What is Cultural Diversity? What is cultural diversity? Diversity is nothing more than a difference from the majority. In any culture there is a majority and many minorities. Culture is a set of norms that set standards for a society of what is acceptable behavior. In every culture there are basic standards for social interaction such as personal space distance‚ eye contact‚ amount of body language displayed in public‚ negotiating style‚ etc. In America‚ we stand about eighteen inches apart when
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The phrase “British culture” is often used carelessly‚ as if it completely and comprehensively defines all of the 63 million people living in Great Britain as well as their culture. People who use terms such as this either willingly or unconsciously forget the fact that Great Britain is a culturally diverse country‚ the biggest representative of this being its largest and most populated city – London. In order to understand things better‚ we should take a few steps backwards and attempt to define
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An essay on the importance of cultural diversity and cultural competence Julie K Drouillard Devry institute SOC 350 July 2009 The United States is a country consisting of many cultures‚ races and religions. The United States is becoming increasingly diverse and global‚ with many minority cultures and races developing into majority cultures and races. Newer religions take their place alongside traditional faiths. Both cultural and spiritual differences in people are potential causes for misunderstanding
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1.1 Evaluate impact of the organization’s culture and values on leadership. Organization’s culture and values All companies have a culture. In order for employees to function and succeed‚ it is essential they understand and believe in the culture. Organization’s culture can be defined as “A pattern of basic assumptions that the group has invented‚ discovered‚ or developed in learning to cope with its problems of external adaptation and internal integration” more precisely it can be said that organization’s
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THE GRIP OF CULTURE: EDWARD T. HALL Edward T. Hall is an anthropologist and one of the founders of intercultural communication study. His works have played a key role in describing how people’s view of the world and behavior are largely determined by a complex grid of unconscious cultural patterns. In The Silent Language (1959) Hall outlined a broad theory of culture and described how its rules control people’s lives. In The Hidden Dimension (1966) he introduced proxemics‚ the study of our
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Culture is our way of life. It includes our values‚ beliefs‚ customs‚ languages and traditions. Culture is reflected in our history‚ in our heritage and in how we express ideas and creativity. We can see that in the world we have many countries‚ many societies therefore we have many cultures in the world. Many factor such as‚ Environment‚ Belief‚ Religious‚ and Popularity. At present every country in the world has more stronger relationship because of high technology. There are many people who have
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Communication is arguably the most important skill set we possess. Because of its important role in our everyday lives‚ it is very critical that we look into ways to improve and also understand ways communication can be harmed. There are various ways in which communication can be influenced whether it is beneficial or detrimental. Specifically‚ immigration and cultural diversity are two of the harmful things that cause negative effects on communication. Immigration and cultural diversity in the
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childhood. I loved spending family time together. Going to the lake every Sunday‚ bowling on Saturdays‚ going to my games during the weekdays and supporting me and my brothers were the highlights of my childhood. Do you remember all the amazing times we had and how much closer we were back then? Things are really different now‚ but they don’t have to be.It’s a lot busier now with school‚ your work‚ and basketball‚ so we don’t really have much time in our schedules to spend time together‚ but we can try to
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Cultural Diversity Presentation Jose Ortiz ELL 240 Linguistically & Culturally Diverse Learners Ashford University Instructor: Catherine Tapia Date: 10/06/2013 Introduction: This presentation that I will be displaying is to demonstrate the schools‚ parents and teachers the importance of English language learners and to encourage all parents to get involved and be part of the school culture activities. The involvement is important in assisting students
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Culture is ever changing across time and space. People study artifacts to better understand cultural norms as well as what the people went through on a day-to-day basis. An artifact can be interpreted in many different ways since they have multiple meanings. These multiple meanings may be hard to understand if you‚ as the viewer‚ do not know anything about the culture prior to viewing this artifact. Office Space is an example of a cultural artifact of the United States in the 1990’s. It takes
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