MGMT 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Santa Barbara City College, High-Context And Low-Context Cultures, Future Orientation
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Culture the shared set of beliefs values, knowledge and patterns of behaviour common to a group pf people. Misunderstandings often arise in international business relationships because people don"t" understand the expectations of the other side. Low context culture in which shared meanings are primarily derived from written and spoken words. High context culture in which people rely heavily on situational cues for meaning when communicating with others e. g. position, status or family connections. To avoid cultural collisions, we must understand how vulture vary. The globe project is a massive and ongoing cross-cultural investigation of the nine cultural dimensions involved in leadership and organisational processes. Started in 1993 by university of pennsylvania professor robert j. By understanding you can bridge the cross-cultural gaps. So, we must consider the give basic culture areas: language, interpersonal space, communication, time orientation monochromic (singular tasks) and polychromic time (multitasking, religion. However, these are viewed as tendencies rather than absolutes.
