GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Stretch Factor, Respect Diversity, Total Quality Management

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Deborah De Lange

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Problems in international business: corruption, sweatshops, child labour. Ilo (international labour organization: un global compact, transparency international. Sustainable development: sustainable development refers to development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, world bank vid, world resources institute, embarq- wri. In a low-context culture most communication takes place via the written or spoken word. In a high-context culture much communication takes place through nonverbal situational cues in addition to the written or spoken word. In a monochromic culture people tend to do one thing at a time (low context cultures tend to coincide with those that are monochromic) In a polychromic culture time is used to accomplish many different things at once (socializing may be more important than getting tasks done: proxemics is how people use space to communicate.