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    Cultural Identity is what shapes you as a person‚ family‚ religion‚ language‚ and even food. In your life you will experience many events that will shape and alter your cultural identity. Events can sometimes hurt your cultural identity‚ while others build it up. In my case a big part of my cultural identity is location. An event in my life that has really helped me shape my cultural identity is moving from Kapolei to Hawaii Kai. In Kapolei I would wake up extremely early for school because of the

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    The Cultural Web The Cultural Web Aligning your team ’s or organization ’s culture with strategy James Manktelow MindTools.com Mind Tools - Essential skills for an excellent career! What is the first thing that pops in your mind when you hear the term corporate culture? A great many people refer to the classic phrase coined by the McKinsey organization‚ that culture is “how we do things around here”. And while that may be true‚ there are so many elements that go into determining what you do and

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    Different cultural practices affect every area of life‚ the family dynamic‚ labor force‚ education‚ cultural economics‚ death‚ reproduction‚ religion etc. The cultural practices in the United States are eclectic in many ways considering all the different ethnicities that reside in the U.S. In Japan‚ the religious views tend to lend towards liberal views on the family dynamic and sexual expression. I intend to compare the differences between the two countries as it relates to sex and gender roles

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    Islam-Cultural Misconceptions and Beliefs Barbara Vonarx Chamberlain Cultural Diversity in Professions SOCS 350 Ivan Mancinelli-Franconi January 19‚ 2013 Islam-Cultural Misconceptions and Beliefs I have chosen the topic that I am most confused about and have the least amount of personal knowledge of. I do not personally know anyone of the Islamic faith‚ nor is there a large enough group of them in my community for me to observe in any one-on-one situation. I have heard many of the stereotypes

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    Cultural Bias in Assessment and Counseling Psychological assessments and testing tools are an important asset to counselors in order to help counselors have a deeper understanding of client issues. However‚ there are many issues that come about with certain tests and minorities like African Americans‚ Hispanics‚ Asian Americans‚ etc. Some of the issues with testing and assessment techniques today are cognitive‚ educational‚ cultural‚ and social biases. I believe what needs to be addressed in regards

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    Cultural factors have effects on business organization. There are various cultural factors which affect these organizations. These factors have various influences to the organizations depending on the country in which the organization is located. Chinese organizations differ with the United States organization‚ because of difference in culture. This paper has discussed the organizations in both the United States and in China‚ thus highlighting the differences‚ and the causes of these differences

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    Discuss cultural variations in attachments. A culture is a group of people who have their own norms‚ values and customs. The Kroonenberg study showed that in a study of 8 countries the culture attachments patterns seem to be quite similar. The most common attachment type was a secure attachment. In western countries the dominant attachment type was avoidant and in non-western countries the dominant type was resistant. These results were reached from data from 2000 strange situation studies in 32

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    My understanding of cultural and contextual considerations in William Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth was greatly developed through my participation in the Interactive Oral.  Before the Interactive Oral‚ we discussed how we must respect other’s cultural and social aspects. Throughout the Interactive Oral‚ My peers and I conversed on ideas about cultural and social considerations through the time period in the course of the novel. During the year 1606‚ Shakespeare wrote Macbeth based on the themes of

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    * Cultural Evaluation - India BCOM/275 October 8‚ 2012 * Culture is an attribute that gives us our identity and separates us from others as well as other places. “For our purposes‚ culture is defined as the learned beliefs‚ values‚ rules‚ norms‚ symbols‚ and traditions that are common to a group of people. It is these shared qualities of a group that make them unique” (Kumar‚ Anjum‚ & Sinha‚ 2011‚ pp.152 -156). * There are many cultural differences between that of the United

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    Cultural Artifact Speech Outline Example Chinese Egg Tarts By Ping Chen I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Who doesn’t love desserts and sweets any time of the day!? Something so simple and small‚ one bite after another is irresistible. Ever since the 1940’s‚ Hong Kong has introduced this pastry-crust filled with egg custard as a snack. If you eat at a Chinese restaurant (also known as dim-sum) in the early morning‚ you will have a taste of this delicious goodness. B. Revealed Object: This is

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