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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Ritual is defined as a prescribed formal behavior for occasions not given over technological routine‚ having reference to beliefs in mystical beings or powers (Turner‚ 1962‚ p.19). One of my family rituals in my culture is soul calling and string-tying known in the Hmong culture as Hu Plig Khi Tes. This ritual is originated with my family by passed down from one generation to another throughout many generations. It is a health-like ritual often performed for a family member who is recovering for
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home to one of the most culturally diverse populations in the world‚ and the population continues to grow (National Health and Medical Research Council‚ 2006). This expanding diversity creates a potpourri of cultural attitudes‚ beliefs and values unlike the dominant Westernised view. The cultural differences impact on how people understand and experience end-of-life in the country. Customary practices of caring for the terminally ill that permeates in most African communities differ vastly from that
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criminals‚ captive‚ orphans and children made up of most of the victims in which got sacrificed. Reasoning: The Mayans sacrificed their people to appease their gods which would lead them to endure‚ and sustain their civilization. The Maya used ritual sacrifices as a massive role in the Mayan civilization. such as turkeys‚ crocodiles‚ iguanas‚ and jaguars. Similar to the Aztecs‚ the Mayans have done this as an attempt to allow their gods to please them. In fact‚ criminals‚ slaves‚ and children
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What is the concept of relativist morality: Moral relativism is an opposing perspective from the objective ways of a moral absolutist such as Plato ‚ whose moral standards are fixed regardless of the context. The whole concept of absolutism is universal and deontological; therefore it is unchanging. Whereas Moral relativism is teleological: the outcome of the action is not taken into consideration‚ meaning that moral relativism possesses moral truth that is dependent on place‚ culture‚ time and
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many people embrace Cultural diversity 1. They value diversity 2. They think cultural imperialism is bad 3. They believe that cultural Relativism will preserve the integrity of diverse cultures from the threat of cultural imperialism. Does cultural Relativism offer a basis for promoting tolerance of cultural differences and opposing cultural imperialism? Every society has to set a rule when it is acceptable to kill some members. 5 claims of cultural relativism 1. Different
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recently witnessed a Wiccan Mabon ritual on September 22nd 2012. This ritual was the celebration of the change from summer to fall. It took place in Colorado Springs‚ on the outskirts of town. We were outdoors‚ in a small grove of trees. It was a clear sky with the First Quarter moon beginning to rise over the horizon. The breeze was cool but not cold yet and slowly people started to drift into the clearing. My friend Tiff (name has been changed) was the leader of the ritual. Everyone was wearing dark blue
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have chosen to write about why cultural universals pose a problem for moral relativism in this paper. I will begin by defining cultural universals (CU). Then‚ I will cite examples of such theory and continue by applying them to situations in which these similarities can be seen. Next‚ I will discuss how we can convince ourselves that a given standard of behavior is in fact a cultural universal. I will then define moral relativism as well as provide examples of cultural differences that are often
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A Psychiatrist’s Tales of Ritual and Obsession. Berkeley‚ CA‚ USA: University of California Press‚ 2008. p 26. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ecpi/Doc?id=10229950&ppg=26 Aboujaoude‚ Elias (Author). Compulsive Acts : A Psychiatrist’s Tales of Ritual and Obsession. Berkeley‚ CA‚ USA: University of California Press‚ 2008. p 26. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ecpi/Doc?id=10229950&ppg=26 Aboujaoude‚ Elias (Author). Compulsive Acts : A Psychiatrist’s Tales of Ritual and Obsession. Berkeley‚
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The Ritual of “The Lottery” It is often said that there is strength in numbers. While it is true that a large group of people has more power than an individual‚ a single person within a large group will almost always conform in some way. This weakens the individual and leads to fewer new ideas in order to maintain group status and agreement. Many times‚ rituals or ideas are allowed and accepted just because they are favored by a majority or have been part of that society for so long that they
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