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    Culture! We are always encountering other cultures and our own. There are traditional dances, foods, religious beliefs, upbringing, and etcetera. Our own culture and those around us shape who we are. I come from a culturally diverse background because of my two parents and community. On my mothers side, she is from the Philippines and my father is from Mexico. From their different civilizations and life style brought a little piece from each side on how I was raised. Growing up as a child was interesting

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    are hundreds of different ethnic groups in the world and they all have their own customs and traditions that stemmed out from their underlying culture. Similar to these ethnic groups, each organization also have their own unique culture that guides how people behave and what people believe in within the organization. In formal terms, organizational culture is “the set of values, norms, guiding beliefs, and understandings that is shared by members of an organization and is taught to new members.”

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    Culture sensitivity, or cultural competency, is the knowledge that allow workers to recognize or value different cultures and differences other than their own, to give them the ability to respond efficiently to various cultural needs (Denisco & Barker, 2015). Specifically, in the Asian-American group, there are numerous cultural differences that are prominent and diverse regarding healthcare. For this paper, the Asian cultural group was chosen because my family is part of this ethnic group. In addition

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    North Korean Culture The United States of America is truly a melting pot. People of different cultures and ethnic groups flee to America to experience a piece of the ‘American Pie’. The culture of foreigners is different from the cultures of American’s. This has caused a lot of preventable tragic events over the years. Due to a lack of communication, individuals of different cultural groups and ethnicity can easily be evaluated as dangerous, rude, and even extremist because of the cultural barriers

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    Abstract It’s a given that culture powerfully influences thoughts, emotions and behaviors.In fact, culture operates at primary cognitive, perceptual and motivational levels. Culture is an important part of our blueprint for operation within our physical and social worlds. We are an insecure species and culture offers us a reduction of anxiety through its standard rules of thought, emotion and behavior. Culture offers predictability in an often unpredictable world. We see things through a cultural

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    Abstract This paper aims to show the impact of culture on English language learning in Arabic World. Language and culture are inseparable and can be simply described as two sides of the same coin. Understanding of culture is very important for understanding any language. Mitchell and Myles (2004) argue that “language and culture are not separate but acquired together, with each providing support for the development of the other” (p. 235). Differences of culture may cause many mistakes. This paper aims

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    Organisational Culture Organisational Culture is defined as what the employees perceive and how this perception creates a pattern of beliefs, values and, expectations. Organisational culture differs from organizational climate. Climate refers to more temporary attitudes, feelings and perceptions of individuals (Schneider, 1990). Culture on the other hand is an enduring, slow to change, core characteristic of organisations which is an implicit often indiscernible aspects of organisations, climate

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    My culture is the Netflix and/or binge-watching culture. This culture has a variety of different elements that are within it. These elements each have their own importance to how they impact my culture. Also, without any of these elements it would change the culture completely. To begin, the first element is the values of my culture. Values are the principles or standards that society uses to make judgments. One of the values associated with Netflix is modification. Netflix is always being modified

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    Definition of Culture Culture is everything that is made, learned, or shared by the members of a society, including values, beliefs, behaviors, and material objects. Two parts of Culture 1. Material culture is the visible part. It may be the food we eat, your cars, your houses or anything that members of society make, use and share. 2. Non-material culture are intangible but they influence our behavior like our language, beliefs, values, rules of behavior, family patterns and political system Five

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    of the most challenging aspects of the merger is determine which culture is the most effective culture to move forward with. It may be from one of the companies, a new one entirely, or even a blend of the two. It may be a large amount of hard work to create an entirely new culture, and there is a low probability of success, too. The easiest and most straightforward solution is to pick one of the company’s cultures as a host culture, and merge the other with it. For instance, Philip Morris/General

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