When a person from one culture sends a message to a person from a different culture, this process is known as intercultural communication (McDaniel, Samnovar & Porter, 2012). We interact with people from different cultures on a daily basis and therefore it is useful to have knowledge of the theories which develop our intercultural communication skills. Several of these concepts can be explained through stories relayed to me by my friend Victoria, who has experience working with Middle Eastern…
motivating public opinion and communicating effectively in various industries. It is my hope that through a mater’s degree in international relations, I will continue to fine tune my skills, and become an effective player in promoting healthy intercultural relationships among local and international corporations, non-profits, and…
practices about a cultural group. The outcome would be the provision of healthcare to the patient based on cultural desire, cultural awareness, cultural skill, and cultural knowledge (Campinha-Bacote, 2011). The DNP student remembers cultural competence…
From my experience, there is not a specific definition of cultural competence because the interpretation has evolved. However, from an academic standpoint, cultural competency is a collection of congruent behaviors, attitudes and policies that are integrated into a system. This system enables people to work effectively in…
I. The court will likely find Humphrey entrusted the truck to Haley under Alabama common law. “When one person drives a car belonging to another, a rebuttable presumption of entrustment... arise when ownership is established ” Edwards v. Valentine, 926 So. 2d 315, 320 (Ala. 2005). This presumption can be rebutted by strong, clear and undisputed evidence that the driver was neither the agent of the owner nor operating the vehicle with her permission or consent. Thompson v. Harvard, 235 So.2d…
For the week of 09/28/15-10/03/15 I was assigned personnel assignments and did not shadow anyone in the department. I primarily did assignments for the sales team minus two hours where I left the office for new hire orientation. I was unable to tie any of my activities for the past week to any of my chosen competencies. On Monday 09/28/15 the Renaissance held their first new hire orientation since I started my orientation and I was instructed to attend. I learn everything from the benefits that…
Having established one’s own credibility, demonstrated responsibility, and established culture that focuses on results and organizational competence, the leader must ensure that that the right people are in the right role (Collins, 2001). By assessing the availability of roles, and the competencies that are required of each, a leader should make appropriate personnel selections to ensure the…
An Agent of Competency As children, many young boys and girls watch sports on television with the hopes of one day being the one who is scoring the game winning touchdown, or shooting the game winning shot at the buzzer, or landing the perfect 10 to bring home the gold. Upon growing up, many of these same children realize only a select few will achieve that goal and must look for other ways to earn a living. One career path that can be taken that allows one to be part of the sport they love is…
Introduction Rakoczy, Ehrling, Harris, and Schultze 's experiments wanted to evaluate how young children accept advice on topics they have no knowledge in; while how adults make judgements has been well-studied, the way children make judgements has not (Rakoczy et al., 2015, p.71-73). Through these experiments, Rakoczy et al. (2015) wanted to determine whether children actively sought advice from better informed, as adults would; additionally, they wanted to see whether or not children were…
deemed incapable of making informed decisions thus incompetent; therefore, the parents are given the authority to provide or deny consent on behalf of their children. Similarly, elderly who are experiencing deteriorating illnesses may have an altered competence due to being in denial or having fear of the outcome. In relations to the case of Mary C. Northern,…