Lucas Instructor Lewis Lynn Understanding Cultural Differences The United States are made of a large population of millions of people of every race and gender‚ which understanding diversity and cultural differences important. Working out abroad‚ there is a need of understanding culture heritage and shared humanity make a difference in professional success and failure meeting organizational goal (Kaplan‚ 2010). People work in all types of different cultural background. If you communicate successfully
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Asian Social Science Vol. 6‚ No. 9; September 2010 On a Personal Experience of Cultural Adaptation ---From the Perspective of Microculture Lisha Liu Qindao College‚ Qingdao Techonological University 79 Tie Qi Shan Street‚ Chengyang‚ Qingdao 266106‚ China E-mail: olivia_lisha@126.com Abstract This paper‚ from the perspective of microculture‚ mainly explores how the cultural anthropological theory “cultural adaptation” works on a personal experience of a student who pursues her further study
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Cultural competence in clinical psychology refers to the possession of skills‚ knowledge‚ and awareness necessary to undertake numerous psychosomatic tasks that identify the diverse practices and worldviews of oneself and clients from dissimilar cultural or ethical backgrounds (Bhugra‚ 2011). Cultural competence is aimed at the comprehension of self as a bearer of culture; the political‚ social and historical influences on health‚ particularly mental wellbeing and health whether regarding communities
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they talk the "same" language. When the languages are different‚ and translation has to be used to communicate‚ the potential for misunderstandings increases. Stella Ting-Toomey describes three ways in which culture interferes with effective cross-cultural understanding. First is what she calls "cognitive constraints." These are the frames of reference or world views that provide a backdrop that all new information is compared to or inserted into. Second are "behavior constraints." Each culture
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1. Which models of cultural competence described in this chapter work best for you? How might you use one or more of them in your clinical setting? This week’s reading is definitely an eye-opener. Before this class‚ I was somewhere between Milton Bennett(1993) model of continuum in cultural competency stage 2( defense/protection) and stage 3(minimization). Though‚ I was aware about cultural differences‚ I would always attempt to investigate the similarity between mine and other cultures. The author
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Cultural competency is defined as a person having enough knowledge of cultural groups that are different from themselves to be able to interact with diverse groups and make them feel respected and understood (Harkreader‚ 2007). Nurses need to exhibit an attitude that values differences‚ and understand their own beliefs‚ before they can care and accept other cultures (Harkreader‚ 2007). Developing a plan to help meet the health care needs of transgender individuals could most likely be implemented
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people to negotiate across cultural and national boundaries. There are many cultural challenges‚ to be considered while conduct business negotiation in cross cultural situation. Cultural dimension theory and negotiation process help to understand these challenges and find the remedies. For instance‚ Hofstede four dimensions and high and low culture context dimensions are two important theories to explain the behavior of negotiator in international business from cultural perspective. From these theories
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Cultural Evaluation Paper XBCOM/275 Cultural Evaluation Paper In Brazil what ways would I change an argument due to cultural differences in the country? According to Brazil.org Brazilians are one of the most varied and diverse types of people cause by the different types of nationalities that have inhabited the area over past centuries. This being noted Brazilians are very different from American culture for instance in America many people greet each other by shaking hands‚ but in Brazil people
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Growth of research addressing the relationship between culture and consumption is exponential. Thus‚ culture’s influence on consumption and marketing had drawn increasing attention in recent years. Hofstede’s framework is the most widely used national cultural framework in psychology‚ sociology‚ marketing and management studies. His dimensions were all constructed in such a way that they addressed basic problems that all societies have to deal with. Thus‚ these dimensions of national culture were constructed
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Why cultural awareness is important in business? INTRODUCTION The main objective of the academic essay is to explain why cultural awareness is important in business. It demonstrates about culture and the uses of it in business. Communication is a vital element in a business both internally and externally as it is a source of exchanging information. Corporate culture is a part of communication which is introduced. The essay includes barriers to communication and their consequences‚ to rectify
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