Introduction: leads your readers into your topic by describing the issue of academic honesty and the relationship to plagiarism (example of a thesis or topic) provides the main idea statement (see above) Body paragraphs: first body paragraph: reason 1 of your main idea statement first piece of evidence to support this reason second piece of evidence to support this reason second body paragraph: reason 2 first piece of evidence to support this reason second piece of evidence to support this reason third body paragraph: reason 3 first piece of evidence to support this reason second piece of evidence to support this reason Conclusion: restates the main ideas stated in your introduction provides a reflection on your use of the elements of academic honesty that you address in this essay Follow this pattern throughout the essay to support each reason with evidence and tie each paragraph back to your thesis. Surname 1 Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Name Date Effective Cross-Cultural Communication It is essential to understand different cultures in a globalized world to meet different market needs. Failure to practice this norm might lead to losing out on a significant number of business opportunities. The manufacturing of many products we use in the U.S typically happens in different countries with unique cultures. If we can effectively cross-culturally communicate with those cultures, we could increase business productivity. One of the most overlooked benefits of cross-cultural communication is the knowledge we gain from different cultures (Cardon 117). If we can effectively cross-culturally communicate, we will gain a new perspective on life and business to enrich the way we live and do business. After presenting this topic to my audience, they will learn why it is vital to communicate effectively cross-culturally. Diversification of business in different countries leads to the development of the need for cultural intelligence. Business diversification implies that entrepreneurial instincts and investments are no longer limited to a nation like the United States alone (Cardon 103). It has grown to a network worldwide that encompasses a plethora of different cultures. In this view, the first critical evidence on the importance of cross-cultural communication is the ideology of varying ethical guidelines for business in the vast array of cultures. For instance, the united states investors invest in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Canada. All have different criteria and laws for conducting trades and businesses. Secondly, it appears that businesses emerge successfully if personnel from different cultures can work together. For example, the united states’ employee demography consists of 77% white people, 6.3% Asians, 12.3% African Surname 2 Americans, and 17.6% Latinos (PackZia 4). Cross-cultural communication is critical for the workers’ interoperability. There is a need for multilingual personnel in the business. Proper communication is essential for a successful business in the modern world, and the language barrier emerges as a common hindrance where communities across cultures use different languages (Cardon 105). It leads to the need for multilingual employees. For example, most people find it necessary to learn Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese languages. These countries portray the greatest development levels both economically and technologically yet communicate in different languages. More so, experts from these countries might not seem conversant with the English language, yet their skills seem needed. Secondly, communication barriers appear when different cultures have different interpretations of concepts (Warren). For instance, an industry in Europe focuses on business discussion directly. In contrast, a Japanese one focuses on assessing the Western company’s credibility to develop a rapport or relationship before getting into the business. Surname 3 Works Cited Cardon, Peter. EBook for Business Communication (p. 116). McGraw-Hill Higher Education. Kindle Edition. PackZia, Angela. “Why Cross-Cultural Communication Skills Are Vital In Business.” Think Bilingual, 2019, https://austin.thinkbilingual.org/why-cross-cultural-communicationskills-are-vital-in-business/. Accessed 18 Mar 2021. Warren, Thomas L. Cross-cultural Communication: Perspectives in Theory and Practice. The United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, 2017. Purchase answer to see full attachment Tags: globalized world different cultures Cross Cultural Communications diversification of business enrich the way we live User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following our company’shonor code & terms of service.

MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics

Guidelines for referring to the works of others in your text using MLA style are covered throughout the MLA Handbook and in chapter 7 of the MLA Style Manual. Both books provide extensive examples, so it’s a good idea to consult them if you want to become even more familiar with MLA guidelines or if you have a particular reference question.

BASIC IN-TEXT CITATION RULES

In MLA Style, referring to the works of others in your text is done using parenthetical citations. This method involves providing relevant source information in parentheses whenever a sentence uses a quotation or paraphrase. Usually, the simplest way to do this is to put all of the source information in parentheses at the end of the sentence (i.e., just before the period). However, as the examples below will illustrate, there are situations where it makes sense to put the parenthetical elsewhere in the sentence, or even to leave information out.

General Guidelines

• The source information required in a parenthetical citation depends (1) upon the source medium (e.g. print, web, DVD) and (2) upon the source’s entry on the Works Cited page.
• Any source information that you provide in-text must correspond to the source information on the Works Cited page. More specifically, whatever signal word or phrase you provide to your readers in the text must be the first thing that appears on the left-hand margin of the corresponding entry on the Works Cited page.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS: AUTHOR-PAGE STYLE

MLA format follows the author-page method of in-text citation. This means that the author’s last name and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken must appear in the text, and a complete reference should appear on your Works Cited page. The author’s name may appear either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase, but the page number(s) should always appear in the parentheses, not in the text of your sentence. For example:

Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (263).

Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263).

Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).

Both citations in the examples above, (263) and (Wordsworth 263), tell readers that the information in the sentence can be located on page 263 of a work by an author named Wordsworth. If readers want more information about this source, they can turn to the Works Cited page, where, under the name of Wordsworth, they would find the following information:

Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. Oxford UP, 1967.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS FOR PRINT SOURCES WITH KNOWN AUTHOR

For print sources like books, magazines, scholarly journal articles, and newspapers, provide a signal word or phrase (usually the author’s last name) and a page number. If you provide the signal word/phrase in the sentence, you do not need to include it in the parenthetical citation.

Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as “symbol-using animals” (3).

Human beings have been described as “symbol-using animals” (Burke 3).

These examples must correspond to an entry that begins with Burke, which will be the first thing that appears on the left-hand margin of an entry on the Works Cited page:

Burke, Kenneth. Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method. University of California Press, 1966.