Cultural Diversity
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WORKING WITH
CULTURAL DIVERSITYBy Çisil , Esra , Filiz ,
Özge
WHAT IS CULTURE
?
HOW DO YOU DEFINE
“CULTURE”
CULTURE IS
IDENTIFIABLE IN
THE SELF!
EACH OF US IS CULTURE.
EVERYTHING AROUND US CAN SHAPE OUR CULTURE.
MUSIC
BEHAVIOR
AGE
GENDER
OCCUPANCY
LANGUAGE
RELIGIOUS
ETHNICITY
FOOD
ART
INTERACTION
COGNİTIVE
Culture is communication,
communication is culture.
Culture is human-made part
of the environment.
FACTORS THAT CAUSE COMMUNICATION
PROBLEM IN CULTURAL DIVERSITY
WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR
EXPERIENCES!!
BY ;BODY – LANGUAGEEYE CONTACTGESTURESFACIAL EXPRESSION
WE COMMUNICATE MUCH MORE THAN WORDS.
NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
What type of body languages do you face
in your life?
POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE GENERALIZATIONS
WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN OUR DAILY LIFES.IT IS VERY COMMON .IT CAN SHOW
BELONGINGS.POSITIVE ONE CAN BE
JUST AS DANGEROUS FOR A PERSON TO USE AS NEGATIVE ONE.
STEREOTYPESDo you see
stereotyping as a problem
in your working
environment?
EVEN WHEN THE SAME LANGUAGE IS USED, PEOPLE INTERPRET INFORMATION DIFFERENTLY.THE MESSAGE SENT IS NOT
ALWAYS THE MESSAGE RECEIVED.THE SENDER OF THE MESSAGE
APPEAR TO BE PUSHY, RUDE, AGGRESSIVE, PASSIVE, ETC.FACTORS INVOLVED IN THIS ARE
VOLUME AND RAPIDITY OF SPEECH, TONE OF VOICE, AND EMPHASISON KEY WORDS.
COMMUNICATION STYLES
How about your
experiences?
THE FACT THAT PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES ACCOUNTS FOR MANY OF THE PROBLEMS THAT OCCUR WHEN THEY TRY TO INTERACT CROSS-CULTURALLY OR ACROSS GENDERS.CULTURAL, RACIAL, AND GENDER
DIFFERENCES
LACK OF COMMON EXPEREINCE
What are the key
experiences that shape
our culture ?
SOME PEOPLE REACT NEGATIVELY TO ACCENTS. SOME PEOPLE CONSIDER THEM TO BE
LESS INTELLIGENT, LESS COMPETENT, EVEN LESS
TRUSTWORTHY.
ACCENTS
Are you bothered by
accents?
PEOPLE MAKE JUDGMENTS ABOUT OTHERS BASED ON THE KINDS OF EXPRESSIONS THEY USE BECAUSE OF THE REGION OF COUNTRY FROM WHICH THEY COME. THESE SPEAKERS ARE SOMETIMES THOUGHT TO BE UNEDUCATEDLESS INTELLIGENT THAN
PERSONS WHO DO NOT USE REGIONAL JARGON.
REGIONAL JARGONAre you
bothered by regional jargon? Why?
AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN INTERCULTURALINTERRACIAL INTER-GENDER
COMMUNICATION
TRUST
Have you ever
experienced this?
VALUES ARE BELIEFS. OUR VALUES OFTEN REFLECT A LARGER, SOCIAL VALUE SYSTEM. WHEN PEOPLE HOLD DIFFERENT VALUES OR HAVE DIFFERENT BELIEFS, COMMUNICATION MAY BE VERY DIFFICULT.
VALUES AND BELIEFSWhat are
Values and Beliefs that
creates cultural
diversity ?
VALUES AND BELIEFSWhat do you think about
having different values ? Is it cause of
having different cultures?
Needs are universal. But the way we meet them
differs.
What do you gather from Diversity and
Difference ? Do they have the same
meaning ?
DIFFERENCE & DIVERSITY
DIVERSITYTHE STATE OR FACT OF BEING DIVERSE; DIFFERENCEUNLIKENESSVARIETYMULTIFORMITY A POINT OF
DIFFERENCE DISSIMILARITY
DIFFERENCEDIFFERENCE IS AN EXCLUSING TERM .IT IS SETTING APART ONE FROM THE OTHER.
FIND 5 DIFFERENCES IN THE PICTURE
AS A RESULT ,CULTURAL DIVERSITY
AGECOGNITIVE STYLE; CULTURE; DISABILITY (MENTAL, LEARNING, PHYSICAL)ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDEDUCATIONETHNICITYGENDER IDENTITY
ANGUAGE(S) SPOKENMARITAL/PARTNERED STATUS PHYSICAL APPEARANCEPOLITICAL AFFILIATIONRACERELIGIOUS BELIEFSSEXUAL ORIENTATIONGEOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND
WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU ?
What is going on with you ?
BASICALLY, THERE ARE TWO DIMENSIONS OF
RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS:
WE MAY START FROM OURSELVES.UNDERSTAND OUR
OWN NEEDS. INSTEAD OF TRYING
TO CHANGE PEOPLE WE MAY UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS FIND OUT HOW DOES
IT EFFECT THEM. THEN WE CAN
REFLECT IT TO OUR SELVES.
WE MAY START FROM OTHERSUNDERSTAND THEIR
NEEDS.FIND OUT HOW DOES
IT EFFECT US. THEN WE CAN
REFLECT IT TO OUR SELVES.
IMPOSING YOUR CULTURE IS NOT A SOLUTION.
WHAT WE GET IS THE AWARENESS OF NEEDS.
NEEDS OF US
NEEDS OF
OTHERS
WHAT SUITS YOU ?
FINDING THE CULTURE THAT FITS US!!“WHAT SUITS YOU?”PLEASE TRY TO GIVE ANSWERS OF THE BELOW QUESTIONS :DO YOU LIKE WORKING IN
TEAMS OR ON YOUR OWN? DO YOU LIKE TO GO OUT
AFTER WORK WITH COLLEAGUES OR GO STRAIGHT HOME? ARE YOU COMFORTABLE IN A
MORE FORMAL OR A MORE CASUAL ENVIRONMENT? THEN, NARROW YOUR JOB SEARCH TO THOSE KINDS OF EMPLOYERS.
AFTER FINDING OUT THE SPECIFIC EMPLOYERS THAT FITS US.WHAT DO PEOPLE HAVE
THEIR DESKS – FAMILY PICTURES OR ONLY WORK STUFF? ARE OFFICE DOORS CLOSED
OR OPEN? THERE ANY DOORS? HOW DOES THE PHYSICAL
CLIMATE FEEL? IS IT RELAXED AND CASUAL OR MORE FORMAL? DO PEOPLE SEEM TO BE
HELPING EACH OTHER AS THEY WORK? ARE THE BATHROOMS
DIRTY?
THANK YOU!!!