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This is a comic that I made about cultural mis-steps. I made it about the etiquette in Japan. In this comic strip, I have a foreign person that is late to a business meeting and his boss is angry with him. In Japan, being late to work, school, and any other type of activity is considered very rude. So coming early is a daily norm for the Japanese people. In my opinion, negotiation is a very important skill because when it comes to negotiating, you can work out compromises or bargains with others.
People should spend time getting better at negotiation because a lot of the situations that turn violent in today's society could be solved with that skill alone. It benefits both sides of the problem. If we don't get better at negotiation, then there will be a lot more problems that will end badly for society. Learning to get better at negotiation will help improve our adaptation to different cultures and norms.
Comments
This is great! Learning to negotiate different cultures at work can be really difficult. I lived in Switzerland for a year and found that I had a hard time as an American learning the norms of how my co-workers communicated and coordinated work with each other. The Swiss are much less pushy and direct than Americans, observing a lot of polite protocols that I was not used to.
Posted by: Rik Panganiban | April 13, 2009 11:39 AM
Viveca, I really enjoyed this. Do you identify with one character more than the other?
Barry
Posted by: Barry Joseph | April 13, 2009 3:57 PM