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Introduction Why is Cultural Competency important in health care? “Cultural Competence in health care describes the ability of systems to provide care to patients with diverse values, beliefs and behaviors, including tailoring delivery to meet patient 's social, cultural, and linguistic needs” (Betancourt, Green, & Carrillo, 2002). In health care, cultural competence is important in many aspects. Without cultural competency one would not have the ability to provide proper care to patients that…

understanding and respect for individual and/or group behaviors and attitudes must be a consideration when approaching HR practices such as motivation, recruitment, employee-employer communications, and performance and reward systems. Organizational cross-cultural competency, or the ability for employees to understand their own culture as it relates to other cultures to successfully reconcile differences, is a key challenge to HR practices. As the world gets smaller and cultural connections…

Culture Value Orientations: Changing Society by Understanding Culture Culture consists of collective forms of human intelligence. Through each of these various forms, one can find unique identity characteristics from culture to culture. Characteristics such as differing beliefs and value systems on topics include: relationships, power, gender roles, and political stances. Cultural identity is important because it allows diversity which prohibits everyone from being the same. In each…

the ambulance. This poster would urge men to join the Red Cross because they would feel rewarded for their duties and that they could save the lives of many soldiers. The background of the image on this poster is what appears to be a bomb going off, the trees look frail and burned down, and the soldier having bandages on his head and elbow with blood on them demonstrating the conditions of war. As written in the poster, the American Red Cross was looking for many positions including drivers,…

subsidiaries and this can greatly reduce tension arising from different national cultures, and speed up organisational change. National cultural issues have led to gradual increase of research in cross-cultural management. Hofstede’s cultural dimension studies and the globe leadership study have greatly assisted cross-cultural management. As discussed above, understanding and accepting national cultural differences is important in any business relationship, either it internal or external to the…

congruent behaviors, attitudes and policies that are integrated into a system. This system enables people to work effectively in cross-cultural situations (Cross et. al., 1989). Cross indicated there are several fundamental features, which contribute to a system’s success. They include: valuing diversity, the ability for cultural self-assessment, and awareness of cross-cultural dynamics and adapting the delivery of services, which reflect an understanding of cultural…

Theme #1: Gender Issues The first theme we discussed in class was Gender Issues which includes gender inequality and stereotypes. Gender issues affect both men and woman. We learned the difference between Gender (a sociological category) and Sex (reproductive organs and individual is born with) and within these terms are issues that are portrayed in the media (Croft, 2016). There are also certain gender stereotypes that are directed to either male or females. If a man associates himself with a…

The author explains the corporate culture with the three subtypes: commitment to task, personal relationship, and task-oriented. His findings show there was no distinction made between the different subgroups and talks about how different cultures identify themselves. Trompenaars’ and Hampden-Turner dimension is when people need to put personal life before business. They believe that having a good relationship at work is important before focusing on business objectives. The diffuse dimension is…

The readings “Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context” by Geert Hofstede, “How Cultures Collide” by Edward T. and Elizabeth Hall and “The Role of Culture and Perception in Communication” by Marshall Singer present different models, terminologies and definitions to expose the phenomenon of culture according to each’s author individual perspective. By understanding what culture is, one can also comprehend the meaning and importance of intercultural communication. Hofstede…

Understanding Intercultural Communication Intercultural communication primarily focuses on how people from differing cultures, background, beliefs and/or communities communicate across different cultures When attempting to further understand communication across cultures, it is important to understand that cultural differences stem not only from different languages being spoken or individual origins being different of ones own birth country or region; cultural differences can appear from those…