ADM 3318 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Femininity, Masculinity, Capitalism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Administration
• Course: ADM 3318
• Professor: Hassan Pourmehdi Ebrahimi

Document Summary

Edward taylor: that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom and other capabilities acquired by man as member of society (used as learning) Geert hofstede: the collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one human group from another culture, includes systems of values (distinguishing from others) Video: business like in turkey, indonesia, malaysia, etc. Values: form the bedrock of a culture: they provide the context within which a society"s norms are established and justified. Norms are the social rules that govern people"s actions toward one another: norms can be subdivided further into two major categories, folkways and mores. Norms: folkways are the routine conventions of everyday life: a good example of folkways concerns attitudes toward time in different countries. Attitudes toward time in different countries: people are very time conscious in canada, in other countries, some people are very relaxed about time, and arriving on time.