regard to the dynamics of the Western world and the non-Western world. The works engage with the concept of a worldwide binary of two unequal sides, and how certain discourses, namely that of “the West and the Rest”, and Orientalism, have both stemmed from this idea and worked to maintain it. While Hall engages with the idea of “the West and the Rest” – the Western world and how it has been defined in opposition to the non-Western – Said analyses the relationship between “the Orient and the Occident”
The relationship between culture and public relations: Defining cultural differences through the dimensions of national culture As the name of the discipline implies, public relations is how an organization builds beneficial relationships with its key stakeholders. With effective communication as the practices’ primary tool, modern day organizations have taken advantage of proficient practitioners to boost exposure of their company and its message across to international audiences. Only recently
Clash of Civilizations focused on the claim that people’s cultural differences and religious identities is the primary source of conflict during the post-Cold War era in the 1990’s. Huntington believes that in the future the only reason conflict will arise will be because of the differences in cultural identities. Furthermore, Huntington divided the world into what he calls, “major civilizations”, that consisted nine civilizations: Western, Orthodox, Islamic, Buddhist, Hindu, African, Latin American,
be to look at what is meant by the term ‘family’ and to look at the differences of the term, when we study the family cross culturally. There are many different family forms which I will explore whilst writing this essay, along with the increasing family forms, and how they have changed over time. I will also be studying the cultural aspects of family both in Western and Non Western societies explaining how they differ to western families. ‘Kinship’ is said to be the foundation of the family according
Comparison and comparison of Chinese food culture and Western diet culture. Student name: jeff wu(chuofu wu) Student ID: 13400334 Academic skill Preface This article will discuss the differences between Chinese and Western diet culture, diet culture has a very important role in the world culture. Because of the cultural differences between China and the west, they have different food and cultural differences, each country has its unique food culture, whether it is the concept or ritual
certain culture and language, is significantly essential for achieving effective communication. That is, using these rules or norms does not mean necessarily that speakers obey them at all times and situations, but even if interlocutors, want to interact with each other impolitely or in a wrong way, they need to be aware of what forms a suitable behavior in order to violate it; therefore, what is seen to be polite or appropriate or not by interlocutors in a particular language and culture is highly
manner—the West sees and defines itself in relation to a culture of opposites. While it identifies itself as familiar and normal, it characterizes the Other according to its deficiencies. The Western world will never be able to fully understand other societies and their differences in relation to one another if it continues to perpetuate these distinctions. Wolf’s perspective places an emphasis on the role of history in perceptions of the non-Western world and how the West does not account for the history
communication held great prominence in daily human interactions, as it was a path to building a relationship and exchanging ideas and feelings. Although achieving a more effective communication would be the goal, there was no single answer to this pursue. A certain style of communication could be evaluated differently under various circumstances or in distinct cultures. Therefore, examining and reflecting on how one’s culture impacted each area that contribute to interpersonal communication was essential to gain
and international business managerial. The objectives of this literature are: • Identify the strategies and tactics for different ways of arguing • Identify how culture influences the ways of arguing • Evaluate the effectiveness of ways of arguing at different cultures • Identify the interaction of the two strategies when different cultures meet In this literature, most of the literature collected is through online platforms, such as UWE online library and Google Scholar while hardcopy books that were
Business Communication is different in Pakistan compared to western countries Communication is any behaviour, verbal or nonverbal, that is perceived by another. (Dwyer 2006) business communications are purposive interchanges of ideas, opinions, information, instructions and the like, presented personally or impersonally by symbol or signal as to attain the goods of organization. (Rosenblatt, Cheatham & Watt 1992) Today, the organization is growing more complex and the business is growing larger,