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England's Culture Through Double Decker Destiny
1. Engla
nd
Double Decker
Destiny
Unit 2 Summative
Tour Guides: Janice Ngan
and Rebecca Morrow
Professor (Coach)
2. Double Decker Destiny
Tour Outline
1) Belvoir Castle
2) Doncaster
3) Cornwall
4) Lancaster
5) Manchester
6) Wolverhampto
n
3. More than just a sightseeing tour!
Hop-on and hop-off as much as you
Double Decker Destiny wish!
Enjoy our live commentary that brings
England's culture into your colorful,
dramatic life.
7. Counterculture
Doncaster
Punk and Teddy boys
• Clothing, appearance,
music, ideas
-These groups had become part of England’s
culture
-A cultural exchange is one of the major
motivations for the tourist to travel
9. Culture’s impact on Labour Market
Doncaster
• UK's national minimum wage: £6.19
• No child labour in England because it is illegal
in England
• Similar to Canada
11. Cornwall
Low Power Distance
• At a score of 35
• lower rankings of PDI
• believes that inequalities amongst people should be
minimized
• research shows PD index lower amongst the higher
class in Britain than amongst the working classes
12. Cornwall
Individualism
• At a score of 89
• The British are a highly individualistic and private
people.
• Children are taught from an early age to think for
themselves and to find out what their unique
purpose in life is and how they uniquely can
contribute to society.
13. Cornwall
Masculinity
• At 66 Britain is a masculine society – highly success
oriented and driven.
• Critical to understanding the British is being able to
‘’read between the lines’’
• What is said is not always what is meant.
• In comparison to feminine cultures,people in the UK
live in order to work and have a clear performance
ambition.
14. Low Uncertainty avoidance
Cornwall
• At 35
• as a nation they are quite happy to wake up not
knowing what the day brings
• they are happy to ‘make it up as they go along’
changing plans as new information comes to light.
• ‘muddling through’
15. Cornwall
Short Term Oriented
• At 25
• which drives a great respect for history and tradition
as well as a focus on quick results in the future.
• planning horizons tend to be short
• business particularly is very focused on short term
quarterly goals and quick results.
19. Manchester
Government vs. Business
• government regulations: the maximum hours
employees can work in a week, minimum wage and
working environment
• joint “Commonwealth embassies”
• Each year UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) assists a
large number of British companies to visit Hong Kong
and Macao to develop new business partnerships
. “Two nations, but under one Queen,”
Source:news.nationalpost.com/2012/09/23/canada-britain-eye-joint-embassies/
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