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The way training is delivered in a corporate environment has a tremendous effect on results. This study investigates the role of culture in the learning styles of adult French and American students enrolled in online training programs at an international university. Using Kolb's learning style inventory, the learning style preferences of respondents in both cultural groups will be classified as divergers, convergers, accommodators, and assimilators, reflecting their general tendencies toward learning environments as conceptualized by Kolb (1985). The assumption is that Americans prefer to learn from action-oriented methods and are more comfortable learning from activities that are not job related, such as role plays and games, than do their French counterparts who prefer to learn from job-related activities based on solid research. These preferences will then be examined in light of learners' responses to Hofstede's Culture in the Workplace questionnaire, which examines cultural tendencies towards collectivism/individualism, power orientation, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity, and long/short term orientation (Hofstede, 1980). The sample population will be composed of 150 American and 150 French trainees. They are all employed in multinationals and hold jobs that require them to attend corporate training and travel around the world. Conclusions will be drawn which compare French and American cultural differences in learning style preferences and the extent to which these preferences are mediated by cultural orientations as conceptualized by Hofstede (1980). Results will assist multinational corporations in understanding the role of culture in their training scenarios as they seek to provide more effective training for their increasingly cultural diverse learner populations which can provide some proof that they will be successful in using the new skills.

This chapter is structured onto three sections, each constructed on the three hypotheses previously issued. In terms of actual analysis, this is generically divided into two methods of approach -- qualitative and…

High Tech Computer Corporation, known almost universally by the acronym HTC, is a Taiwan based designer and manufacturer of smartphone devices. The company generally creates a base design, gives it a "codename", such as Hermes, and then offers the devices to be sold rebranded by other companies, such as i-mate, or networks, such as T-Mobile or Orange. In 2006 HTC started offering devices in some markets under their own HTC brand (Benou, 2007). The company has long used its own Dopod house brand to sell devices directly in Asia. HTC anticipates continued growth in the smartphone sector (Colombo, 2010). The convenience and excitement delivered by the plethora of mobile digital applications available such as location based services, multimedia entertainment, social networking services, and e-books continue to push smartphones to the fore of mobile phone purchase choices and increase penetration of smartphones in the mobile phone market (Butler, 2009). One of the games folks like to play when a new phone comes out is "spot the defect." And in the case of the HTC One X, a small but vocal number of HOX owners have run into a particularly annoying problem with Wifi (Fruin, 2009). We've known that HTC was still tweaking things on the software side, but this one seemed to involve some internal antennae connections. Squeeze a part of the phone, and your Wifi connection improves.

The paper discusses Just-in-time system of production and gives the likely barriers an automobile industry may face. In the discussion aspects of implementing just-in-time system of productions are looked in to and the desirable measures for successful implementation highlighted. The paper looks at both the industry and firm level inadequacies that obscure implementation of Just in time.

One of the most fundamental components of organizational control and its anticipated achievements is the human resource management. This article thereby, encompasses detailed information on the strategic human resource management (SHRM), outlining the proposed roles, which the human resource professionals (HRPs) play or should play in order to achieve the organizational goals and/or success, despite the competitive economic demands alongside the embedded ethical stewardship.

Cash forecasting refers to future projections of a company's cash flow. This activity is crucial to insure a healthy business. The cash flow is the engine that keeps the company working.

My most important non-academic achievement was volunteer work I did against child abuse. I love children and feel that they need protection more than anyone else. They are delicate and need adults' attention, love and…

"In nearly every society, it was traditional for men to work outside the house while women cared for households and families. It was a woman's 'role' to maintain the household and care for dependents.

Supply chain management is a major concerned of all large and small firms in today's highly unpredictable business environment. While the buyers or distributors are worried about timely deliveries of products and…

Managerial accounting is something that a lot of firms to not overly focus on but they can and should. Just complying and focusing on financial accounting laws and requirement is a good start but management accounting should also be used to help manage the performance of process as well as the overall performance of each product over the long- and short run.