United Parcel Service
Essay by Tonia Ikharo • July 25, 2016 • Research Paper • 721 Words (3 Pages) • 1,386 Views
Introduction
Culture can be defined as norms, beliefs, knowledge, a particular group of people share, ranging from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts. It is also known as having common patterns of interacting with people, behaviors, reasoning, and understanding that are learned by socialization (Zimmermann, 2015).
Culture is also seen as the character of a group of people living in a demographic location; these group of people have their own meaning of culture in what they do, before they do anything, and they think about their culture
Globalization is a continuous world trend, as multinational corporations manufacture products in many countries and sell to consumers around the globe. Globalization makes cash, technology, knowledge, equipment, and raw materials move faster across the globe. Alongside capitals, ideas, and cultures circulate more easily. As a value, laws, economic systems, and social trends are working at the international stage. Globalization has impacted the Nigerian economy in different dimensions like economic, social, cultural, media, technological and environmental (Ibrahim, A, 2013).
1.0. The name of the corporation: The Company I will be working for is called United Parcel Service (UPS) located in Nigeria.
1.1 Brief history of the company
United Parcel Service (UPS) was founded in 1907, it’s known for the largest courier Delivery Company and top global leader who provides special transportation and logistics services. United Parcel Service is a world-wide leader in logistics, which offers a broad range of solutions including the transportation of packages and freight, the facilitation of international trade, and the deployment of advanced technology to manage the world of business more efficiently. Headquartered in Atlanta, UPS serves more than 220 countries and territories worldwide. The company can be found on the Web at UPS.com and its corporate blog can be found at blog.UPS.com. The company is also active among other social media channels including Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube. To receive UPS news direct, visit pressroom.UPS.com/RSS.
1.2 Brief history about the country
Nigeria is one of the largest, socially and culturally most diversified country in Africa, it is the most populated nation in Africa, and potentially one of the most productive, richly gifted with human and natural resources. Nigeria is physically, ethnically, and culturally diverse, this is due to the fact that presently, Nigeria is populated by a large number of ethnic groups, it is consisted of 250 languages, and with different dialects. Nigerian culture gives a lot of importance in treating the guests with utmost care and warmth. The hospitality of people represents this tradition. That is why people are not supposed
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