1. Columbia College’s Mission Statement shows that the college aims to create students who are capable of being self-reliant. As stated in the Mission Statement, part of the college main focus is to provide each student with opportunities that develops their capacity for critical thought and expression. This, in turn, teaches the students how to carefully make reasonable decisions. Likewise, this shows that the college aims to teach the student how to think thoroughly about their life goals. In addition, the college teaches the students how to express themselves directly. Considering that the college aims to teach students to take on responsibility for the actions they make in life, the college shows characteristics of individualistic cultures. Individualistic cultures strive to develop responsible citizens capable of assuming accountability for personal problems and issues (page 5). Thus, the college tries to teach the students how to make wise and goal oriented decisions.
Columbia does not solely focus on the individual student. The college also focuses on the student body as a whole. In other words the College listens to the needs and wants of the whole Koala Community. The mission statement states that …show more content…
The Orangeburg, Calhoun, Allendale, Bamberg, Community Action (OCAB) Agency Mission is to eliminate the causes and condition of poverty in the service area by developing strategies to ensure a better quality of life for disadvantaged and underserved residents. This mission comes with several challenges. For example, a client may be in need of help of paying their utilities and the agency has not received funding from the Federal Government. No matter how explicit OCAB is about saying they don’t have the funds and can’t help, the client is not going to understand that they will not be able to receive any assistance. Those from low-context cultures prefer that messages be explicitly stated rather than simply “understood” by the parties involved (pg.
Columbia does not solely focus on the individual student. The college also focuses on the student body as a whole. In other words the College listens to the needs and wants of the whole Koala Community. The mission statement states that …show more content…
The Orangeburg, Calhoun, Allendale, Bamberg, Community Action (OCAB) Agency Mission is to eliminate the causes and condition of poverty in the service area by developing strategies to ensure a better quality of life for disadvantaged and underserved residents. This mission comes with several challenges. For example, a client may be in need of help of paying their utilities and the agency has not received funding from the Federal Government. No matter how explicit OCAB is about saying they don’t have the funds and can’t help, the client is not going to understand that they will not be able to receive any assistance. Those from low-context cultures prefer that messages be explicitly stated rather than simply “understood” by the parties involved (pg.