CULTURE What Makes Us Strangers When We Are Away from Home? Culture – is an abstract concept. You can’t touch it or see most of it‚ and much of it can’t be measured. But it has molded each of us into whom and what we are. The way we dress‚ what we eat for dinner and how we eat it‚ how we speak‚ what color we paint our houses‚ and what we think about these things. - is dynamic and adaptive. COMPONENTS of CULTURE 1. Cognitive Process Learning‚ knowledge and perceiving What people think‚ how
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Western culture The term Western culture has come to define the culture of European countries as well as those such as the United States that have been heavily influenced by European immigration. Western culture has its roots in the Classical Period of the Greco-Roman era and the rise of Christianity in the fourteenth century. Other drivers of the Western culture include Latin‚ Celtic‚ Germanic and Hellenic ethnic and linguistic groups. Today‚ the influences of Western culture can be seen in almost
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Globalization Note Series Pankaj Ghemawat and Sebastian Reiche National Cultural Differences and Multinational Business The eminent Dutch psychologist‚ management researcher‚ and culture expert Geert Hofstede‚ early in his career‚ interviewed unsuccessfully for an engineering job with an American company. Later‚ he wrote of typical cross-cultural misunderstandings that crop up when American managers interview Dutch recruits and vice versa: “American applicants‚ to Dutch eyes‚ oversell themselves
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Culture can be basically defined as a pattern of learned behavior and ideas acquired by people as members of society. Culture was created in order to accommodate human beings in different society and establish their identity. Culture is not accustomed to one specific characteristic. It has a multiple dimensions. The way we talk‚ dress‚ eat‚ sleep‚ work and our knowledge and skills can be accustomed to our culture. These human manners are not uniform all over the place so‚ they change over time
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Psychology and Culture Part 1 Cultures and Their Influences 8/22/12 * Culture is a set of attitudes‚ behaviors‚ symbols‚ shared by a large group of people and is communicated by successive generations * Psychology is the study of the mental process and human behavior * Cultural Psychology is the link between culture and psychology. Mental processes are the product of interaction between a culture and an individual. * Cross Cultural Psychology is the critical and
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Culture in organisational change Culture of different countries: Hofstede (1980) and his power distance rating. Nestle – have offices in Switzerland and the Phillipines‚ and need to implement changes from top down in the Phillipines compared to Switzerland – as there is a high power distance (Hofstede 1980) so the staff would not take note of the changes if it was not communicated from Management NHS – trying to implement similar culture to Virginia Mason‚ which is based on the Toyota Production
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Collectivism. The individualism-collectivism dimension refers to how people define themselves and their relationships with others. In an individualist culture‚ the interest of the individual prevails over the interests of the group. Ties between individuals are loose. People look after themselves and their immediate families. In a collectivist culture‚ the interest of the group prevails over the interest of the individual. People are integrated into strong‚ cohesive ingroups that continue throughout
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Culture:- Culture is one of the most important concepts of social science. It is a unique possession of man. Only man in born and brought up in a cultural environment. It is a very broad term that includes in itself all our works of life‚our modes of behavior‚our philosophies and ethics‚ our morals‚ manners‚ our customs and traditions. Definitions:- 1.B.Malinowski defined culture “cumulative creation of man.” 2.Graham Wallas‚ culture as an accumulation of thoughts values and objects‚ it
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Culture The culture of the Philippines has been heavily influenced by both Asian and Western cultures. Literature The literature of the Philippines illustrates the Prehistory and European colonial legacy of the Philippines‚ written in both Indigenous and Hispanic writing system. Most of the traditional literatures of the Philippines were written during the Mexican and Spanish period. Philippine literature is written in Spanish‚ English‚ Tagalog‚ and/or other native Philippine languages. Dances
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Scientists define culture as the total life way of a people‚ the social legacy the individual acquires from his group and can be regarded as that part of the environment that is the creation of man. Culture is what would make you feel shame or guilty. Culture manifests in beliefs‚ values‚ myths‚ legends‚ icons‚ language‚ dress traditions‚ customs‚ what is acceptable and unacceptable behavior‚ and even its unwritten rules in a particular area or group of persons. An example of how culture manifests itself
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