Cultural Interview October 22nd‚ 2014 I based my cultural interview on an Iranian family that I’ve known for many years; I’ll refer to them in an alias name as the Gabr family. They are a very close nit family whom live nearby in a middle class neighbor. I mainly interviewed the mother of this family whom I’ll refer to as Eklass Gabr. Eklass is a highly educated and respected teacher in the community. She was born in Jerusalem; to her father whom was a business man and her mother whom was a stay
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Cultural identity is what I see myself as‚ positively or negatively. The way I see things and my judgement is varied by my own personal identity. This is the combination‚ result of many factors. Like physical appearances and environment‚ cultural background‚ gender‚ etc. My personal identity should be changing everyday‚ every moment by the building up of my intelligence and experiences. In the earlier stage‚ my personal identity is solely from my parents. This includes: heredity‚ culture background
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CULTURAL BARRIERS IN COMMUNICATION Introduction Differences in race‚ sex‚ religious beliefs‚ lifestyle and sexual orientation are among many cultural differences that may affect how people communicate in the workplace. Resolving communications problems caused by cultural differences requires patience‚ understanding and respect. A major mistake is forming opinions before even engaging in communications. Opinions reached before an opportunity to discuss the matter makes resolving conflict difficult
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summary‚ the consideration of cultural factors in the assessment‚ diagnosis‚ and treatment of culturally diverse individuals has gained recognition in a variety of disciplines in the last decade.In this chapter‚ we present a brief history of psychiatric case formulation; define culture‚ ethnicity‚ and race; and focus on an explication and elaboration of the DSM-IV outline for cultural formulation. Aspects of cultural formulation include assessing a patient’s cultural identity and understanding how
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POLITICAL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS The developed world is living in an age of globalization‚ characterized by • Economic liberalization • Deregulation • Privatization All of these factors create a reduced role for the state‚ or so it seems at least on the surface. But the state still plays a significant role in the lives of people and businesses. “The State Is Dead . . . . Long Live the State” State versus Nation Characteristics of a State: •
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Cultural Event: Morse Museum in Winter Park This is not so much a cultural event‚ as it is a cultural collection of one of the most unique ways of making art – by using glass. At the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art one can find collections of American art pottery‚ collections of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century American paintings‚ graphics‚ decorative art‚ and most importantly the works of Louis Comfort Tiffany. I visited this museum located in Winter Park‚ Florida
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Application Paper #5 In a world where crossing boundaries is routine‚ cultural intelligence (CQ) becomes a vitally important aptitude and skill‚ (Earley & Mosakowski‚ 2004‚ p.139) especially for today’s leaders who will more than likely encounter someone from another country‚ generation or perhaps occupational background where there are unique behaviors. As Earley and Mosakowski (2004) point out‚ cultural intelligence is related to emotional intelligence‚ but it picks up where emotional intelligence
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The Cultural Revolution of China: Annihilating Culture with each Political and Class Struggle Wendy Wang Junior Division Historical Paper Wang1 China ’s Cultural Revolution of the 1900s caused radical changes to the People ’s Republic of China. More a political struggle than actual revolution‚ the Cultural Revolution had a huge effect on people throughout mainland China. People of all backgrounds had their lives changed as different factions of the Communist Party fought for control
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Cultural Autobiography By Summer Benson Start by describing the cultural aspects of your family background (attitudes‚ beliefs and values). My mom was adopted at the age of 9 but was given up at birth. So she grew up her first 9 years bouncing from foster home to group homes. And my dad is Algonquin Native American‚ but I did not meet him until I was 15 years old. With that being said‚ I don’t really know my culture background and sure wasn’t raised with one. I had a single
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UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY Defining DIVERSITY Definitions of diversity range from distributive concerns based on the traditional categories of race‚ ethnicity and gender to the inclusion of a vast array of differences in age‚ sexual orientation‚ disability‚ employment status‚ tenure‚ function‚ educational background‚ lifestyle‚ religion‚ values and beliefs in addition to race‚ ethnicity and gender. In the recent CIPD report‚ Diversity: Stacking up the evidence (Anderson and Metcalf 2003)
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