Key Terms for Cultural Competence Cultural Competence: The effective integration of cultural awareness and cultural knowledge to meet needs of culturally diverse clients Cultural Accommodation: Supporting and facilitating the use of cultural practices that have not been found to be harmful to the client. Cultural Repatterning: Working with clients to make changes in health practices when the client’s cultural behaviors are harmful or decrease their well being. Cultural Preservation: The support
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Frankfurt International Business Administration Cultural Diversity Professor: Hans Hahn Summer Semester 2014 Cultural Dimensions of Geert Hofstede: Analysis of Colombia 10.06.2014 Soraya A. Suarez I. Register Number: 969800 Darmstädter Landstr. 64 60598 Frankfurt Tel: 0176- 708 59654 E-mail: sorayasuarez@gmail.com Content 1. Introduction 2 2. Culture 3 3. Colombia 5 4. Cultural Models and Cultural Dimensions 8 4.1 Geert Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions 9 4.1.1. Power Distance Index 10
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CULTURAL SENSITIVITY Omega Manufacturing is headquartered in a regional manufacturing area in the United States. Company A produces engine components that undergo an extra heat-hardening process that provides extended life for engines of heavy-duty trucks‚ and it provides specialized machined engine components to all major U.S. truck and automobile manufacturers. Omega Manufacturing currently has 5‚000 employees in the United States and wants to double its size within the next four years
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Cultural Intelligence Cultural Quotient is the organizational psychology and management theory‚ and it is all about the continuous learning and aptitude to develop personally through this learning. The differences in the intercultural do remains in the momentous challenge stage in all multinational organizations. Hence to face the challenge there is a need of a new domain of astuteness which immense relevance to the era of escalating globalization and the workplace diverse. For every manager who
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Reflection Paper: Nell Nell is a young girl‚ who was raised from the isolated world without any knowledge of civilization. She lived together with her mother and twin sister which were the only people she’d interact with since the day she was born. They live in a cabin in the forest of North Carolina. Nobody has ever met Nell. Due to her isolation‚ Nell never learned how to speak any language aside from the made up language which she and her twin sisters use to communicate. Her mother can’t also
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Cultural Competence To be culturally competent the nurse needs to understand his/her own world views and those of the patient‚ while avoiding stereotyping and misapplication of scientific knowledge. Cultural competence is obtaining cultural information and then applying that knowledge. This cultural awareness allows you to see the entire picture and improves the quality of care and health outcomes. Adapting to different cultural beliefs and practices requires flexibility and a respect
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Cultural Differences Dorri Mollon May 3‚ 2010 Cultural Differences Differences between cultures are wide-ranging and there are also many differences among cultures that are geographically close. The noticeable differences are from the uniqueness of specific cultures or of an individual influenced from belonging to his or her family culture. Families have tremendously strong connections for an individual to remain within and follow the customs of the culture he or she has been raised.
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Cultural growth in the twenty-first century has heightened the emphasis on interpersonal communication in an intercultural setting. As our world grows‚ expands and becomes increasingly more interconnected by various technological advances‚ the need for effective interpersonal communication among differing cultures has become quite clear. Due to the advancement of technology in today’s world‚ a world in which some businesspeople are involved in transactions with other businesspeople
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Africa. Sayings such as “Afro-centred” and “Euro-centred”‚ are often show the perceived in Jamaican cultural values and traditions. It’s the third largest island in the Caribbean. Cultural competence is one of the top things you should understand and have an a workplace. Cultural competence is very important in the workplace. It involves understanding and appropriately responding to the unique of cultural variables. First you have to have an understanding of your own culture. When it says “...is the
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Culture is the way groups of people come together and share common characteristics. There are six principles of cross-cultural communication; People have different ways they communicate with each other‚ there is a communication breakdown between different cultures‚ communicating between cultures can emphasize their own way of communicating‚ there are “do’s and taboos” (Cheesebro & O’Conner & Rios‚ 2010‚ p. 52) within their own cultures‚ becoming aware of the culture can help you understand their
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