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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ACADEMIC DIMENSION All of us around the world have many very important activities‚ events‚ or experiences along our lives‚ which are kept in our minds as stories to remember forever. Some of them are sad and make us feel homesick and some are very happy that make us feel very exited; but In this essay I am going to tell you about my academic story by answering the following questions. What school did I attend? What was school like for me? What prompted me to consider teaching as a career? What does
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is another fundamental issue for any society‚ to which a range of solutions can be found. The IBM studies revealed that (a) women’s values differ less among societies than men’s values; (b) men’s values from one country to another contain a dimension from very assertive and competitive and maximally different from women’s values on the one side‚ to modest and caring and similar to women’s values on the other. The assertive pole has been called ’masculine’ and the modest‚ caring pole ’feminine’
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Definitions of the dimensions of health Humans have been around for many centuries. In this century‚ we are growing more aware of the negative effects illness and stress have on the human body. We are also becoming aware of the necessary steps needed to be healthy and accomplish a longer life span. With the ever-growing number of diseases around the human population‚ it is imperative that humans realize the importance of being healthy. People believe health is attained by just eating healthy foods
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written contracts‚ meeting agendas and so on. Examples: Lawyers representing angry clients Example of countries: North America‚ UK‚ Australia 3. Outline and briefly discuss the five Hofstede dimensions. How might each of these dimensions impact on work practices? Hofstede’s 5 culture dimensions: Power distance Power distance expresses the degree to which the less powerful members of a society accept and expect that power is distributed unequally. The essential matter here is how a society
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The Dimensions of Othello the Tragic Hero How does one define a “tragic hero?” Aristotle illustrates such a character as an overall great person with very noble traits‚ but one who is not perfect. Many will look up to these tragic heroes; however each hero will have a specific flaw. This “tragic flaw” will ultimately lead to that character’s downfall. Also‚ these characters will often have the abilities to both recognize their tragic flaws in the end and also connect with the audience in some way
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Dimension | SI Units | English Unit | Length | meter(m) | foot(ft) | Mass | kilogram(kg) | pound-mass(lbm)1 | Time | second(s) | second(s) | Electric Current | ampere(A) | ampere(A) | Thermodynamic Temperature | kelvin(K) | rankine (R)1 | Amount of Substance | mole(mol) | mole(mol) | 1http://www.mne.psu.edu/cimbala/Learning/General/units.htm Conversion Factors Length 1 m= 3.281 ft 1 m = 39.37 in. 1 ft= 0.305 m 1 cm= 0.394 in. 1 in. = 2.540 cm 1 ft. = 30.48 cm 1 yd= 91.44
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of life. Notorious Japanese workaholism is another expression of their masculinity. It is still hard for women to climb up the corporate ladders in Japan with their masculine norm of hard and long working hours. Uncertainty avoidance The dimension Uncertainty Avoidance has to do with the way that a society deals with the fact that the future can never be known: should we try to control the future or just let it happen? This ambiguity brings with it anxiety and different cultures have learnt
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Two Basic Dimensions of Leadership 1. Task Orientation( initiating structure) Task orientation relates to Blake and Mouton’s concern for production. It is the quality of a manager who maintains strong discipline to task completion and deadlines. A highly task-oriented manager maintains focus on timing and quality of work and‚ at the extreme‚ can lose sight of the importance of showing consideration for employees. A leader with strong orientation often gets labeled as an authoritarian leader
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Orientation – Past‚ Present‚ Future Basic Human Nature – Evil‚ Neutral/Mixed‚ Good Activity Orientation – Being‚ Contain/Control‚ Doing Relationships among People – Ind. Group‚ Hierarchical Space Orientation – Private‚ Mixed‚ Public Hofstede’s Dimensions of Cultural Values (1980‚ 2001) – work-related values Individualism / collectivism Low / High Power Distance Weak / Strong Uncertainty Avoidance Masculinity / Femininity (Mas – tough‚ value of success‚ money; Fem – tender‚ personal relationship
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