Colorado Technical University Implications of the Cultural Variables Discussion

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Your global expansion project is expanding and now you are to develop a global franchise team and establish a presence in the countries. You invite all of the players to the headquarters in the United States for a big meeting to explain the project and get to know one another.

You are concerned with effective communication and need to address the following issues:

  • What are the implications of the cultural variables for your communication with the team representative from each country in the face-to-face meeting?
  • What are examples of barriers and biases in cross-cultural business communications that may impact the effectiveness of communication?
  • What are some of the issues you should be concerned about regarding verbal and nonverbal communication for this group to avoid misinterpretations and barriers to communication?

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Global Expansion Project
Outline
Implications of the Cultural Variables
It is no secret that the contemporary business environment is rapidly becoming vaster as
businesses continue expanding to various places. Besides, the high level of business complexity
is made increasingly hard because as businesses grow, they span across numerous cultures in
multiple areas across the world.
Cross-Cultural Implications in Japan
Unlike most of the western countries, nations, such as Japan, have a set of varied cultural and
social norms. In this regard, working in Japan presents its unique challenges, specifically for
expatriates and those unfamiliar with the Japanese cultural rules.
Cross-Cultural Implications in Italy
The capacity to utilize the right language is highly essential in Italy. Italians often tend to
emphasize their speech by using gestures. On meeting and leaving, Italians often embrace as well
as hug one another. Kissing is also a common thing among Italians, specifically for close friends
and relatives. Italians also encourage eye contact because it is regarded as a sign of interest and
openness.
Cross-Cultural Communication Barriers and Bias
Barriers and Bias in Japan
As already highlighted, cross-cultural communication regards exchanging, negotiating, as well as
mediating cultural variations in one culture by language, verbal, and non-verbal forms of
relationships. When doing business in Japan, this phenomenon plays a vital part in ensuring that
companies have efficient teams.

GLOBAL EXPANSION PROJECT

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Barriers and Bias in Italy
On their part, Italians emphasize on presenting one's self well and behaving demurely. They also
prefer acting officially when in business meetings. They also regard appearance and one's
opinion highly.
Other Issues of Concern
When interacting with the groups from Japan and Italy, there several concerns that one has to
consider about verbal and non-verbal communication. Maintaining eye contact will work well
for both the Japanese people and not Italians.
References
Chung, L. C. (2019). Crossing Boundaries: Cross‐Cultural Communication. Cross‐Cultural
Psychology: Contemporary Themes and Perspectives, 375-397.
Zhang, G., & Mignone, ...


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