“Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures”-Cesar Chavez (n.d). This is the concept that we have learned in the Intercultural Health Issues subject. Being nurses we should respect each other’s culture and should provide culturally sensitive care. Culture is a set of beliefs‚ customs‚ arts‚ values‚ and behaviours shared by a group of people. Studying culture is important because it helps to avoid any unsatisfactory outcomes and to provide culturally
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The Individualist concept of culture refers to being more self-centered and emphasize mostly on their individual goals. People from individualistic cultures tend to think only of themselves as individuals and as "I" distinctive from other people. They prefer clarity in their conversations to communicate more effectively and come in general directly to the point. People in individualistic cultures emphasize their success/achievements in job or private wealth and aiming up to reach more and/or a
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Hershberger PSY-230 April 15‚ 2013 The Chinese Culture Chinese people have had the world’s most successful continuous culture for the past four millennia‚ and culture and traditions remain prominent wherever they live. Even in the twenty-first century‚ Chinese people living in China‚ Taiwan and the United States of America still value their culture and traditions. And people from Chinese culture living in Australia and the United Kingdom follow Chinese culture and traditions in relation to their health
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4 Organisational cultures Introduction: defining culture The concept of culture has become increasingly significant in education during the 1990s and into the twenty-first century. This enhanced interest may be understood as an example of dissatisfaction with the limitations of those leadership and man- agement models which stress the structural and technical aspects of schools and colleges. The focus on the intangible world of values and attitudes is a useful counter to these bureaucratic assumptions
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emphasizes the ways fashion uses to communicate and discussion of communication models that fashion uses by examining whether fashion is the meaning of an interaction between cultural values and visual culture or fashion is a reflection of an identity‚ a way to convey messages. Author mainly asks the question that fashion by itself can be a method of communication or not. Also supports that fashion is not a method of communication by itself‚ fashion needs shared meanings and cultural values to send a
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have sound reasons for your decision. It is advisable to adhere to (and practise!) the common “majority wins” approach when trying to reach a consensus. Asian "Face" * Do not correct your employer/superior’s mistakes in public. * Do not question your employer/superior in public. * Do not disagree with their employer/superior in public. * Do not refuse your employer/superior outright. Employees may publicly comply to unreasonable demands with an agreeable “yes” but the “yes” is
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Organizational culture of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) was examined and how it is used in managing the culture. This paper will discuss the use of the seven dimensions of organizational culture. Each of the seven will be explained as to how they are used and what barriers they might cause. USACE Organizational Culture The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers is a unique organization and its culture can be somewhat divided as it is made up of military and civilian personnel. So the culture of this
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com T.S. Eliot’s Interpretation of Culture Hamedreza Kohzadi ‚ Fatemeh Azizmohammadi 1‚ 2 1 2 1 2 Department of English Literature‚ Arak Branch‚ Islamic Azad University‚ Arak‚ Iran E-mails: hamedreza_ kohzadi_usa@yahoo.com‚ F-azizmohammadi@iau-arak.ac.ir ABSTRACT It is an accepted fact that Eliot’s concept of culture was for the most part derived from Ezra Pound’s Guide to Kulchur. Butthe origins of the philosophical formulations of the term culture are traceable in his earlier work. The
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Executive Summary What is right and what is wrong? It’s a tough question considering no two people think exactly alike. What one person finds totally acceptable another may find completely offensive. Can something be offensive even if it wasn’t thy intention? If someone were to make a statement and felt whole heartedly that it wasn’t offensive yet someone found it offensive‚ which is it? Is it offensive or not? It’s not as easy as saying it is or it isn’t. These situations make it very difficult
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Use the four factors from Willis’ (2004‚ as cited in Germov‚ 2009‚ p. 6) sociological imagination template to gain background information to analyse the question. • Historical factors • Cultural factors • Structural factors • Critical factors Be sure to specifically identify and describe issues for each factor in your analysis. (approx. 400 words; use one academic source – your textbook‚ Second Opinion). It is commonly debated whether traditional health practices should be encouraged
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