Individualistic vs Collectivist Cultures in Schools As a female American teacher reports to an immigrant Latino father that his daughter is doing well in class speaking out‚ expressing herself‚ taking an active role he looks down at his lap and does not respond. Thinking that perhaps he has not understood‚ the teacher again praises his daughter’s ability to speak out in class and explains that it is very important for children to participate orally. Looking even more uncomfortable‚ the father
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be looked at as vulgar‚ it is extremely true and has been shown throughout time. Black culture has almost always been the most popular in American society. It quite possibly may be the most popular culture in the world. Many of the things we see around today in pop culture have come from some part of black culture. Just about every TV show‚ commercial‚ advertisement‚ song‚ etc. has some attribute of black culture in it. Whether it is the music‚ slang‚ or even simple mannerisms‚ they are all used in
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transported from many decades ago. It is Sunday afternoon‚ time for the weekly public market as peasants sell snacks‚ crafts and spices on the ground. Wagons full of produces and fruits are pulled around by store owners. But in this very traditional rural farming community‚ something is a little out of place. In the middle of the market‚ stands a group of fresh swagged out Chinese kids‚ decked in their American street-wear‚ flat brim hats‚ tight jeans‚ high top shoes
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The Indian Culture The Indian Culture is a very interesting culture they have a lot of different ways of living‚ family relationships‚ foods‚ dress‚ and entertainment. One of the great themes pervading Indian life is social interdependence. People are born into groups–families‚ clans‚ subcastes‚ castes‚ and religious communities–and live with a constant sense of being part of and inseparable from these groups. Social interaction is regarded as being of the highest priority in Indian families
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Culture and its Primary Dimensions Christina Neal West Virginia State University CULTURE AND ITS PRIMARY DIMENSIONS Culture is a learned set of assumptions‚ values‚ and beliefs that members of a group have accepted and that affect human behavior (Michael A. Hitt‚ 2012). It’s the characteristics of a group of people‚ defined by their language‚ religion‚ cuisine‚ social habits‚ music‚ and art. The United States is now largely populated by immigrants‚ so the culture surrounding us is ever-changing
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Keidanren. Toyota factory in Japan A new economic order Indian IT Pantheism vs. secularism • No need to maintain & manipulate nature. • Other coping mechanisms Inner discipline • Get control of one’s mind rather than the environment. • Modern form: intellectual discipline‚ academic competition. IIT Mumbai A new economic order Networking. • Efficient way to absorb technical knowledge. A verbal culture. • Well suited to academic discourse‚ information age. Case study: software
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practice of promoting a more powerful culture over a least known or desirable culture. It is usually the case that the former belongs to a large‚ economically or militarily powerful nation and the latter belongs to a smaller‚ less powerful one. Cultural imperialism can take the form of an active‚ formal policy or a general attitude. A metaphor of colonialism is employed: the cultural products of the first world "invade" the third-world and "conquer" local culture. In the stronger variants of the term
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Chinese culture 1. Chinese Tea Culture China is the homeland of tea. It is believed that China has tea-shrubs as early as five to six thousand years ago‚ and human cultivation of teaplants dates back two thousand years. Tea from China‚ along with her silk and porcelain‚ began to be known the world over more than a thousand years ago and has since always been an important Chinese export. At present more than forty countries in the world grow tea with Asian countries producing 90% of the world’s
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Organizational Culture Outline Organizational Culture Dominant culture vs. Subcultures Strong vs. Weak Cultures Functions and Dysfunctions Changing Culture Member resistance Organization Development (OD) Organizational Culture A common perception held by the organization’s members Distinguishes the organization from other organizations Something implicit A system of shared meaning Not something that is written Set of key characteristics that the people in the organization value
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