What is Culture?
Values
Personal
Family (Core Value [CV])
flexibility
collective
improvisation
Politeness
Humor (CV) Brazilian: sex-humor; French: sarcasm;
Task
Punktaulity (CV)
Knowledge
Structure (CV)
transparency
individualism
Seniority (Dienstalter) (CV)
Collectiveness
Hirarchy
Food (CV)
Differenz:
Core value
Normal value
Value that is basic and not for discussion
Very important
Value that is something you can get and change easily
Pyramid Model of Culture
Personality
Culture
Human Nature
Kultur ist…
Learned [Familiy, Friendships, …]
Unconcious (unbewusst gelebt)
Shared
Emotionally binded (things why you like it)
dynamic (Things Change) [Mauerfall, 911, Corona, Krieg in Ukraine, …]
Ethnocentric (evaluating other (ethno) peoples and cultures according to the standards of one's own culture) ([Tendency that people from a Culture thing they do the best] [if youre stuck in your innovation and lack of open mind youll die!]
Kulturelle Besonderheiten
Manager mancher Kulturen verkehren mit Frauen nach der Arbeit
Celebrations afterwork
Intercultural Averness
reflecting about other cultures and their behaviors
reflecting about yourself
Onion Diagram (4)
Nation Culture Elemements
Symbols
Language
Brandenburger Tor
Feng Shui (BSH Headquarter Munich)
Very importand [911: World Trade Center and Pentagon attacket]
Heroes
Someone who stands for the values (Strong People, …)
Rituals
Greeting (Handshake)
Sonntagsbraten
Things you constantly doing
Iceberg Theory - What is culture?
Behavior out of Water
Values in the Water (The Why for the Behavior)
National Culture
Region
Organization
Soc. class
Generation
Gender
Religion (Western: Christian, Jewish, Islam; Eastern: Hinduismus, Buddhismus, Schintoismus (Japan), Taoismus (Yin&Yang, Hotu)
Background
Religion
Western - Eastern
Western
absolute Wahrheit (gut und böse, schwarz weis)
Das Leben hat einen Anfang und ein Ende
Eastern
Verschiedene Wege, wie der Mensch sich bessern kann (Cause and Consequenzes): Lebensweise, Reinkarnation
Das Leben ist ein Kreislauf
Hinduismus
4 Kasten
Brahmanen: Priester [heute: CIOs, Direktore => Rich, HEAD]
Kshatryas: Krieger und Adelskaste [heute: Direktor, High Rankings ARME]
Vaishyas: Kaufleute, Landwirte [Bauern, Verkäufer BEINE]
Shudras: Diener [Straßenputzer, Hausreiniger FÜßE]
You stay in Kast cause you did something bad in your last life
Upper People are arrogant
10 Competecies Needed in Global Work
Openness
New thinking, welcoming strangers, acceptance
Flexibility
flexive behavior, flexible judgement
Personal autonomy
inner purpose, focus on goal
Emotional strength
resilience, coping, spirit of adventure
Perceptiveness
attuned, reflected awarness
Listerning orientation
active listening
Transparacy
clarity of communication
Cultural knowledge
information gathering, valuing differences
Influencing
rapport, range of styles, sensitivity to context
Synergy
creating new alternatives
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