Cultural Misunderstandings Darcy Lingg PSYC3540 – Culture‚ Ethnicity & Diversity Capella University March 2014 My example of a cultural misunderstanding is between a doctor and a Chinese patient. Are you drinking plenty of fluids? < Patient thoughts: I wonder why he is asking me that‚ what it is with these people and water > I don’t like the water here. It’s too cold. I don’t know what’s wrong with people here that they drink that. Really??? And what happens when you drink the
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Cultural Competency I approached a social worker who works with a charity organization. The organization helps children from different cultural background who due to poverty they cannot afford basic needs such as place to stay‚ education and food. The organization comes to their aid by providing the basic necessities to them. The organization tends to deal with children from diverse cultural backgrounds. As a result a number of challenges are faced when dealing with the children. In order to
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Socio-cultural .Where different social classes spend their time and money 1. Social classes in Australia. Societies are divided into different social classes. In Australia‚ 。。。 2. Where different social classes spend their money . Every family spent money on four ways: 1) visible products‚ 2) insurance‚ 3) entertainment‚ and 4) food. The individual’s consumption patterns can correctly signify family’s class position. The lower class spend the biggest percentage on basic living‚ to be more
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Managing cultural diversity in an organization i. Introduction The world is now on the way to reach with globalization‚ all the countries in the world try to share their labors‚ try to create their relationship‚ and they are all trying to work to together among the different nations. In this context‚ all the people need to adapt themselves with the different cultural situation. Managing cultural diversity is the most importing thing in the world of globalization. Cultural diversity is defined
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Cultural Sensitivity Cross-cultural issues play a big roll in international marketing. Understanding how cultural differences can affect a marketing strategy‚ both negatively and positively‚ is essential in obtaining success in expanding a business to another country. A country’s economy‚ laws‚ culture‚ language‚ and business practices are factors for consideration when wanting to expand a product in another country. Having a complete understanding a country’s lifestyle and expectations can only
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Cultural Safety Principles Assignment BNKH501 Z Group 2010001919 29/03/12 Monigue Dalziel 1610 words Garrod‚ A. (2002). Cultural safety: Living with a disability. Whitireia Nursing Journal‚ 9‚ 14-19. Every unique person living with a disability is part of a wider disability culture. This culture shares their experiences‚ values‚ beliefs and their general ways of life. Within a population‚ the disability culture has minimal power due to being the minority. Annette Garrod reminds us about
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February 4‚ 2011 Cultural Competence in Physical Therapy Practice To be culturally competent physical therapists need to understand their own world view and those of the patient‚ while avoiding stereotyping and misapplication of scientific knowledge (cross‚ et al. 1989). Therapists must take into account eight characteristics that involve the dimensions of diversity: age‚ race‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ ethnicity‚ mental and physical activity‚ religion and socioeconomic status. But before they
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CULTURAL VALUES AND PERSONAL ETHICS PAPER Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper Nipa Khatlawala University of Phoenix Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper Personal‚ organizational‚ and cultural values are the basis of an individual ’s personal and professional decision-making style. These values are the key ingredients that make up our core beliefs. Values are ideas that are actions which could be right or wrong‚ good or bad that are the basis of human action (Tosi 2000). Personal
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Global Business Cultural Analysis: Germany July 7‚ 2012 Liberty University Abstract The Indian population in the United States as increased over the years. There are signs that they are they are very successful in opening and running their own businesses. It would be interesting to know if the same opportunities are available in India as they are in the United States. This paper researches India’s trade partners; their religious culture; India’s economic status and major industries; as
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“Cultural Norms” By: Tiffany Rushing Cultural norms are behavior patterns that are typical of specific groups. (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory) We have cultural norms due to how we do things as a country‚ the community we live in‚ and how our families do things. We learn at very young ages what is considered normal‚ which is what a cultural norm is. One of our country’s cultural norms is the emphasis on promptness
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