Cultural competence

manner. Growing up in West Virginia, a predominantly Caucasian state, Caleb was not exposed to such cultural diversity and thus had no one to tell him that his language would be offensive in the workplace. Caleb simply used the language his peers used in a non-racist or hateful manner; he just did not know he would be offensive to some people. With this, Caleb expressed a low level of cultural competence, “the level of knowledge a person has about others who differ in some way in comparison with…

Importance of Cross Cultural Education and Training for Employees in the United States Leigh Ann Murphy Touro University Worldwide Executive Summary This proposal was conducted to examine the importance of cross cultural training among managers and employees in the U.S. with the goal of cultivating strong relationships with our associates and clientele with cultural differenecs and foreign employees. The research conducted draws attention to the most successful forms of managerial cultural…

an everyday part of an American childhood, such as sleepovers and after-school activities. Although being bilingual now has its own benefit, where I was one of few that spoke Spanish, it set me apart from the other children. In addition to these cultural difficulties, my parents both worked in factories, coming with its own stigma both inside my family and out. It created…

Monochronic and Polychronic Differences: Time Introduction A cultural anthropologist named, Edward Hall, introduced the concepts of low context and high context cultures in the mid twentieth century. A wide range of characteristics and behaviors determine the context classification of a culture. And within the two different cultural contexts, identified by Hall, there is a contrasting view of time, which is considered to be a non-verbal tool for communication. The study of how different…

Therapeutic communication is an essential skill to possess as a nurse. It is the nurse’s responsibility to interact with their patients in a way that treats the body as well as the mind and spirit. Jean Watson’s Theory of Caring is a central theory to nursing practice. This theory incorporates many aspects of therapeutic communication. Jean Watson describes the Ten Caritas Processes, all of which revolve around the idea of healing the person as a whole, instead of just the body. She describes…

Have you ever wondered how the world communicated before the use of a translator? The answer is simple, non-verbal communication. Also recognized as universal communication. There are three main types of non-verbal communication; however I will touch on three. The main types of universal communications are body language; this can be anything from a smile to a hand shake. The second is voice tones; the tones of our voices can say a lot. Humans are the only specials that communicate with words.…

How do the poems “If—”, “Telephone Conversation”, “Remember”, and three other poems present and explore conflict. Conflict occurs everywhere, anytime, and doesn’t have to involve many people. “If—” presents the conflict between an individual and other people, which is also an individual’s conflict with society. “Telephone Conversation” presents the conflict between races in society. Both of these are examples of external conflict, which involves more than one person. “Remember”, on the other…

In modern life, there are full of communication. It accompanies us at all times— in school, in the home and in the society. On one hand we have to say with others, but someone will afraid of talking with strangers on the other hand. When we meet this problem, human communication is important in our life.In the following, I will share a story with you about myself in the mainland. The interpersonal conflict Two weeks ago, I went to mainland China to spend Spring Festival with my family. On…

1. What are some examples of nonverbal communication? Explain the importance of nonverbal communication displayed during a speech. Justify your answer with specific examples from your own speeches and the speeches of others. Examples of nonverbal communication include facial expression, body movement, and eye contact. The reason why it is important to know to is to get a sense of a read on you as a speaker and as a listener of a speech. One example of nonverbal communication is something I do…

eye contact, body language and or haptics we are sending strong messages to those who are around us in a nonverbal way. As a result, several factors may account for the type of nonverbal communication that we use. Such can include: environmental, cultural, social, educational, religious and many other factors. Eye contact as defined by Dictionary.com is, “A meeting of the eyes of two persons regarded as a meaningful nonverbal form of communication” (p.1). In other words,…