The South African Chamber of Mines needed to address health and safety issues for their employees. Most were illiterate, so the decision was taken to give instructions pictorially. One such image was that below; the purpose of which was to keep tracks clear. Henry Dreyfuss’ “Symbol Sourcebook” The tracks were not kept clear and in […]
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Ian McGarry and Mark Chapman, hosts of the Culture Club programme on 5 live Sport, were recently tackling the issue of cultural differences and foreign players settling into life in the UK. At one point in the show ex-footballer Vincent Pericard was sharing his own personal experiences which included a comment that if he had […]
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Culture is a buzzword in football circles at the moment. The topic was brought to the fore through the comments of Liverpool’s Luis Suarez. Found guilty of racist language against Patrice Evra, Suarez blamed cultural differences and claimed people had misunderstood. Swindon boss Di Canio, who was sent to the stands for overzealous body language […]
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Swindon Manager Paoloa Di Canio was sent to the stands during their match against Macclesfield on January 21st 2012. His post-match reaction was typically Di Canio. Interestingly though he was very passionate about his right to express his culture. His use of body language and gestures were interpreted as being somewhat overzealous by match officials. […]
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29th October 2011 – University of the West of England, Bristol 10 AM, 29th October 2011 Day Event hosted by SIETAR UK and University of the West of England, Bristol Venue: University of the West of England, Bristol, Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1QY In recognition of the significance of efficient communication in modern […]
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A US diplomat is shame-faced as she has come under criticism following her comments about “dirty and dark” Tamils. The diplomat in question is Vice-Consul Maureen Chao who is posted at the Chennai Consulate. After the embarrassment that her comments have caused she has now made a statement saying that she had enrolled herself on […]
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Across the business world culture clearly affects the way in which business is conducted and as such if you are thinking of moving your business into the international arena and the global marketplace then you need to start making sure that you and your staff have a sufficient amount of intercultural understanding. Intercultural understanding can […]
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The WordPress Multilingual Plugin has now included an XLIFF interface into its programming which is set to help the way in which the WordPress website translates into other languages and it is hoped to reduce the translation time for the WordPress websites by around 50% XLIFF stands for XML Localisation on Interchangeable File Format. It […]
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Each year expats move across the globe in order to find new work and business opportunities. In order to facilitate these moves companies often offer their workers the chance to take part in some cross cultural training in order to help the foreign workers to fit in with the host country nationals. This is done […]
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The Michigan Fish Test provides a great view into a person’s psyche and is also a great way to see their perception of the world and culture around them. You see, not everyone looks at their position within the world and within their own culture in the same way. It all depends on how your […]
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