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AGENDA Definitions of First Impressions Key Concepts in - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
AGENDA Definitions of First Impressions Key Concepts in - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
AGENDA Definitions of First Impressions Key Concepts in Communication in Language and - The Tip of The Culture Cross-Cultural the workplace - Culture Communication Conclusions Ice burg What is Culture? .
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AGENDA
Definitions of Culture First Impressions
- The Tip of The
Ice burg Key Concepts in Cross-Cultural Communication Language and Culture Communication in the workplace - Conclusions
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What is Culture?
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วัฒนธรรม น. สิ่งที่ท ำควำมเจริญงอกงำมให้แก่หมู่คณะ
A thing which brings growth to a particular group
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- 1. the arts and other manifestations of
human intellectual achievement regarded collectively
- 2. the ideas, customs, and social behaviour
- f a particular people or society
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First Impressions
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Do’s and Don’ts
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Key Concepts
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Geert Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions
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INDIVIDUALISM – COLLECTIVISM INDEX
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POWER – DISTANCE INDEX
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POWER – DISTANCE INDEX
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SOCIAL CIRCLES
Working with the Thais (1995) Henry Holmes
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Language and Culture
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As outlined in heart talk 2006 Christopher G. Moore "In Metaphors We Live By (1980) Lakoff and Johnson tell us that '... the human thought processes are largely metaphorical...' Thus whether you are a doctor, dock worker, lawyer, factory worker, merchant
- r jack-of-all trades, then, you are pulling an oar in
the same conceptual boat constructed from the same metaphors as everyone else in your language and culture"
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บัวไม่ให้ช ้ำ น ้ำไม่ให้ขุ่น bua mãi hãi châm nâam mãi hãi kún
“Neither let a lotus get bruised nor let water get turbid.”
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kão jai nâm jai jít jai jai rɔ́ɔn bpàak mâi dtrong gàp jai
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tãn aa jaan naai pĩi kun nɔ́ɔng Pronouns in Thai Hey you!
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ไม่เป็นไร
mãi bpen rai “It doesn’t matter, never mind, you’re welcome”
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Conclusions
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Top 10 Work Skills for Foreigners
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
- 1. Express your ideas clearly
- 2. be open minded
- 3. speak English well
- 4. be straightforward
- 5. manage priorities correctly
- 6. listen well
- 7. say what you think
- 8. be good at solving problems
- 9. be assertive
- 10. develop harmony between people in the workplace
How to say ‘No’ and other guides for Thais working with foreigners, Jean Francois Cousin Director Magazine 2010
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