Intercultural Management Assignment
PARIS GRADUATE SCHOOL OF
MANAGEMENT
INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE PROFESSIONAL MBA
SEPTEMBER 2010
22ND BATCH TAKE HOME EXAMINATION
Course: INTERCULTURAL MANAGEMENT
NAME: DANIEL AFEDZI
STUDENT NUMBER: WA 10209
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. SOLUTION TO QUESTION 1............................................Page 3-9
2. SOLUTION TO QUESTION 2 ...........................................Page 10- 14
3. SOLUTION TO QUESTION 3 ...........................................Page 15- 20
4. SOLUTION TO QUESTION 4 ...........................................Page 21-28
5. SOLUTION TO QUESTION 5 ...........................................Page 29-39
6. SOLUTION TO QUESTION 6 ...........................................Page 40-44
1. How does culture affect the process of attribution in communication?
SOLUTION TO QUESTION 1
Meaning of Culture
Culture is the pervasive and shared beliefs, norms, and values that guide the everyday life of a group. (Cullen J. B. 2008) Culture is a concept borrowed from cultural anthropology. Anthropologists believe that culture provides solutions to problems of adaptation to the environment. Eskimos, for example, have by necessity a large number of words to deal with the nature of snow. Culture helps people become attached to their mechanisms for continuation of the group. For example, culture determines how children are educated and tells us when and whom to marry. Culture pervades most areas of our life, determining, for example, how we should dress and what we should eat. In Ghana, for example various cultures have a way they greet. For the people from the Northern part of Ghana for example greetings are an important element in their culture. In Wa as in the rest of Africa, failing to greet someone is seen as very rude. Wala people are pleased to be greeted in their own language, even if that is all that you can say. The standard
MANAGEMENT
INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE PROFESSIONAL MBA
SEPTEMBER 2010
22ND BATCH TAKE HOME EXAMINATION
Course: INTERCULTURAL MANAGEMENT
NAME: DANIEL AFEDZI
STUDENT NUMBER: WA 10209
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. SOLUTION TO QUESTION 1............................................Page 3-9
2. SOLUTION TO QUESTION 2 ...........................................Page 10- 14
3. SOLUTION TO QUESTION 3 ...........................................Page 15- 20
4. SOLUTION TO QUESTION 4 ...........................................Page 21-28
5. SOLUTION TO QUESTION 5 ...........................................Page 29-39
6. SOLUTION TO QUESTION 6 ...........................................Page 40-44
1. How does culture affect the process of attribution in communication?
SOLUTION TO QUESTION 1
Meaning of Culture
Culture is the pervasive and shared beliefs, norms, and values that guide the everyday life of a group. (Cullen J. B. 2008) Culture is a concept borrowed from cultural anthropology. Anthropologists believe that culture provides solutions to problems of adaptation to the environment. Eskimos, for example, have by necessity a large number of words to deal with the nature of snow. Culture helps people become attached to their mechanisms for continuation of the group. For example, culture determines how children are educated and tells us when and whom to marry. Culture pervades most areas of our life, determining, for example, how we should dress and what we should eat. In Ghana, for example various cultures have a way they greet. For the people from the Northern part of Ghana for example greetings are an important element in their culture. In Wa as in the rest of Africa, failing to greet someone is seen as very rude. Wala people are pleased to be greeted in their own language, even if that is all that you can say. The standard
References: * Faro, 2005 * Singh & Pandey, 1986 * Hui, et al., 2004 * Hofstede, 1984 * Hofstede (2001) * Ben-Shem & Avi-Itzhak, 1991 * Abboushi, 1990 * Super (1973) * Hoppe, 1990 * Hofstede, 1980; Hoppe, 1990 * Levy, 2003 * Chanita Hughes Halbert et * Russo, 2000