7 Elements Of Culture

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  • + guestcd0a31 guestcd0a31 6 months ago
    thanks that a good slide show too bad now i cant copy paste =) thanks i learned this earlier in high school and i forgot
    haha wow could of scrolled down thanks again lol i dumb XD
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    I am doing an oral presentation about the elements of Organizational Culture for one of my graduate classes and this visual helped. thanks!
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    that REALLY helped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    thank u
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    helped alot
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    Thank you so much!! Great slide show!!
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  1. Culture The 7 Elements of Culture
  2. Culture
    • Culture : everything that makes up a person’s entire way of life
  3. 7 Elements of Culture
    • Social Organization
    • -When a culture organize its members into smaller groups
          • What might some smaller groups be in a culture?
            • Families
            • Friends
            • Religious groups
            • Social classes
    • Occupation
    • Interest groups
    These are things that all cultures have in common. What might some of those things be?
    • Social Organization , cont.
    • - family : the most important unit of social organization
            • Nuclear family- husband, wife, children
            • Extended family- several generations in one household
            • - respect for elders is usually strong in extended fams.
    7 Elements of Culture
    • Social Organization , cont.
    • - social classes : a way to rank people in order of status
        • What can social class be based on?
          • Money
          • Occupation
          • Education
          • Race
          • Etc.
    7 Elements of Culture
  4. 7 Elements of Culture
    • 2. Customs and Traditions
    • - rules of behavior (written and unwritten)
    • Language
        • Important for communication and passing on traditions and beliefs
    7 Elements of Culture
    • There is some debate about making English the official language of the United States.
    • 4. Arts and Literature
    • - teach about a culture’s values
    • - promote cultural pride and unity
    7 Elements of Culture
    • Religion
        • Monotheism : belief in one god
        • Polytheism : belief in more than one god
      • Major World Religions
        • Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism
    7 Elements of Culture
    • 6. Forms of Government
        • People form governments to provide for their common needs
        • Types
          • Democracy : people have supreme power
          • Republic : people choose leaders to represent them
          • Dictatorship : a ruler or group holds power by force
    7 Elements of Culture White House Great Britain’s Houses of Parliament
    • Economic Systems
        • Four types
        • 1. Traditional : people produce most of what they need to survive
        • 2. Market : basic economic questions are answered by buying/selling goods and services
        • 3. Command : government controls answers to economic questions
        • 4. Mixed : individuals make some economic decisions, the government makes others
    7 Elements of Culture
  5. Ways Cultures Change
    • Technology
          • Cars, telephone, computers, TV dinners
    • Environment Changes
    • New Ideas (like recycling)
    • 4. Diffusion : movement of customs and ideas from one place to another
  6. Be Careful of…
    • Ethnocentrism : judging other cultures by the standards of your own
          • Assuming your own culture to be the best
    • Racism : belief that one racial group is naturally superior to another
          • Race is a culture thing. It does not actually, physically exist.

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