CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF CULTURAL SHOCK Kasie Sepeda Professor Scherf 11/19/2012 Outline I. What is Cultural Shock a. serious phenomenon and a long-winded process b. Real culture shock can happen in places you expect to be similar II. Effects of cultural shock a. Happen when you take a culture for granted. b. Can affect your job‚ family‚ etc. III. Causes of cultural shock a. Can cause mild uneasiness or temporary homesickness to acute unhappiness or even‚ in extreme
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Culture Shock What is culture shock? Culture shock is primarily a set of emotional reactions to the loss of perceptual reinforcements from one ’s own culture‚ to new cultural stimuli which have little or no meaning. (Adler‚ 1975) In layman ’s terms‚ culture shock is the anxiety resulting from losing one ’s sense of when to do what and how. (Pederson‚ 1988) There are many different ways to experience culture shock. It can be experienced across the world or as near as one ’s backyard. Many Americans
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becomes a tool for creating an understanding about what we now recognize as organization and management. Gareth Morgan suggests a way of thinking and a way of seeing organizations as multiple of metaphors e.g. organizations as a machine (mechanistic approach)‚ organizations as organisms (organic approach)‚ and organizations as cultures etc. In this paper I will discuss an issue raised by Gareth Morgan‚ 1986 that "One of the major strengths of the culture metaphor rests in the fact that it directs attention
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Maturity Stage This stage view the company new product become less new and it is now standardized‚ well known and established in the current market. It is increasingly distributed to larger markets in national or even in international dimensions. Price wars intensify against competitor brands and substitution products will cause the company production facilities move to location to have cheaper labour in order for the company to control costs. Sales volume in this stage will be maximized as the
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Septic Shock case study Introduction This paper is talking about the patient who has septic shock then use the holistic nursing care to him. Holistic care is defined‚ as total patient care that include the physical‚ psychological‚ economic‚ and family needs of the person; Holistic nursing is using a knowledge‚ theories‚ and proficiency interaction with people in their care (Lucia‚ 2013) The definition of the septic shock is systemic inflammatory response syndrome‚ caused by any type of bacteria
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Culture is the social behavior and norms found in human societies‚ it consists of a group of people with its language‚ region‚ cuisine‚ social habits‚ music‚ and arts. Cultures have been around for many centuries and people continue to practice some type of culture on a daily basis. Many people benefit from remedies‚ foods‚ arts‚ language‚ mathematics‚ agriculture‚ and science that aid with survival. A particular culture called Maya civilization began in the early A.D. 200-900 and contribute many
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needs change for individuals and their families at different stages of their lives. Due to the varying range of ability and disability in ASD the needs of individuals and their families are rather diverse. In the early stages parent/s of individuals with ASD will need lots information and guidance from professionals including an‚ accurate diagnoses as this paves the way to the right levels of support. The support and understanding from partners/extended families and friend’s is also important as in
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Shivam Kaushal Historical Investigation Part III- Report What were the various purposes and the significances of the Colosseum to Rome and Roman culture? The Roman Colosseum was more than a mere colossal monument. It served many purposes and held significance not just culturally but both architecturally and politically. Though its history leaves an unavoidable trail of blood and death‚ it’s still regarded as an important milestone in the history of human art and architecture. Before the construction
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Continuing with the connection between the past and the present‚ a more modern day Greek poet’s (George Seferis) work was recited while a women and a centaur take the stage. Light explodes‚ and a Cycladic statue appears. Cycladic art is one of the first human forms of Greek art known. The comparison between George Seferis’s poem and ancient art is a clear connection of ancient and modern day Greek‚ but in an artistic
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Nothing is but what is not Macbeth is faced with the burden of choosing between acting on good or evil because of the witch’s prophecy to him. They claim it is in the prophecy for Macbeth to be king; this leaves Macbeth with the difficult decision of killing the current king‚ because for the prophecy to become true‚ Duncan must die. He thinks to himself that this supernatural soliciting cannot be good nor can it be evil. If what the witch’s said is evil‚ then how is he Thane of Cawdor? Macbeth
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