In McCornak’s Interpersonal Communication and You, he gives many examples of how a co-culture may adjust their communication practices to interact with the dominant culture (2015, p. 97). This includes being overly polite to a dominant culture, being more tolerant in receiving offensive comments, over-achieving to prove wrong negative stereotypes or conforming to those same stereotypes to meet expectations, mimicking the dominant culture’s behaviors, openly degrading one’s own culture, or clearly
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delivered, regardless of their culture. As such, cultural competence encompasses providing care that is consistent with the culture of the patient. The key point is that developing cultural competence is a continuing process, and by no means an endpoint. The word “culture” does not limit itself to ethnicity or race, but addresses disability, income level, profession, gender, age, sexual orientation, or geographic location. The key to cultural competence is to show the utmost respect and response
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As I have been reading the chapters of out text book and the online lectures from this class it continues to increase my understanding in human service professional. Being in this field I will need to be able to work with different kinds of clients from different cultures. As I have noticed that I tend to get this question in everywhere I go “where are you from”. This question comes as soon as I start a conversation since they hear I have an accent. Some people like it and others tend to think since
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During my time working within the Students Diversity and Multicultural Affairs Department as a mentor, I have grown my many different skill sets. One of these areas is identity development and what it means to have intersecting identities. Intercultural competency is essential to have in life, especially when one is working with people. To me, it is recognizing how ones own privileges effects everyday life and how this further connects with one’s availability to resources, different capital that
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The Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas MMPBL/501 August 23, 2011 Dr. Sangeeta Bishop Steve Kafka, an American of Czech origin and a franchisor for Chicago Style Pizza, has decided to expand his business into the Czech Republic. He knows it is a risky decision. When he became a franchisor, he had to overcome many difficulties. Steve anticipates he will face some of these difficulties again at the new location in Prague, Czech Republic. Although he was born in the United States, he
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foreign market with distinctly nondomestic cultural norms such as China and Thailand, it would be well served to investigate and develop a negotiation and communication strategy that will mitigate these differences in a way that will not unduly jeopardize the success of its new endeavors. While they considered the differences in the legality of their overseas standing, it is obvious that Generator failed to develop a plan that accounted for the cultural hurdles before entering into these partnerships
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Ethnocentric and Communication Breakdown In Our Culture By Cherie Anderson Intercultural Communication 23 October 2011 Ethnocentric and Communication Breakdown Well ethnocentric is viewing your own culture as more superior than any other culture. Ethnocentric refers to judging other cultures or political systems based on one's own. I really don’t feel that I am about this being that I am very open to other cultures. Though some cultures I do not believe in certain practices that
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Research paper of the discipline “Cross Cultural Competence SS 2012” Made by: Brovchenko Ekaterina Dzyuba Stanislav Shushunina Tatiana 2012 Content Summary 1. Targets, tasks and problems of research During the last ten years aspects of cross-cultural competence provoke theoretical
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done through cross-cultural training and tools to assist in developing skills such as self awareness, communication and new learning. Culturally and Linguistically Appropriately Standards of Service (CLAS) have been created to guide health care agencies in better communication thus better patient satisfaction. There is also the use of cultural broker who acts as an advocate on behalf of another individual from a different culture has gained much attention and greatly enhances communication. Providing
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of them are defined as common meaning; that is, quality is basically ability to meet the customer’s needs and expectations. Perception of quality varies from person to person and even from culture to culture. Therefore, the national identity and cultural values and norms might have an important role on the customers’ quality perception. Even if all the features and the prices of the product are same, it can create different opinions and perceptions in different countries and cultures. How may
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