Intercultural management

 CASE STUDY :INDONISIA

SLIMANI Rachida S7
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1. PEOPLE :

 Societies in Indonesia reflect the natural diversity and splendor of the

routes, moorings, and interiors among thousands of sea-bounded land
masses forming this archipelago. Although interconnected historically
through politics, trade, wars, colonialism, and the formation of the Republic
of Indonesia, each island remains distinctive. Moreover, remarkable social,
religious, or geographical differences.
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2. LANGUAGES :

 linguists have distinguished two major language groups in Indonesia:

Papuan and Austronesian.
Papuan languages persist in eastern regions of the archipelago, including
one group in East Timor, and stretch through some islands in Maluku and
much of inland West Papua.
Austronesian also weaves through these regions and delineating borders
for language groups is difficult. Austronesian language bases predominate
through the archipelago west of Timor Island.
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3. RELATIVE SOCIAL STATUS :

 Hierarchy is very important in Indonesian society and people's status should

be respected at all times. Status is mainly based on a person's age and (job)
position. 
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4. RELIGIONS :

 for this country also there is a majority of religions as is the case for most
of the other countries :
- Buddhism
- Islam
- Hinduism
- Christianity
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5. FOOD:

 It seems like every Indonesian has a sincere passion for food. Indonesian
cuisine is very versatile due to the many cultures within the country. For
most Indonesians it is common to eat daily in restaurants or small food
stalls (called warung) as it is usually cheaper than to cook themselves.
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 6. Values, Morals and Ethics :

 Religion plays a very important role in Indonesian society and in the daily life
of the Indonesians. Therefore values, morals and ethics which stem from
religion, tradition and culture (although these three are often highly
intertwined) are important matters that influence Indonesian cognition. The
number of Indonesians that do not believe in (a) God is almost negligible. This
is also the reason why a large segment of the Indonesian people think about the
western world with mixed feelings. On the one hand they admire the modernity
of the western world (and copy modern features like clothing and technology)
but on the other hand do not understand the decreasing influence of religion
together with the decrease in morals it brings along (for example couples living
together before marriage/free sex).
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7. The Importance of Learning and Using Indonesian

 Indonesians will highly appreciate it if you (try to) speak their language,
even if the quality of your Indonesian is not that great. In fact, if you only
know a couple of words you will probably already receive many
compliments from the locals.