Organizational Culture Analysis Lauri Simmons BUS610: Organizational Behavior October 15‚ 2012 Every society has a culture that drives their core values‚ beliefs‚ and actions. Culture provides a social system and creates a sense of identity (Baack‚ 2012). Within each culture are multiple subcultures. Subcultures‚ according to Baack (2012) differentiate a subgroup from the larger group to which it belongs. This also holds true for all organizations. Baack (2012) describes three levels
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Culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people‚ defined by everything from language‚ religion‚ cuisine‚ social habits‚ music and arts. Today‚ in the United States as in other countries populated largely by immigrants‚ the culture is influenced by the many groups of people that now make up the country. (“Kim Ann Zimmermann‚ 2012‚ para. 1”). In my country‚ culture is the religion‚ language‚ family‚ traditional clothes‚ ethnic and social relationship. Culture is language; the most
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Culture The values‚ beliefs‚ behaviour and material objects that form a people’s way of life. - Nonmaterial culture Ideas created by members of a society - Material culture Tangible things created by members of a society - Only humans rely on culture rather than instinct to ensure survival. The Components of Culture - Although culture vary‚ they all have five common components: a) Symbols b) Language c) Values d) Beliefs
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Mexican Culture Every year my family and I take part in a Mexico Missions Trip that my church goes on‚ to help make a difference in the lives of others and their society. By doing this‚ my family and I get to see and learn a lot about other cultures and languages that people use to live by and communicate with. Viewing all of this at such a young age‚ has made more appreciative of things growing up and also helps me get a better global perspective. I am exposed to many new things and enviorments
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Culture and Education The institutions of education which are shaping the minds of todays ’ youth do not all teach the same facts and curriculum. Throughout the world there are differing opinions on what‚ when‚ and how certain facts‚ theories‚ and concepts should be taught. Not all children are taught the same truths; this statement might sound unfair‚ or maybe incomprehensible. How‚ one may ask‚ could accepted truths not be taught as such; and what decides whether they will be or not? Cultural
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present paper contrasts the importance of two divergent approaches to training‚ approaches that are either universalistic (etic) or particularistic (emic) in nature. While most extant literature on cross-cultural communication focuses primarily on culture-specific-emic-approaches‚ this paper stresses the value of also drawing on pan-cultural-universalistic-approaches. We illustrate the utility of such an approach through the example of "politeness" theory (Brown & Levinson‚ 1978‚ 1987). Politeness
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Culture in simplicity is a body of learned behavior‚ a collection of beliefs‚ habits and traditions‚ shared by a group of people and successively learned by people who enter the society. Furthermore‚ culture is learned‚ not inherited. If this is correct‚ then it can be assumed that it is not impossible to learn new cultural traits and to unlearn old ones. Therefore‚ it must be feasible to integrate cultural differences. Cultural adaptation would involve many essentials as‚ language; verbal and non-verbal
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Differences in Culture Chapter Outline OPENING CASE: McDonald’s in India INTRODUCTION WHAT IS CULTURE? Values and Norms Culture‚ Society‚ and the Nation-State The Determinants of Culture SOCIAL STRUCTURE Individuals and Groups Social Stratification Country Focus: Breaking India’s Caste System RELIGIOUS AND ETHICAL SYSTEMS Christianity Islam Country Focus: Islamic Capitalism in Turkey Hinduism Buddhism
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Contrast the dynamics between dominant cultures and subcultures either in a work setting or in society. According to Baack (2012)‚ a dominant culture articulates the core values shared by a majority of an organization’s members. The dominant culture is the one that has the most power and influence. This culture represents the majority in society. The subcultures consist of the minorities in societies that differ from the dominant culture. Even though they are different‚ they deserve to be respected
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Culture stereotypes – how to avoid culture conflicts The world today is a multicultural society. A globalization has brought a greater diversity to communities. Although we live in post-modern world‚ there are still believes‚ which can carry narrow-minded character concerning members of some nation. Culture stereotype is the way of categorizing people in to the group and assuming that everyone who has the same culture‚ religion‚ values and race would act the same way. Stereotypes are generalizations
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