...and study in Europe while in college. Something about being independent, exploring the unknown, learning and experiencing a foreign people and their culture has always appealed to me. Studying abroad was a thoughtful decision for me. I had reached a point in my life where I wanted to see beyond the walls of my own everyday lifestyle and way of thinking and experience something new. While in London I felt as if I gained all of these experiences and more. I was able to broaden my view in many different aspects. As a business major, I was thrilled to learn that Bloch School offered a study abroad program and also one as unique as this program. The Bloch school offered me the opportunity to increase my global and intercultural awareness as well as an opportunity to network and distinguish myself to potential Although I do fit the stereotypical blonde-haired, blue-eyed American, and my Spanish is not in superb condition, I would like to attempt to become a part of Chilean society and participate in the everyday activities of a Chilean student. While in Chile I would also like to fulfill various academic goals. Along with becoming proficient in the Spanish language, I would like to complete my UNC General College requirements by taking both a philosophy and ancient history course. I also hope to take a course in Chilean culture (which is offered as a “program course”)...
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...August 5th, 2010 a cave-in trapped 33 Chilean miners for 69 days. Getting the information to families and employees with accuracy and urgency is important, but knowing the audience and relationship held between deliverer and receiver is important as well. Although there are things that need to be known by employees and families alike, tone of delivery and depth of information may differ depending on the level of emotional involvement. With a tragedy such as the Chilean cave-in all parties involved have to be addressed in a tactful manner. It is important to give families and employees as much information as possible with a sense of urgency and accuracy while trying to consider the state of mind of the recipient. Chilean culture runs on paternalistic based leadership which is a fatherly and managerial style of leading. Families which rely solely on the miners for survival by means of income, emotional ties, and protective leadership may need help to supplement in these areas during the miners absence. American Red Cross worked with local volunteers to set up a 24 hour support camp. The camp distributed food, provided first aid, psychosocial support and Family tracing. The camp also ensured families had medications and provided services to cash and deposit paychecks (Huang, 2010). A brief explanation of how the accident may have happened should be included in the communication between all parties. This section could include things such as the status...
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...Communication Ninth Edition, states culture provides patterns of acceptable behavior and beliefs (Locker & Kienzler, 2010, p. 140). When planning assignments in a foreign country, successful communicators need to be aware of the values, belief, verbal/nonverbal behavior, and sensitivity to the differences among individuals within a culture (Locker & Kienzler, 2010, p. 140). There are many topics that are to be considered when assigned to Chile beside the language barrier. History of Chile Chile is surrounded on three sides by virtually impassable mountains and remained largely unknown to the outside world until the middle of the fifteenth century, when the Incas began their great conquests of much of the continent (www.geographia.com, 2010). The Incas encountered the Mapuche, one of the three Araucanian peoples who occupied the Rio Maule in the Lake District. The Spanish landed in 1541 and in February, Pedro de Valdivia, founded Santiago. In 1817 Chile gained independence from Spain after seven years of war. General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte seized control of the government with help from the United States Central Intelligence Agency in 1973 and maintained control for the next decade and a half. Population Chile's population is composed predominantly of mestizos, who are descended from marriage between the Spanish colonizers and the indigenous people (www.geographia.com, 2010). The major ethnic groups in Chile are Mestizo (mixed Native American...
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...Global Immersion Trip Chile A Report by Vinod Jayakumar Traditional MBA 2013 Pre-trip Excited about visiting a South American country for the first time, I started my journey to Santiago De Chile from Miami on March 2nd, 2012. To start with, I was skeptical about the quality of a Chile based airline. But, I was amazed by the excellent service provided by LAN airlines. My perception about a Chilean company changed then and there. Also, prior to my flight I doubted whether the officials in the flight will understand English (even though we were assured by the Professor that there wouldn’t be language problems during the travel) and my doubts didn’t fructify. In fact, the quality of the food given to us in the plane set up a high expectation for my one-week long stay at Santiago. Day One After watching the Pirates of the Caribbean – At World’s end, a movie which I have been craving to watch for a long time, and a couple of hours of pleasant flight, we landed in Santiago on time. As soon as the automatic door swung open letting me in to the airport, I noticed a group of people standing before a counter that was used to collect a reciprocity fee. The notice board before the counter showed “US - $140”. As I didn’t fully understand what a reciprocity fee is and since I was coming in to the country from US, I stood at the back of a very short line counting my $140. When my turn came, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that it applies only to US Citizens and that it...
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...Chile The country of Chile is located in South America. It has a rich history spanning thousands of years. Chile is home to many diverse populations, cultures, and customs. It is an interesting country and one I would like to visit. Chile was originally settled by the Native Americans 10,000 years ago. The native population thrived and was even able to repel the attempts by the Incas to conquer the area. Later, Ferdinand Magellan discovered Chile. Many explorers visited the country and interacted with its inhabitants. Not all of these interactions were positive, however. In 1541, Chile was conquered by Pedro Valdivia and the city of Santiago was founded. The native Mapuche population fought over many years and finally gained independence for the country on September 18, 1810. Political instability and change in Chile have been common since that time. Although Chile's political system has had problems over the years, the culture has continued to thrive. Spanish is the primary language of Chile. The people of Chile speak with accents that are unique and differ from those of the countries that border Chile. Indigenous languages and German are also common. Chile has a rich heritage of folklore and music, including that of the Mapuche. The national dance is the cueca and the national song is the tonada. Literature is extremely important to the people of Chile and they call themselves a country of poets. This country of poets has been home to many artists and...
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...to become the leading retail operator in Latin America, both in terms of presence as well as financial results, combing world-class management quality with commitment to local communities” At that time Chile had a relatively mature and saturated market, so Falabella decided to expand and open their first store in Mendoza, Argentina. As a Chilean company which had been in the market for more than a century, they understood the local market very well and had a value proposition based on local preferences. Falabella knew how to create value for Chileans and thought it would work the same way in Argentina, due to previous experiences with tourists buying in department stores and decided to replicate the same proposition, assuming there would be similar preferences and consumer tastes in both countries. Falabella was not prepared for internationalization and confronted a completely different environment than the one in Chile. Legal norms, difficulties of importing, consumer preferences and shopping habits turned out to be totally different and were not understood before they decided to internationalize and resulted in lower sales than the expected. Falabella didn’t fully understand the Argentine culture and the importance of the European influence and heritage on their culture. Exclusivity was the most important thing at the time of selecting and buying their clothes, so they preferred to buy in specialized stores and boutiques. They also didn’t realize about the fact that department...
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...character. Chile currently is one of the leading nations in the global in the wine industry, currently ranked at 8th as the world’s largest wine producer and ranked 5th as the largest wine exporter. Chile exports a massive 70% from its own wine production making Chile the world’s most globalised wine industry. Even with the enjoyed success by the nation, Chilean wines find themselves facing huge competition globally in different markets as the wines produced in Chile sells at a relatively low average price therefor directly affecting the profit levels in return. (Emeraldinsight, 2010) 2. Factor Conditions As of 2011, Chilean vineyards have been facing shortage of filed workers as most employees are migrating to construction, agriculture director Santa Rita is quoted saying “between 15% and 20% fewer workers now than two years ago” Working in vineyards is not a preferable profession to the locals anymore as they end up working eight hours more just to get the minim wage. (MecrcoPress, 2011) This means finding field workers for the vineyards will prove difficult unless the company is prepared to pay the minimum wage. 2.1 The unemployment rates in general in Chile is also decreasing, it has decreased to 5.70% in November 2013 from 6.19% in November 2012, with over 61% of people between the ages 15 - 64 working in paid employment. (Trading Economies, 2013) 2.2 Water availability for industrial purposes has been a problem in Chile in the recent years, Chile as a country...
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...Country Profile: Chile Chile was under Inca rule before the Spanish arrived there in the 16th Century. Chile claimed their independence in 1810 but never had a decisive battle over the Spanish until 1818. Between the years of 1879 and 1883 Chile defeated Peru and Bolivia where it won it’s northern regions in a War of the Pacific. Chile has undergone a series of elected Governments. In 1973 a three year Marxist Government was overthrown in a coup led my Augusto Pinochet. Pinochet led the Country until 1990 when a new freely elected president took over. Chile has had great economic growth since the 1980’s. They had secured a sound Government, economic growth and reduced their poverty rate by half. Chile is committed to a democratic and representative Government. Chile has also increased it’s International Leadership roles benefiting it as a stable and Democratic Nation. Chile is located in Southern South America bordering the South Pacific Ocean between Argentina and Peru. It’s coordinates are 30 00 S, 71 00 W. Chile’s entire size is 756, 102 sq. km or 292,000 sq. miles which is slightly smaller that twice the size of Montana, making the Nation 38th overall in world ranking. It is surrounded by 743, 812 sq. km of land and 12, 290 sq. km of water. Chile borders three countries, Argentina, Peru and Bolivia and is the longest Country in the world. It’s climates are desert in the North, Mediterranean in the Central and damp and cool in the South. Antacama desert...
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...multinational strategy and to be well-known worldwide. The countries of potential choice are Mexico and Chile. The analysis has been done by comparing the overall information and in-details of each indicator. From evaluation of indicators of both countries, such as economic, social, legal and infrastructure, the analysis has shown that the economy of both countries are quite similar. However, the infrastructure, technological and legal environment seem to be better in Chile. As the Chilean government support the foreign investment in textile sector by promoting the education, technological development and the special policy especially for textile. For instance, tax reduction and promoting education in labour forces. Thus, Chilean labour forces would have the better off in comparison with Mexican labour forces. Another highlighted indicator in the country comparison - which the recommendation has inclined - is infrastructures. Both countries have the similar relative figures in number of infrastructure such as roadway, waterway and airports. But the infrastructure of electricity and internet/telephone networks seems to be at a higher level in Chile. The analysis of relevant regulations which affect Feltex’ direct investment in Chile shows that the company can gain a huge amount of benefits from the high integration in the international trading and investment framework. Chile is a member of the WTO and has signed several bilateral and regional free trade agreements. The country...
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...Knowing Your Audience Jacob Kalajian BCOM/275 August 26, 2013 Todd Breton Knowing your audience is one of the most important aspects in communication. You may send the same message to different people but because of your audience you will choose different methods of communication, we have to make sure our message is understood. There was a tragic accident on Thursday August 5th, 2010 there was a mine in Chile that collapsed trapping 33 miners 2300 feet below ground level, without any communication to the outside world, with limited supplies of food, water, and oxygen. After a few days of the collapse still no one knew if the men were alive or dead. Prior to releasing any information to the family and to the people, you have to investigate a little as what went wrong, where the men would be in this scenario and what their best option to keep them alive so when the message is delivered you will cover the questions that will come up. The company had to release the news about the minors, one to the family members and other to the staff of what had happened that day. This is a serious decision the company would have to take as how to transfer this type of news about their loved one. You have more than a few audience in situations like this, you have the families, the peers, the country, and the world, and they will be watching you. Upon delivering the message to the families face-to-face would be best in these situations, you have to be very careful to...
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...In “Life in Debt: Times of Care and Violence in Neoliberal Chile” by Clara Han, the author sets out to survey the debt-ridden landscape found in what is a modern day población, which is the Chilean equivalent of a shanty town or ghetto called La Pincoya, Chile. The author introduces the readers to several families whom she uses as subjects to explain the socio-economic landscape as a result of the seventeen year long dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. The author’s focus in the book is to “consider how the states ‘care’ in the democratic transition is inhabited by the past” (p. 3). This is framed in the sense of how the everyday life is fragmented into unequal social arrangements. That is it say that the author role is creating ethnographic...
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...Diversity Management in Chile. When reading the chapter "The Doing Perspective On Gender and Diversity" I could not help to notice the similarity between what was written and the actual Chilean scenario. This brought to my head the idea that, by studying the Diverse Management and the Inclusion in Companies, in the future I could make a change in the processes that enable this behaviors. This is why the reading was important to me and in the following lines I will explain what is the reality in Chile and what could be achieved by implementing the good practices in matters of inclusion and non-discrimination. I should start by saying what do I mean with "the simmilarities". Chile, as Germany according to the book, has a conservative patriarchal culture in which the man is the "provider" of the house while the women is the one in charge of taking care of the family. But times have changed and the Chilean society claims to have changed too. Legislations for non discrimination between sexes have been proclaimed, and these days, women should work. Also the existance of laws of paternity leave for both, mother and father, leads to think that we are like the nordic countries where the difference in salaries is nonexistent. But this does not happen. In Chile the biggest labor discrimination is against women who receive the 73% of a man's salary according to UNIFEM. In the World Economic Forum's Competitive Index, Chile is ranked 106 in the category of “Participation of Women in...
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...would drive the firms to be innovative. With a competitive market, people have more choice and this provides great market research availability to find out what people want. Fig.1, Michael Porter, Porter’s National Diamond (1990) Throughout this report an analysis of the Chilean wine industry’s competitiveness at an international level will be carried out. Care will also be taken when considering how well the company in question will be suited to expanding into this market. The diagram above, figure 1, displays Porters National Diamond which will be the main focus for the analysis. Figure 2 shown below shows Porter’s National Diamond adapted to suit the Chilean wine industry. Fig.2 (Ayala, 2013) Chile has a market-oriented economy characterized by a high level of foreign trade and a reputation for strong financial institutions and sound policy. According to the CIA World...
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...were and how far down, while drilling another collapse happened causing them to suspend the rescue for hours. Because of the drilled holes, they were able to find out not only that they were alive but the media sent down a camera as well as a microphone to them. Rescuers placed a shaft to the miners which allowed them to send down food, water, sugars and liquid nutrients to help sustain them through the rescue attempt. The ventilation shaft was reported to have had a big part of their survival. It provided fresh air to the miners limiting the toxins in the air trapped down there with them. The final phase of the 17 day rescue took up to 22 hours. In that moment the family, friends, on lookers and media heard the miners singing the Chile national anthem. Hundreds of teary eyed people celebrated the life of the miners while cheering, singing along with them and honking their horns. As the miners were trapped the shift leader, Luis Vrzua, led them in exercise and ensured that he maintained his workers safe and focused on surviving. They were able to find clean water to stay healthy. As they came up through the narrow half mile rescue shaft specially designed capsule, Vrzua was the last of the miners to surface. The miners came out of the capsule with enough energy to walk, cheer even leap, leading on lookers,...
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...Kandace H BCOM/275 29 May 2012 Knowing Your Audience Paper and Communication Release Knowing Your Audience Paper and Communication Release On Aug. 5, 2010, a gold and copper mine near the northern city of Copiapó, Chile caved in, trapping 33 miners in a chamber about 2,300 feet below the surface. For 17 days, there was no word on their fate. As the days passed, Chileans grew increasingly skeptical that any of the miners had survived. But when a small bore hole reached the miners’ refuge, they sent up a message telling rescuers they were still alive. From the beginning of this tragic event communication needs to be designed from the bottom up (figuratively). It is important to inform and communicate with the team of rescue workers, medical personnel, technicians and mining experts, journalist, family members and the trapped miners. Taking into consideration there are different roles and different people in the audience, the potential needs of each receiving the information is considerably different. With the team of rescue workers, medical personnel, technicians, and mining experts there is going to be a more direct method of receiving a message. Knowing their job and position direct communication is what they rely on to get the trapped miners out. The trapped miners are also going to need a direct method of receiving information but in a more sensitive way. Letting them know that help is on the way, trying to stay calm, involving them and keeping them motivated...
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