TU Assessing Cultural Dimensions in Workplace Teamwork Scenarios Reflection

Introduction

In this activity you will reflect upon your responses for activities 2.1 and 2.2. In doing so you will begin to develop a culturally intelligent strategy for different cultures and explore how communication differences impose barriers to cross-cultural effectiveness.

Activity Instructions

Think about the scenarios you reviewed for activities 2.1 and 2.2. First, Select one that gave you the most difficulty assessing the cultural value dimensions presented. Then reflect on why you think it did.

Please review the following resources for this activity:

Storti, Craig. Figuring Foreigner’s Out, 20th Anniversary Edition: Understanding the World’s Cultures, Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2018.

Chapter 2: Building Blocks of Culture

Web Resources

Gill, C. (2017). Hofstede’s cultural dimensions and differences across cultures | OUPblog. Oxford University Press.

• Worthy, L. D., Lavigne, T., & Romero, F. (2020). Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions. Open.maricopa.edu; MMOER.

Tips for Success

In doing this assignment think about what surprised you or perplexed you about the exercise you chose. This helps you to begin developing culturally intelligent strategies for different cultures.

• Writing and Submission Requirements

A typical reflection is two paragraphs in length addressing the prompt/s, the textbook, materials, resources, or outside sources (news articles, videos, memes, infographics, journal articles, library resources, books, movies, music, quotes, etc.) to support your understanding of the topic/s presented.

What is a paragraph?

• How long should a paragraph be?

When should I cite a source to avoid plagiarism?