Coined as Country-Led Development, President Barack Obama’s administration, through USAID, has put a priority on shifting the development approach. The administration is now focusing on directly funding local institutions to assume ownership of their development needs, as opposed to the...

Based upon the textual analysis of over 2000 Chinese and English web pages, as well as on the author's ethnographic observations with three Chinese multinational corporations, six operational strategies and three communication challenges on the Chinese companies' global outreach and expansion...

The attempt to quantify the contribution and achievement of individual workers in a given environment has resulted in what is commonly known as performance appraisal systems. These systems, which are primarily developed in the United States or in other Western cultures, aim to improve employee...

The attempt to quantify the contribution and achievement of individual workers in a given environment has resulted in what is commonly known as performance appraisal systems. These systems, which are primarily developed in the United States or in other Western cultures, aim to improve employee...

This paper provides an analysis of how the dimensions of culture affect virtual teams within the realm of marketing at a high-technology company. The question posed by the research is, “How does culture affect virtual teams?” The assumption is that the described dimensions of culture affect...

This paper provides an analysis of how the dimensions of culture affect virtual teams within the realm of marketing at a high-technology company. The question posed by the research is, “How does culture affect virtual teams?” The assumption is that the described dimensions of culture affect...

This capstone paper examines the reasons why very few national staff are hired in higher management positions in humanitarian operations. Using case study methodology with four non-government organizations (NGOs) active in the humanitarian assistance sector, the goal was to answer the question:...

This capstone paper examines the reasons why very few national staff are hired in higher management positions in humanitarian operations. Using case study methodology with four non-government organizations (NGOs) active in the humanitarian assistance sector, the goal was to answer the question:...

In the field of advertising communications on a global scale seems to be largely driven and pulled by current trends of thought. And often times pushed through the pipelines of transnational, networked agencies in search of speedy, cost-efficient and unified solutions. Certainly, reaching a...

This thesis examines the Culture in the Workplace [TM] Questionnaire and associated data to determine the suitability and potential implications of this information for further cross-cultural research. The Culture in the Workplace [TM] (CW) questionnaire was designed by Geert Hofstede and was...