Chapter 6 Flashcards
Model of culture (8)
time focus time orientation space structure communication power action competition
management tasks
planning - what are the goals organizing - how to divide up the work staffing - which people do what directing - communicating/supervision controlling - monitoring performance
time focus
monochronic: dislike moving away from a schedule/focused on information/one activity at a time
polychronic: people over schedule/focus on several tasks
time orientation
past
present: quick results
future
power
hierarchy
equality
to extent to which the less powerful members of a society expect and accepts that power is distributed unequally
competition
competitive: culture is focused on acquiring wealth, performing well and achieving ambitions
co-operative: job satisfaction has less to do with making money and more to do with working in a pleasant environment
action
doing: measurable accomplishments
being: living in the moment
space
private and public
relates to personal belongings, comfort zone
communication
high-context: reading between the lines
low-context: what i say is what i mean
structure
individualism and collectivism
conlfict continuum
compeition - win/lose avoid - lose/lose collaborate - win/win accomodate - lose/win compromise - win-lose/win-lose
emic
how local people think
etic
members of a culture are often too involved to interpret what they are doing from an outside perspective
