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It is also important to remember that in some cases, accents can be helpful in that they can evoke certain positive reactions (such as a British accent seeming sophisticated or an Indian accent seeming exotic). Whatever the case, it is important to remember that it is very unlikely that a person with a very distinctive accent will get a certain job, let's say something like a radio or TV announcer. It is generally accepted as well that there if there is to be considered a correct way to speak a language, and that the correct way is reflected in what is considered to be the standard, then the logical prediction is that the standard will not change over the course of time. This is generally not true. but, as for example what is seen in the case of the use of double negatives, there is often an attempt to demean speakers who use double or other multiple negative constructions.
It is, however, very common to hear double negatives used in the business setting, especially in a more relaxed work environment. This speaks to certain arbitrariness in what is considered standard speech. It is also important to remember that what is considered to be standard in one area of business...
And it is also important to remember that what was standard yesterday may not necessarily be the standard today nor the standard for tomorrow. Basically, the bottom line to this is that what is standard is not necessarily better. What is standard is what is the societal response to certain people who speak certain ways.
These statements being so, then the question arises "How far should regional differences in the use of language be incorporated into our business communications" if we consider business communication to be a synonym for "standard communications. It would appear that regional differences in vocabulary and accent can cause some problems in miscommunication but more and more, as the world becomes a global village, there is a decrease in the amount of prejudice and stereotype associated with these regional differences. As long as context and content remain essentially clear, that the message is understandable and that the receiver is open to differences in language style, regional language differences should have little to no impact on the clarity and appropriateness of business communication.
(Wu, 2010) When you are avoiding segregating the different groups within Australian society, you are not touching upon the racist past that Australian society had towards the Aborigines. This is important because avoiding such a distinctions is: showing respect and understanding for Australian culture. Whether these dimensions are always apparent or if they are somehow implicit in the culture. The various cultural differences are both apparent and hidden at the same
The franchisee is essentially self- employed, but must operate the franchise outlet according to the procedures by the franchisor'. Other advantages include better raising finance opportunities due to lower risks associated with already prevalent brand expansion, employee training by a franchisor, overall reduction of business risk to the franchisee, external benefiting from the expansion of the franchisor brand and chain, less expenses on advertisement and Public Relations campaign and
Production centers then fulfill multiple strategic goals of being supply chain coordination points or hubs, customer listening locations to understand how to better serve local markets with customized products, and also alleviate inventory carrying costs while striving to deliver systems specifically configured to customers' needs within three days or less. The disadvantages of Dell having their production centers located in diverse locations globally is that knowledge transfer between locations is
Other tools frequently used in this approach are positioning surveys and moving-average trend following trading rules. Fund managers regularly use these patterns to take informed decisions for short-term investments (Exchange Rate Forecast, 2010). Exchange rate risk affects both revenues and costs, which in turn affects a company's marketing, production, and financial decisions (Shapiro, n.d.). If a company's revenues are down then they might find themselves with less money to produce
However, during the little more than 10 years of this research line, contradictory results have been found (Brynjolfsson, Hitt, & Yang, 2002). From the 1970s to 1980s, those companies that invested more in IT suffered a relative setback in the work factor productivity indexes. This paper will discuss the relationship between IT and competitive advantage in following content. We believe that IT is necessary to improve competitive position of
Recalling a time when managers or those in authority take a Golem type approach to their employees is something that almost everyone in the workforce will encounter at some time or other. One recent experience shows how that can take place quite easily. A young man was hired by a sales manager in the little town of Zanesville, Ohio (population approximately 25,000). The company that he was to work