Running Head: Vietnamese Culture Vietnamese Culture: A Comparative View of Vietnamese and U.S American Values Intercultural communication and differences among cultures is something that I have been interested in since I began in my communications major. I had never been directly affected by intercultural boundaries until I began working at an after school program in Elk Grove. Many of the families that I work with are Vietnamese and it has been difficult for me to communicate with them
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B203 Business Functions in Context – Revision Notes Introduction * Communities of Practice (Wenger‚ 2007) - are groups of people the come together to share knowledge and experiences and learn from one another whilst providing a social context for that work. Three characteristics are crucial: 1. The Domain - It has an identity defined by a shared domain of interest. Membership implies a commitment to this and therefore a shared competence that distinguishes members from other people
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about the human condition can transcend time and expressed through different contexts while reflecting society’s changing values. Emma‚ written by Jane Austen reaffirms and challenges the conservative society of 19th century England‚ where moral growth is a result of strict social etiquettes and rigid class structure. However‚ Heckerling has taken similar ideas that speak powerfully about human nature to the different context of 20th century America‚ within the world of Clueless where a much fluid social
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Aspects of Culture Hofstede ’s cultural factors Explanations > Culture > Hofstede ’s cultural factors Power | Self | Gender | Predictability | Time | So what? Geert Hofstede‚ a Dutch cultural anthropologist‚ analyzed cultures along five dimensions. He rated 58 countries on each dimension on a scale from 1 to 100. Power Hofstede named this Power Distance (PD or PDI). It is the extent to which less powerful members expect and accept unequal power distribution. High PD cultures usually
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The four contexts that motivate learning are practical context‚ personal context‚ experiential context‚ and idealistic context. Practical context is doing something because it is what’s expected of you to succeed or accomplish you’re giving tasks. The motivation is the strategic thinking to quickly get to the point and not have to waste any time. Personal context is setting goals for yourself to better your life or to further succeed in what you are already doing. The motivation behind this could
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How Leaders Can Optimize Organizational Culture By Lisa Haneberg‚ VP and OD Practice Lead MPI Consulting April‚ 2009 Realigning processes and roles to fit a new organizational reality is daily work for leaders. Planning and implementing changes is a fundamental set of skills at which all leaders must excel to ensure their teams and functions are set up to do great work. This paper explores organizational culture‚ which is important to understand‚ consider and align when adjusting practices‚ projects
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His ideas‚ though‚ were greatly influenced by Freud‚ going along with Freud’s ideas about the structure and topography of personality. However‚ whereas Freud was an id psychologist‚ Erikson was an ego psychologist. He emphasized the role of culture and society and the conflicts that can take place within the ego itself‚ whereas Freud emphasized the conflict between the id and the superego. According to Erikson‚ the ego develops as it successfully resolves crises that are distinctly social
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Among the tools available to drive individual change within the group‚ the ADKAR model developed by Prosci‚ the world pioneer in change management research and content creation‚ is commonly used. ADKAR is an acronym for Awareness‚ Desire‚ Knowledge‚ Ability‚ and Reinforcement. In principle‚ it outlines the individual’s successful journey
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C0602- Counselling contexts Tutor: Kevin Hogan Submission date: 31st May 2013 ‘The importance of diversity in counselling contexts’ The importance of diversity in counselling has been the subject of much research over the last 50 years Patterson (1996) and is aimed at preventing inequalities among different population groups regardless of ethnicity‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ social class‚ age‚ physical abilities and religious beliefs/beliefs. (Patterson‚ 1996) When considering the different
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METHODOLOGY…………………………………………………………...…2 3.0 FINDINGS………………………………………………………………....…....3 3.1 Tuckman’s four stage model for team building. 3.1.1 Theory in practice…………………………………………….....4 3.2 Collective and Individualistic cultures within International teams………4 3.2.1 Individualism…………………………………………………......5 3.2.2 Collectivism……………………………………………………....5 3.2.3 Theory in practice…………………………………………...……6 3.3 Culture Shock and effects on International teams………………………..7 3.3.1 Theory in practice……………………………………………
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