between races are of importance since individuals are often compared to norms. However, it is evident that everyone has unique characteristics, and these characteristics can be attributed to race.

Another value that is very important in Chinese culture is trust. Trust lies at the heart of successful long-term intercultural business relationships. Therefore, Oldtown employee must be prepared in gaining the Chinese Manager in China trust to deal with business. In China, the cross-cultural business relationships, trust plays an indispensable role since partners from different cultures don’t always have the same values or assumptions about how business works. When trust is developed, partners can navigate difficult issues over time by fostering a candid exchange of ideas, issues and agendas. Developing trust can significantly reduce what Westerners often complain of in their dealings with Chinese counterparts: unpredictable behavior and a lack of transparency. As a Chinese executive at Google put it, “In China, your success depends on how well a person trusts you.”

According to Yuan (2005), “Guanxi” refers to a personal relationship with materialistic aims. A contrast from Western culture, Chinese businessmen favor “guanxi” over the rules of law and will generally pursue such material gains relentlessly. It is crucial that foreign businesses are aware of the importance of this term “guanxi” in order to maintain their personal relationships with government officers or partners. The Chinese business is a type of organization developed from wealth ventures by overseas Chinese entrepreneurs. Such single person dominating organization structures are basic with limited operative functions and are successful in niche industries that are less complicated to operate for example, property, trading and basic manufacturing industries. Undoubtedly, Chinese are well-known for their hard working ethic and close family relationships and therefore that contributed to the extensive network of Chinese businesses in the Asia pacific region for example, Hong Kong and Taiwan. There have been extensive changes in Chinese business systems whereby its second generations are now educated in western countries with more reformative mentalities as compared to their older generations (Chen,

This paper aims to explore the cultural barriers that GM encounters while doing business in China especially in terms of language and Asian mind difference. As a matter of fact, we cannot examine all the cultural barriers due to the scope of the paper. On the other hand, some differences emerging from different thinking behavior between US and China are exemplified in the second part of the paper. In the first part, the company information and the SWOT analysis of GM are given before going further with the Asian operations of the company.

In this paper I will discuss Cultural Relativism and argue that the cultural difference argument is not a sound one, because its premise does not prove or disprove its conclusion. Further, I will use this to prove that morals can be objectively true and do not have to change on a culture to culture basis. Cultural Relativism theorizes the nature of morality and whether moral truths are correct even if they are not agreed on across all cultures.

The importance of ‘guanxi’ has their origins deep and profound impact on Chinese culture. In the Chinese culture, guanxi not only can observe through business markets, but also evaluated and studied in the contemporary social background. The Chinese word of relationships is guanxi. The word of guanxi is literally includes a concept which is different in Western view of relationship. Leung et al. (1993) stated that the concept of guanxi in the business context as being cultivated through personal interactions with other people and always involve a reciprocal desires. He believed that guanxi is developed through a person’s network of connections, as well as developing with ingenuity, creativity and flexibility.