2) Quotes:
• “Communication in international business is both a skill and an art requiring special, new sensitivities.”
• “…mis-communication can be the enemy.”
3) For language, if one business intends to expand business internationally, they should concern about the cost of information transfer (such as using translator, interpreter.) The different in language can cause to humorous situations, worst case is misinterpret/misunderstand with your business partners. For culture background, business should think about the differences in “national characters” and “traditional customs” that affect the customer’s preference.
4) Learning how to communicate appropriately is a process that requires the sensitivities and eager to learn new cultures. As this source gives some specific examples about the situation that a company/individual encounters with culture conflicts (some results are humorous, some cause the relationships to be damaged, messages are misunderstanding or misinterpreting.)
5) The author of “The Do’s and Taboos of international Trade” is Roger, who started to approach international trade at first as a student of culture and tradition, and later worked as a company representative. And for “International Trade”, the authors are the specialized in international trade and spends years working and studying about culture factors.
6) Few topics I have so far is: intercultural communications, cross-culture understanding, the ethnic minority business (women in particular.) I think these issues somehow can give me the answers for my concern about the difficulties that an internally educated business woman can encounter if she comes back to her home country.
Work cited:
Axtell, Roger E., and Tommy G. Thompson. The Do's and Taboos of International Trade: a Small Business Primer. New York , NY
Good job Dai
ReplyDelete1.I would like to know if Roger uses his own experiences in explain the cultural barriers that are decpicted in his book "The Do's and Taboos of International Trade." I think this is important to know in determining how reliable his information is. I like how you gave background information about his major and what his current job is.
2.This book source would be great to use if you decide to focus on the cultural barriers within business communication. You can use this source as an example to demonstrate the struggle that women encounter when assigned a task related to international business.
3.It would be interesting to incorporate the other perspective, males involved in international business. That way, you can juxtapose the two and explain why women tend to run into more mis-communication in regards to international business.
4.I think this source will help you delevop your research paper in a more cohesive manner. Also, it might be helpful to research Roger and see if he has any other published books regarding international business. You might also want to bring in the argument that he might not know everything about women in regards to business because he isn't a woman.
-Julia
Hey Julia,
ReplyDeleteYou brought up some amazing ideas for my paper, espcially the reasons that make women run into more mis-communication. I will research more on that issue!
Thanks
Dai