HR articles: Workplace culture Workplace culture is often hard to describe‚ because it means something different in every organisation and many times employees feel it’s ‘just the way things are’. But so often it can define a company and when it’s not working well‚ everyone knows about it. Below are some blog posts on what culture in the workplace is and how to positively cultivate it throughout your business. The happier an employee is at work‚ the more productive they are. It’s never too late to
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Culture6 3.0 Conclusion7 References9 1.1 Introduction Culture has been defined by Lederach (1995) as shared knowledge and schemes created by a set of people for perceiving‚ interpreting‚ expressing and responding to the social realities around them. Simply put‚ it is the learned and shared behaviour of a community of people. These behaviours are considered the correct way to feel‚ think and act‚ and are passed on to new members. Culture determines what is acceptable or unacceptable‚ important
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Culture Clash It was as early as the advent of widespread rail travel that the philosophy of globalization materialized (Scheuerman). Distances previously unpractical to traverse were now able to be traveled safely and quickly. As the concept of distance as a major barrier to travel began to erode‚ another concept--that of an effectively shrinking world size--began to emerge. As time passed‚ and transportation technology advanced‚ our world began to grow ever smaller. Communication improved
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different cultures and nations. Throughout history‚ travel has been one of the main causes of relationship formation among different cultures and nations. From the 15th to 17th century‚ travel was provoked by the desire for power‚ freedom‚ knowledge and economic prosperity. In today’s world‚ tourism has become the main motive for travel. As modern day tourism is growing to become the world’s fastest growing industry‚ it is also becoming the primary basis of relationship formation between cultures and
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ANTH 203 Dr. King The Marvel of Culture Throughout this course there has been a significant amount of discussion on the topic of culture. While this class is biological anthropology instead of cultural anthropology‚ the analysis of culture is the one topic that I find most interesting and fundamental to any field of anthropological study. The pursuance of an anthropology degree has led me to many different definitions and understandings of the term ‘culture’‚ but it was not until the discussion
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Moss Kanter‚ 1997"Strategies for success in the new global economy: An interview with Rosabeth Moss Kanter"‚ Strategy & Leadership‚ Vol. 25 Iss: 6 pp. 20 - 26 http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eb054603 Martin E. Smith‚ (2003)‚"Changing an organisation ’s culture: correlates of success and failure"‚ Leadership & Organization Development Journal‚ Vol. 24 Iss: 5 pp. 249 - 261 http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01437730310485752 Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by UNIVERSITY
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What is culture? * Culture is learned through experiences‚ observations‚ listening‚ talking‚ interacting with others‚ etc. * Our own cultural learning depends on the uniquely developed human capacity to use symbols‚ signs that have no necessary or natural connection to the things they stand for or signify. * Anthropologist Clifford Geertz defined culture as ideas based on cultural learning and symbols. * Sometimes culture is taught directly. (ex: parents tell their kids to say thank
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The Semai Culture ANT101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Prof. Jodi Stoneman December 2‚ 2012 The Semai Culture A peaceful Malaysian culture by the name of Semai‚ is mostly known for their non-violence approach to life. This society calls the Malay Peninsula of South Asia home. With a unique way of life‚ the environment and their beliefs help mold the culture and its people. This paper will outline how the Semai culture socially interacts‚ survives in the forest and why they remain
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each other’s culture‚ thereby bringing the two different cultures to be more similar. For example‚ the popular culture‚ which originates from Western European and America‚ is often to be said to influence the developing Asian countries’ culture‚ and is often dubbed as Westernization (Leung et al‚ 2008). Conversely‚ there are many that argue also of cultural divergence; which is the belief that each nation’s culture are deeply rooted in the countries’ history‚ so that even if outside culture try to influence
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technological element which could be said that has deeply penetrated both the developed and developing nations of the world is the internet‚ bringing with it changes towards a more fluid flow of different cultures. The accessibility of the internet enables the differences and complexities among cultures to be presented to the world and be understood. If long ago‚ traditions of some ethnic minorities and far-flung societies were unknown‚ people nowadays could have a glimpse of what is happening at the
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