Cultural Immersion Project: Part 3 MaLinda DiTonno Liberty University Cultural Immersion Project: Part 3 Montana is home to six Indian Reservations and their tribes: The Blackfeet Reservation‚ home for the Blackfeet tribe; Crow Reservation for the Crow tribe; Flathead Reservation‚ home to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes; Fort Belknap Reservation‚ home for the Assiniboine and Gros Ventre tribes; Fort Peck Reservation‚ which is home for the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes; Little-Shell‚
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Do you know who lives in your neighborhood? Your town? Your state? Your country? Bet the answer is "of course" — and well‚ “maybe not.” Many of us don’t get out much — unless we’re heading to an interview or the bar down the street. On the weekends‚ we more or less stick to our familiar surroundings‚ whatever they may be. So we could quite easily miss a big story going on right under our noses: That is‚ who is living where. The majority of the members of my community do look like me. My
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Cultural Diversity in Our Community NAME Axia College of University of Phoenix Cultural Diversity I was walking down the street the other day when I stopped and took a hard look at all the different people‚ businesses‚ and cultures that surrounded me. My first thought was "wow‚ we really live in a world that is held together by a wide variety of ethnic groups." Without all the different cultures and influences that I have experienced‚ I would not be the person I am today. Ethnicity
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Managing a wide range of cultural diversity in the Australian workplace impossible. We are now in the 21st century and immigrants are entering Australia in greater numbers than they did a decade ago. Nearly double‚ 70‚200 in 1999–00 to 168‚685 in 2010–11 (Australian Bureau of Statistics.)[4] The workforce demographics have indeed changed and a reflection of these changes are occurring in the workforce. Cultural misunderstandings and language barriers are enormous obstacles to overcome for effective
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Examining Family Diversity and the Life Course Many years ago‚ Parsons studied families from different type and decided that through structural differentiation‚ the multifunctional extended family became the nuclear family‚ and made a point of focusing on this type of family. Marxism also made this mistake‚ as well as feminism. What these approaches didn’t take into account was that there are many other types of family out there‚ which is even truer in contempary society. This essay will attempt
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Cultural Diversity in the Workplace In today’s rapid changing global market many organization pays a greater attention to cultural diversity and it has also become an essential business concern too. Workforce diversity refers to the differences between individuals which include‚ national‚ origin‚ religion‚ language‚ age‚ color and even the skills and the attitudes people posses within themselves. As we know people are different in all kind of aspects‚ both visible and non visible. Therefore‚ cultural
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Cultural diversity is seen everyday in our society in the United States. As defined‚ the existence of a variety of cultural or ethnic groups within a society. When it comes to public speaking and cultural diversity‚ you make think how these two connect. They actually go hand in hand in becoming a well rounded public speaker. In our world today‚ there are over six thousand languages that are spoken in our world. To narrow it down‚ in the United States today there are over three hundred languages spoken
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America is comprised of a growing number of cultures‚ resulting in widespread diversity. Such diversity is a problem in healthcare. Mental health is a specific and complicated aspect of healthcare and when you must specialize care to specific culture‚ in magnifies the difficulty of treatment. Knowledge regarding different cultures can uncomplicate care. I work with a 72-year-old Hispanic patient from Puerto Rico. She is catholic‚ widowed‚ she has ten children and numerous grandchildren and
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teams to become high performance groups and teams. Every group or team leader must be aware of the demographic characteristics and the cultural diversity of the team in order to become effective. Groups and Teams There are many factors that affect a team’s performance; from leadership and communication‚ to demographic characteristics and cultural diversity. Each impacts the team in its own way. With out these major factors being forced upon a team or group individuals will tend to stray focus
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“Cultural and Linguistic Diversity and School Failure” Barbara T. Bowman The article called “Cultural and Linguistic Diversity and School Failure” brings attention of readers to the issue of conflicts in modern schools. The text can be divided into two parts. While in the first part Ms. Bowman brings into focus teacher-student conflicts‚ the second part is dedicated to class‚ culture and language related issues. The information given is supported by data and examples and is of interest to specialists
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