CULTURAL DIFFERENCE PAPER 1
Cultural Differences Paper
Anita LaGrone
Com/360
March 23, 2015
Sherrie Madia
CULTURAL DIFFERENCE PAPER 2
Cultural Differences
All of us have been confronted with cultural difference
...
CULTURAL DIFFERENCE PAPER 1
Cultural Differences Paper
Anita LaGrone
Com/360
March 23, 2015
Sherrie Madia
CULTURAL DIFFERENCE PAPER 2
Cultural Differences
All of us have been confronted with cultural differences at some point in time. Cultural
differences often lead to misunderstandings however this can also have a serious impact on our
personal relationships and business relationships. Culture is a strong part of people's lives. It
influences their views, their values, their humor, their hopes, their loyalties, and their worries and
fears. However, working with people and building relationship helps to have some perspective
and understanding of their cultures. The differences among people stems from being in another
nationality, ethnicity, and culture, from family background and from individual experiences. In
which these differences affect our beliefs, practices, and behavior and also influence our
expectations for one another. Cultural differences are important to identity for it provides us with
a sense of belonging. A person's culture is often very important to them, because it has been apart
of them since birth. Cultures aren't simply the differences between nations, the differences within
communities and within your own back yard.
Edward Hall
When you want to seek to align and gain greater influence with other people of different
culture, first you must understand the personal, national or organizational culture. When
working across cultures, you must take note to the key factors. Anthropologist, Edward T.
Hall’s introduced a theory about high- and low-context culture, which helps us understand the
powerful effect culture has on communication. This theory informs important cultural factors
or dimensions. They are context, time, space and information. However, the key factor in his
theory is context. Context is the circumstances surrounding a message or an event takes place.
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