Cultural Influences Of Brazil

The modernize approach of religion and traditions of the old African culture now converted into an Afro-Brazilian culture that still has an impact and exists today which is also still celebrated in Brazil. I believe that without slavery, many of the importance of both sides of society selling slaves and buying slaves would not have shaped humanity in the modern world. “Two centuries had seen African and European cultural religious and linguistic habits merging into unique Afro-Brazilian social and religious customs, music, and storytelling (Nellis 62).” The cultural influence of Afro-Brazilians has persistently grew from celebrations like carnaval into a mainstream popular culture. Brazil holds a variety of different ideas, culture and people. These ideas and traditions include musical interests, dancing, different food dishes, literature and art, festivities, and religious practices.

 Brazil’s culture exhibits primarily Western aspects but also is diverse due to the melting pot of nationalities including the

The people of Brazil gained independence from Portugal on September 7, 1822, and became known as the Federative Republic of Brazil. With European, African, and Indigenous peoples influences, Brazil has become a melting pot of ethnicities, religions, and cultures. It is made up of 26 states and has a total population of 205,823,665 people. The two largest ethnic groups are White at 47.7 percent and mulatto (mixed white and black) at 43.1 percent of the population. Most of the population lives on the east coast, specifically the cities of Sao Paulo, Brasilia, and Rio de Janeiro, and they live under a federal presidential republic government. The official language of Brazil is Portuguese, but there are less common languages spoken such as Spanish, English, German, Italian, and other Amerindian languages. The average age is 31.6 years old, and the gender ratio is relatively equal throughout each age group. The birth rate is 14.3-births/1,000 population, and the death rate is 6.6 deaths/1,000 population. These statistics produce a population growth rate of 0.75%. Surprisingly, 90% of the population has some religious association. There are many different religions in Brazil, but the two largest religious groups are Roman Catholics that make up 64.6% and Protestant that make up 22.2%. Other religions consist of Judaism, Buddism, and Jehovah Witnesses (cia.gov, 2016).

Perhaps many people may argue that both the US and Brazil have similar collections of ethnic and racial groups, that is a big minority of indigenous individuals, such as blacks and immigrants from Germany, Italy, and Asia. The presence of the minority groups in both nations was led by activities such as slavery and colonization during the19th-century (Wade, 2017). Chinese predominate the United States while Japanese predominate Brazil. Globalization and the rapid advancement in technology have demonstrated that technological revolution hasn't done much in altering the way of life and the belief of many people (Moran, 2014). With this in mind, I propose research on the differences in culture between Brazilians and Americans. This is because culture is social hence it is not an individual occurrence, it is a product of society, and it grows from social interaction. Culture is differentiable to us by comparison. Thus we should compare different cultures.

You probably heard of Brazil but, do you know much about it? Brazil is a beautiful place or country, in South America. It’s great for tourists’ sites; it has amazing land features, and especially cool culture and history. Brazil has a tremendous amount of nature and folktale. Brazil was found actually, over 8,000 years ago. The Portuguese were the first European settlers to arrive there. The journey was led by Pedro Cabral who began in the 1500s. When they finally got there they found Native Americans living there. They were around the seven millions.

Brazil with a population around 201,032,714, is the largest South America’s country. Brazil’s most important components of its GDP are service revenues, wide industry sector and its successful agriculture.

The Federative Republic of Brazil is the fifth largest country by geographical area in South America. Currently, “Brazil has a population of over 207 million making it the 5th largest country in the world”(IBGE, 2017). Brasilia is the capital, and Sao Paulo is the largest city in Brazil with population over 11 million people.

Much like the U.S., Brazilian culture is extremely diverse. Brazil’s current population of 190 million represents various nationalities from European to African (Country Facts). Brazil has an extremely diverse culture with some common pervasive threads that grouped together give Brazil a national identity.

INTRODUCTION When you think of Brazil, what comes to mind? A festive place? The lungs of the world? Well there is definitely more than that! What if I told you that nearly every citizen in Brazil is a Christian, would you believe me?

Due to Brazil being a massive country the culture seems to change depending on where a person lives. This makes sense considering in other countries the same thing tends to happen. For

Investing time in building relationships and trust with business colleagues is a very important part of their business culture along with communication. They also have a more relaxed attitude towards time and do not see deadlines as crucial as people from many other cultures do which could possible contradicting for incoming businesses, clientele and etc. (Kwint). The differences in cultures are always relevant when doing business in foreign countries. Considering Portugal is part of the EU they have much more similarities with the surrounding countries which is definitely a benefit from a cultural perspective even

Their population was about 2.9 million in 2014. (Commisceo) In Brazil, their population was about 207.7 million people in 2016. (Commisceo) It is the fifth largest country in the world.

The business is to be structure by use of cross-cultural teams that can provide a source of experience and innovative thinking to enhance the competitive position of the organization. The manager is to avoid at all cost cross-cultural misunderstandings and understand that Brazilians prefer collectivism to individualism. The manager is to implement the right price for the right product the culture needs in order for the business to have a chance at success. A work description with work shifts, mutual respect, benefit packets, respect for all religion, and a dress code. Formal apparel is acceptable for business Overall, the appearance would not be a huge deal as the Brazilian people are extremely concerned about their appearances and they practice their religion but it does not affect the workplace. Business meeting are to take place once a week to discuss progress of the business and handshakes are appropriate for both men and women however, once the women get to know you and/or a friendship is develop and kiss on the cheek is not unusual. Time is important but allow at least 20 mins for the latecomers as Brazilians idea of time is flexible than it is in the United States. If any questions and problems the manager does not understand, then the headquarter office in the United States should be contacted for

The country of Brazil is located in the South American continent, it has the largest country is South America and is bordered by many countries such as Argentina and Paraguay to the southwest and Bolivia and Peru to the west there is Uruguay to the south and Venezuela to the north. It shares a boarder with every South American country except for Ecuador and the country of Chile. The country is so big that it shares a boarder with Peru and I mention Peru because it is located on the western coast of the continent. Peru’s coastline is the Pacific Ocean and Brazils is the Atlantic that in its self speaks volumes for the shear mass of Brazil. This nation has vast climate changes depending where in the country one is located for example the

In this era of Globalisation, cross cultural management is the biggest challenge that is faced by the organisations. Within the business context, cross culture refers to interaction between different cultures. Cross cultural management refers to managing the employees from different cultural background in one environment (Adler, 2008). Cross culture management is a significant issue within the organisations as the success of an organisation depends upon the smooth interaction of the employees. This paper is aimed at providing insight on the cross cultural management and the main issues and challenges relating to cross cultural management. For the purpose of this paper, two articles, “Cross-cultural Differences in Management”, by Amman & Jordan