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Cross-Cultural Business Communication: Differences In Communication (Instructor Guide) |
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When communicating with people of another culture, it is important to be aware of the person’s level of active participation in a conversation. In some cultures, highly active participation is the norm, while other cultures dictate a more passive involvement.
The exchange between people engaged in communication demonstrates conversational involvement. In any culture, a message must have both a sender and a receiver. In cultures with high conversational involvement, the receiver would send verbal and nonverbal cues, such as eye contact, nodding, and interjections, such as "I’m listening" or "Tell me more." In cultures with low conversational involvement, receivers would adopt a passive posture, perhaps staring at the ground with hunched shoulders, and would simply absorb the message without offering cues on whether they are listening or not.
In this course you will learn to: identify the differences in verbal communication across cultures, and improve your nonverbal communication skills by understanding the differences in gestures and expressions that vary across cultures.
This Instructor's Edition of this course includes notes and suggestions to assist you in presenting the material, whether in an in-person classroom setting, or as an instructor-led online or distance-learning course. It also provides you with the answers to questions found in mid-lesson activities, as well as in the quiz that concludes the course. |
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Cross-Cultural Business Communication: Addressing Cross-Cultural Issues |
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When communicating with coworkers, it is very important to respect other cultures. You should refrain from using humor that might offend people from other cultures, and avoid stereotypes that might affect how you treat your coworkers.
Before communicating with employees who belong to a different culture, it is important to research their cultures and understand clearly what is expected from your communication. You should determine what types of communication are most appropriate in specific situations. For example, you should investigate the most appropriate method for communicating a behavioral problem to an employee. Some cultures prefer profuse praise to cushion the constructive feedback, while others prefer a more direct approach. The most important thing to communicate to employees of different cultures is respect. By approaching them in accordance with their cultural standards and expectations, you’ll show respect for their cultures and your communication will be enhanced.
In this course you will learn to: identify gestures used in different cultures and build a cross-cultural team, and discuss guidelines for writing cross-cultural documents and assembling a translation team. |
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Cross-Cultural Business Communication: Addressing Cross-Cultural Issues (Instructor Guide) |
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When communicating with coworkers, it is very important to respect other cultures. You should refrain from using humor that might offend people from other cultures, and avoid stereotypes that might affect how you treat your coworkers.
Before communicating with employees who belong to a different culture, it is important to research their cultures and understand clearly what is expected from your communication. You should determine what types of communication are most appropriate in specific situations. For example, you should investigate the most appropriate method for communicating a behavioral problem to an employee. Some cultures prefer profuse praise to cushion the constructive feedback, while others prefer a more direct approach. The most important thing to communicate to employees of different cultures is respect. By approaching them in accordance with their cultural standards and expectations, you’ll show respect for their cultures and your communication will be enhanced.
In this course you will learn to: identify gestures used in different cultures and build a cross-cultural team, and discuss guidelines for writing cross-cultural documents and assembling a translation team.
This Instructor's Edition of this course includes notes and suggestions to assist you in presenting the material, whether in an in-person classroom setting, or as an instructor-led online or distance-learning course. It also provides you with the answers to questions found in mid-lesson activities, as well as in the quiz that concludes the course. |
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Cross-Cultural Business Communication: Communicating Across Cultures |
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When communicating across cultures, you could come across a number of barriers. In addition to language barriers, there might be more subtle obstacles, such as cultural biases and conflicting communication styles. Building relationships with people of other cultures will provide you with the incentive to work through those barriers and achieve effective communication.
In this course you will learn to: establish rapport and build trust, and listen well and provide positive and constructive feedback. |
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Cross-Cultural Business Communication: Communicating Across Cultures (Instructor Guide) |
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When communicating across cultures, you could come across a number of barriers. In addition to language barriers, there might be more subtle obstacles, such as cultural biases and conflicting communication styles. Building relationships with people of other cultures will provide you with the incentive to work through those barriers and achieve effective communication.
In this course you will learn to: establish rapport and build trust, and listen well and provide positive and constructive feedback.
This Instructor's Edition of this course includes notes and suggestions to assist you in presenting the material, whether in an in-person classroom setting, or as an instructor-led online or distance-learning course. It also provides you with the answers to questions found in mid-lesson activities, as well as in the quiz that concludes the course. |
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Conducting Conservation Projects in the Field: Education, Culture & Ethics |
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What makes a successful conservation project? Is it enough to have thorough scientific understanding of the ecological and biological threats facing a species or habitat or do we need to devote significant focus to the human dimension of conservation? Over what time frame should we consider a project successful? What goes into defining a project as being sustainable over the long run so that the perpetuation of the species is guaranteed? How does human economic well-being relate to conservation 1:We improve our conservation strategies by integrating traditional knowledge and practices into the project, and thereby make the project more appropriate for the area and local culture. By cultivating informed, supportive, and involved local communities, the root cause of some of our most pressing conservation problems can be addressed by many more people. With more people involved in the struggle to save endangered species, our projects are more likely to be successful and sustainable. |
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GED: Introduction to the GED |
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Welcome! If you're here, you've decided to work toward earning your high school equivalency diploma. It's a great decision to have made! Let's go over what the GED covers, what we'll cover together, and what you can do to best prepare yourself along the way. To register for the GED, please visit https://ged.com/ |
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GED: Math - Unit 9: Statistics and Probability |
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Welcome to Unit 9: Statistics and Probability. Statistics is a broad field that allows us to collect, analyze, and interpret all kinds of data. It's used by people in all professions and all walks of life, even if they may never realize they're using it.
Probability is a related field that helps us figure out how likely something is to happen. We use that in everyday life as well.
The measures of central tendency include several different tools that help us analyze and interpret data.
You'll need to know how to use these tools not just on the math test, but on the social studies and science tests as well.
In this lesson, we'll learn about mean, median, mode, and range. |
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GED: Reasoning Through Language Arts - Unit 8: Post-Test |
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Welcome to Unit 8: Post-Test. This post-test covers reading comprehension, writing, and editing. At the end of this post-test is a table that matches each question to the content it covers. Use it to review any content that you haven't mastered. |
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GED: Math - Unit 8: Linear Inequalities in One Variable |
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Welcome to Unit 8: Linear Inequalities in One Variable. In Unit 3 of this course, we learned about expressions and equations. In Unit 5, we learned about graphing lines. In this unit, we'll learn about inequalities: how to set them up, how to solve them, and how to graph them. |
