On the influence of context and culture on the design and development of adaptive and adaptable information systems...

Showing posts with label cross-cultural influence factors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cross-cultural influence factors. Show all posts

Friday, September 26, 2008

Culture Profiles

A recent article about Culture Profiles to facilitate knowledge exchange in a global environment: Some ideas on how to facilitate the process of cultural awareness - it's about pretty simple stuff: getting to know about others, reflecting your own cultural background and showing it on the web and in networks...Feedback more than welcome!

Please note, this is a draft version!

Downlad the paper

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

GLIS Blog - Research News on Global Information Systems

Well, why starting another blog on information systems - well, I started this blog to provide some information for colleagues and students regarding Global Information Systems. Anyway, there are not too many reliable sources of information on the topic...so, let's see how this works out...

well, as a starting point on culture I can always recommend http://www.engrish.com/

On the first site, this might look funny but there are many things to consider when looking at it...why do we make fun of language issues? Why is English the lingua franca in many communities? How can we express ourself in business, education and leisure? Well, more on this to come soon...