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Chapter12: Culture Inside and Outside
Chapter 12: Culture Inside and Outside
Culture is a communally produced and shared model of reality that communicates how people are expected to behave, think, and feel. The best way of learning culture is through socialization where the human interaction very important. We all develop expectations based on our early experiences. Part of this is biological, such as the food we eat, the comforts or pain we feel and the clothing we wear. But expectations are also greatly affected by experiences from all kinds of sense stimuli all around us. We learn that certain kinds of things will happen in certain kinds of situations, as a result of certain sets of conditions.
We learn to organize these expectations, by probability and according to priorities. Organization comes in part from the society around us. It comes in part from our own analytical faculties, as we respond to the societal influences. So our first experiences, which we did not get to choose, gave us a frame of reference for later experiences. I think this is a common, simple way to understand how we learn. Both Direct and indirect Strategy can be used to learn and teach the culture. Communication is very important for culture, communication involves A. Direct and indirect
B. Rank, status, and age
C. Discussion and debate
D. Working together
A Macro View of Workforce Inclusion and Diversity tells us people from many different backgrounds and perspective
. Ethnocentrism is the belief that one’s own culture is superior to others. Gender Differences
Women and Men
•Sexual Orientation
•Physical Disabilities
are also considered while talking culture .
Basic learning theory needs to take into account the basic skills or capacities we were born with that enable us to learn from experience. With this ability to learn, God has given us a part of who He created us to be.We see this when a child is learning language. You can almost see them mentally processing what they hear and see. The more they listen and practice, the closer they get to what they are hearing. Before long they are generating their own sentences, which they have not heard before. We do not have to learn every new sentence first. But we do have to learn some model sentences, which become the basis upon which we develop some expectations of how sentences should be made. We try to express our new ideas in new sentences that we have not heard before.
Corporate culture
the way the organization operates, how it is structured, how members are expected to behave, and what the organization believes is important
Co-cultures
like organizations, are smaller groups that exist within the larger culture and have their own values, beliefs, and codes for behavior
Deep culture
◦the organization’s identity or personality, what it believes, perceives, and considers important
Observable culture
involves the aspects of culture that can be seen, heard, or directly experienced by people
Heroes
◦organizational members who best demonstrate and symbolize company values
Lore
Involves stories or legends shared by members that reveal company history, appropriate conduct, and values
Every organization has the own culture associated with it. Our culture is something that shapes our view of ourselves and how we fit in the world.
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