Ethnocentric Staffing

Sometimes in life people are the same as you. Sometimes people are so much alike that they don't like each other. Although, we are created to be our own person sometimes people are like us in many ways. In Richard Connell's short story "The most dangerous game" and Saki's short story "The Interlopers," the main character General Zaroff and which Von Gradwitz are alike in the following ways; both men hunted on their own land, both men hunted humans, and both men died. Zaroff and Gradwitz had their own land that they hunted on.

Competing in global markets entail many factors and centralization of its human resource practices is certainly vital to improve global competitiveness and empower employees for global assignments. To achieve success in global marketplace, the challenge of all businesses regardless of their size is to understand global corporate cultural differences and invest in human resources which includes selecting and retaining talented employee, training and development whilst encouraging employees to be innovative and creative. Employees selected to work in foreign locations should be prepared beforehand with adequate cross-cultural training. For an organization to be successful in the international marketplace, it must be concerned with this fit from both an internal and

This report examines cultural and institutional factors of Mexico and how they can impact global HR management and practices. Specifically, by analyzing Mexican culture based on Hofstede’s dimensions, economy, labor legislation, union and employment tradition we reached the conclusion that the features of Mexican culture (high power distance, strong collectivism, high level of masculinity and uncertainty avoidance) and institutional factors have a strong impact on management styles and HR practices of business in Mexico and may arouse some challenges for global company and their expatriates, especially those from countries that bear different cultural features and institutional conditions. In order to minimize the potential conflict between Mexican local employees and expatriates, parent companies need to provide trainings (culture assimilation, country condition, etc.) before sending anybody to Mexico. Also, whether the expatriates should put more effort to disseminate home country (headquarter) culture or to adjust to local culture depends on the company’s strategy in terms of being localized or standardized around the globe.

Firstly, I believe that avoiding ethnocentrism is the basic principle when engaged in a culture diverse practice. While social worker engage in an effective practice, they also have potential to do harm(Chenoweth and Maculiffe 2015,P58). Because social work practice involves many ethical responds and a poor respond will trigger threats,risks and perils that threaten both the practice and clients. In the realm of cultural diversity oriented practice, it is quite evidential that ethnocentrism could lead to a poor ethical respond.According to Omohundro(2008), ethnocentrism is judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one 's own culture. And it is more likely to undervalue other culture and treat one certain culture supremely dominating. Sheador& Horejsi(2010,p.176) warned social work and human service practitioners that they must be alter of falling into’ ethnocentrism trap’ which indicates the strong belief that practitioners’ culture is the only valid perspective. There is a movie,namely Gua Sha, based on a true story showed how social worker from dominating culture did a harm intervention to a Chinese migrants family because of ethnocentrism. Grandfather Xu comes from China to visit the family of his son, Datong Xu, in St. Louis,US. While there, he gives his grandson, Dennis Xu, a treatment of Gua Sha to treat a slight fever because he is unable to read English labels of medicine. The social worker, however, mistake the harmless traditional Chinese

Overcoming the biases and prejudices one may have towards a group of people especially in the healthcare field. Often times people from different ethnic backgrounds may have doubts about going to the doctors due to language barriers. Another reason may be that they feel the doctor may not fully understand what they are feeling. In order to better help all patients equally, those in the health care field need to leave behind their ethnocentric way of thinking. If a healthcare provider does not view their patients diet from a cultural perspective they may judge them for it because they do not fully understand it. That is ethnocentric thinking. To better serve patients and better their health doctors must be aware of cultural practices and diets

”One of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. The other will sleep in this very excellent bed. On guard Rainsford.” Said the general neither of them went to the hounds for a repast but rather they both slept in a cozy bed.

Industries are speedily expanding into international marketplaces. People travel to different places to find jobs are more edifying to them. This makes it very vital to creating a more culturally sensitive workplace to help

Ehnologue organization estimates that there are about 6,900 languages in the world today. However, most languages have fewer than 10,000 speakers and many are at risk of disappearing altogether. Languages death is increasingly common in the contemporary world. According to some estimate, 60 percent of the world’s languages are currently at risk. For example, 300 languages were spoken in the United States at the time of Columbus, there are now just 175. Also, ninety percent of Australia’s 250 Aboriginal languages are near extinction. With almost 7,000 languages in the world today and only 200 countries, the vast majority of the world’s language communities do not have the protection of a national government. In the class we discussed about Latin as one of the example of a dead language. In fact, Latin did not really die. It evolved over a period of centuries into French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and other modern-day Romance languages. In contrast, Manx, a Celtic language indigenous to the Isle of Man, a small island midway between Ireland and Great Britain. The language died with Ned Madrell, its last speaker, in 1974. Manx didn’t just change over time; it simply ceased to be spoken. In some case, languages die because the people who speak them perish as the result of war or disease. More commonly these days, they die because their speakers gradually use them less and less in favor

Today, as businesses hire white-collar workers abroad, similar opportunities will abound for those ready to change and grow. As in earlier eras, the capital accumulation made possible by the increased efficiency and specialization at American companies will fuel demand for employees with new skills, such as managers able to integrate a company's activities across countries and cultures.

In Book VII, by Aristotle, he talks about the state, city and also government on which the state and city are controlled on. He says that everything in a state is useful for some purpose, but that purpose is known for song things because they haven’t been used yet. It also states that anyone with too much of something will cause them injury or have no benefit. So, for example, if someone has too much money this will cause them injury or no benefit, so is he saying having too much of something is actually a bad thing no matter how you look at it? Aristotle claims that there is a difference between happiness and being fortunate, which I agree with, but have to disagree with to an extent. I agree with this because being fortunate is having the fortune with you, so that’s growing up in a wealthy family or another way. If you grow up in a wealthier home, you are more likely to be happy than someone that is in a non-wealthy home.

Being ethnocentric has its pros and cons. A pro would be that I can understand my own culture and how others relate to it from my own perspectives. I can be confident in my understanding and ethnocentrism benefits me when talking to other people who share my culture and can identify with any ethnocentric remarks I might make. However, when I am being ethnocentric I can ignore often important parts of other cultures and take them and their differences for granted because I am viewing them from only one perspective. People from other cultures might find me too engrossed in my own culture and surroundings and maybe unwilling to change or think about their cultures from their

Doing field work in a high risk environment would pose a threat to my safety, this would cause a lot of tension between myself and the people I am studying. Another element that would cause issues for me would be allowing myself emerge into an atmosphere knowing the people I am studying are committing illegal activities that are essentially hurting themselves and others around them. It would be extremely hard for me to turn a blind eye to someone’s “self-destruction” the more I ponder on the thought I realize I am not capable of submitting to the research.

In the film, “Outsourced,” Mr. Todd displays ethnocentrism towards the food. Initially, he begins becoming skeptical of the food after drinking the “cola.” When he finds an Indian version of “McDonald’s,” he is very disappointed that the hamburger. He is unwilling at this point to accept diversity because he has expectations for the Indian food to be like that of American. Food is varies by location; thus by showing the differences one can see how each country tailors its food choices towards the demand. Another example of ethnocentrism is found when he disagrees with the practice of arranged marriage for Asha. He believes that the only way for one to be truly content with one’s marriage is if one knows his significant other well and truly

Medical Precision Systems (from now on MPS) have a HR strategy with the intentions of gaining strong control over its subsidiaries through the extensive use of expatriate managers in both technical and managerial areas of the business. Expatriate managers have been told to try to keep the unions out or to ensure that they have a minimal influence. The main issue with MPS IHR strategy is that they are using an ethnocentric approach where they export their HR strategy to foreign countries. It's different working environment, culture and mentality between the local subsidiaries' workforce and its American

Each year we see how the world is becoming a smaller and a more crowded place. We see how society is crossing over physical borders and becoming a global society. International markets allow for job placement opportunities in foreign cultures but also come with unique challenges. Multi-national companies are now operating in new countries and markets. It’s a changing world and in order to be successful in this new world companies need to provide their employees the proper tools to do business in a new culture. Moreover, the company itself needs to be willing to adapt and change to meet the expectations of the markets.