Differences in culture Flashcards
Understanding how the culture of a country affects the way business is practiced
Cross-cultural literacy
A system of values and norms that are shared among a group of people and that when taken together constitute a design for living
Culture
Abstract ideas about what a society believes to be good, right and desirable
Value
Social rules and guidelines that prescribe appropriate behavior in particular situations
Norms
Group of people how share a common set of values and norms
Society
How are norms subdivided?
- Folkways
2. Mores
Routine conventions of everyday life
Folkways
Norms seen as central to the . functioning of a society and to its social life
Mores
State the 6 determinants of culture
- Religion
- Education
- Language
- Social structure
- Political philosophy
- Economic philosophy
The basic social organization of society
Social structure
What are the 2 dimensions that explain differences between cultures ?
- The basic unit of a social organization is the individual , as opposed to the group
- A society is stratified into classes or castes
An association of two or more individuals who have a share sense of identity and who interact with each other in structured ways on the basis of a common set of expectations about each other’s behavior
Group
What are the 2 ways societies differ?
- To the degree of mobility between social strata
2. To the significance attached to social strata in business contexts
The extent to which individuals can move out of the social strata into which they are born
Social mobility
A system of social stratification in which social position is determined by the family into which a person is born, and change in the position is usually not possible during an individual’s lifetime
Caste system
