Kyle Ingraham Soc-120-02 April 13‚ 2012 Project 2: Cultural Observation Culture is the sum total of learned beliefs‚ values‚ and customs in which a people of a particular society live. Culture is dynamic and always changing but retains patterns that form its basic infrastructure. Many aspects of a people’s society make up one’s culture including religion‚ economy‚ language‚ politics‚ etc. Cultures are not finite and in many instances have there own number of sub cultures within them. This
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Hanan Hassan Cultural Autobiography My name is Hanan Hassan‚ and I was born in September 21‚ 1992 in Jeddah‚ Saudi Arabia. I am the eldest of nine children that consist of four girls including me and five boys. To most people I am an ordinary twenty- one year old who works and goes to school‚ but what most people don’t know is that I’m basically the second mother of my household. Even though my mother is alive and well‚ I was taught at a young age to take responsibility and to be responsible like
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convincing her that I was serious‚ she agreed. Maria and I meet at the Starbucks close to the mall last Saturday and we began the interview. I started off with the first section of questions from the syllabus. I asked Maria "How do assumptions about cultural "norms" impact your interviewee’s behavior on a day-to-day basis"? Maria replied that she didn’t notice the expectations of Mexican norms from other cultures but rather more from her family and other Mexicans. She said "my family expects me to be
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it to your storehouse of knowledge so that you better understand and appreciate other interesting‚ multi-faceted human beings. Practice‚ practice‚ practice. That’s the first rule‚ because it’s in the doing that we actually get better at cross-cultural communication. Don’t assume that there is one right way (yours!) to communicate. Keep questioning your assumptions about the "right way" to communicate. For example‚ think about your body language; postures that indicate receptivity in one culture
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school site were nothing like anything I had seen before. What is culture? I found this definition very helpful “culture generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance” (Wikipedia.com). My first day on Glendale High School campus was frightening. The school is huge‚ 3‚200 students strong. The buildings had three and four stories. I sat in the back of my future classroom‚ which I was due to take over from
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new friends. However‚ Shirley felt more comfortable to stay in the new society because she did not feel lonely and mourning anymore. Most of the new immigrants would be afraid and upset when they came to another country because it had different cultural and
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Change Management‚ The “Business” of Change What is change management? Change management is bridging the gap between what is happening and what is possible. It is managing all of the elements of the change to create a smoother transition and a more comfortable feeling for any given situation. We are creatures of habit and change is not easy for most people. Think about your idea view of life. Do you crave stability or do you thrive on change? Either way‚ change is constant in our lives. Everyone
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Jordan Thompson Dr. Amy Juhala English 238 Diversity Comparison Essay May 11‚ 2011 The Importance of Diversity Diversity comes in different forms such as social and cultural. Social diversity has to do with a person or persons and their feelings‚ what they go through and how they deal with it. Each individual is unique and it is important for children to realize this. Individuals grow up and change because of their society. That is where social diversity comes from. Societies and cultures
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The Importance of Understanding Cultural‚ Ethnic‚ and Gender Differences by Managers and Professionals in a Business Setting Denise Greenwood DeVry University Diversity in the workplace refers to the variety of differences of people in the work setting. Understanding the cultural‚ ethnic‚ and gender differences by businesses and managers is very important. Hospitals have come to realize that employers from various ethnic‚ cultural‚ and gender backgrounds‚ bring a great deal of perspective
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Siqi Yi July 08 2013 Professor Jacobs-Beck Cultural Biography: How My Roots Shape My Identity It is often said that we should not let a single feature of ourselves define who we are. For example‚ a basketball should not only be an athlete‚ but must also value her roles as a sister‚ a daughter‚ a student‚ and anything else that gives her life meaning. A doctor should not only focus on his identity in the medical field but also his place in his neighborhood‚ his church‚ and‚ of course‚ his family
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