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Essay On Cultural Noise

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The impact of culture and cultural noise between American and Japanese businesses.
The aim of this paper is to discuss the impact that cultural noise has within a business. Culture plays an important role in communication throughout the world. Stereotyping is also a factor within cultural communication that effects workplace participation. The paper will also discuss how non- verbal communication has a major impact on communications within a business. It will also discuss the barriers that businesses face on a daily basis due to a more diverse workforce including the problems that arise from unbalanced gender roles in the workplace. For the purpose of this research question it will focus on “individualism, power distance, masculinity and uncertainty avoidance” (The …show more content…

This is especially the case when a business is expanding into globalisation and it is faced with a new culture. Businesses have to be aware of the culture in order for a business to succeed. If they do not take the culture of the surrounding area into consideration it may result in people being offended, ultimately leading to the failure of the business in that location. For the purpose of this assignment I will focus mainly on the cultural differences between America and Japan in order to give a more detailed account of how cultural noise can effect globalisation of a business. The paper will explore the cultures in both America and Japan. Although some cultural aspects of the business may be similar, there is also contrasting aspects to each of the cultures. There is an obvious difference in the gender roles of both cultures of America and Japan (The Hofstede Centre, 2015). The aim of the research is to discover aspects of each country that may not be common knowledge, such as gestures, greetings etc. I also hope to discover how businesses overcome the cultural barrier both internally and externally. The intent of the

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