Essays on Different Culture

Studying Abroad

The idea of studying abroad is a thrilling and sometimes frightening experience to many. Some are apprehensive at the thought, while others cannot wait to see what countries are willing to have them. Much like any other big decision, there are pros and cons to the idea of studying abroad. It does appear that it is a more positive than a negative decision for most. Students get to experience a different culture firsthand, likely learn a new language, and even for lifelong friendships with individuals they would not have otherwise met when studying abroad. Experiencing a new or foreign ...

Movie Review:

Stories of heroes exist within every culture and across many landscapes. The tale of a young girl who took the place of her ailing father to uphold the honor of her family has become legend within the country of China. When this tale was revealed to the world it became a popular and lasting phenomenon. A woman had taken the role of a hero, and in a time of change the story of Mulan became an inspiration to many people, women in particular. The role of the heroine is a role that changes the cultural landscape. This is especially ...

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Health Science Department; Master of Science in Health Administration and Leadership    

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Acknowledgements

This project paper demonstrates the integration of the knowledge I acquired from the courses in Master of Health Administration and Leadership Program and the collaborative application with this project’s community partner, MidMichigan Health to improve the community health in Gratiot County, Michigan. I am thankful for getting this valuable opportunity to work with a large healthcare organization. First and foremost, I would like to thank my parents who worked really hard to financially and emotionally support me in pursuing further education overseas. They comfort me every ...

Introduction:

Healthcare professionals work in the community and members of the community have diverse cultures. There are practices that are acceptable in different cultures and those that are not. It is important for a healthcare professional to be aware of the cultural factors of healthcare professionals so that they can remain respectful of the consumer’s culture as they provide their services. Furthermore, according to Lie, Lee-Rey, Gomez, Bereknyei & Braddock (2011) it helps improve patient outcomes. Description of the relevance and relationship between culture/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and cultural competence: Cultural competence is the awareness that a person possesses about different ...

A Man Called Horse is a movie whose setting is that of the 1820’s America. Its main cast is Lord John Morgan an English Aristocrat who goes hunting in America and is captured by a tribe called the Sioux. Lord John is severely mistreated by the tribe but with time and with the help of a fellow captive, learns the tribe’s language and culture. He begins to appreciate the tribe’s way of life and after winning a fight gains the respect of the people. Lord John starts to develop feelings for the chief’s sister and ...

The current publication on the literature of post-colonialism presents a lot of history as well as defining the evolution of certain societies. Author’s concerned with postmodernism have tried to explain the origin of societal characteristics that never existed until after the colonial era. Much of this literature dwell on the assumption that the colonizers were entirely superior compared to the characteristics of the colonies. India, in this case, presents a perfect study scenario where the interaction between the colonizer – Britain – and the immediate society surfaces behavioral changes. Such literature is well presented in the Novel entitled, “God of ...

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Modern business organizations have identified the real value of workforce diversity in order to enhance the overall organizational performance. In strategic management, managers of the business organizations have utilized workforce diversity to promote significant changes within the workforce culture. By realizing the presence different people coming from a different culture, age group, religion, linguistic culture, race and diverse background, organizational managers need to implement significant strategies to maintain a swift-working environment for every employee. By promoting efficient and suitable training programs that lead to the essence of workforce diversity, management of an organization can control some of the major ...

Introduction

The most important variable that enables mankind achieve beyond their imagination is communication. Communication is however only enabled through understanding different cultures and only then will we be able diversify and achieve greatness. This helps individuals resolve the numerous crises facing the planet since we understand different ways of thinking through culture. The book Beyond Culture by Edward T. Hall explains the different ways to improve interaction in different cultures. The book also discusses the problems that could be experienced when interacting with different cultures and the guided pathways in achieving the goal of breaking cultural barriers. ...

Communication is conveying of the message that carries meaning. In an effective communication setup, there must be a sender and the receiver. When the receiver of the message acts as the sender intended then, the process is effective. The receiver of the message is required to send feedback to show that the message was well conveyed. The cost of communication should be low enough. However, the noises that arise in most of the communication setup usually make most of the communication ineffective and in most cases costly.

Managers of all organizations have a responsibility to communicate effectively to the employees ...

In Yo-Yo Ma’s talk, which he gave in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2008, the famous cellist gives his opinion on globalisation (19).

One passage in particular made me think about what globalization means for the culture of different people around the world. As a musician, Yo-Yo Ma has had many opportunities to travel the world and listen to and play all kinds of music from all kinds of cultures. He explains that this helps him, and all the other international musicians he plays with, to learn about the culture and the music of another country, and so they stop ...

IHRM

Introduction Firms that do not have the quality human resource face challenges in managing its operations globally and in attracting quality human resource (Farndale, Scullion, and Sparrow, 2010). Therefore it is critical for firms to manage their human resource. For this reason, the practices of human resource management are decisive in the success of the organization. As firms expand their operations to different countries, organizations have to consider a lot more factors than they have to when they are managing an organization that operates in only one country (Adler, 2002). Therefore, the role of international human resource management practices ...

In her book, Dionne Brand portrays a clear picture of what tags along when one identifies themselves with a certain people from a certain culture. Through her various life experiences we are able to have a clear view of what goes down when people get tangled in others of a different culture from theirs. Some occurrences are sickening as you have to endure doing what probably never crossed your mind. Different cultures trim people differently and the difference may be so crucial as to make those in a foreign culture feel left out or else in the wrong place. When Africans were being traded ...

Abstract

Studying abroad is dream of various students who want to gain knowledge on specific subjects, cultures, languages and technologies. Some people consider it as unnecessary especially in the era of globalization when knowledge in not restricted within the boundaries of any specific country. This paper discusses about various aspects associated with studying abroad. The paper informs about several benefits students gained while studying in different country such as gaining knowledge on other cultures, values and social relationship that do not exist in their home country and knowledge of other languages. Living in a foreign country allow students to evaluate social ...

Introduction

When it comes to organizations, then there are certain things and provisions always be convicted accordingly. Organizations always strive hard for the economic prosperity and no organization wants them to distract from their core mantra. Organization is termed as a place where-in people belong to different demographics and mindset works together merely for the achievement of a single and pre-specified goal. There are certain issues that may interfere in the operations of the company, or it could be said that these issues may pamper them not to expand positively and effectively. The main perspective of this assignment is to analyze ...

Culture shock is a problem we face every day, particularly when we travel overseas. It is the behavioral and emotional reaction to working or living in another culture. Every person can experience culture shock in a different way based on his or her personality. Culture shock is mainly characterized by anxiety, disorientation and by paranoid or depressed behavior. Notably, there are three groups of people that are prone to culture shock; those experiencing a very different culture within their own countries, those outside of their own countries and former ex-patriots who are going back home. Arguably, culture shock is among the biggest ...

12.12.2014 INTRODUCTION: Culture is a vague term defined by experts engaged in different academic experiences in a unique way. The analysis of term according to sociologists differs from that of to anthropologists, but in any case the description remains analogous. The definition provided by western languages refers culture as a “civilisation” or “enlightenment of mind” .The British Catholic Christopher Dawson described culture as an adaption in accordance with the environment made to fulfil the monetary demands. Hofstede argued by defining culture in terms of features distinguishing one group from the other. (Matthias Boeing 2012, pp.3 and 4)Interpreting the descriptions for ...

Summary of the critical incident

During a recent holiday that I had a residential weekend in Newcastle. I took part in a small group and completed many tasks together. My leader told me that I am needed to integrate into the other people’s culture and enjoy it. The reasons for informing me that I need to share ideas during the teamwork. The teamwork has had playing of a major role in the social life and activities I associate with regularly. During the task such as” building the bridges with a span measured over 3 meters, “different country have different ways of doing things. I was unconsciously denying myself the ...

1. Cultural influences are factors that deeply affect the learned behavior of a certain group of people. They are the traditions, shared practices, values and goals that characterized a particular society. A person may act differently from others maybe because he came from a different culture. It is also important that we understand how cultures differ. People from different culture may be more expressive than the others. One culture might appreciate independence from the family while the other longs for the closeness and warmth it brings. How our culture influenced us and it is more helpful if we understand how the culture ...

United States: The Revis family of North Carolina

Introduction Obesity in United States has increased significantly over past three to four decades. Obesity is prevailing in the country and leading huge population to various health problems. More than 65 percent American adults are obese. America is a diversified country with presence of multiple cultures, race and ethnic groups. Culture impacts life style and eating habits of individuals in a great manner. In America it was observed that rate of obesity is not same across all different ethnic groups which generate a need to understand how culture or ethnicity impacts the weight of a person due to eating habits and selection ...

Executive summary

The art of communication has changed as globalization has set contrasting organizations cultures on a crash process. Although many organizations have tried to ease their operations by assimilating the business cultures of stronger economies, cultural diversity is still common and continues to impact on organizations. It includes language barrier that limits employee interaction and employee fallout. Other forms also reveal the art of communication rather than what is spoken. Touching, personal space, requests, friendly exchange, status, and body language are among the form of communication that varies in the different culture, and hence affect how people communicate in the working ...

Introduction

People’s culture defines their ways of life and the activities they engage in daily. However, the culture of a group of people also determines the interactions they have with the society and the rhythm of life. It is easy for cultural differences to create a good rhythm in life when people learn to acknowledge the diversity as strength while some people may view it as a source of conflict in a society.“The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down “by Anne Fadiman is an example of how cultural differences affect the whole society in all aspects (Fadiman, 1998). However, when we ...

I am a Muslim based in the Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is the heart of the Muslim culture. Most of the citizens in the country believe in the sharia laws. In the country, there are many Muslims with the Arab culture in their bases. I am a student based from the Arabian culture with the Muslim believes. I finished high school in the year 2012. By then I had many ambitions to study further in the process of pursuing my career. I have explored several careers and finally landed on the chemical engineering major. This career is involved with the ...

How does the social media contribute to the spread and advancement of pop culture?

One of the phenomena’s of today’s popular culture is the emergency of social networking. Everywhere you hear about twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, MySpace and Facebook. In a group of 100 people aged 18 to 45, 80% of them are on the social media (Baumann, 142). With the wide spread use of cell phones, and the increased number of people who have joined the social media everyone from grade school children to grandparents are tweeting or posting. Web grounded network services make it possible to link people across various regions. Through prompt messaging and e-mail, online communities are created. Facebook ...

Impression management and integrative negotiation are as most crucial for knowing others in relation to transformational leadership. Through impression management, a supervisor or a subordinate can exert influence in an organization. In turn, integrative negotiation can generate a more collaborative working relationship in one’s company. Both concepts can be effective strategies for leaders. The succeeding sections explain these two concepts.

Impression Management

Impression management is defined by Schlenker as the “attempt by individuals to control the image they project in social interactions” (qtd. in Kacmar, Wayne and Wright 499). In organizations, for example, supervisors can influence the way their subordinates see them by ...

A country’s justice and security administration are the fundament for both economic and political sectors. It is therefore crucial to set in place a stable and reliable system. Cultural practices and influences, on the hand have undermined the proper implementation of justice and security administration. In reference to a justice and security system perspective, the cultures have contributed to a variety of positive and negative impacts to the in all aspects of life. Culture influence and effect demand for most attention in order to ensure that there is effective and efficient security administration system and justice. The law, which guides ...

Introduction

In the current global scenario when the driving forces of globalization like communication, transportation, advent of technologies, transnational companies and internet have diminished boundaries, the work place environment has become extremely diverse and multiculturalism has become a norm in global organizations. Though multiculturalism brings in some challenges but if those challenges can be overcome with proper implementation of strategies then diversity adds more value to an organization in terms of competitive advantage. A multicultural organization is an organization that consists of not only a diverse workforce, but in which all the minority sections are well integrated into different levels of the ...

Addressing Cultural Encounters

- How would you define societal culture in your own words? Societal culture, also known as national culture, is that culture which is shared by the members of a society, or a group of individuals, often within national borders. A culture is often defined as a collection of values, assumptions and traditions that are shared by the members of that society. It follows, thus, that some cultures exceed the national borders, which, particularly for African countries, do not reflect cultural societies, much like the linguistic boundaries. A societal culture, then, is that culture which is shared and transmitted by members of a ...

Introduction

Today, interracial marriage is one of the most commonly debated topics in the field of sociology and anthropology today. Not a lot of people get to understand what interracial marriage really is or what it really is all about, or what it even means. Basically, interracial marriage is a process or a phenomenon that occurs when two people, who came from two differing ethnic or racial groups, become bound by law, culture, and religion. In the simplest terms, interracial marriage occurs when two people who both came from a different culture marry and converge to form a single unit of society, or what is ...

Introduction

In his famous autobiographical book the Hunger of Memory: the Education of Richard Rodriguez, Richard Rodriguez, a renowned public speaker and author expertly illustrates his personal experiences of emotional disconnect and societal alienation. He explores how this has had a tremendous influence on his life from his childhood as a first generation Mexican-American boy. The main thesis or theme of the book form the author’s point of view is that the society together with the education system in general requires a radical revision for it to be able to produce people who do not have alienation from life like the he ...

Introduction

The definition of cultural heritage tourism according to the national trust is the travelling to see and experience a place and activities that authentically represent the stories and the people of the past as well as the present.( Prins, H.2000). These include cultural practices, natural resources available and historic sites. In most countries which practice tourism, they find it that tourism contributes a lot towards developing their economies. In a situation where proper cultural heritage is done, it helps not only in protecting our nation’s culture but also it protects cultural treasures. It also improves the quality of life of the ...

Humanities

The most important cultural artifact for 2012 is the cell phone. The historical roots are based on people’s urge to communicate. New technology has always been used to facilitate communication. Even starting with prehistory this has been true. After fire was invented fires were lit on hillsides to send information to the next village. In the story titled The Iliad by the ancient Green called Homer, fire as a communication tool was described. In Book 18 of The Illiad Homer describes how during a war at night fires were lit so that the people in other islands would come to ...

TITTLE; Deep insights into how managers deal with cross cultural issues in a multinational company. DHL being the multinational company focused on. - Introduction - Importance of considweragtion of culture - Issues in organizations due to cultural differences - Cultural practices in other multinational organizations: - Cultural discrimination in organizations: - Measures taken by managers to solve cultural issues: - Methods used for employees: - DHL cultural strategy: - Conclusion: - References

Introduction:

Multinational organizations often employ people from various countries across the globe and are often in search of top ...

Executive summary

This report takes on a personal, critical incident to illustrate various approaches in understanding cross cultural communications. It aims to explore the communication problems which arise from cultural differences. By way of a narrative inquiry and analysis, the critical incident is related to general workplace miscommunications which happen when verbal and non verbal communications do not cross the same level of understanding between the sender and the receiver. This report applies three specific theories: theory of verbal communications by Mellor (1990), theory of non verbal communications by Ekman & Friesen (1969), and theory of individualism and collectivism by Hofstede (1980) to ...

Introduction

Diverse cultural background in the work place focuses on issues such as religion, race, ethnicity, gender, and social values. Having a diverse workforce or employee in terms of cultural background is requires that the employers take into account the various needs of their employee. For instance, some of the needs that have to be considered include: dressing, religious practices, customs, social value, family obligations, and non verbal behaviors (Rugman & Collinson, 2009). Different cultures have different expressions for these aspects. For example, some cultures require specific dressing code such as wearing turbans at all times, while other cultures may require ...

Cover letter

I hereby wish to express my interest for this position of Assistance manager at Café Nero, Newbury which was posted on the Daily Echo website on Thursday 19th January 2012. A have a working experience in the wholesale and retail industry both as an employee and part of the marketing management team. I have also worked in several other organizations under different capacity. During my summer internships, I have worked in the marketing department of a few companies. Currently am pursuing business management in my first year. However, I have also completed other relevant English and business courses that ...

Abstract

This paper discusses the issue of personal values, personal identity, and challenges that counselors face when engaged in multicultural counseling. The issues are addressed from a personal perspective and experience at work. It gives my personal world views in every category of variables that shape people’s culture. It also describes how my personal values have influenced the way I interact with other people in the society. Lastly, the paper analyzes in-depth, the challenges and opportunities I have faced working in a multicultural environment.

Personal identity and growth

Part 1:

Every person has their own world view and cultural values on issues such as race, ...

Introduction

Consumer feedback is important in marketing, therefore communication has been used to enhance consumer feedbacks are evaluated. Therefore, in marketing business managers should listen to ideas of customers before implementing various strategies into the organization. The value of communication in business is comparable to the value of creating a good working environment and making money. Therefore this is a clear indication that communication is a very important tool of business. Communication is mainly used in marketing products of an organization (Courtland 2000). Thus the way an organization communicates to its customers is very crucial and it determines whether the organization will be ...

Arguably, consumer is the most important individual in the entire market and business. Therefore, it is useful to study where, how, when and why people do or do not by a certain brand. Consumer behavior gives a view on the decisions made by the buyer when purchasing a certain brand in the market. Notably, cultural sensitivity is one factor that affects the decisions and the behavior of the consumer. Actually, cultural sensitivity means being aware of the cultural similarities and differences existence and its effects on learning values and behaviors. As a matter of fact, culture is a very challenging issue for many marketers, ...