The document discusses several aspects of cultural diversity and their impact on communication. It explores how culture is shaped by various factors like music, behavior, gender, language, religion and more. Some of the key communication challenges discussed are nonverbal cues, stereotypes, different communication and cognitive styles, values and accents. The document emphasizes understanding different cultural needs and perspectives to improve intercultural communication and finding a workplace culture that suits one's own needs and preferences.

1. WORKING WITH CULTURAL DIVERSITY By Çisil , Esra , Filiz , Özge

2. WHAT IS CULTURE ?

3. HOW DO YOU DEFINE “ C U L T U R E ”

4. CULTURE IS IDENTIFIABLE IN THE SELF!

5. EACH OF US IS CULTURE.

6. EVERYTHING AROUND US CAN SHAPE OUR CULTURE. MUSIC BEHAVIOR AGE GENDER OCCUPANCY LANGUAGE RELIGIOUS ETHNICITY FOOD ART INTERACTION COGNİTIVE

7. Culture is communication, communication is culture.

8. Culture is human-made part of the environment.

9. FACTORS THAT CAUSE COMMUNICATION PROBLEM IN CULTURAL DIVERSITY

10. WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES!!

11. BY ; BODY – LANGUAGE EYE CONTACT GESTURES FACIAL EXPRESSION WE COMMUNICATE MUCH MORE THAN WORDS.

12. NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION What type of body languages do you face in your life?

13. POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE GENERALIZATIONS WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN OUR DAILY LIFES. IT IS VERY COMMON . IT CAN SHOW BELONGINGS. POSITIVE ONE CAN BE JUST AS DANGEROUS FOR A PERSON TO USE AS NEGATIVE ONE.

14. STEREOTYPES Do you see stereotyping as a problem in your working environment?

15. EVEN WHEN THE SAME LANGUAGE IS USED, PEOPLE INTERPRET INFORMATION DIFFERENTLY. THE MESSAGE SENT IS NOT ALWAYS THE MESSAGE RECEIVED. THE SENDER OF THE MESSAGE APPEAR TO BE PUSHY, RUDE, AGGRESSIVE, PASSIVE , ETC. FACTORS INVOLVED IN THIS ARE VOLUME AND RAPIDITY OF SPEECH, TONE OF VOICE, AND EMPHASISON KEY WORDS.

16. COMMUNICATION STYLES How about your experiences?

17. THE FACT THAT PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES ACCOUNTS FOR MANY OF THE PROBLEMS THAT OCCUR WHEN THEY TRY TO INTERACT CROSS-CULTURALLY OR ACROSS GENDERS. CULTURAL, RACIAL, AND GENDER DIFFERENCES

18. LACK OF COMMON EXPEREINCE What are the key experiences that shape our culture ?

19. SOME PEOPLE REACT NEGATIVELY TO ACCENTS. SOME PEOPLE CONSIDER THEM TO BE LESS INTELLIGENT, LESS COMPETENT, E VEN LESS TRUSTWORTHY.

20. ACCENTS Are you bothered by accents?

21. PEOPLE MAKE JUDGMENTS ABOUT OTHERS BASED ON THE KINDS OF EXPRESSIONS THEY USE BECAUSE OF THE REGION OF COUNTRY FROM WHICH THEY COME. THESE SPEAKERS ARE SOMETIMES THOUGHT TO BE UNEDUCATED LESS INTELLIGENT THAN PERSONS WHO DO NOT USE REGIONAL JARGON.

22. REGIONAL JARGON Are you bothered by regional jargon? Why?

23. AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN INTERCULTURAL INTERRACIAL INTER-GENDER COMMUNICATION

24. TRUST Have you ever experienced this?

25. VALUES ARE BELIEFS . OUR VALUES OFTEN REFLECT A LARGER, SOCIAL VALUE SYSTEM. WHEN PEOPLE HOLD DIFFERENT VALUES OR HAVE DIFFERENT BELIEFS, COMMUNICATION MAY BE VERY DIFFICULT.

26. VALUES AND BELIEFS Wh at are Values and Beliefs that creates cultural diversity ?

27. VALUES AND BELIEFS What do you think about having different values ? Is it cause of having different cultures?

28. Needs are universal. But the way we meet them differs.

29. What do you gather from Diversity and Difference ? Do they have the same meaning ?

30. DIFFERENCE & DIVERSITY

31. DIVERSITY THE STATE OR FACT OF BEING DIVERSE; DIFFERENCE UNLIKENESS VARIETY MULTIFORMITY A POINT OF DIFFERENCE DISSIMILARITY

32. DIFFERENCE DIFFERENCE IS AN EXCLUSING TERM .IT IS SETTING APART ONE FROM THE OTHER . FIND 5 DIFFERENCES IN THE PICTURE

33. AS A RESULT , CULTURAL DIVERSITY AGE COGNITIVE STYLE; CULTURE; DISABILITY (MENTAL, LEARNING, PHYSICAL) ECONOMIC BACKGROUND EDUCATION ETHNICITY GENDER IDENTITY ANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN MARITAL/PARTNERED STATUS PHYSICAL APPEARANCE POLITICAL AFFILIATION RACE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS SEXUAL ORIENTATION GEOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND

34. WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU ? What is going on with you ?

35. BASICALLY, THERE ARE TWO DIMENSIONS OF RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS:

36. WE MAY START FROM OURSELVES . UNDERSTAND OUR OWN NEEDS. INSTEAD OF TRYING TO CHANGE PEOPLE WE MAY UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS FIND OUT HOW DOES IT EFFECT THEM. THEN WE CAN REFLECT IT TO OUR SELVES.

37. WE MAY START FROM OTHERS UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS. FIND OUT HOW DOES IT EFFECT US. THEN WE CAN REFLECT IT TO OUR SELVES.

38. IMPOSING YOUR CULTURE IS NOT A SOLUTION.

39. WHAT WE GET IS THE AWARENESS OF NEEDS. NEEDS OF US NEEDS OF OTHERS

40. WHAT SUITS YOU ?

41. FINDING THE CULTURE THAT FITS US!! “ WHAT SUITS YOU?” PLEASE TRY TO GIVE ANSWERS OF THE BELOW QUESTIONS : DO YOU LIKE WORKING IN TEAMS OR ON YOUR OWN? DO YOU LIKE TO GO OUT AFTER WORK WITH COLLEAGUES OR GO STRAIGHT HOME? ARE YOU COMFORTABLE IN A MORE FORMAL OR A MORE CASUAL ENVIRONMENT? THEN, NARROW YOUR JOB SEARCH TO THOSE KINDS OF EMPLOYERS.

42. AFTER FINDING OUT THE SPECIFIC EMPLOYERS THAT FITS US. WHAT DO PEOPLE HAVE THEIR DESKS – FAMILY PICTURES OR ONLY WORK STUFF? ARE OFFICE DOORS CLOSED OR OPEN? THERE ANY DOORS? HOW DOES THE PHYSICAL CLIMATE FEEL? IS IT RELAXED AND CASUAL OR MORE FORMAL? DO PEOPLE SEEM TO BE HELPING EACH OTHER AS THEY WORK? ARE THE BATHROOMS DIRTY?

43. THANK YOU!!!