The two famous anthropological scholars, Edward T. Hall and Geert Hofstede have given us the cultural theories which explain and contrast the differences between two main distinguishable cultures, high and low context cultures, as a whole. However, as an individual, I cannot entirely rank myself in an absolute sense of any particular cultural context yet. Therefore, a closer and careful look into each criteria separately is needed in order to analyse my personalities and to clarify my high and low context cultural factors. Firstly, I would like to have a look at Edward T. Hall’s concept of polychronic versus monochronic time orientation. I find myself follow mostly the principle notion of the monochronic time concept because of the following reasons; My schedule and time are highly rigid and fixed. Every appointment of mine has to be proper organized into its suitable timeframe. In addition, punctuation matters. In my opinion, to be on time shows a significant sign of proper time-management skill which, to me, is very important to perform professionally. For example, I like getting my homework, assignments, or projects neatly ready and done quite ahead of the stated deadline. Moreover, I like to plan things in advance to give myself a glimpse of an overview of what to do and to handle my tasks in order as planned. This helps when any errors occur because it is easier for me to work out the difficulties step by step. I feel comfortable when things work according to prior plan. I also prefer to handle one task at a time which does not mean that I am not capable of multitasking but I would like to focus and stay concentrate on the job at hand to get the best end result out of it. So my work time is clearly separable from personal time and each activity or task is isolated from organisation as a whole. I see the importance of my works and the necessity to get them done even though it contradicts my feeling sometimes. My working principle is to
The two famous anthropological scholars, Edward T. Hall and Geert Hofstede have given us the cultural theories which explain and contrast the differences between two main distinguishable cultures, high and low context cultures, as a whole. However, as an individual, I cannot entirely rank myself in an absolute sense of any particular cultural context yet. Therefore, a closer and careful look into each criteria separately is needed in order to analyse my personalities and to clarify my high and low context cultural factors. Firstly, I would like to have a look at Edward T. Hall’s concept of polychronic versus monochronic time orientation. I find myself follow mostly the principle notion of the monochronic time concept because of the following reasons; My schedule and time are highly rigid and fixed. Every appointment of mine has to be proper organized into its suitable timeframe. In addition, punctuation matters. In my opinion, to be on time shows a significant sign of proper time-management skill which, to me, is very important to perform professionally. For example, I like getting my homework, assignments, or projects neatly ready and done quite ahead of the stated deadline. Moreover, I like to plan things in advance to give myself a glimpse of an overview of what to do and to handle my tasks in order as planned. This helps when any errors occur because it is easier for me to work out the difficulties step by step. I feel comfortable when things work according to prior plan. I also prefer to handle one task at a time which does not mean that I am not capable of multitasking but I would like to focus and stay concentrate on the job at hand to get the best end result out of it. So my work time is clearly separable from personal time and each activity or task is isolated from organisation as a whole. I see the importance of my works and the necessity to get them done even though it contradicts my feeling sometimes. My working principle is to