Social Cultural Considerations - rules for doing business with other cultures

Social Cultural Considerations - rules for doing business with other cultures

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• witiger
• seneca
• UTSC
• UTM
• MGTC44
• MGTC46
• MRK460
• Social
• Cultural
• Considerations
• rules
• for
• doing
• business
• with
• other
• cultures

[operationwellbeing]

In-class and this video was great, it really provided a lot of incite into how different cultures act in business settings and what to be sensitive too. It inspires me to learn more about the vast cultures that represent Canada and how I can be most effective in the workplace.

Josiah S. - MRK460MU

[birdieeful]

Working in retail I often find myself trying to communicate with people of different cultures. Some of whom do not speak English as their first language. I am certainly guilty of speaking too quickly or softly and end up having to repeat myself and enunciate more clearly while speaking louder. When I first start working, this was a problem I encountered far too often. Now I try to be more careful, not to speak to quickly of softly in order to ensure better communication.

R. Dalton

MRK460MS

[ToonieU]

@anhquocnguyen017 Umm.. ma cher, en français toilette veut dire toilette et perfume c'est du perfume aucun relation avec la toilette(lol).

[ToonieU]

I find this very interesting, I'm a nigerian(raised Canadian tho) and whenever Im around my folks, I have to make a very conscious effort to be culturally sensitive with things that I say(very important) and body language interaction just so we can get along. The same applies for marketing and business, in order to be profitable one must understand and respect certain aspects of others culture. O yes, please don't go to Japan and talk about the atomic bomb,lol.

-Anu MRK460 2012

[rogerlin12111]

I found this clip really help in real world we live in.  The tips provide from this video are common knowledge that we tend to ignore or forget most of time. Speak clearly, respect to various cultures, understand and be able to interpret with people from different background is now the key to success in the global business environment.

Ah Chun (Roger) Lin MRK460MU, Feb 2012

[anhquocnguyen017]

in my opinion, it is really important to know about different culture. therefore, we can make money base on that knowing. Also, language is one of the barrier we need to consider in order to do the business correctly, make sure we dont use the wrong words or translation. for example, in French, toilet means perfume, but in Vietnamese, it means washroom or sink, Anh Quoc Nguyen MRK460, Jan 2012

[Sriskarank]

Very true. People usually tend to speak new languages at the same pace/speed as their native language.

Sriskaran K. MRK460MT

[LouLC2009]

Yes it is different to do marketing in other countries, one thing i think need to add in is, KNOWING THEIR BEHAVIOR, some countries read things from right to left, so for example, if post an billboard ad or magazine ad, make sure people read the right way. another is, even marketing without translation, there still hundreds of hamlet in different readers' view. this video is very helpful that as a multicultural marketer, be careful communicating with people in other countries.

Lu Chen MRK460MU

[o1sylvia]

Canada is known for being multicultural, so we should take more consideration into how we talk, what we say, and the slang we use. To effective do business with Canadians, you should talk clearly and slowly, avoid the use of slang and use more proper terms. Also, respect culture's, and research some simple traditions to avoid doing something that they may consider disrespectful.

Sylvia T. MRK460 MT

[MrJaysfan92]

For this video, I learned that, whenever you talk to someone that comes from a different background, you would have to be very specific in terms of what you say so that this would avoid a ton of confusion. Also, I would need to avoid using English slang terms and talk properly in proper terms so that this individual would understand and be more interested in what I would say.

Jordan M

MRK460-MT