Module 3: The following chapter is module 3, titled “Develop Intercultural Communication Skills in Pastoral Settings”. This module starts with “Goals” and “Outcomes” for the upcoming sections. It is easy to see and identify upcoming issues, as well as learning outcomes. In addition, this module concentrates on self-view, social groups, and cultural conflicts. It helps identify dimensions of different groups, collectivist or individualist in nature. The next section of this module starts with…
Introduction With an evolving global workforce, the ability to adapt to and embrace cultural diversity in the workplace, remains an ongoing challenge necessary to tackle, and an opportunity for organizations to thrive in the market. This field research paper will focus on exploring the issues and the benefits of cultural diversity, intercultural relationships and communication in the workforce. The use of data collection will be used in this paper along with discussion from interviewing a…
Indonesia is part of Southern Asia culture cluster which holds values in strong family connections and a deep concern for their communities. (West,2016) Provided is a picture that shows the overall cluster’s societal practices and values. “For the overall cluster’s societal practices are high on group collectivism (5.87), power distance (5.39), and humane orientation (4.72) and low on gender egalitarianism (3.28). The other cultural dimensions are rated in the mid-range, around an average of 4.…
One leader whom I admire the most is my old cross country and track coach, Jim Koterba. Mr. Koterba, I still call him that from first having him as a Social Studies teacher in middle school, had one of the most challenging jobs I could image from a leadership perspective. Most people think of business’s and corporations when they think of management, but many forget that those guiding our youth everyday are just as engaged in leadership than any corporate executive. I’ve been able to view Mr.…
Technology & Social Media’s Role in Cultural Competence Education With the internationalization of technical exchanges and the increasing popularity of social media in the everyday lives of today’s society, the need for cultural competence education has become the focus of educators as well as the technical community. Cultural competence is the capacity to change one’s attitudes, values and behavior so as to be open and flexible with other cultures and has become increasingly crucial for…
than 2 then dummy is equal to 1. The coefficient on the interaction term between the ADR and performance is negative and significant when the LTO dummy is equal to 1. It suggests that cross-listed firms from countries with the higher LTO value become more sensitive to the poor performance compared with the non-cross-listed firms from the same country. For the firms in the countries with lower than US LTO index, the interaction term is positive, which means the firms become less sensitive to…
1.0 Introduction 1.1 Athlete’s Profile The male athlete that has been chosen is currently competing competitively in athletics and his main events are 800m, 1500m and cross-country. He is 19 years old and has been in the sport for 6 years. He has participated in many track competitions organized by Singapore Athletics Association and also by other external organization. He has also won numerous events such as the Orange Ribbon Run (5km) in his age group. 1.2 Mental Skill Questionnaire The…
individual, communicated from one generation to the next” (Matsumoto, 1996). Taking into account this concept there is a difference between the broad concept of culture and the cross-cultural negotiation, which by the matter of our study is the best approach to the negotiation between Dutch and Colombian culture. In this sense, cross-cultural…
values, religion, traditions, and ideas. Not all cultures are identical to one another; some may or may not share the same characteristics depending on what region that country or society falls in. Before implementing counterinsurgency, one must be cross-cultural competence by having cultural awareness. This essay will offer cultural awareness of Spain focusing on three Operational Environment (OE) variables. Discussions will cover areas such as physical geography, military conflict history,…
1. Introduction This study explores how five contemporary international artists who work and create artwork with “migration” as a theme, and how they have conceptualized their artistic and social identities through their personal experiences. Through these five artists, the study seeks to understand and explore how displacement is used as a technique to express their life experience. The five artists chosen to demonstrate this approach are Jacob Lawrence, Tracey Moffatt, Gerald Machona, Suh…