GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Organizational Learning, Masculinity, Proxemics

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Ado Abdoulkadre

Document Summary

Week 4 - culture and global diversity people. Culture : the shared set of beliefs, values and patterns of behaviour common to a group of. Cultural shock : confusion and discomfort a person"s experiences in an unfamiliar culture. Ethnocentrism : tendency to consider one"s own culture as superior to others. Cultural intelligence : the ability to adapt and adjust to new culture (your international iq) Low context cultures : emphasize communication via spoken or written words. High context cultures : rely on nonverbal and situational cues as well as on spoken or written words in communications. Monochronic cultures : people tend to do one things at a time. Polychronic cultures : times is used to accomplish many different things at once. Proxemics : is how people use space to communicate. Project globe (global leadership and organizational behaviour effectiveness): researchers the leadership, organizational practices and diversity among world cultures. Project globe"s research on leadership practices across cultures.