Cultural Differences America is a melting pot filled with many different cultures and ways of life. In this paper‚ three of the many will be discussed and explained. First‚ will be the Asian American culture‚ next the Latino culture and finally the African American culture. Exposure to these cultures will be imminent in the medical field and the information provided will help one who is looking to work with people from these cultures on a daily basis. Knowing information on a patient’s culture helps
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problems faced by Western managers telling eastern managers that improvement in their business is needed. The case which the presentation is based on is about cross-cultural management and organisational strategy and improvement. A delegate of an Australian consulting firm is given the task of heading up a pilot study in the organisations Taiwanese and Indian offices with the aim of identifying the reasons for their slow market growth and offering recommendations as to how to improve their performance
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ABSTRACT The cultural competence approach has grown significantly in the North American human service professions. The reliance of social workers on cultural awareness to block the influence of their own culture in the helping process entails three problematic and conflicting assumptions‚ namely‚ the notion of human being as cultural artifact‚ the use of self as a technique for transcending cultural bias‚ and the subject-object dichotomy as a defining structure of the worker-client relationship
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Importance of Cultural Awareness Preparing for a career in the healthcare field sparks a need for one to have a sense of individual responsibility to be knowledgeable of cultural awareness. Knowledge of cultural awareness leads one to have the proper tools at one’s disposal in order for one to be better prepared in the healthcare field environment; where preventing bias and stereotype errors towards patients should be considered a top priority. Obtaining the proper knowledge of cultural awareness will
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Cultural Self-Awareness We live in a world that is culturally diverse. Cultural diversity includes different cultures‚ groups‚ communities‚ ethnicities‚ religions‚ and forms of communication‚ along with cultural values and norms. Living in such diverse society‚ it is important that we learn to respect each other’s differences. When I think of the term "culturally different‚" I immediately think of a group of individuals who face a number of challenges‚ such as acceptance and discrimination
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all experienced military leaders‚ both noncommissioned and commissioned‚ realize the importance of knowing every facet of the enemy and their environment. Throughout history‚ we have studied‚ witnessed and experienced great examples of the use of cultural knowledge during combat operations. Lieutenant Colonel T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia) of the British Army documented his experiences while living among the Arabic people. He learned about their society and culture in order to improve his military expertise
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Cultural awareness is one being aware of their personal attitudes‚ beliefs‚ biases‚ and behaviors that may influence the type of care they are able to render in an environment. One must be open minded and aware that their culture is not the only one that is "right". And that you cannot judge a patient based on their culture. Cultural competence is a set of attitudes‚ beliefs‚ behaviors‚ and policies that enable organizations and staff to work effectively in cross-cultural situations Cultural awareness
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Cultural Awareness in Counselling practices I have chosen to focus this assignment on the Aboriginal and Vietnamese cultures. I hope to be working in an area which will have these two cultures as the dominant groups. The reason I have focussed on Vietnamese refugees instead of the culture of Vietnam as a whole is that the facility I hope to work in has refugees as its main client group. I will give an overview of my research into how best to work in a counselling relationship with people from
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Self Awareness and Cultural Ienditiy I am a 27 year old female who was born into a white‚ middle class‚ college educated family. My family’s cultural background is made up of Eastern and Western European nationalities. The largest percentage of my ethnic background is Lithuanian‚ but there is also a mixture of English‚ Irish‚ Danish‚ Scottish‚ and French. For the most part my ethnic background has not played a large part of who I am today. I am a fifth generation American so our family has long
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Military: Cultural Awareness Congressional and military leaders have directed improvement in cultural awareness training throughout the Department of Defense. However there are severe challenges‚ especially in an era of limited resources‚ transformation and combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Research shows that cultural decisions may not always achieve their desired effect; many bad decisions are a result of cultural ignorance. This article showed several ways to improve cultural awareness in the
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