Assignment 06 Option1: Evaluate the claim that migration is positively valued in the UK. Migration is the movement of people from one place to another. There are two forms of migration, one being internal migration which involves the movement of people within a country and the other is international migration which is the movement from one country to another. This assignment will focus on the latter and will evaluate the controversies surrounding migration in the UK. There is a division in opinions regarding migration and the different views are heavily politically argues and have also become an everyday household discourse.
Ethnic diversity in the workplace is a key issue that affects many companies. The article from Understanding and Managing Diversity that I chose to read and discuss is Redefining Diversity by R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr. This article was intriguing in that it included interesting definitions of diversity and diversity management. The author discusses how diversity is a buzzword that has taken on a symbolic meaning. This simply means that because it has a symbolic meaning, people are no long sure what the actual definition of diversity is.
The Colombian Culture Cultural practices and beliefs are passed down from generation to generation. There are multiple cultural differences and beliefs which varies considerably among ethnic and religious groups. Even within the broad categories of ethnic, racial, or religious distinction, variances exist in how groups of people accept certain domestic products. It will definitely help to understand the country’s infrastructure as well as how to meet the needs of all citizens equally on a whole. Prior to expanding a business in a foreign country, American business owners must be able to recognize, integrate, and implement cultural beliefs as part of the business plan.
Running head: Multicultural Concepts 1 Multicultural Concepts Chelsie J. Bonner ENG 157 July 21, 2014 Michael Cromwell Multicultural Concepts It’s evident that there are many different cultures throughout the world. Each culture has its similarities and differences. For example, a similarity would be the United States class system and India’s caste system. While it is a similarity because it shows the different classes of people, it could also be a difference because they are significant to the two cultures in different ways. Each culture has a similar structural system such as political, military, religion, and social structures.
Community development was a response to the perceived disintegration of society due to rapid technological change, economic dislocations, disruption in traditional family and community structures and the extension of government and commercial services into personal and family life, with negative impacts on personal effectiveness and community ties (Carey, 1979:20). Community development is a process available to people of whatever political persuasion, working, and for whatever causes. It can be used alike by people of liberal, conservative or radical ideology. Indeed, community development is even more than a process; it is a movement, a philosophy, a value system, and an orientation. Many people hold the conviction that those at the most fundamental level of social life, the community, are best able to judge what they want and need and that they ought to be considered and included in making the relevant decisions about their lives and properties (Ravitz, 1982).
India and the Middle East share some of the most difficult structures to be successful in due to the nature and requirement of personal relationships along with the differences in Law and government involvement. This paper will discuss, compare and contrast these areas to relate a greater understanding of the cultural influences in these regions. The Asian Way Business Travel This article focuses on several different areas of the world in respect to India, China, The Philippines, and Singapore. It discusses the cultural aspects of each and how the relationships and business models design effect the daily scope of interaction and efficiency to create success. Some of the areas covered are greetings, business cards, honorifics, punctuality and attire.
Due to the affect of media on cultures (Schramm, 1964; Rogers, 1988), media internationalization and convergence often result in direct influence on national cultures. Through content creation and distribution, large media conglomerates tend to transform local cultural traditions as consumers tend to mimic transmitted media content (Boyd-Barrett, 2003). The case might be somewhat different in minority-owned media companies.This leads to the main question of this research: does a minority-owned host firm interfere with the culture of its foreign audience through the content creation and distribution of its subsidies? This interdisciplinary critical case study chose to explore the aspect of globalization in the FDI
Cultural Barriers in the Workplace by Chris Blank, Demand Media American workplaces in the 21st century must deal with several personnel challenges, including increased cultural diversity and a range of ages in their work forces. These factors often produce cultural barriers between co-workers that can have an adverse effect on productivity and morale. Demonstrating awareness of these cultural barriers often reduces their detrimental impact. Verbal and Language Barriers With the increased influence of globalization, many workplaces feature individuals who have moved from other areas of the country, or who are from other countries entirely. Regional differences in informal language and communication style can produce misunderstandings that are often amusing, but sometimes result in serious consequences.
Exchange and Reciprocity Exchange and reciprocity affect the workplace with it comes to generational differences. Generational differences among old and young generations respond exchange and reciprocity in different ways that affects the workplace significantly. Due to having different values, concerns, needs, ideas and expectations, these generations behave differently regarding gift exchanges and reciprocity that have a great impact on their performance and organizational productivity (Neff 2008). For example, boomers consider trust, relationship and actual user of their knowledge before transferring their knowledge to others, while younger generation are more interested to share it and also use the internet and social media to access and share their information easily. Therefore, old generation do not see reciprocity, while transferring knowledge that can generate a negative environment at workplace (Walker & Lewis, 2009).
I will also critically discuss the importance of social class in contemporary Britain. Identity is the way we look at ourselves and the way other people in the society look at us. This differentiates between each individual as identity takes in count gender, race, religion skin colour and family background. There is a lot of evidence that suggest ethnic identity is also very important as part of an individual’s identity, for example, African-Caribbean people find skin colour a very important source of identity (Modood 1997), there was also a study done which involved third generation British Asians the findings were that British Asians ‘adopt a ‘dual identity’, in that they inherit an Asian identity and adopt a British one’ (Johal 1998). Social class is a system of stratification, which refers to people being placed in different levels in society.