GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Gender Role, Organizational Culture, Six-Dimensional Space

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Murray Davidson

Document Summary

The shared set of belied, values and patterns of behavior common to a group of people. It is quite possible, even common, to work across cultures for decades and travel frequently for business while remaining unaware and uninformed about how culture impacts you. Confusions and discomfort a person experiences in an unfamiliar culture. Defi(cid:374)es (cid:272)ultu(cid:396)e sho(cid:272)k as a (cid:862)set of e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)al (cid:396)ea(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s to the loss of pe(cid:396)(cid:272)eptual reinforcements f(cid:396)o(cid:373) . Te(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) to (cid:272)o(cid:374)side(cid:396) o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:272)ultu(cid:396)e as supe(cid:396)io(cid:396) to othe(cid:396)s. The ability to adapt and adjust to new cultures. Cultural intelligence consists of cross- cultural skills, cultural knowledge and cultural metacognition that allows individuals to navigate successfully through different sets of cultural assumptions to achieve successful interaction with people from various cultural background. Low context cultures: emphasize communication via spoken and written words (communicating) good communication is precise, simple and clear. Messages are expressed and understood at face falue. Repetition is appreciated if it helps clarify the communication.