The 6-D model of national culture
Geert Hofstede, assisted by others, came up with six basic issues that society needs to come to
term with in order to organize itself. These are called dimensions of culture. Each of them has
been expressed on a scale that runs roughly from 0 to 100.
Dimension maps of the world: Individualism
Each dimension has been derived by comparing many, but not all, countries in
the world. The findings can be summarized into six world maps of the distribution
of that dimension. Of course, in reality there can be quite a bit of within-country
variation; these maps should be seen as rough 'climate maps' of culture.
The last two dimensions
The last two dimensions were found later, and in different studies, than the first
four. This is why different countries appear on the world maps. These maps are
taken from the 2007 book "Why we are different and similar" by Michael Minkov.
In our 2010 book they are re-scaled to a 0-100 format. Remember, the numbers
do not really 'mean' anything. They are just there for convenience.
Dimension maps: Long-term Orientation
Culture-Based Negotiation Styles
In an anonymous article, a Japanese writer describes United States negotiators as hard
to understand. One of the reasons for this, we are told, is because "unlike Japanese,
the Americans are not racially or culturally homogenous."[1] While it is difficult to
characterize any national or cultural approach to negotiation, generalizations are
frequently drawn. These generalizations are helpful to the extent that the reader
remembers that they are only guides, not recipes. Any generalization holds true or not
depending on many contextual factors including time, setting, situation, stakes, history
between the parties, nature of the issue, individual preferences, interpersonal dynamics
and mood.
Any generalization will apply to some members of a group some of the time. This is best
seen by considering generalizations about groups to which you belong. If you hear that
women or men tend to negotiate in this way, or Americans in another way, what effect
does it have on you as a member of these groups? If you want to answer, "Actually, it
depends," you are among the majority, for most of us resist easy categorization and
broad classifications. At the same time, it can be useful to back up and attempt to see
ourselves and others from a distance so that the patterns and habits that define what is
"normal" in negotiation can be examined for what they are: culturally bound and
culturally defined common sense.
In this essay, some generalizations about cultural and national approaches to
negotiation will be outlined. These may help negotiators and mediators prepare for
negotiations by raising the kinds of differences that occur across cultures, and pointing
out possible pitfalls of lack of attention to cultural factors. They should be taken as a
series of starting points rather than defini.
INCA Survey InformationINCA is an acronym for intercultural comp.docxbradburgess22840
INCA Survey Information
INCA is an acronym for intercultural competency assessment. The purpose of the INCA survey is to examine your intercultural awareness.
Intercultural competence – what does it mean?
Intercultural competence enables you to interact both effectively and in a way that is acceptable to others when you are working in a group whose members have different cultural backgrounds. The group may consist of two or more people including yourself. ‘Cultural’ may denote all manner of features, including the values and beliefs you have grown up with, your national, regional and local customs and, in particular, attitudes and practices that affect the way you work.
Three strands of cultural competences include:
• Openness
• Knowledge
• Adaptability
Openness includes respect for otherness and tolerance of ambiguity. > To be open means to be open to the other and to situations in which something is done differently. You can tolerate your partner as being different and doing things differently.
Knowledge includes knowledge discovery as well as empathy. > You not only want to know the ‘hard facts’ about a situation or about a certain culture, but you also want to know, or you know something about, the feelings of the other person. You also know how your interlocutor feels.
Adaptability includes behavioral flexibility and communicative awareness. > You are able to adapt your behavior AND your style of communication
The INCA survey addresses:
· Communicative awareness
· Respect for others
· Empathy
After completing the survey, use the following to determine your cultural awareness level:
Respect for Others: basic level
Addresses only one culture. Describes the behaviour of one person as negative (e.g. Mr Parker is focused on pursuing his own interests) Criticises one culture (e.g. ‘The Chinese can’t do business’) Sees one attitude towards work as the only correct attitude (e.g. Mr Parker’s attitude ‘business is business’ is correct) Uses negative attributes to describe a person (e.g. ‘Mr Wang is not a good businessman’) Mr Parker should have addressed the importance of the business deal more clearly He should have made threats to leave the country without the deal
Respect for Others: intermediate level
Mostly addresses one culture, sometimes addresses both Describes the behaviour of both persons as neutral Does not criticise the two cultures involved Sees one attitude towards work as better than the other, but also sees the other attitude Does not use negative attributes for one or both of the persons involved Mr Parker should have been better alert to the other person He didn’t give a satisfactory answer to the question about his family
Respect for Others: full level
Describes both cultures (e.g. both persons come from different cultural spheres with different but equal rules) Identifies rules from both cultures (e.g. typically direct way of speaking in English vs. typically indirect way of speaking i.
MAKING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS WORK: OUTLINE
Commercial success through increased cultural understanding
Diversity of thinking and respect for other peoples’ perspectives are critical virtues for the leadership of global corporations, and the successful interaction of businesspeople across cultures. Misunderstanding between team members of different nationalities, or with customers from different cultures, can cause extreme problems in business.
This course is all about success through increased cultural understanding. It is a great help to anyone who:
• Works with colleagues from a range of countries and cultural backgrounds
• Deals with clients or colleagues in a range of other countries and cultures
• Needs to solve cross-border commercial issues swiftly and effectively
It is a distillation of all the best wisdom on the topic – the best writing, the most interesting interaction models, and the most informative anecdotes.
In the morning, we cover:
• What is culture?
• How do national traits affect individual behaviour?
• How do corporate cultures do the same?
• What are the cultural characteristics of different nationalities?
• How can they be used to deal effectively other cultures?
• How can different characteristics be deployed in multi-cultural teams?
• How does all this affect approaches to communication, decision-making, meeting etiquette, negotiation styles, scheduling, and trust?
In the afternoon, we address the specific issues of the attendees.
• In a team with multiple cultures, we examine what they all are, and explain the worldviews of all the nationalities present. Poignant examples lead to greater realization of the attitudes of others.
• Where attendees regularly deal with other cultures, we examine their characteristics to create greater understanding and increase the likelihood of harmonious business relations.
• All of this is applied to group work on the multi-cultural team or on specific clients.
To achieve this, I need a full rundown on the cultural backgrounds of all the attendees (and/or their clients) in advance, so that I can prepare the correct blend of tailor-made examples to match their specific needs.
Kevin Duncan has travelled to over 70 countries, and worked with people from dozens of different nationalities.
9.1 UNDERSTANDING CULTURAL DIFFERENCESCulture encompasses the va.docxsleeperharwell
9.1 UNDERSTANDING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
Culture encompasses the values and norms shared by members of a group and the economic, social, political, and religious institutions that shape and mold their activities. At a fundamental level, these cultural values frame and guide the interpretation of experience, the processing of information, and the ways people communicate. It is possible to describe culture as a shared set of basic assumptions and values, with resultant behavioral norms, attitudes, and beliefs that manifest themselves in systems and institutions as well as behavioral and nonbehavioral patterns. There are various levels to culture, ranging from the easily observable outer layers, such as behavioral convention, to the increasingly more difficult to grasp inner layers, such as assumptions and values. Culture is shared among members of a group or society and has an interpretative function for the members of that group. Culture is situated between human nature on the one hand and individual personality on the other. Culture is not inheritable or genetic, but rather is learned. Although all members of a group or society share their culture, expressions of culture-resultant behavior are modified by an individual’s personality.
People create their culture as a way to adapt to their physical environment. Customs, practices, beliefs, and traditions for development and survival are passed along from generation to generation. Your culture facilitates day-to-day living by making sense out of your surroundings. The following characteristics of cultures can influence the way an individual might negotiate:
· Self-identity: Cultures provide an individual with a sense of self, which can be manifested anywhere from extreme independence to extreme interdependence. In a negotiation, this cultural sense of self may dictate whether the parties see negotiations as a competition or an opportunity to collaborate.
· Relationships: Cultures also organize the relationships between individuals according to age, sex, status, or degree of kinship. Such relationships may influence a negotiation by dictating who the culture recognizes as its leaders, who makes the decisions, and who will be governed by those decisions.
· Communication: Verbal and nonverbal communication distinguishes one culture from another. A multitude of languages, dialects, and colloquialisms combine with body language and gestures to make communication unique within cultures and subcultures. Another aspect of communication relevant to negotiations is whether the culture exchanges information in a direct or indirect manner.
· Time and time consciousness: In some cultures time may be viewed as a cycle, constantly reoccurring so that it involves many simultaneous experiences and people. Or time can be viewed as a lineal, sequential event. In that case, time once lost is never regained. A culture that views time as lineal and finite will expect negotiations to begin on time and to finish as soon .
Cross Cultural Communication with reference to India, Netherlands and New Zealand.
What is culture ?
I
ceberg Theory Of Culture
Cross Culture Communication
Organizational Culture
Brief Introduction of Countries
India, Netherlands and New Zealand
Fundamental Dimensions of Culture
Trompenaars’ and Hampden-Turner’s 7 dimensions of culture
Etiquette and Customs
India
Netherlands
New Zealand
Business Etiquette and Protocol
India
Netherlands
New Zealand
1
MBA 670 Capsim: Strategic Decision Making
Project 5 - Creating an International Business Plan
Learning Topics
2
MBA 670: Strategic Decision Making
Project 5 Learning Topics
1 Assess the Characteristics of MediCorp's Potential Customers in
the Selected Country
International Cultural Differences
Communications, teamwork, organizational hierarchy, and positive attitudes toward management roles
are essential in any organization. These are crucial in international business, as problems are often
exacerbated by subtle cross-cultural differences. When defining roles in multinational teams whose
members have diverse attitudes and expectations about organizational hierarchy, these cultural
differences can present a challenge.
Culture is a system of values and norms that is shared among a group of people. The ways people
interact socially, their mutual expectations, and the values they share all have consequences for doing
business and managing across cross-cultural boundaries.
How a country's cultural differences relate to international business can be seen in the following
examples:
• In Japan, social hierarchy and respect for seniority are highly valued and are reflected at the
workplace. Those in senior management positions command respect and expect a formality and
deference from junior team members.
• In Scandinavian countries, societal equality is emphasized. Workplaces therefore tend to have a
comparatively flat organizational hierarchy. In turn, this organization can result in relatively
informal communication and an emphasis on cooperation across the organization.
• The way to address colleagues and business partners varies in different countries. While
Americans and Canadians tend to use first names, in Asian countries such as South Korea,
China, and Singapore, colleagues tend to use the formal address, Mr. or Ms. So do Germans and
many Europeans.
• The concept of punctuality also differs between cultures. Where an American may arrive at a
meeting a few minutes early, an Indian or Mexican colleague may arrive well after the scheduled
start time and still be considered on time.
• Attitudes to work also differ. While some may consider working long hours a sign of commitment,
others may view it as an encroachment on their personal time and a sacrifice of essential family
time.
• Greeting customs are highly culture- and situation-specific. In the United States and Canada, a
simple handshake while looking a person in the eye is the norm. In Japan, bowing is the
traditional greeting—the deeper the bow, the greater the respect shown. In India, you put hands
together as in prayer and say "namaste." In Arab countries, men might hug and kiss each other
(but not a woman) on the cheek.
• In Latin America and the Middle East, the acceptable physical distance needed to respect
someone's personal space is much shorter than what most Europeans and Americans feel
comfor.
1
MBA 670 Capsim: Strategic Decision Making
Project 5 - Creating an International Business Plan
Learning Topics
2
MBA 670: Strategic Decision Making
Project 5 Learning Topics
1 Assess the Characteristics of MediCorp's Potential Customers in
the Selected Country
International Cultural Differences
Communications, teamwork, organizational hierarchy, and positive attitudes toward management roles
are essential in any organization. These are crucial in international business, as problems are often
exacerbated by subtle cross-cultural differences. When defining roles in multinational teams whose
members have diverse attitudes and expectations about organizational hierarchy, these cultural
differences can present a challenge.
Culture is a system of values and norms that is shared among a group of people. The ways people
interact socially, their mutual expectations, and the values they share all have consequences for doing
business and managing across cross-cultural boundaries.
How a country's cultural differences relate to international business can be seen in the following
examples:
• In Japan, social hierarchy and respect for seniority are highly valued and are reflected at the
workplace. Those in senior management positions command respect and expect a formality and
deference from junior team members.
• In Scandinavian countries, societal equality is emphasized. Workplaces therefore tend to have a
comparatively flat organizational hierarchy. In turn, this organization can result in relatively
informal communication and an emphasis on cooperation across the organization.
• The way to address colleagues and business partners varies in different countries. While
Americans and Canadians tend to use first names, in Asian countries such as South Korea,
China, and Singapore, colleagues tend to use the formal address, Mr. or Ms. So do Germans and
many Europeans.
• The concept of punctuality also differs between cultures. Where an American may arrive at a
meeting a few minutes early, an Indian or Mexican colleague may arrive well after the scheduled
start time and still be considered on time.
• Attitudes to work also differ. While some may consider working long hours a sign of commitment,
others may view it as an encroachment on their personal time and a sacrifice of essential family
time.
• Greeting customs are highly culture- and situation-specific. In the United States and Canada, a
simple handshake while looking a person in the eye is the norm. In Japan, bowing is the
traditional greeting—the deeper the bow, the greater the respect shown. In India, you put hands
together as in prayer and say "namaste." In Arab countries, men might hug and kiss each other
(but not a woman) on the cheek.
• In Latin America and the Middle East, the acceptable physical distance needed to respect
someone's personal space is much shorter than what most Europeans and Americans feel
comfor.
The History of the Study of Intercultural Communication
General Understanding of Culture
Attributes and Character of Culture
Directions and Goals of Culture
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The Allegory of the Cave
At the beginning of Book VII of Plato’s Republic, Socrates famously invokes an image of human nature with respect to education and the lack of it, likening our situation to that of prisoners in a cave. Imagine an underground cave-like dwelling, its entrance entirely out of sight. Inhabiting this cave are human beings whose feet and necks are chained so that they can neither get up nor turn their heads; they can only see straight ahead. Above and behind them burns a fire, and between them and the fire there is a raised path and a low wall, like the screen above which performers display their puppets. Behind this wall men pass to and fro carrying statues and figures of human beings, animals, and other objects in such a manner that the artifacts appear over the top of the screen, projecting onto the wall opposite the fire. The prisoners, unable to see neither the objects carried behind them nor one another, behold only the shadows of themselves and of the statues cast onto the wall in front of them.
The prisoners represent the vast majority of the human race: “they’re like us.” They live in a world in which images are mistaken for realities. What is a shadow, after all, but a mere image of something real (in this case a statue, which is itself an image of something even more real, namely a living human being or animal)? Moreover, the prisoners have not the faintest clue that throughout their entire lives they have been exposed to nothing but distortions of the truth—they are, in other words, unaware of their ignorance (just like Euthyphro, the fanatical young priest about whom you will read in the next chapter). The shadows represent the authoritative opinions that govern the hearts and minds of whole communities, and give a transcendent purpose and meaning to our particular existence.[1] These shadows are to be contrasted with the light of truth illuminating the world beyond the cave (but which also makes the shadows visible within it). The people carrying the statues are the lawgivers and poets who establish the cultural values and cosmic worldview that characterize and define a given society. In his excellent commentary on Plato’s Republic, Professor Allan Bloom explains: “We do not see men as they are but as they are represented to us by legislators and poets. A Greek sees things differently from the way a Persian sees them. One need only think of…the significance of cows to Hindus as opposed to other men to realize how powerful are the various horizons constituted by law or convention.”[2] These authoritative opinions are not accurate reflections of nature, but rather a curious amalgam of natureandconvention. To quote once again from Professor Bloom: “The first and most difficult of tasks is the separation of what exists by nature from what is merely made by man.”[3]
This, precisely, is the business of philosophy, which literally means “the love of wisdom,” coming from the ancient Greek words philein, meaning “to .
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The Allegory of the Cave
1. Plato realizes that the general run of humankind can think, and speak, etc., without (so far as they acknowledge) any awareness of his realm of Forms.
2. The allegory of the cave is supposed to explain this.
3. In the allegory, Plato likens people untutored in the Theory of Forms to prisoners chained in a cave, unable to turn their heads. All they can see is the wall of the cave. Behind them burns a fire. Between the fire and the prisoners there is a parapet, along which puppeteers can walk. The puppeteers, who are behind the prisoners, hold up puppets that cast shadows on the wall of the cave. The prisoners are unable to see these puppets, the real objects, that pass behind them. What the prisoners see and hear are shadows and echoes cast by objects that they do not see. Here is an illustration of Plato’s Cave:
From Great Dialogues of Plato (Warmington and Rouse, eds.) New York, Signet Classics: 1999. p. 316.
4. Such prisoners would mistake appearance for reality. They would think the things they see on the wall (the shadows) were real; they would know nothing of the real causes of the shadows.
5. So when the prisoners talk, what are they talking about? If an object (a book, let us say) is carried past behind them, and it casts a shadow on the wall, and a prisoner says “I see a book,” what is he talking about?
He thinks he is talking about a book, but he is really talking about a shadow. But he uses the word “book.” What does that refer to?
6. Plato gives his answer at line (515b2). The text here has puzzled many editors, and it has been frequently emended. The translation in Grube/Reeve gets the point correctly:
“And if they could talk to one another, don’t you think they’d suppose that the names they used applied to the things they see passing before them?”
7. Plato’s point is that the prisoners would be mistaken. For they would be taking the terms in their language to refer to the shadows that pass before their eyes, rather than (as is correct, in Plato’s view) to the real things that cast the shadows.
If a prisoner says “That’s a book” he thinks that the word “book” refers to the very thing he is looking at. But he would be wrong. He’s only looking at a shadow. The real referent of the word “book” he cannot see. To see it, he would have to turn his head around.
8. Plato’s point: the general terms of our language are not “names” of the physical objects that we can see. They are actually names of things that we cannot see, things that we can only grasp with the mind.
9. When the prisoners are released, they can turn their heads and see the real objects. Then they realize their error. What can we do that is analogous to turning our heads and seeing the causes of the shadows? We can come to grasp the Forms with our minds.
10. Plato’s aim in the Republic is to describe what is necessary for us to achieve this reflective understanding. But even without it, it remains true that our very ability to thi.
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INCA is an acronym for intercultural competency assessment. The purpose of the INCA survey is to examine your intercultural awareness.
Intercultural competence – what does it mean?
Intercultural competence enables you to interact both effectively and in a way that is acceptable to others when you are working in a group whose members have different cultural backgrounds. The group may consist of two or more people including yourself. ‘Cultural’ may denote all manner of features, including the values and beliefs you have grown up with, your national, regional and local customs and, in particular, attitudes and practices that affect the way you work.
Three strands of cultural competences include:
• Openness
• Knowledge
• Adaptability
Openness includes respect for otherness and tolerance of ambiguity. > To be open means to be open to the other and to situations in which something is done differently. You can tolerate your partner as being different and doing things differently.
Knowledge includes knowledge discovery as well as empathy. > You not only want to know the ‘hard facts’ about a situation or about a certain culture, but you also want to know, or you know something about, the feelings of the other person. You also know how your interlocutor feels.
Adaptability includes behavioral flexibility and communicative awareness. > You are able to adapt your behavior AND your style of communication
The INCA survey addresses:
· Communicative awareness
· Respect for others
· Empathy
After completing the survey, use the following to determine your cultural awareness level:
Respect for Others: basic level
Addresses only one culture. Describes the behaviour of one person as negative (e.g. Mr Parker is focused on pursuing his own interests) Criticises one culture (e.g. ‘The Chinese can’t do business’) Sees one attitude towards work as the only correct attitude (e.g. Mr Parker’s attitude ‘business is business’ is correct) Uses negative attributes to describe a person (e.g. ‘Mr Wang is not a good businessman’) Mr Parker should have addressed the importance of the business deal more clearly He should have made threats to leave the country without the deal
Respect for Others: intermediate level
Mostly addresses one culture, sometimes addresses both Describes the behaviour of both persons as neutral Does not criticise the two cultures involved Sees one attitude towards work as better than the other, but also sees the other attitude Does not use negative attributes for one or both of the persons involved Mr Parker should have been better alert to the other person He didn’t give a satisfactory answer to the question about his family
Respect for Others: full level
Describes both cultures (e.g. both persons come from different cultural spheres with different but equal rules) Identifies rules from both cultures (e.g. typically direct way of speaking in English vs. typically indirect way of speaking i.
MAKING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS WORK: OUTLINE
Commercial success through increased cultural understanding
Diversity of thinking and respect for other peoples’ perspectives are critical virtues for the leadership of global corporations, and the successful interaction of businesspeople across cultures. Misunderstanding between team members of different nationalities, or with customers from different cultures, can cause extreme problems in business.
This course is all about success through increased cultural understanding. It is a great help to anyone who:
• Works with colleagues from a range of countries and cultural backgrounds
• Deals with clients or colleagues in a range of other countries and cultures
• Needs to solve cross-border commercial issues swiftly and effectively
It is a distillation of all the best wisdom on the topic – the best writing, the most interesting interaction models, and the most informative anecdotes.
In the morning, we cover:
• What is culture?
• How do national traits affect individual behaviour?
• How do corporate cultures do the same?
• What are the cultural characteristics of different nationalities?
• How can they be used to deal effectively other cultures?
• How can different characteristics be deployed in multi-cultural teams?
• How does all this affect approaches to communication, decision-making, meeting etiquette, negotiation styles, scheduling, and trust?
In the afternoon, we address the specific issues of the attendees.
• In a team with multiple cultures, we examine what they all are, and explain the worldviews of all the nationalities present. Poignant examples lead to greater realization of the attitudes of others.
• Where attendees regularly deal with other cultures, we examine their characteristics to create greater understanding and increase the likelihood of harmonious business relations.
• All of this is applied to group work on the multi-cultural team or on specific clients.
To achieve this, I need a full rundown on the cultural backgrounds of all the attendees (and/or their clients) in advance, so that I can prepare the correct blend of tailor-made examples to match their specific needs.
Kevin Duncan has travelled to over 70 countries, and worked with people from dozens of different nationalities.
9.1 UNDERSTANDING CULTURAL DIFFERENCESCulture encompasses the va.docxsleeperharwell
9.1 UNDERSTANDING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
Culture encompasses the values and norms shared by members of a group and the economic, social, political, and religious institutions that shape and mold their activities. At a fundamental level, these cultural values frame and guide the interpretation of experience, the processing of information, and the ways people communicate. It is possible to describe culture as a shared set of basic assumptions and values, with resultant behavioral norms, attitudes, and beliefs that manifest themselves in systems and institutions as well as behavioral and nonbehavioral patterns. There are various levels to culture, ranging from the easily observable outer layers, such as behavioral convention, to the increasingly more difficult to grasp inner layers, such as assumptions and values. Culture is shared among members of a group or society and has an interpretative function for the members of that group. Culture is situated between human nature on the one hand and individual personality on the other. Culture is not inheritable or genetic, but rather is learned. Although all members of a group or society share their culture, expressions of culture-resultant behavior are modified by an individual’s personality.
People create their culture as a way to adapt to their physical environment. Customs, practices, beliefs, and traditions for development and survival are passed along from generation to generation. Your culture facilitates day-to-day living by making sense out of your surroundings. The following characteristics of cultures can influence the way an individual might negotiate:
· Self-identity: Cultures provide an individual with a sense of self, which can be manifested anywhere from extreme independence to extreme interdependence. In a negotiation, this cultural sense of self may dictate whether the parties see negotiations as a competition or an opportunity to collaborate.
· Relationships: Cultures also organize the relationships between individuals according to age, sex, status, or degree of kinship. Such relationships may influence a negotiation by dictating who the culture recognizes as its leaders, who makes the decisions, and who will be governed by those decisions.
· Communication: Verbal and nonverbal communication distinguishes one culture from another. A multitude of languages, dialects, and colloquialisms combine with body language and gestures to make communication unique within cultures and subcultures. Another aspect of communication relevant to negotiations is whether the culture exchanges information in a direct or indirect manner.
· Time and time consciousness: In some cultures time may be viewed as a cycle, constantly reoccurring so that it involves many simultaneous experiences and people. Or time can be viewed as a lineal, sequential event. In that case, time once lost is never regained. A culture that views time as lineal and finite will expect negotiations to begin on time and to finish as soon .
Cross Cultural Communication with reference to India, Netherlands and New Zealand.
What is culture ?
I
ceberg Theory Of Culture
Cross Culture Communication
Organizational Culture
Brief Introduction of Countries
India, Netherlands and New Zealand
Fundamental Dimensions of Culture
Trompenaars’ and Hampden-Turner’s 7 dimensions of culture
Etiquette and Customs
India
Netherlands
New Zealand
Business Etiquette and Protocol
India
Netherlands
New Zealand
1
MBA 670 Capsim: Strategic Decision Making
Project 5 - Creating an International Business Plan
Learning Topics
2
MBA 670: Strategic Decision Making
Project 5 Learning Topics
1 Assess the Characteristics of MediCorp's Potential Customers in
the Selected Country
International Cultural Differences
Communications, teamwork, organizational hierarchy, and positive attitudes toward management roles
are essential in any organization. These are crucial in international business, as problems are often
exacerbated by subtle cross-cultural differences. When defining roles in multinational teams whose
members have diverse attitudes and expectations about organizational hierarchy, these cultural
differences can present a challenge.
Culture is a system of values and norms that is shared among a group of people. The ways people
interact socially, their mutual expectations, and the values they share all have consequences for doing
business and managing across cross-cultural boundaries.
How a country's cultural differences relate to international business can be seen in the following
examples:
• In Japan, social hierarchy and respect for seniority are highly valued and are reflected at the
workplace. Those in senior management positions command respect and expect a formality and
deference from junior team members.
• In Scandinavian countries, societal equality is emphasized. Workplaces therefore tend to have a
comparatively flat organizational hierarchy. In turn, this organization can result in relatively
informal communication and an emphasis on cooperation across the organization.
• The way to address colleagues and business partners varies in different countries. While
Americans and Canadians tend to use first names, in Asian countries such as South Korea,
China, and Singapore, colleagues tend to use the formal address, Mr. or Ms. So do Germans and
many Europeans.
• The concept of punctuality also differs between cultures. Where an American may arrive at a
meeting a few minutes early, an Indian or Mexican colleague may arrive well after the scheduled
start time and still be considered on time.
• Attitudes to work also differ. While some may consider working long hours a sign of commitment,
others may view it as an encroachment on their personal time and a sacrifice of essential family
time.
• Greeting customs are highly culture- and situation-specific. In the United States and Canada, a
simple handshake while looking a person in the eye is the norm. In Japan, bowing is the
traditional greeting—the deeper the bow, the greater the respect shown. In India, you put hands
together as in prayer and say "namaste." In Arab countries, men might hug and kiss each other
(but not a woman) on the cheek.
• In Latin America and the Middle East, the acceptable physical distance needed to respect
someone's personal space is much shorter than what most Europeans and Americans feel
comfor.
1
MBA 670 Capsim: Strategic Decision Making
Project 5 - Creating an International Business Plan
Learning Topics
2
MBA 670: Strategic Decision Making
Project 5 Learning Topics
1 Assess the Characteristics of MediCorp's Potential Customers in
the Selected Country
International Cultural Differences
Communications, teamwork, organizational hierarchy, and positive attitudes toward management roles
are essential in any organization. These are crucial in international business, as problems are often
exacerbated by subtle cross-cultural differences. When defining roles in multinational teams whose
members have diverse attitudes and expectations about organizational hierarchy, these cultural
differences can present a challenge.
Culture is a system of values and norms that is shared among a group of people. The ways people
interact socially, their mutual expectations, and the values they share all have consequences for doing
business and managing across cross-cultural boundaries.
How a country's cultural differences relate to international business can be seen in the following
examples:
• In Japan, social hierarchy and respect for seniority are highly valued and are reflected at the
workplace. Those in senior management positions command respect and expect a formality and
deference from junior team members.
• In Scandinavian countries, societal equality is emphasized. Workplaces therefore tend to have a
comparatively flat organizational hierarchy. In turn, this organization can result in relatively
informal communication and an emphasis on cooperation across the organization.
• The way to address colleagues and business partners varies in different countries. While
Americans and Canadians tend to use first names, in Asian countries such as South Korea,
China, and Singapore, colleagues tend to use the formal address, Mr. or Ms. So do Germans and
many Europeans.
• The concept of punctuality also differs between cultures. Where an American may arrive at a
meeting a few minutes early, an Indian or Mexican colleague may arrive well after the scheduled
start time and still be considered on time.
• Attitudes to work also differ. While some may consider working long hours a sign of commitment,
others may view it as an encroachment on their personal time and a sacrifice of essential family
time.
• Greeting customs are highly culture- and situation-specific. In the United States and Canada, a
simple handshake while looking a person in the eye is the norm. In Japan, bowing is the
traditional greeting—the deeper the bow, the greater the respect shown. In India, you put hands
together as in prayer and say "namaste." In Arab countries, men might hug and kiss each other
(but not a woman) on the cheek.
• In Latin America and the Middle East, the acceptable physical distance needed to respect
someone's personal space is much shorter than what most Europeans and Americans feel
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The History of the Study of Intercultural Communication
General Understanding of Culture
Attributes and Character of Culture
Directions and Goals of Culture
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The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Committee on Adolescent Health, has published an opinion paper on Comprehensive Sexuality Education. Click
here
to read the opinion then respond to the following questions.
At what age should sexuality Education begin in a public school setting?
Is public or community Education an appropriate manner to teach sexuality?
What should the curriculum include or exclude?
Who should be responsible for developing and approving the curriculum?
What are the pitfalls and benefits of incorporating social media as an educational tool?
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The Allegory of the CaveAt the beginning of Book VII of Plato’s .docxtodd801
The Allegory of the Cave
At the beginning of Book VII of Plato’s Republic, Socrates famously invokes an image of human nature with respect to education and the lack of it, likening our situation to that of prisoners in a cave. Imagine an underground cave-like dwelling, its entrance entirely out of sight. Inhabiting this cave are human beings whose feet and necks are chained so that they can neither get up nor turn their heads; they can only see straight ahead. Above and behind them burns a fire, and between them and the fire there is a raised path and a low wall, like the screen above which performers display their puppets. Behind this wall men pass to and fro carrying statues and figures of human beings, animals, and other objects in such a manner that the artifacts appear over the top of the screen, projecting onto the wall opposite the fire. The prisoners, unable to see neither the objects carried behind them nor one another, behold only the shadows of themselves and of the statues cast onto the wall in front of them.
The prisoners represent the vast majority of the human race: “they’re like us.” They live in a world in which images are mistaken for realities. What is a shadow, after all, but a mere image of something real (in this case a statue, which is itself an image of something even more real, namely a living human being or animal)? Moreover, the prisoners have not the faintest clue that throughout their entire lives they have been exposed to nothing but distortions of the truth—they are, in other words, unaware of their ignorance (just like Euthyphro, the fanatical young priest about whom you will read in the next chapter). The shadows represent the authoritative opinions that govern the hearts and minds of whole communities, and give a transcendent purpose and meaning to our particular existence.[1] These shadows are to be contrasted with the light of truth illuminating the world beyond the cave (but which also makes the shadows visible within it). The people carrying the statues are the lawgivers and poets who establish the cultural values and cosmic worldview that characterize and define a given society. In his excellent commentary on Plato’s Republic, Professor Allan Bloom explains: “We do not see men as they are but as they are represented to us by legislators and poets. A Greek sees things differently from the way a Persian sees them. One need only think of…the significance of cows to Hindus as opposed to other men to realize how powerful are the various horizons constituted by law or convention.”[2] These authoritative opinions are not accurate reflections of nature, but rather a curious amalgam of natureandconvention. To quote once again from Professor Bloom: “The first and most difficult of tasks is the separation of what exists by nature from what is merely made by man.”[3]
This, precisely, is the business of philosophy, which literally means “the love of wisdom,” coming from the ancient Greek words philein, meaning “to .
The Allegory of the Cave 1. Plato realizes that the general run .docxtodd801
The Allegory of the Cave
1. Plato realizes that the general run of humankind can think, and speak, etc., without (so far as they acknowledge) any awareness of his realm of Forms.
2. The allegory of the cave is supposed to explain this.
3. In the allegory, Plato likens people untutored in the Theory of Forms to prisoners chained in a cave, unable to turn their heads. All they can see is the wall of the cave. Behind them burns a fire. Between the fire and the prisoners there is a parapet, along which puppeteers can walk. The puppeteers, who are behind the prisoners, hold up puppets that cast shadows on the wall of the cave. The prisoners are unable to see these puppets, the real objects, that pass behind them. What the prisoners see and hear are shadows and echoes cast by objects that they do not see. Here is an illustration of Plato’s Cave:
From Great Dialogues of Plato (Warmington and Rouse, eds.) New York, Signet Classics: 1999. p. 316.
4. Such prisoners would mistake appearance for reality. They would think the things they see on the wall (the shadows) were real; they would know nothing of the real causes of the shadows.
5. So when the prisoners talk, what are they talking about? If an object (a book, let us say) is carried past behind them, and it casts a shadow on the wall, and a prisoner says “I see a book,” what is he talking about?
He thinks he is talking about a book, but he is really talking about a shadow. But he uses the word “book.” What does that refer to?
6. Plato gives his answer at line (515b2). The text here has puzzled many editors, and it has been frequently emended. The translation in Grube/Reeve gets the point correctly:
“And if they could talk to one another, don’t you think they’d suppose that the names they used applied to the things they see passing before them?”
7. Plato’s point is that the prisoners would be mistaken. For they would be taking the terms in their language to refer to the shadows that pass before their eyes, rather than (as is correct, in Plato’s view) to the real things that cast the shadows.
If a prisoner says “That’s a book” he thinks that the word “book” refers to the very thing he is looking at. But he would be wrong. He’s only looking at a shadow. The real referent of the word “book” he cannot see. To see it, he would have to turn his head around.
8. Plato’s point: the general terms of our language are not “names” of the physical objects that we can see. They are actually names of things that we cannot see, things that we can only grasp with the mind.
9. When the prisoners are released, they can turn their heads and see the real objects. Then they realize their error. What can we do that is analogous to turning our heads and seeing the causes of the shadows? We can come to grasp the Forms with our minds.
10. Plato’s aim in the Republic is to describe what is necessary for us to achieve this reflective understanding. But even without it, it remains true that our very ability to thi.
The Airline Research Paper is an individual student effort but with .docxtodd801
The Airline Research Paper is an individual student effort but with roots in the group collaboration. Students will choose an airline (passenger or cargo) associated with their group's region and individually write a critical analysis of the airline's operation. The paper will cover the listed topics (as a minimum) in a paper of 8 to 12 pages (not including title and reference pages) in current APA format. Note: A paper of this length does not require an abstract or table of contents.
Topics will include:
Introduction and brief history of the chosen airline
Fleet analysis including issues associated with fleet composition
Route structure analysis (hub and spoke, point to point, or linear)
For example, does the route structure fit the regional needs?
Cost control analysis
For example, how effective is the airline at controlling their costs, and what techniques (like fuel hedging) do they use?
Profitability
Historic, recent, and your future profit projections
Recommendations for improvement
Use Qatar airlines
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The After Life App has great potential to compete with the e.docxtodd801
The After Life App has great potential to compete with the existing clubbing software in the market. However, the app design work was conducted using insights collected from existing bibliographies as well as intensive market study. Most of the approaches used in this study enabled the designers to come with features that would capture Brighton students’ attention (Curtis, Lahiri and Brown, 2015). The major challenge that makes Android apps and Apple apps not to perform well in the current technology market is inadequate market research and reduced ability to address users’ needs.
Potential Frameworks, Techniques, and Theories
The positive impacts of the software can be measured using the general opinion given by users and its compatibility with internet connected devices. In this consideration, the PESTEL analysis was utilized at large to help the designers to install features that will stimulate positive usage of this application. This approach played a crucial role in guiding developers on how to create functions that would satisfy government and social needs (Joorabchi, Mesbah, and Kruchten, 2013). More importantly, the principle supported technological diversity where the app was engineered in such a way that it became flexible and easier to operate.
After launching a trial of this application, we witnessed a burgeoning development in user’s ability to control their clubbing ticketing behaviours. In this consideration, the app has been able to promote positive behaviour in the society and comply with the government rules and regulations. The goal of this app was to support operators in locating clubs of their choice at an affordable price (Song and Oh, 2016). Indeed, this app improves users’ ability to make sound clubbing decisions; thus, supporting ecological and legal considerations of this app.
The underlying hypothesis in the software development; the After Life App largely stimulates mental and physical impact on customers’ lives. Mainly, using this software client’s lifestyle is changed where they can only visit clubs which the app indicates (Pakroo, 2016). To a greater extent, when designing this App, the developers considered the software ability to enable long-lasting positive behaviours. The software plays a significant role in promoting user’s capability to locate secure clubbing sites which also offers high-quality services.
The other approach used in the design and development of this software is Tuckman principles. This model of software development ensured that the After Life software is beautiful to operate and it is entrenched on reminding customers about their best clubbing joints. In the quest to influence clients’ daily life, the team of developers remained focused since they had undergone Tuckman first and second stages, forming and storming where compatible individuals were selected. Notably, this approach argues that software developers need to solve or norm their differences to be able to come up with an app.
The Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Barack .docxtodd801
The Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Barack Obama in March 2010. Many of the provisions of the law directly affect health care providers. Review the following topic materials:
"About the Affordable Care Act"
"Health Care Transformation: The Affordable Care Act and More"
What are the most important elements of the Affordable Care Act in relation to community and public health? What is the role of the nurse in implementing this law?
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The advent of the worldwide Internet has made all the nations vir.docxtodd801
The advent of the worldwide Internet has made all the nation's virtual next-door neighbors. It allows various nation's populations to connect in different ways for the integration of goods, services, and culture. Globalization was existing for a long time; it was evolving over time. We can definitely say in different phases, the most recent globalization when the internet boom happened in 2000.
Web-enabled playing field that allows for multiple forms of collaboration, the sharing of knowledge and work, in real time without regard to geography, distance or in the near future. This is what when we say the world has been flattened.
But the real question is it really flattened? Are not overhyping globalization term, or have we misunderstood the term? Though we connected through technology, it still not spread to each individual across the globe. Still, there are lots of people from lots of countries are which are behind the rest world. Those who are already using or
using the benefits of globalization seems like statistically still not truly utilizing the al the benefits of it.
But still, all means globalization is spread across the globe and all the people some extinct known to this phenomenon. Also, everyone in terms of all the aspects trying to use the systems efficiently and working towards to connect in different ways for the integration of goods, services, and culture better manner.
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The advent of the microphone in the mid-1920s brought about the .docxtodd801
The advent of the microphone in the mid-1920s brought about the vocal style of crooning. This gave the listener a private experience and the ability to hear all the nuances of a voice, as well as allowed the singers to treat the text using their vocal abilities, giving special attention to certain words and notes.
Choose two favorite crooners, one from the 1920s –1950s era and one from modern music today. Discuss their similarities and differences in vocal treatment.
Please post links to the YouTube video of each that you wish to use as a reference point.
Response Parameters
Your response should be a minimum of 300 words.
The source material used in all assignments, including the class text, must be properly cited and referenced in accordance with APA style
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The Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Barack Obam.docxtodd801
The Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 2010. Many of the provisions of the law directly affect health care providers. Review the following topic materials:
"About the Affordable Care Act"
"Health Care Transformation: The Affordable Care Act and More"
What are the most important elements of the Affordable Care Act in relation to community and public health? What is the role of the nurse in implementing this law?
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The Adventures of David SimpleSarah FieldingTable of.docxtodd801
The Adventures of David Simple
Sarah Fielding
Table of Contents
The Adventures of David Simple.............................................................................................................................1
Sarah Fielding................................................................................................................................................1
ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER......................................................................................................2
BOOK I.......................................................................................................................................................................2
CHAP. I..........................................................................................................................................................2
CHAP. II........................................................................................................................................................3
CHAP. III.......................................................................................................................................................7
CHAP. IV.....................................................................................................................................................10
CHAP V.......................................................................................................................................................12
A Dialogue between Miss Nanny Johnson, and Miss Betty Trusty.............................................................14
CHAP. VI.....................................................................................................................................................15
CHAP. VII. ..................................................................................................................................................18
CHAP. VIII..................................................................................................................................................20
CHAP. IX.....................................................................................................................................................23
CHAP. X......................................................................................................................................................28
CHAP. XI.....................................................................................................................................................29
BOOK II....................................................................................................................................................................32
CHAP. I........................................................................................................................................................32
CHAP. II......................................................................
The Aeneid and The Divine ComedyThe labyrinth of initiation,.docxtodd801
The Aeneid and The Divine Comedy
The labyrinth of initiation, the underworld, and the sacred grove
Publius Vergilius Maro
70 – 21 BCE
Virgil was regarded by the Romans as their greatest poet.
His influence on Dante and Western literature, like that
of Ovid, is profound. The Aeneid is his most famous work
and became Rome’s national epic.
The son of a farmer in northern Italy, Virgil came to be
regarded as one of Rome's greatest poets. Virgil devoted
his life life to poetry and to studies connected with it. He
never married, and the first half of his life was that of a
scholar and near recluse. But, as his poetry won him
fame, he gradually won the friendship of many important
men in the Roman world.
(adapted from Encyclopedia Britannica and poetry foundation.org)
Dante Alighieri
1265 – 1321 CE
Dante Alighieri was born in Florence, Italy to a notable family of modest
means. His mother died when he was seven years old, and his father
remarried, having two more children.
Dante was never married to his “Beatrice.” They met twice, at a nine
year interval (although it might be a symbolic time period). They were
both married to other people, and she died at 25. But he continued to
write about throughout his life. We consider his love for her to be a
type of “courtly love.” It is otherworldly and has a spiritual aspect.
His most famous work is the Divine Comedy. The story begins when he
finds himself lost in a woods in middle age. Virgil finds him and leads
him through hell and purgatory. Beatrice is his guide in Paradise.
(adapted from poets.)
Dante is very important to western literature.
T. S. Eliot claimed:
Dante and Shakespeare divide the world between them, there is no third.
And Virgil is very important to Dante.
Dante, addressing Virgil in Canto 1 of the Divine Comedy: Thou art my master.
We will start with The Aeneid.
Who is Aeneas?
There are multiple myths about the founding of Rome. One very
important one is told in The Aeneas, the story of a Trojan prince who
brought together the survivors from Troy. They boarded ships and
sailed in search of a new home. The Aeneid tells their story, focused
of course on their leader.
As The Aeneid opens, Aeneas and the Trojans come to Carthage,
where he falls in love with the Queen Dido. His bliss is short lived, as
he is told by the gods that he must leave her. Our reading, Book 6,
comes half way through the story. Aeneas’s father has died along the
way, and Aeneas wants to see him. To do that, he must descend into
the underworld—and come back. Very few have ever made the round
trip journey. He is guided by the priestess of Apollo.
The Temple of Apollo built by Daedalus.
Book 6 of The Aeneid gives an elaborate description of
how Daedalus had depicted the story of Theseus, the
minotaur, Ariadne, and his escape from Crete on the
doors.
Aeneas must go through these doors, get advice from
the Sybil, enter the wood sa.
The Admission Committee considers your Career Goals Statement to be .docxtodd801
The Admission Committee considers your Career Goals Statement to be an essential part of your application. While factors such as cumulative grade point average and social work-related experience are important, your rationale for entering the social work profession, your self-awareness, creativity, critical thinking and writing skills are major factors committee members consider when reviewing your application. Respond openly and honestly to each section.
The average statement length is four pages; submissions exceeding six pages are discouraged. Please double-space your statement, use a font size of no less than 12 and put your name in the upper right corner of each page. Answer questions 1-6 below. Answering question 6 is optional.
Prior to writing your essay, review the
NASW Code of Ethics
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RATIONALE
Identify significant factors that influenced your decision to pursue a Master of Social Work (MSW degree and how you intend to use it in the future. (1-2 paragraphs)
SOCIAL WORK VALUES AND ETHICS
Describe your understanding of the social work profession and its core values. Compare your own values with the professional social work values, any potential value based or ethical conflicts you might experience and how you plan to address or reconcile these conflicts (whether it be in the classroom, in field, in future practice or in any other areas). (1 page)
PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL ATTRIBUTES AND LIABILITIES
Describe any cultural, economic or social challenges and/or opportunities that have provided you with a unique perspective about social work issues. What insights have you gained from these experiences about how to maintain professional judgement and performance during times of distress? (1 page)
EMPLOYMENT AND VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES
Discuss the relationship between your educational, employment and volunteer experiences and what qualities equip you for the social work profession. Describe your experiences and feelings about working with populations different from your own. (1 Page)
WORK LIFE BALANCE
Explain your plan for managing your graduate education. Consider how you will balance work, family and other responsibilities with the required courses, homework and internship responsibilities. (2-3 paragraphs)
OPTIONAL
Please address any special academic or other considerations that you would like GSSW to consider in the review of your application.
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The Advantages of Budgeting A budget is a document that fo.docxtodd801
The Advantages of Budgeting
A budget is a document that forecasts the financial results and financial position of a business for
one or more future periods. At a minimum, a budget contains an estimated income statement that
describes anticipated financial results. A more complex budget also contains an estimated
balance sheet, which contains the entity’s anticipated assets, liabilities, and equity positions at
various points in time in the future.
A prime use of the budget is to serve as a performance baseline for the measurement of actual
results. Budgets may also be linked to bonus plans in order to direct the activities of various
company employees. A budget may also be used for both tax planning and treasury planning.
Despite these valid uses, there are also a number of problems with budgeting that have given rise
to a movement dedicated to the elimination of budgets.
Budgeting has been with us a long time, and is used by nearly every large company. They would
not do so if there were not some perceived advantages to budgeting. These advantages include:
▪ Planning orientation. The process of creating a budget takes management away from its
short-term, day-to-day management of a business and forces it to think longer-term. This is
the chief goal of budgeting, even if management does not succeed in meeting its goals as
outlined in the budget – at least it is thinking about the company’s competitive and
financial position and how to improve it.
▪ Model scenarios. If a company is faced with a number of possible paths down which it can
travel, you can create a set of budgets, each based on different scenarios, to estimate the
financial results of each strategic direction.
▪ Profitability review. It is easy to lose sight of where a company is making most of its
money, during the scramble of day-to-day management. A properly structured budget
points out which aspects of a business generate cash and which ones use it, which forces
management to consider whether it should drop some parts of the business or expand in
others. However, this advantage only applies to a budget sufficiently detailed to describe
profits at the product, product line, or business unit level.
▪ Assumptions review. The budgeting process forces management to think about why the
company is in business, as well as its key assumptions about its business environment. A
periodic re-evaluation of these issues may result in altered assumptions, which may in turn
alter the way in which management decides to operate the business.
▪ Performance evaluations. Senior management can tie bonuses or other incentives to how
employees perform in comparison to the budget. The accounting department then creates
budget versus actual reports to give employees feedback regarding how they are
progressing toward their goals. This approach is most common with financial goals,
though operational goals (such as reducing the scrap rat.
The adjusted trial balance of Parsons Company at December 31, 2014, .docxtodd801
The adjusted trial balance of Parsons Company at December 31, 2014, includes the following accounts owners capital $15,600, owners drawings $7000, service revenue $37000, salaries and wages expense 16000, insurance expense 2000, rent expense 4000, supplies expense 1500, and depreciation expense 1300. Prepare an income statement for the year
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View Windows Firewall Features - Step 8 - Challenge 2 Complete
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Configure An Exception In Windows Firewall - Step 21 - Challenge 4 Complete
View And Configure Windows Firewall With Advanced Security (WFAS) - Step 12 - Successful “Ping” of 192.168.12.11
Create A Firewall Rule (Iptables) Within Linux - Step 7 - Challenge 6 Complete
To complete this assignment, review the prompt and grading rubric in the
Lab Guidelines and Rubric
document. Refer to the
Course Lab Guidelines
document to view the screenshots you will need to take to complete this lab.
Screenshots
must
include your name and date
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The activity provides opportunity for student to develop a descripti.docxtodd801
The activity provides opportunity for student to develop a description of a child with a communicative disorder and to explain how would you meet the needs of that child in their classroom . Students chose one communicative disorders from below. Please read Chapter 13. Use the Internet to search for your chose of disorder or textbook or journal article.
1. Language Disorder 2. Articulation Disorder 3. Fluency Disorder 4. Cognitive Impairment
Write a general description of the child do not use the child real name or parents.
Include the following information: 1. Age and Gender of the Child 2. Reason for Referral
3. Background (city/town/mother/grandmother,etc...)
4. Family (culture/home language of child/work) 5. health and Development
6. School 7. Standardize Assessment ( hypothetical if you do not have test results)
8. Intervention Planning
Student take a look at the searches below they are related to language case study examples : speech pathology case study example, language development case study example, case study of a child with communication disorder and case study- speech and language delay.
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The additional component this week will be to share your plan with o.docxtodd801
The additional component this week will be to share your plan with one or more colleagues or administrators. Write approximately two to three pages describing the nature of the dialogue and any changes you make as a result of the collaboration. Include a reflection about the collaboration experience. Relate your discussion, changes, and reflection to the textbook and body of literature, by including in-text quotes and citations.
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The additional info will be provided.Analyzing The Tra.docxtodd801
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To complete this assignment, review the prompt and grading rubric in the
Lab Guidelines and Rubric
document. Refer to the
Course Lab Guidelines
document to view the screenshots you will need to take to complete this lab.
Screenshots
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The Roman Empire A Historical Colossus.pdfkaushalkr1407
The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
This is a presentation by Dada Robert in a Your Skill Boost masterclass organised by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan (EFSS) on Saturday, the 25th and Sunday, the 26th of May 2024.
He discussed the concept of quality improvement, emphasizing its applicability to various aspects of life, including personal, project, and program improvements. He defined quality as doing the right thing at the right time in the right way to achieve the best possible results and discussed the concept of the "gap" between what we know and what we do, and how this gap represents the areas we need to improve. He explained the scientific approach to quality improvement, which involves systematic performance analysis, testing and learning, and implementing change ideas. He also highlighted the importance of client focus and a team approach to quality improvement.
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
Palestine last event orientationfvgnh .pptxRaedMohamed3
An EFL lesson about the current events in Palestine. It is intended to be for intermediate students who wish to increase their listening skills through a short lesson in power point.
We all have good and bad thoughts from time to time and situation to situation. We are bombarded daily with spiraling thoughts(both negative and positive) creating all-consuming feel , making us difficult to manage with associated suffering. Good thoughts are like our Mob Signal (Positive thought) amidst noise(negative thought) in the atmosphere. Negative thoughts like noise outweigh positive thoughts. These thoughts often create unwanted confusion, trouble, stress and frustration in our mind as well as chaos in our physical world. Negative thoughts are also known as “distorted thinking”.
Synthetic Fiber Construction in lab .pptxPavel ( NSTU)
Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
How to Split Bills in the Odoo 17 POS ModuleCeline George
Bills have a main role in point of sale procedure. It will help to track sales, handling payments and giving receipts to customers. Bill splitting also has an important role in POS. For example, If some friends come together for dinner and if they want to divide the bill then it is possible by POS bill splitting. This slide will show how to split bills in odoo 17 POS.
The 6-D model of national culture Geert Hofstede, assisted.docx
1. The 6-D model of national culture
Geert Hofstede, assisted by others, came up with six basic
issues that society needs to come to
term with in order to organize itself. These are called
dimensions of culture. Each of them has
been expressed on a scale that runs roughly from 0 to 100.
Dimension maps of the world: Individualism
Each dimension has been derived by comparing many, but not
all, countries in
the world. The findings can be summarized into six world maps
of the distribution
of that dimension. Of course, in reality there can be quite a bit
of within-country
variation; these maps should be seen as rough 'climate maps' of
culture.
The last two dimensions
The last two dimensions were found later, and in different
studies, than the first
2. four. This is why different countries appear on the world maps.
These maps are
taken from the 2007 book "Why we are different and similar" by
Michael Minkov.
In our 2010 book they are re-scaled to a 0-100 format.
Remember, the numbers
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Dimension maps: Long-term Orientation
Culture-Based Negotiation Styles
In an anonymous article, a Japanese writer describes United
States negotiators as hard
to understand. One of the reasons for this, we are told, is
because "unlike Japanese,
the Americans are not racially or culturally homogenous."[1]
While it is difficult to
characterize any national or cultural approach to negotiation,
generalizations are
frequently drawn. These generalizations are helpful to the
extent that the reader
remembers that they are only guides, not recipes. Any
generalization holds true or not
depending on many contextual factors including time, setting,
situation, stakes, history
3. between the parties, nature of the issue, individual preferences,
interpersonal dynamics
and mood.
Any generalization will apply to some members of a group some
of the time. This is best
seen by considering generalizations about groups to which you
belong. If you hear that
women or men tend to negotiate in this way, or Americans in
another way, what effect
does it have on you as a member of these groups? If you want to
answer, "Actually, it
depends," you are among the majority, for most of us resist easy
categorization and
broad classifications. At the same time, it can be useful to back
up and attempt to see
ourselves and others from a distance so that the patterns and
habits that define what is
"normal" in negotiation can be examined for what they are:
culturally bound and
culturally defined common sense.
In this essay, some generalizations about cultural and national
approaches to
negotiation will be outlined. These may help negotiators and
mediators prepare for
negotiations by raising the kinds of differences that occur
across cultures, and pointing
out possible pitfalls of lack of attention to cultural factors. They
should be taken as a
series of starting points rather than definitive descriptions,
since cultural groups are too
diverse and changing contexts too influential to be described
reliably.
Before outlining these generalizations, a caveat: most of the
4. ways of studying culture,
communication, and negotiation are derived largely from
Western concepts. When a
U.S. or Western European instrument to measure assertiveness
in negotiation is
translated into Japanese, for example, it retains Western
assumptions about the nature
of assertiveness. A Japanese idea of assertiveness that included
avoidance as an
adaptive and appropriate strategy could be easily missed,
labeled as unassertive
because of cultural assumptions about the natures of assertion
and avoidance.
Because of the lack of good studies that take an intercultural
approach (using a variety
of starting points and currencies in developing the research
itself and a multicultural
team to carry it out), the generalizations that follow are limited.
More research is being
done on culture-specific approaches by insiders of various non-
Western cultures, and
some intercultural research is also being conducted -- these
should be carefully
examined as they become available.[2]
Cultural Approaches to Negotiation
In this section, various ways of analyzing cultural differences
will be discussed as they
relate to negotiation. The analytical tools come from the work
of several well-known
intercultural experts, including Hofstede, Hall, Kluckholn,
Strodtbeck, and Carbaugh.[3]
It must be emphasized that there is no one right approach to
5. negotiations. There are
only effective and less effective approaches, and these vary
according to many
contextual factors (See Culture and Conflict Resolution,
Cultural and Worldview
Frames, Cross-Cultural Communication, and/or Communication
Tools for
Understanding Cultural Differences). As negotiators understand
that their counterparts
may be seeing things very differently, they will be less likely to
make negative
judgments and more likely to make progress in negotiations.
Time Orientations
Two different orientations to time exist across the world:
monchronic and
polychronic. Monochronic approaches to time are linear,
sequential and involve
focusing on one thing at a time. These approaches are most
common in the European-
influenced cultures of the United States, Germany, Switzerland,
and Scandinavia.
Japanese people also tend toward this end of the time
continuum. Polychronic orientations to time involve
simultaneous occurrences of many
things and the involvement of many people. The time it takes to
complete an interaction
is elastic, and more important than any schedule. This
orientation is most common in
Mediterranean and Latin cultures including France, Italy,
Greece, and Mexico, as well
as some Eastern and African cultures.
Negotiators from polychronic cultures tend to
6. ot take lateness personally.
Negotiators from monochronic cultures tend to
n sequence,
Another dimension of time relevant to negotiations is the focus
on past, present, or
future. Cultures like Iran, India, and the Far East are
categorized by Carbaugh as past-
oriented. The United States, he indicates, tends to be oriented to
the present and the
near-future. Latin America leans toward both present and past
orientations. As detailed
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past- and future-
7. oriented approach to time that stretches seven generations
forward and back.
Negotiators focused on the present should be mindful that
others may see the past or
the distant future as part of the present. Negotiators for whom
time stretches into the
past or the future may need to remember that a present
orientation can bring about
needed change.
Space Orientations
Space orientations differ across cultures. They have to do with
territory, divisions
between private and public, comfortable personal distance,
comfort or lack of comfort
with physical touch and contact, and expectations about where
and how contact will
take place. In Northern European countries, personal space is
much larger than in
Southern European countries. For a German or a Swedish
person, for example, the
Italians or the Greeks get too close. An American etiquette
manual advises this about
personal space: "When you meet someone, don't stand too close.
(Remember the
angry expression, "Stay out of my face!") An uncomfortable
closeness is very annoying
to the other person, so keep your physical distance, or he'll have
to keep backing off
from you. A minimum of two feet away from the other person
will do it."[4]
Certain cultures, including Mediterranean, Arab, and Latin
American, are more tactile
and allow more touching. Asian, indigenous American,
8. Canadian, and U.S. cultures
tend to discourage touching outside of intimate situations.
Certain cultures allow cross-
gender touching, including the United States, while same-
gender touching is less
acceptable. These rules change in Japan, where women are
frequently seen holding
hands, but not men. In the Mediterranean, it is common to see
men holding hands or
touching in public, but not women. Greeting rituals fit with
these patterns, so awareness
of local norms is important for negotiators.
Space also relates to comfort with eye contact and attributions
related to eye contact or
lack of eye contact. In United States and Canadian dominant
culture settings as well as
many Arab cultures, eye contact is taken as a sign of reliability
and trustworthiness. In
North American indigenous settings, eye contact may be seen as
disrespectful and
inappropriate. Similarly, in Asian settings, looking down is
usually interpreted as a sign
of respect. Beyond these generalizations is a great deal of
complexity. Lederach
observes, for example, that in Central America, a slight
movement of the eyes may
indicate embarrassment, showing respect, or disagreement."[5]
Seating arrangements for negotiations should take norms for
space into account. In
general, Americans tend to talk with people seated opposite
them, or at an angle. For
the Chinese, these arrangements may lead them to feel alienated
and uneasy. They
may prefer to converse while sitting side by side.
9. There are large differences in spatial preferences according to
gender, age, generation,
socioeconomic class, and context. These differences vary by
group, but should be
considered in any exploration of space as a variable in
negotiations.
Nonverbal Communication
Closely related to notions of space is nonverbal communication.
In intercultural studies,
Japanese negotiators have been observed to use the most
silence, Americans a
moderate amount, and Brazilians almost none at all.[6]
Touching may convey closeness
in some contexts and create offense in others. For example, in
Mexico, a hug may
reliably communicate the development of a trusting
relationship, while a German
negotiator might experience a hug as inappropriately
intimate.[7] Facial gazing, or
looking directly into the face of a negotiating counterpart, is
more common in Brazil than
the United States, and even more infrequent in Japan.
Power Distance
Geert Hofstede is an organizational anthropologist from the
Netherlands who did his
research within large, multinational corporations. It should be
applied to negotiations
outside commercial settings with care, but it is useful to look at
it because of the
10. dimensions of difference he identified across national cultures.
Hofstede uses the idea
of power distance to describe the degree of deference and
acceptance of unequal
power between people. Cultures where there is a comfort with
high power distance are
those where some people are considered superior to others
because of their social
status, gender, race, age, education, birth, personal
achievements, family background
or other factors. Cultures with low power distance tend to
assume equality among
people, and focus more on earned status than ascribed status.
Generally, the more
unequally wealth is distributed, the higher will be the power
distance in any national
setting. According to Hofstede, national cultures with a high
power distance include
Arab countries, Guatemala, Malaysia, the Philippines, Mexico,
Indonesia, and India.
Negotiators from these countries tend to be comfortable with
es, and
Countries with a low power distance include Austria, Denmark,
Israel, New Zealand,
Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, Britain, and
Germany. Negotiators from
these countries tend to be comfortable with
legitimate purposes.
11. Uncertainty Avoidance
Another of Hofstede's categories has to do with the way
national cultures relate to
uncertainty and ambiguity, and therefore, how well they may
adapt to change.
Generally, countries that show the most discomfort with
ambiguity and uncertainty
include Arab, Muslim, and traditional African countries, where
high value is placed on
conformity and safety, risk avoidance, and reliance on formal
rules and rituals. Trust
tends to be vested only in close family and friends. It may be
difficult for outsider
negotiators to establish relationships of confidence and trust
with members of these
national cultures.
Hofstede identified the United States, Scandinavia, and
Singapore as having a higher
tolerance for uncertainty. Members of these national cultures
tend to value risk-taking,
problem-solving, flat organizational structures, and tolerance
for ambiguity. It may be
easier for outsiders to establish trusting relationships with
negotiating partners in these
cultural contexts.
Masculinity-Femininity
Hofstede used the terms masculinity and femininity to refer to
the degree to which a
culture values assertiveness or nurturing and social support. The
12. terms also refer to the
degree to which socially prescribed roles operate for men and
women. Hofstede rated
countries and regions such as Japan and Latin America as
preferring values of
assertiveness, task-orientation, and achievement. In these
cultures, there tend to be
more rigid gender roles and "live to work" orientations. In
countries and regions
rated feminine such as Scandinavia, Thailand, and Portugal,
values of cooperation,
nurturing, and relationship solidarity with those less fortunate
prevail, and the ethic is
more one of "work to live." Of course, it is important to
remember that associations with
gender vary greatly across cultures, so that elements considered
masculine in one
culture might be considered feminine in another. Negotiators
may find it useful to
consider the way gender roles play out in the cultural contexts
of their negotiating
partners.
Cross-Cultural Negotiations
It is difficult to track the myriad starting points used by
negotiators from different national
settings, especially as cultures are in constant flux, and context
influences behavior in
multiple ways. Another complication is that much of the cross-
cultural negotiation
literature comes from the organizational area. While it cannot
be applied wholesale to
the realm of intractable conflicts, this literature may provide
some hints about
approaches to negotiation in various national settings. Dr.
13. Nancy Adler compares key
indicators of success as reported by negotiators from four
national backgrounds.[8] Her
table is reproduced here, ranking characteristics of negotiators
in order of importance as
reported by managers in each national setting:
As Adler points out, Brazilians and Americans were almost
identical in the
characteristics they identified, except for the final category.
The Japanese tended to emphasize an interpersonal negotiating
style, stressing verbal
expressiveness, and listening ability, while their American and
Brazilian counterparts
focused more on verbal ability, planning, and judgment. To the
Chinese in Taiwan, it
was important that the negotiator be an interesting person who
shows persistence and
determination.
Negotiators also vary in the styles of persuasion they rely upon
14. and their comfort with
emotionality. In American settings, appeals tend to be made to
logic, relying on
"objective" facts. Emotional sensitivity is not highly valued,
and dealings may seem
straightforward and impersonal. Japanese negotiators value
emotional sensitivity highly,
and tend to hide emotions behind calm exteriors. Latin
American negotiators tend to
share the Japanese appreciation of emotional sensitivity, and
express themselves
passionately about their points of view. Arab negotiators may
appeal to emotions and
subjective feelings in an effort to persuade others. Russians, in
contrast, tend to appeal
to ideals, drawing everyone's attention to overarching
principles.[9]
AMERICAN
NEGOTIATORS
JAPANESE
NEGOTIATORS
CHINESE
(TAIWAN)
NEGOTIATORS
BRAZILIAN
NEGOTIATORS
15. Preparation and
planning skill
Dedication to job
Persistence and
determination
Preparation and
planning skill
Thinking under
pressure
Perceive and
exploit power
Win respect and
confidence
Thinking under
pressure
Judgment and
intelligence
Win respect and
confidence
16. Preparation and
planning skill
Judgment and
intelligence
Verbal
expressiveness
Integrity
Product
knowledge
Verbal
expressiveness
Product
knowledge
Demonstrate
listening skill
Interesting
Product
knowledge
Perceive and
17. exploit power
Broad perspective
Judgment and
intelligence
Perceive and
exploit power
Integrity
Verbal
expressiveness
Competitiveness
Many other cultural differences have been identified by
negotiation scholars. Some of
these differences are discussed in the other Beyond
Intractability essays regarding
culture and conflict resolution (See Culture and Conflict
Resolution, Cultural and
Worldview Frames, Cross-Cultural Communication, and/or
Communication Tools for
Understanding Cultural Differences). This essay concludes with
negotiating styles
associated with national and regional cultures. As with all
cultural patterns, these
generalizations do not apply to every circumstance or
individual. They are general
18. patterns that will shift as cultures and contexts shift.
U.S. Approaches to Negotiation
U.S. negotiators tend to rely on individualist values, imagining
self and other as
autonomous, independent, and self-reliant. This does not mean
that they don't consult,
but the tendency to see self as separate rather than as a member
of a web or network
means that more independent initiative may be taken. Looking
through the eyes of the
Japanese negotiator who wrote "Negotiating With Americans",
American negotiators
tend to:
coming to the table
with a fall-back position but beginning with an unrealistic offer;
their positions, and
see things universally -- i.e., they like to talk about broad
applications of ideas;
s on areas of disagreement, not areas of commonality or
agreement;
-endedness or
fuzziness.
Do these generalizations ring true? Clearly, it depends which
Americans you are talking
about, which sector they represent, and the context surrounding
the negotiations. Is this
a family matter or a commercial one? Is it about community
issues, national policy, or a
19. large public conflict? Strategies change according to context
and many other factors.
African Approaches to Negotiation
Many African nations have indigenous systems of conflict
resolution that have endured
into the present, sometimes quite intact and sometimes
fragmented by rapid social
change. These systems rely on particular approaches to
negotiation that respect kinship
ties and elder roles, and the structures of local society
generally. In Nigeria, for
example, people are organized in extended families (nnu'),
village (idu' or obio), lineage
('duk), and lineage groups (iman).[10] A belief in the
continuing ability of ancestors to
affect people's lives maintains social control, and makes the
need to have formal laws
or regulations minimal. Negotiation happens within social
networks, following prescribed
roles. Women in conflict with husbands, for example, are to
defer and apologize,
preparing a ritual meal to symbolize the restoration of harmony.
In the Nigerian Ibibio context, the goal of restoring social
networks is paramount, and
individual differences are expected to be subsumed in the
interest of the group. To
ensure that progress or an agreement in a negotiation is
preserved, parties must
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promise not to invoke the power of ancestors to bewitch or
curse the other in the future.
The aim of any process, formal or informal, is to affect a
positive outcome without a
"residue of bitterness or resentment."[11] Elders have
substantial power, and when they
intervene in a conflict or a negotiation, their words are
respected. This is partly because
certain elders are believed to have access to supernatural
powers that can remove
protective shields at best and cause personal disaster at worst.
In other African contexts, a range of indigenous processes exist
in which relationships
and hierarchies tend to be emphasized.
Japanese Styles of Negotiation
There is a great deal written about Japanese approaches to
negotiation, and collisions
between American and Japanese approaches are legendary.[12]
The following values
tend to influence Japanese communication: focus on group
goals, interdependence,
and a hierarchical orientation.[13] In negotiations, these values
manifest themselves in
awareness of group needs and goals, and deference to those of
higher status.
Japanese negotiators are known for their politeness, their
21. emphasis on establishing
relationships, and their indirect use of power.[14] Japanese
concern with face and face-
saving is one reason that politeness is so important and
confrontation is avoided. They
tend to use power in muted, indirect ways consistent with their
preference for harmony
and calm. In comparative studies, Japanese negotiators were
found to disclose
considerably less about themselves and their goals than French
or American
counterparts.[15]
Japanese negotiators tend to put less emphasis on the literal
meanings of words used
in negotiation and more emphasis on the relationships
established before negotiating
begins.[16] They are also less likely than their U.S.
counterparts to make procedural
suggestions.[17]
European Styles of Negotiation
European styles of negotiation vary according to region,
nationality, language spoken,
and many other contextual factors. One study found the French
to be very aggressive
negotiators, using threats, warnings, and interruptions to
achieve their goals. [18]
German and British negotiators were rated as moderately
aggressive in the same study.
Latin American Styles of Negotiation
Role expectations influence negotiation in Latin American
contexts. Responsibility to
22. others is generally considered more important than schedules
and task
accomplishment. Their negotiation approach relates to the
polychronic orientation to
time and patterns of high-context communication and
communitarianism, described
earlier. Lederach reports that a common term for conflict in
Central America is enredo,
meaning "entangled" or "caught in a net."[19] He explains that
enredo signifies the way
conflict is part of an intimate net of relations in Guatemala and
elsewhere in Central
America. Thus, negotiation is done within networks,
relationships are emphasized, and
open ruptures are avoided.
In Central America, people think about and respond to conflict
holistically. Lederach
contrasts his natural (American) inclination to "make a list, to
break [a] story down into
parts such as issues and concerns" with his Central American
experience, where
people tended to respond to requests for naming issues to be
negotiated with "yet
another story."[20] They preferred a storied, holistic approach
to conflict and
negotiation, rather than a linear, analytical one. When Central
Americans needed help
with negotiations, they tended to look to insider partials rather
than outsider neutrals,
preferring the trust and confidence of established relationships
and cultural insight to
other credentials or expertise. They referred to the concept of
23. confianza to explain this
preference. Confianza means "trustworthiness," that "they know
us" and "we know
them" and they will "keep our confidences."[21]
The Evolution of Negotiation
Even as different approaches to negotiation across national
cultures are identified,
change is constant. International business culture tends to
privilege Western
approaches to negotiation, centered in problem-solving and
linear communication, as
do many settings. As Western norms are balanced with Eastern
and Southern values,
and local traditions are balanced with regional and national
approaches, negotiation
practices continue their global evolution.
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conflict resolution
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International
Negotiations, Journal of Social Issues, 50, (1), 1994, PP. 179-
196 and Weldon,
Elizabeth and Karen A. Jehn. Examining Cross-Cultural
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<http://books.google.com/books?id=1CbdF68fzOsC>, quoting
from Baldrige,
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[8] Ibid., p. 196. Based on the work of Professor John Graham,
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[9] Ibid., p. 190 and 192, based on the work of Glenn,
Witmeyer, and Stevenson and
Casse.
[10] Offiong, Daniel A. Conflict Resolution Among the Ibibio
of Nigeria. Journal of
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<http://www.jstor.org/stable/3631242>.
[11] Ibid., p. 438.
[12] Adair et al. Negotiating Behavior When Cultures Collide:
The United States and
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Implications of Self-Disclosure on
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Communication Competence, and
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Richard L. and Jolene Koester. Intercultural Communication
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Culture and Conflict
Culture is an essential part of conflict and conflict resolution.
Cultures are like
27. underground rivers that run through our lives and relationships,
giving us messages that
shape our perceptions, attributions, judgments, and ideas of self
and other. Though
cultures are powerful, they are often unconscious, influencing
conflict and attempts to
resolve conflict in imperceptible ways.
Cultures are more than language, dress, and food customs.
Cultural groups may share
race, ethnicity, or nationality, but they also arise from cleavages
of generation,
socioeconomic class, sexual orientation, ability and disability,
political and religious
affiliation, language, and gender -- to name only a few.
Two things are essential to remember about cultures: they are
always changing, and
they relate to the symbolic dimension of life. The symbolic
dimension is the place where
we are constantly making meaning and enacting our identities.
Cultural messages from
the groups we belong to give us information about what is
meaningful or important, and
who we are in the world and in relation to others -- our
identities.
Cultural messages, simply, are what everyone in a group knows
that outsiders do not
know. They are the water fish swim in, unaware of its effect on
their vision. They are a
series of lenses that shape what we see and don't see, how we
perceive and interpret,
28. and where we draw boundaries. In shaping our values, cultures
contain starting points
and currencies[1]. Starting points are those places it is natural
to begin, whether with
individual or group concerns, with the big picture or
particularities. Currencies are those
things we care about that influence and shape our
interactions with others.
How Cultures Work
Though largely below the surface, cultures are a shifting,
dynamic set of starting points that orient us in particular
ways and away from other directions. Each of us belongs to
multiple cultures that give
us messages about what is normal, appropriate, and expected.
When others do not
meet our expectations, it is often a cue that our cultural
expectations are different. We
may mistake differences between others and us for evidence of
bad faith or lack of
common sense on the part of others, not realizing that common
sense is also cultural.
What is common to one group may seem strange,
counterintuitive, or wrong to another.
Cultural messages shape our understandings of relationships and
of how to deal with
the conflict and harmony that are always present whenever two
or more people come
together. Writing about or working across cultures is
complicated, but not impossible.
29. Here are some complications in working with cultural
dimensions of conflict, and the
implications that flow from them:
Culture is multi-layered -- what you see on the surface may
mask differences below the
surface.
Therefore, cultural generalizations are not the whole story, and
there is no substitute for
building relationships and sharing experiences, coming to know
others more deeply
over time.
Culture is constantly in flux -- as conditions change, cultural
groups adapt in dynamic
and sometimes unpredictable ways.
Therefore, no comprehensive description can ever be formulated
about a particular
group. Any attempt to understand a group must take the
dimensions of time, context,
and individual differences into account.
Culture is elastic -- knowing the cultural norms of a given group
do not predict the
behavior of a member of that group, who may not conform to
norms for individual or
contextual reasons.
Therefore, taxonomies (e.g. "Italians think this way," or
"Buddhists prefer that") have
limited use, and can lead to error if not checked with
experience.
30. Culture is largely below the surface, influencing identities and
meaning-making, or who
we believe ourselves to be and what we care about -- it is not
easy to access these
symbolic levels since they are largely outside our awareness.
Therefore, it is important to use many ways of learning about
the cultural dimensions of
those involved in a conflict, especially indirect ways, including
stories, metaphors, and
rituals.
Cultural influences and identities become important depending
on context. When an
aspect of cultural identity is threatened or misunderstood, it
may become relatively more
important than other cultural identities and this fixed, narrow
identity may become the
focus of stereotyping, negative projection, and conflict. This is
a very common situation
in intractable conflicts.
Therefore, it is useful for people in conflict to have interactive
experiences that help
them see each other as broadly as possible, experiences that
foster the recognition of
shared identities as well as those that are different.
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Since culture is so closely related to our identities (who we
think we are), and the ways
we make meaning (what is important to us and how), it is
always a factor in conflict.
31. Cultural awareness leads us to apply the Platinum Rule in place
of the Golden Rule.
Rather than the maxim "Do unto others as you would have them
do unto you," the
Platinum Rule advises: "Do unto others as they would have you
do unto them."
Culture and Conflict: Connections
Cultures are embedded in every conflict because conflicts arise
in human relationships.
Cultures affect the ways we name, frame, blame, and attempt to
tame conflicts.
Whether a conflict exists at all is a cultural question. In an
interview conducted in
Canada, an elderly Chinese man indicated he had experienced
no conflict at all for the
previous 40 years.[2] Among the possible reasons for his denial
was a cultural
preference to see the world through lenses of harmony rather
than conflict, as
encouraged by his Confucian upbringing. Labeling some of our
interactions as conflicts
and analyzing them into smaller component parts is a distinctly
Western approach that
may obscure other aspects of relationships.
Culture is always a factor in conflict, whether it plays a central
role or influences it subtly
and gently. For any conflict that touches us where it matters,
where we make meaning
and hold our identities, there is always a cultural component.
Intractable conflicts like
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or the India-Pakistan conflict
over Kashmir are not just
about territorial, boundary, and sovereignty issues -- they are
32. also about
acknowledgement, representation, and legitimization of
different identities and ways of
living, being, and making meaning.
Conflicts between teenagers and parents are shaped by
generational culture, and
conflicts between spouses or partners are influenced by gender
culture. In
organizations, conflicts arising from different disciplinary
cultures escalate tensions
between co-workers, creating strained or inaccurate
communication and stressed
relationships. Culture permeates conflict no matter what --
sometimes pushing forth with
intensity, other times quietly snaking along, hardly announcing
its presence until
surprised people nearly stumble on it.
Culture is inextricable from conflict, though it does not cause it.
When differences
surface in families, organizations, or communities, culture is
always present, shaping
perceptions, attitudes, behaviors, and outcomes.
When the cultural groups we belong to are a large majority in
our community or nation,
we are less likely to be aware of the content of the messages
they send us. Cultures
shared by dominant groups often seem to be "natural," "normal"
-- "the way things are
done." We only notice the effect of cultures that are different
from our own, attending to
behaviors that we label exotic or strange.
33. Though culture is intertwined with conflict, some approaches to
conflict resolution
minimize cultural issues and influences. Since culture is like an
iceberg -- largely
submerged -- it is important to include it in our analyses and
interventions. Icebergs
unacknowledged can be dangerous, and it is impossible to make
choices about them if
we don't know their size or place. Acknowledging culture and
bringing cultural fluency to
conflicts can help all kinds of people make more intentional,
adaptive choices.
Culture and Conflict: How to Respond
Given culture's important role in conflicts, what should be done
to keep it in mind and
include it in response plans? Cultures may act like
temperamental children:
complicated, elusive, and difficult to predict. Unless we develop
comfort with culture as
an integral part of conflict, we may find ourselves tangled in its
net of complexity, limited
by our own cultural lenses. Cultural fluency is a key tool for
disentangling and managing
multilayered, cultural conflicts.
Cultural fluency means familiarity with cultures: their natures,
how they work, and ways
they intertwine with our relationships in times of conflict and
harmony. Cultural fluency
means awareness of several dimensions of culture, including
34. Each of these is described in more detail below.
Communication refers to different starting points about how to
relate to and with others.
There are many variations on these starting points, and they are
outlined in detail in the
topic Communication, Culture, and Conflict. Some of the major
variations relate to the
division between high- and low-context communications, a
classification devised by
Edward T. Hall.[3]
In high-context communication, most of a message is conveyed
by the context
surrounding it, rather than being named explicitly in words. The
physical setting, the way
things are said, and shared understandings are relied upon to
give communication
meaning. Interactions feature formalized and stylized rituals,
telegraphing ideas without
spelling them out. Nonverbal cues and signals are essential to
comprehension of the
message. The context is trusted to communicate in the absence
of verbal expressions,
or sometimes in addition to them. High-context communication
may help save face
because it is less direct than low-context communication, but it
may increase the
possibilities of miscommunication because much of the intended
message is unstated.
Low-context communication emphasizes directness rather than
relying on the context to
communicate. From this starting point, verbal communication is
35. specific and literal, and
less is conveyed in implied, indirect signals. Low-context
communicators tend to "say
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what they mean and mean what they say." Low-context
communication may help
prevent misunderstandings, but it can also escalate conflict
because it is more
confrontational than high-context communication.
As people communicate, they move along a continuum between
high- and low-context.
Depending on the kind of relationship, the context, and the
purpose of communication,
they may be more or less explicit and direct. In close
relationships, communication
shorthand is often used, which makes communication opaque to
outsiders but perfectly
clear to the parties. With strangers, the same people may choose
low-context
communication.
Low- and high-context communication refers not only to
individual communication
strategies, but may be used to understand cultural groups.
Generally, Western cultures
tend to gravitate toward low-context starting points, while
Eastern and Southern cultures
tend to high-context communication. Within these huge
categories, there are important
differences and many variations. Where high-context
communication tends to be
36. featured, it is useful to pay specific attention to nonverbal cues
and the behavior of
others who may know more of the unstated rules governing the
communication. Where
low-context communication is the norm, directness is likely to
be expected in return.
There are many other ways that communication varies across
cultures. High- and low-
context communication and several other dimensions are
explored in Communication,
Culture, and Conflict.
Ways of naming, framing, and taming conflict vary across
cultural boundaries. As the
example of the elderly Chinese interviewee illustrates, not
everyone agrees on what
constitutes a conflict. For those accustomed to subdued, calm
discussion, an emotional
exchange among family members may seem a threatening
conflict. The family
members themselves may look at their exchange as a normal and
desirable airing of
differing views. Intractable conflicts are also subject to
different interpretations. Is an
event a skirmish, a provocation, an escalation, or a mere trifle,
hardly worth noticing?
The answer depends on perspective, context, and how identity
relates to the situation.
Just as there is no consensus across cultures or situations on
what constitutes a conflict
or how events in the interaction should be framed, so there are
many different ways of
thinking about how to tame it. Should those involved meet face
to face, sharing their
37. perspectives and stories with or without the help of an outside
mediator? Or should a
trusted friend talk with each of those involved and try to help
smooth the waters? Should
a third party be known to the parties or a stranger to those
involved?
John Paul Lederach, in his book Preparing for Peace: Conflict
Transformation Across
Cultures, identifies two third-party roles that exist in U.S. and
Somali settings,
respectively -- the formal mediator and the traditional elder.[4]
The formal mediator is
generally not known to those involved, and he or she tries to act
without favoritism or
investment in any particular outcome. Traditional elders are
revered for their local
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knowledge and relationships, and are relied upon for direction
and advice, as well as for
their skills in helping parties communicate with each other. The
roles of insider
partial(someone known to the parties who is familiar with the
history of the situation and
the webs of relationships) and outsider neutral (someone
unknown to the parties who
has no stake in the outcome or continuing relationship with the
parties) appear in a
range of cultural contexts. Generally, insider partials tend to be
38. preferred in traditional,
high-context settings, while outside neutrals are more common
in low-context settings.
These are just some of the ways that taming conflict varies
across cultures. Third
parties may use different strategies with quite different goals,
depending on their cultural
sense of what is needed. In multicultural contexts, parties'
expectations of how conflict
should be addressed may vary, further escalating an existing
conflict.
Approaches to meaning-making also vary across cultures.
Hampden-Turner and
Trompenaars suggest that people have a range of starting points
for making sense of
their lives, including:
particularist (favoring
exceptions, relations, and contextual evaluation)
wholes into component
parts, and measurable results) and diffuseness (focusing on
patterns, the big
picture, and process over outcome)
n (sees virtue in individuals who strive to
realize their conscious
purpose) and outer direction (where virtue is outside each of us
in natural rhythms,
nature, beauty, and relationships)
39. (linear and
unidirectional).[5]
When we don't understand that others may have quite different
starting points, conflict is
more likely to occur and to escalate. Even though the starting
points themselves are
neutral, negative motives are easily attributed to someone who
begins from a different
end of the continuum.[6]
For example, when First Nations people sit down with
government representatives to
negotiate land claims in Canada or Australia, different ideas of
time may make it difficult
to establish rapport and make progress. First Nations people
tend to see time as
stretching forward and back, binding them in relationship with
seven generations in both
directions. Their actions and choices in the present are thus
relevant to history and to
their progeny. Government negotiators acculturated to Western
European ideas of time
may find the telling of historical tales and the consideration of
projections generations
into the future tedious and irrelevant unless they understand the
variations in the way
time is understood by First Nations people.
Of course, this example draws on generalizations that may or
may not apply in a
particular situation. There are many different Aboriginal
peoples in Canada, Australia,
New Zealand, the United States, and elsewhere. Each has a
distinct culture, and these
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cultures have different relationships to time, different ideas
about negotiation, and
unique identities. Government negotiators may also have a
range of ethno cultural
identities, and may not fit the stereotype of the woman or man
in a hurry, with a
measured, pressured orientation toward time.
Examples can also be drawn from the other three dimensions
identified by Hampden-
Turner and Trompenaars. When an intractable conflict has been
ongoing for years or
even generations, should there be recourse to international
standards and interveners,
or local rules and practices? Those favoring a Universalist
starting point are more likely
to prefer international intervention and the setting of
international standards. Particular
lists will be more comfortable with a tailor-made, home-grown
approach than with the
imposition of general rules that may or may not fit their needs
and context.
Specificity and diffuseness also lead to conflict and conflict
escalation in many
instances. People, who speak in specifics, looking for practical
solutions to challenges
that can be implemented and measured, may find those who
focus on process, feelings,
and the big picture obstructionist and frustrating. On the other
hand, those whose
41. starting points are diffuse are more apt to catch the flaw in the
sum that is not easy to
detect by looking at the component parts, and to see the context
into which specific
ideas must fit.
Inner-directed people tend to feel confident that they can affect
change, believing that
they are "the masters of their fate, the captains of their
souls."[7] They focus more on
product than process. Imagine their frustration when faced with
outer-directed people,
whose attention goes to nurturing relationships, living in
harmony with nature, going with
the flow, and paying attention to processes rather than products.
As with each of the
above sets of starting points, neither is right or wrong; they are
simply different. A focus
on process is helpful, but not if it completely fails to ignore
outcomes. A focus on
outcomes is useful, but it is also important to monitor the tone
and direction of the
process. Cultural fluency means being aware of different sets of
starting points, and
having a way to speak in both dialects, helping translate
between them when they are
making conflict worse.
These continua are not absolute, nor do they explain human
relations broadly. They are
clues to what might be happening when people are in conflict
over long periods of time.
We are meaning-making creatures, telling stories and creating
understandings that
preserve our sense of self and relate to our purpose. As we come
to realize this, we can
42. look into the process of meaning making for those in a conflict
and find ways to help
them make their meaning-making processes and conclusions
more apparent to each
other.
This can be done by storytelling and by the creation of shared
stories, stories that are
co-constructed to make room for multiple points of view within
them. Often, people in
conflict tell stories that sound as though both cannot be true.
Narrative conflict-
resolution approaches help them leave their concern with truth
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sideline for a time, turning their attention instead to stories in
which they can both see
themselves.
Another way to explore meaning making is through metaphors.
Metaphors are compact,
tightly packaged word pictures that convey a great deal of
information in shorthand
form. For example, in exploring how a conflict began, one side
may talk about its origins
being buried in the mists of time before there were boundaries
and roads and written
laws. The other may see it as the offspring of a vexatious
lawsuit begun in 1946. Neither
is wrong -- the issue may well have deep roots, and the lawsuit
was surely a part of the
evolution of the conflict. As the two sides talk about their
metaphors, the more diffuse
43. starting point wrapped up in the mists of time meets the more
specific one, attached to a
particular legal action. As the two talk, they deepen their
understanding of each other in
context, and learn more about their respective roles and
identities.
Identities and roles refer to conceptions of the self. Am I an
individual unit, autonomous,
a free agent, ultimately responsible for myself? Or am I first
and foremost a member of
a group, weighing choices and actions by how the group will
perceive them and be
affected by them? Those who see themselves as separate
individuals likely come from
societies anthropologists call individualist. Those for whom
group allegiance is primary
usually come from settings anthropologists call collectivist, or
communitarian.
In collectivist settings, the following values tend to be
privileged:
nce toward elders)
In individualist settings, the following values tend to be
privileged:
lfillment
-reliance
44. When individualist and communitarian starting points influence
those on either side of a
conflict, escalation may result. Individualists may see no
problem with "no holds barred"
confrontation, while communitarian counterparts shrink from
bringing dishonor or face-
loss to their group by behaving in unseemly ways. Individualists
may expect to make
agreements with communitarians, and may feel betrayed when
the latter indicate that
they have to take their understandings back to a larger public or
group before they can
come to closure. In the end, one should remember that, as with
other patterns
described, most people are not purely individualist or
communitarian. Rather, people
tend to have individualist or communitarian starting points,
depending on one's
upbringing, experience, and the context of the situation.
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Conclusion
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to conflict resolution,
since culture is always a
factor. Cultural fluency is therefore a core competency for those
who intervene in
conflicts or simply want to function more effectively in their
own lives and situations.
Cultural fluency involves recognizing and acting respectfully
from the knowledge that
communication, ways of naming, framing, and taming conflict,
45. approaches to meaning-
making, and identities and roles vary across cultures.
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CHAPTER 16
THE CULTURAL CONTEXT OF PEACEMAKING
Paul B. Pedersen
Conflict is a natural aspect of any relationship. Conflict may be
positive or negative, that is,
functional or dysfunctional. Whereas negative conflict threatens
to erode the growth and devel-
opment of a relationship, positive conflict can actually
strengthen relationships, especially when
the parties in conflict share fundamental values.
46. One of the major difficulties peacemakers confront in conflicts
between groups from differ-
ent cultures is the uncertainty about cultural values. Peaceful
resolution of intercultural conflict
often involves the parties acknowledging their shared values
and mutually appreciating their cul-
tural differences. However, in intercultural conflict resolution
even when different cultural
groups share the same values, their behavioral expression of
these values may differ. Not only
can different behaviors have the same meaning, the same
behavior can have different meanings.
Therefore, it is important to interpret each behavior in its
cultural context. In order to intervene
constructively in intercultural conflict, it is essential that a
peacemaker understand both the basic
values of the cultures and the behavioral expressions of these
values. The peacemaker is then in a
good position to help the parties empathize with one another
and to gauge how best to approach
2
them in the context of their own conflict resolution processes.
47. A consistent weakness of many international peacemaking
efforts derives from the cultural
insularity of the practitioners, especially the insensitivity of
Western peacemakers to the cultural
context of non-Western groups in conflict. Lund, Morris, and
LeBaron-Duryea (1994) suggest
that culture-centered models which incorporate a culturally
sensitive approach to conflict may be
more appropriate than any universal (“one-size-fits-all”) model
of intervention. It is the purpose
of this chapter to explore, clarify, and propose methods of
meeting the critical need to incorpo-
rate cultural understanding into the peacemaking process. In the
first section, I present a culture-
centered perspective on conflict. Then, I compare Western and
non-Western models of peace-
making, contrasting the collectivist model invoked in the Asia-
Pacific region with the individual-
istic model of the West. In the third section, I describe in detail
certain features of the Chinese
and Hawaiian conflict resolution systems to exemplify some
non-Western peacemaking proce-
dures which could prove useful in the West. In the fourth
section, I present the Cultural Grid, a
48. model that helps identify the complexity of culture and guides
the training of people to manage
conflict in multicultural settings. Finally, I turn to prospects for
the future, noting the growing
importance of cultural understanding and certain cultural
fictions that must be set aside if we are
to promote peace effectively in the twenty-first century.
A CULTURE-CENTERED PERSPECTIVE ON CONFLICT
The ways that conflicts between groups are managed reflect
each group’s culturally acquired pat-
terns of attitudes and beliefs. These patterns may involve
punishing wrongdoers, repairing
strained or broken relationships, depending on courts or legal
systems or relying on informal so-
cial pressure through teasing, gossip, exclusion, and
supernatural forces. These typical ways of
3
perceiving and responding to conflict are so natural to ingroup
members of a culture that they
assume their perspectives can be applied in other cultures (Fry
& Bjorkqvist, 1997).
The impact of culture on conflict has important implications.
49. First, misunderstandings may
occur as groups in conflict interpret the behavior of outsiders
according to the cultural rules of
insiders. Second, conflict may not be resolved when groups in
conflict seek quick and easy an-
swers by forcing their own cultural perspective on one another.
Third, a better understanding of
the impact of culture on conflict may allow us to adapt others’
peacemaking strategies to enlarge
our own repertoire.
Peacemaking requires that both parties to a conflict be able to
accurately understand the con-
flict from the other side’s point of view. In a failing conflictual
process, two groups are frustrated
in their efforts to achieve agreement by an inability (or
unwillingness) to accurately interpret or
understand each other’s perspective. In contrast, when
conflicting groups adopt a culture-
centered perspective, they actively seek meaning in the other’s
actions and proactively try to
make their own actions understandable to the other (Dubinskas,
1992). By jointly constructing
cultural meaning, the cultural differences are not erased.
Instead, the cultural integrity of all par-
50. ties is preserved and a new basis for intercultural cooperation
and coordination is constructed as
a metaphoric bridge to an island of common ground for both
sides of the dispute.
WESTERN AND NON-WESTERN MODELS OF
PEACEMAKING
Individualistic vs. Collectivistic Cultures
Non-Western cultures have typically been associated with
“collectivistic” perspectives, while
Western cultures have typically been associated with
“individualistic” value systems (Kim, Tri-
4
andis, Kagitcibasi, Choi, & Yoon, 1994). One difference
between the two value systems is that
individualism describes societies where the connections
between people are loose, and each per-
son is expected to look after him or herself. Collectivism
describes cultures where people are part
of strong cohesive ingroups which protect them in exchange for
unquestioned lifetime loyalty
(Hofstede, 1991). Differences on the individualism-collectivism
dimension can lead to problems.
51. For instance, the concept of individual freedom is a reflection
of an individualistic value and it
would be improper to impose such a value on a collectivistic
society.
A second difference is that in non-Western collectivistic
cultures, one of the ways to manage
disagreement between people is through the use of quoted
proverbs or stories that give guidance
on how to manage power differentials, handle disputes, locate
mediators or go-betweens, and
how to achieve mutually satisfactory settlements (Augsburger,
1992). For example, Watson-
Gegeo and White (1990) describe how Pacific Islanders prefer
the term “disentangling” over the
more individualistic notions of conflict resolution or dispute
management. Disentangling is more
a process than an outcome and the image of a tangled net or line
blocking purposeful activity has
a practical emphasis as well as implying the ideal state where
the lines of people’s lives are
“straight.” Katz (1993) likewise talks about “the straight path”
as a healing tradition of Fiji with
spiritual dimensions of health for the individual and for society.
52. A third difference is the notion of self. In Western societies, the
self is grounded intrapsychi-
cally in self-love, self-definition, and self-direction. In the
solidarity of a collectivistic setting,
the self is not free. It is bound by mutual role obligations and
duties, structured and nurtured in
an ongoing process of give-and-take in facework negotiations.
In the West, there must be high
consistency between public face and private self-image. In the
East, the self is not an individual
5
but a relational construct” (Augsburger, 1992, p. 86).
High and Low Context Cultures
Another way of distinguishing cultures is the degree to which
context matters.
Low context cultures generally refer to groups characterized by
individualism,
overt communication and heterogeneity. The United States,
Canada and Central
and Northern Europe are described as areas where low context
cultural practices
are most in evidence. High context cultures feature collective
53. identity-focus, cov-
ert communication and homogeneity. This approach prevails in
Asian countries
including Japan, China and Korea as well as Latin American
countries. (Hall,
1976, p. 39)
Gudykunst and Ting-Toomey (1988) have made similar
distinctions: Low-context cultures
are likely to emphasize the individual rather than the group, be
concerned about autonomy rather
than inclusion, be direct rather than indirect, take a controlling
style of confrontation rather than
an obliging style, and be competitive rather than collaborative.
To illustrate, Hall (1976) con-
trasts the American (low-context) with the Japanese (high-
context) perspective regarding justice.
In a Japanese trial, the accused, the court, the public, and the
injured parties come together in a
collaborative effort to settle the dispute. In the United States,
the function of a trial is to focus on
the crime, confront the perpetrator, and affix blame in a way
that the criminal and society see the
consequences.
54. Gudykunst and Ting-Toomey associate high-and low-context
with collectivism and individu-
alism, respectively. While low-context persons view indirect
conflict management as weak, cow-
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ardly, or evasive, members of high-context cultures view direct
conflict management as impolite
and clumsy. While low-context persons separate the conflict
issue from the person, high-context
cultures see the issue and person as interrelated. While low-
context persons seek to manage con-
flict toward an objective and fair solution, high-context cultures
focus on the affective, relational,
personal, and subjective aspects which preclude open conflict.
While low-context cultures have a
linear and logical worldview which is problem-oriented and
sensitive to individuals, high-context
cultures see the conflict, event, and all actors in a unified,
holistic context. While low-context
cultures value independence focused on autonomy, freedom, and
personal rights, high-context
cultures value inclusion, approval, and association.
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Cultures
Low Context High Context
Individual participants must first accept and
acknowledge that there is a conflict before
resolution/mediation can begin.
Traditional groups must first accept and acknowl-
edge that there is a conflict before resolution/
mediation can begin.
Conflict and resolution/mediation process
must often be kept private.
Conflict is not private and must be made public
before the resolution/mediation process can begin.
Conflict management trains an individual to
negotiate/mediate or resolve conflict reac-
tively.
Social conflict management emphasizes monitor
ing or mediating stress in a proactive manner.
Resolution and mediation are individually de-
fined by the individuals involved in the con-
56. flict.
Conflict and its resolution/mediation are defined
by the group or culture.
Settlements are usually devoid of ritual and
spirituality.
Settlements are most often accompanied by ritual
and spirituality.
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Negotiations are face-to-face and confidential. Negotiations are
indirect (through intermediaries)
and public.
Preference for court settlements. Relying on courts to
resolve/mediate conflict is
regarded as a failure.
Using data from a 1994 conference on “Conflict resolution in
the Asia Pacific Region,” Ped-
ersen and Jandt (1996) developed some hypotheses about how
high-and low-context cultures ex-
perience conflict differently. These hypotheses are presented in
Table 16.1.
57. Western cultures have typically been associated with more
individualistic perspectives with
less emphasis on the importance of context. Non-Western
cultures have typically been more col-
lectivistic with more emphasis on the importance of context. Of
course, neither of these two per-
spectives is right or wrong or exclusively Western or non-
Western. Nevertheless, in any conflict
involving parties from different cultures, peacemakers need to
be sensitive to the different rules
that apply to peacemaking in each culture. An examination of
conflict in a high-context culture
located in the Asian-Pacific region of the world, can help
illustrate many of the principles of
peacemaking across cultures.
CONFLICT IN AN ASIAN-PACIFIC CONTEXT: A CASE
STUDY
The Asian-Pacific perspective is unique in several ways, as
described by a Chinese mediator.
“We who engage in mediation work should use our mouths, legs
and eyes more often. This
means we should constantly explain the importance of living in
harmony and dispense legal edu-
cation. We should also pay frequent visits to people’s houses
58. and when we hear or see any symp-
toms of disputes we should attempt to settle them before they
become too serious” (Barnes,
1991, p. 26).
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The Concept of “Face”
Conflict management in the Asian context has been described as
face maintenance, face saving,
face restoration, or face loss (Duryea, 1992). The concept of
“face” is Chinese in origin as a lit-
eral translation of the Chinese term lian, representing the
confidence of society in the integrity of
moral character. Without moral character, individuals cannot
function in their community (Hu,
1945). One loses face when an individual or group or someone
representing the group fails to
meet the requirements of their socially defined role or position.
Face can become more important
than life itself as the evaluation of the self by the community is
essential to identity. What one
thinks of self is less important than what one thinks others
think. Ting-Toomey (1994) defines
59. the concept of face in conflict management as important in all
communications.
The traditional Chinese approach to conflict resolution is based
on saving face for all parties
by the choices each makes regarding personal goals and
interpersonal harmony. This approach
follows the Confucian tradition in which the choice between
personal goals and interpersonal
harmony depends on the particular nature of the relationship
between conflicted parties (Hwang,
1998). When a subordinate is in conflict with a superior he or
she must protect the superior’s
face to maintain interpersonal harmony. Opinions are expressed
indirectly, and any personal goal
must be achieved privately while pretending to obey the
superior.
When the conflict involves horizontal relationships among
“ingroup” members, they may
communicate directly, and to protect harmony they may give
face to each other through com-
promise. If, however, one insists on his or her personal goal in
spite of the feelings of the other,
the fight may continue for a long time. If both parties insist on
their conflicting personal goals,
60. they may treat the other as an “outgroup” member and confront
that person directly, disregarding
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harmony and protecting their own face. A third party might be
required to mediate this conflict
and it may result in destroying the relationship.
Hwang (1998) describes the Confucian relationships of
father/son, husband/wife, senior/
junior brother, and superior/subordinate in a vertical structure
emphasizing the value of harmony.
“When one is conflicting with someone else within his or her
social network, the first thing one
has to learn is forbearance…In its broadest sense, forbearance
means to control and to suppress
one’s emotion, desire and psychological impulse” (p. 28).
Therefore a subordinate must obey and
endure the superior’s demands, relying on indirect
communication from some third party in their
social network to communicate with the superior. Because
Confucian rules of politeness require
both sides to “care about the other’s face” at least superficially,
conflict among ingroup members
61. may not be evident to outsiders. In a family, for example,
members take care of each other’s face
in front of outsiders to maintain superficial harmony by obeying
publicly and defying privately
(Gao & Ting-Toomey, 1998)
Ho’oponopono
One Pacific Islands model for peacemaking and managing
conflict is through ho’oponopono,
which means “setting to right” in the Hawaiian language. The
traditional Hawaiian cultural con-
text emphasizes cooperation and harmony. The extended family,
or ohana, is the foundation of
traditional Hawaiian society, … [and] successful maturation of
a person in the Hawaiian culture
thus requires that an individual cultivate an accurate ability to
perceive and attend to other peo-
ple’s needs, often without being asked” (Shook, 1985, p. 6).
Unregulated conflict disrupts bal-
ance and harmony, requires self-scrutiny, admission of
wrongdoing, asking forgiveness, and res-
titution to restore harmony. Illness becomes a punishment that
occurs when one ignores the so-
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cial pressure against taking negative actions or having negative
feelings toward others.
The traditional ho’oponopono approach to problem solving and
conflict management begins
with prayer, asking God for assistance and placing the process
in a cosmic or spiritual context.
This is followed by identification, which means sharing strength
to solve the family’s problems
by reaching out to the persons causing disruption to establish a
favorable climate. The problem is
then described in a way that ties the person who was wronged
and the wrongdoer together in an
entanglement. Then the many different dimensions of the
entanglement problem are explored
and clarified, one by one. As each aspect is identified through
discussion, the layers or tangles of
the problem are reorganized until family relationships are again
in harmony. Individuals who
have been wronged are encouraged to share their feelings and
perceptions and to engage in hon-
est, open self-scrutiny. If the group discussion is disrupted by
emotional outbursts, the leader
63. may declare a period of silence for family members to regain
harmony in their discussion. Fol-
lowing this is the sincere confession of wrongdoing, where the
wrongdoer seeks forgiveness and
agrees to restitution. Untangling the negative then joins both the
wronged and the wrongdoer in a
mutual release and restores their cosmic and spiritual harmony.
A closing spiritual ceremony re-
affirms the family’s strength and bond.
Attempts to adapt ho’oponopono to Westernized contexts have
applied those aspects of (1)
recognizing the importance of conflict management in a
spiritual context, (2) channeling the dis-
cussion with sanctions of silence should disruption occur, and
(3) bringing the wrongdoer back
into the community as a full member with complete restitution
and forgiveness. Understanding a
radically different dispute resolution system should help
peacemakers become more sensitive to
whatever cultural differences they encounter in their work.
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THE CULTURAL GRID
64. Hines and Pedersen (1980) introduced and developed The
Cultural Grid to help identify and de-
scribe the complexity of a cultural context in a way that would
suggest research hypotheses and
guide the training of people to manage conflict in multicultural
settings. Table 16.2 presents the
Within-Person Cultural Grid. The grid provides a conceptual
framework that demonstrates how
cultural and personal variables interact in a combined context,
linking each behavior (what you
did) to expectations, each expectation to values (why you did
it), and each value to the social
system (where you learned to do it). Each cultural context is
complicated and dynamic so that
each value is taught by many teachers, with different values
becoming salient in different situa-
tions. Multicultural self-awareness means being able to identify
what you did (behavior), why
you did it (expectation and value), and where you learned to do
it (culture-teachers).
The Within-Person Cultural Grid is intended to show the
complex network of culturally
learned patterns behind each behavior in a chain of logic from
teachers to values and expecta-
65. tions to the behavior. The dangers of interpreting behaviors “out
of context” are apparent once
the contextual linkage of behaviors to expectations, values, and
social systems has been demon-
strated. Cultural conflict can arise when the context of behavior
is not interpreted appropriately.
For example, our cultural teachers may have taught us the value
of being fair and might have
communicated that we should “do unto others as you would
have them do unto you.” Someone
from another culture might share the same value (i.e., being
fair), but there may be differences in
which behaviors are viewed as indications of fairness. If you
focus only on the behavior out of
context, a misunderstanding may occur.
Table 16.2 Within-Person Cultural Grid
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Cultural Teachers
Personal Variables
Where you learned to do
it (teachers)
66. Why you did it (val-
ues and expect.)
What you did
(behavior)
1. Family relationships
relatives
fellow countrypersons
ancestors shared beliefs
2. Power relationships
social friends
sponsors and mentors
subordinates
supervisors and
superiors
3. Memberships
co-workers
organizations
gender and age
groups
67. workplace colleagues
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4.
Non-family rela-
tionships
friendships
classmates
neighbors
people like me
In order to examine interpersonal processes, we now consider
another cultural grid. The
Between-Persons Cultural Grid is illustrated in Table 16.3. This
grid describes the relationship
between two people or groups by separating what was done
(behaviors) from why it was done
(expectations). The Between-Persons Cultural Grid includes
four quadrants. Each quadrant ex-
plains parts of a conflict between two individuals or groups,
recognizing that the salience of each
quadrant may change over time and across situations (Pedersen,
1993). In the first quadrant
68. (same behavior, same expectation), two individuals have similar
behaviors and similar positive
expectations. The relationship is congruent and harmonious and
there are positive shared expec-
tations behind the behavior. Both persons are smiling (behavior)
and both persons expect friend-
ship (expectation). There is little conflict in this quadrant.
Table 16.3 Between-Persons Cultural Grid
Why It Was Done(expectation) What Was Done? (behavior)
Same action Different action
Perceived same and positive reason
Perceived different and negative
reason
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In the second quadrant, two individuals or groups have different
behaviors but share the same
positive expectations. There is a high level of agreement in that
both persons expect trust and
friendliness. However, if behavior is interpreted out of context,
it is likely to be incorrectly seen
69. as different and possibly hostile. This quadrant is characteristic
of cultural conflict in which each
person or group is applying a self-reference criterion to
interpret the other person’s or group’s
behavior. Both expect respect but one shows respect by being
very formal and the other by being
very informal. In another example, two people may both expect
harmony but one shows har-
mony by smiling a lot and the other by being very serious. If the
behaviors are not perceived as
reflecting shared, positive, common-ground expectations, the
conflict may escalate as each party
perceives the other as hostile. The conditions described in the
second quadrant are very unstable
and, unless the shared positive expectations are quickly found
and made explicit, the salience is
likely to change toward the third quadrant.
In the third quadrant, the two persons have the same behaviors
but now they have different or
negative expectations. The similarity of behaviors gives the
appearance of harmony and agree-
ment, but the hidden expectations are different or negative and
are not likely to bode well for the
relationship. While you may have cross-cultural conflict when
70. the behaviors are the same and
expectations are different, the salient feature here is no longer
the shared cultural value, meaning,
or expectation, but rather the similar behaviors outside their
cultural context. When I interpret
your behavior from my own cultural perspective, I impose my
culture on you and interpret your
behavior out of context. Although both persons are now in
disagreement this may not be obvious
or apparent to others. One person may continue to expect trust
and friendliness while the other
person is now distrustful and unfriendly, even though they are
both behaving similarly, both
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smiling and glad-handing. If these two people can be guided to
remember an earlier time when
they shared positive expectations, they might be able to return
to the second quadrant and reverse
the escalating conflict between them. If the difference in
expectations is ignored or undiscovered,
the conflict may move to the fourth quadrant.
In the fourth quadrant, two people have different and/or
71. negative expectations and they stop
pretending to be congruent. The two persons are at war with one
another and may not want to
increase the harmony in their relationship any longer. Their
disagreement is now obvious and
apparent, and they may just want to hurt one another. This
condition would describe intimate
violence, hate crimes, ethnopolitical violence, terrorism, and
other extreme forms of conflict.
It is very difficult to retrieve conflict from the fourth quadrant
because one or both parties
have stopped trying to find shared positive expectations.
Unfortunately, many conflicts between
people and groups remain undiscovered until reaching the fourth
quadrant. An appropriate pre-
vention strategy would be to identify the conflict in behaviors
early in the process when those
differences in behaviors are in a context of shared positive
expectations, allowing both parties to
build on the common ground they share without forcing either
party to lose integrity.
Therefore, two people may both share the positive expectation
of trust but one may be loud
and the other quiet; they may share respect but one may be open
72. and the other closed; they may
both believe in fairness but one may be direct and the other
indirect; they may value efficiency
but one may be formal and the other informal; they may seek
effectiveness but one may be close
and the other distant; or they may want safety but one may be
task-oriented and the other
relationship-oriented. Only when each behavior is assessed and
understood in its own context
does that behavior become meaningful. Only when positive
shared expectations can be identified
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will two individuals or groups be able to find common ground
without sacrificing cultural integ-
rity.
CULTURALLY BASED CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN THE
TWENTY-
FIRST CENTURY
There are many reasons for conflict across cultures. Different
needs and wants, different beliefs,
competing goals, different loyalties, values, ideologies, and
geopolitical factors provide opportu-
73. nities for conflict. Limited resources and wealth, the
availability of technological solutions, dis-
parities in power across social groups and classes all provide
reasons for disagreement.
The United States offers one example of the increasing
importance of a culture-centered per-
spective on conflict and the need to develop more adequate
culture-sensitive tools for managing
conflict. Demographic changes in the United States, with some
minority groups growing more
rapidly than others, will change the nature of community
disputes so that issues of race, national
origin, and ethnicity are more likely to be important
considerations in the twenty-first century.
The culture-based approach emphasizes that although cultures
may embrace the same core val-
ues, the expression of these values in observable behaviors may
differ dramatically, thereby in-
creasing the likelihood of misunderstanding. Those seeking to
mediate or manage community
disputes will need to know more about the cultural background
of the people involved. Cultur-
ally defined tools and strategies will become necessary not only
to understand the disputes, but
74. also to assist and resolve them (Kruger, 1992).
Sunoo (1990) provides seven guidelines for mediators of
intercultural disputes.
1. Anticipate different expectations.
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2. Do not assume that what you say is being understood.
3. Listen carefully.
4. Seek ways of getting both parties to validate the concerns of
the other.
5. Be patient, be humble, and be willing to learn.
6. Apply win-win negotiating principles to the negotiation
rather than traditional adversarial
bargaining techniques.
7. Dare to do things differently.
These recommendations parallel ten guidelines by Cohen
(1991), who suggests that the nego-
tiator study the opponent’s culture and history, try to establish a
warm personal relationship, re-
frain from assuming that others understand what you mean, be
alert to indirect communication,
75. be sensitive to face/status issues, adapt your strategy to your
opponent’s cultural needs, be ap-
propriately flexible and patient, and recognize that outward
appearances are important.
Lund, Morris, and LeBaron-Duryea (1994) note that culture is
complicated and dynamic with
considerable diversity within each cultural group. Culture
provides a metaphor for respecting the
complicated and dynamic diversity within and between cultural
groups while also defining the
common ground that connects the groups. Finding common
ground without giving up integrity
and without resorting to simplistic stereotypes or
overgeneralizations is the primary challenge.
Dominant-culture methods of conflict resolution are based on
culture-bound assumptions and
incorporate values and attitudes not shared by members of
minority groups. These culture-bound
assumptions are implicit or explicit in many of the models of
mediation and negotiation originat-
ing in the West. It is important to separate fact from fiction in
these models and to make peace-
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makers aware of culturally bound assumptions.
Fictions
One fiction is that conflicts are merely communication problems
and if effective communication
can be facilitated, then the conflict will be solved. In fact, the
cultural context mediates all com-
munications between groups and must be attended to in all
conflict management.
A second fiction is that there is a middle ground which both
parties must reach through com-
promise to get some of what they want. In fact, the conflict may
not fit a winlose model and
compromising may be less effective than reframing the conflict
so that both parties gain without
losing integrity.
A third fiction is that the optimal way to address conflict is to
get both of the parties in the
same room and facilitate an open, forthright discussion of the
issues. In fact, direct contact in
many cultural contexts may be destructive, especially in
contexts where conflicts are managed
indirectly.
77. A fourth fiction is that parties in conflict should emphasize
their individual interests over col-
lective values of family, community, or society. In fact, the
collective interests may be more im-
portant than individual interests in some cultures.
A fifth fiction is that any third-party mediator must be a neutral
person with no connections
to any of the conflicting parties. In fact, neutrality may be
impossible or even undesirable when it
requires going outside the group to find a third party.
A sixth fiction is that good procedures for conflict resolution
should be standardized accord-
ing to fair, reasonable, and rational formats and policies. In
fact, the expectation of fairness, rea-
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sonableness, and rationality may be expressed quite differently
by each culture.
Peacemaking between ethnocultural groups has become an
urgent need in recent times and
promises to be a major priority of the twenty-first century. By
better understanding the positive
78. contribution that a culture-centered approach to peacemaking
provides, we might be better pre-
pared to promote the sustainable satisfaction of human needs for
security and a high quality of
life on a global scale for the twenty-first century.