Culture Diversity between The Netherlands and United Arab Emirates
Transnational companies have a responsibility to adapt their corporate culture as well as their services to countries they operate within. To function worldwide a strategic approach has to be taken to expand the geographical presence of the business while maintaining the trust of the clients and providing high quality services. In some cases, having offices in various markets is necessary because it provides more trust from potential customers towards the company.
Cultures & Interpretation within corporate culture between The Netherlands and Poland
Four international students are interviewing the father of one of the students, who is the CEO of the Central and Eastern European division of one of the biggest international accounting companies in the world, in order to gain insight on potential corporate cultural issues for a project. Two of the students study in Poland and the other two in The Netherlands. The CEO comes from Poland – a country with a very high level of uncertainty avoidance and a large power distance.
Intercultural Communication – Barriers in international business collaborations
Ensuring a cultural understanding that goes beyond foundational and general knowledge in order to prevent miscommunication and negative outcomes in cross-cultural interactions.
Intercultural Challenges in the Brazilian Hospitality Sector
The hospitality sector is prone to intercultural challenges, due to the daily interactions with people from all around the world. In this case, we will analyze how intercultural challenges in a Brazilian hotel are managed.
Accounting firm adapts to an international environment
Accounting is not only based on methodologies, numbers and financial statements. It is far more than this because it holds to basic rules and standards to preserve the professions purpose. But it also shaped by a variety of internal and external factors. The practice in accounting actually signifies and symbolized the culture in which it is performed.
Healthcare and language barriers with indigenous populations
There was a heartbreaking situation where a Bantu couple’s son was diagnosed with Leukemia during their visit to Brazil, but they never fully understood what was wrong with their son since the doctors in Brazil failed to explain what was wrong even with the embassy’s aid and this was mainly because the word ‘Leukemia’ does not exist in the Bantu vocabulary.
Breast Cancer Medical Treatment
Guarantying an adapting treatment and a personalized support for every patient, according to his/her personality and sociocultural background.