MGT 307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Capital, Intellectual Capital, Self-Awareness
6 Sep 2016
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A new metaphor for american culture: the melting pot theory of american society has evolved, instead consider a vegetable soup metaphor. You can easily identify and taste the unique flavors of the individual parts: members of various cultural groups may not want to be assimilated, they want their tastes, looks and texture to remain whole. To reap the business benefits of diversity, you must employ inclusive work strategies. Soup has an overall flavor, but can easily see and taste individual parts: the parts exist together, contributing to the success of the soup, yet each part is still very different. Culture: the unique character of a social group; the values and norms shared by it"s members set it apart from other groups (lytle, brett & shapiro, 1999) Culture is the unstated standard operating procedures or ways of doing things. National cultural differences: a nation"s values and norms determine attitudes and behaviors acceptable or appropriate.
