CULTURE DIVERSITY

25.04.2017

CULTURE DIVERSITY IN THE WORK PLACE

-CULTURE-

Culture refer to the cumulative deposit of

1. VALUE SYSTEM
2. LIFE STYLE
3. EXPERIENCE
4. BELIEVE
5. KNOWLEDGE
6. ATTITUDE

by a group of people generally without thinking about them.

• consider cultural competence a priority.
• culture is dynamic, therefore culture.

-cultural diversity in the workplace-

 cultural diversity in the workplace provides strength.

"valuing" individual and group cultural differences is critical to achieving the organization goals.

-CULTURAL AWARENESS-

• know your own culture background.
• Recognize your own stereotypes and biases.
• Gain knowledge of culture history and heritage.
• Be aware of other's perceptions.

-FORMING A TEAM-

there are 3 important characteristic of team's Size, Diversity and independence.

ONE MIND ONE RACE

NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION

Non-verbal communication in cultural diversity.

BODY LANGUAGE

how does body speak?

• like any spoken language, body language has words, sentences and punctuation.
• each gesture is like a single word and one word may have several different meaning.

-HEAD-
nodding the head

• 'yes' is most societies.
• 'no' is some part of Greece, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Turkey.

tossing the head backward

• 'yes'in Tailand

-FACE-

Facial expressions reflect emotion, feelings and attitude, but...
the asians are sometimes known as
~emotionless
~mixed-up emotions.

-EYES-
eye contact

• encourage in america, canada

raising eyebrows

• yes in tailand some asian

winking eye

• sharing secret in America and europe.

closed eyes

• bored or sleepy in America
• "i'm listening and concentrating" in Japan, Tailand and China.

-NOSE-
holding the nose.

• something smells bad.-Universal-
• none tap

pointing to nose

• "It's me" Japana.

Blowing nose.

• In most Asian countries, blowing the nose at social gathering is 'disgusting'.

-CHEEKS-

•  cheek screw.
• cheek stroke.
  

-LIPS AND MOUTH-

• spitting
  
• rude and crude
• Lip pointing
  
• Open mouth

-ARMS-

• some cultures, like the Italians, use the arms freely.
• folding arms.
• arms akimbo.
• arms behind back.
• arms in front.

-HANDS-

hands behind back.
hand waves.

• are used for greetings, beckoning or farewell.

hand shaking

• is a form of greeting in most western cultures.

 hand holding 

Clapping hands

 -THANKS UKI-