Results We found 17 matches to your search. Here are results 1 to 10 for Cultural Insights. Cultural Insights: Using culture as a bridge, not a fortress By Barbara Deane In an anthology focusing on culture and negotiation, author Jeswald Salacuse discusses how international negotiators have the choice of employing culture as a weapon and a fortress, or as a bridge. His recommendations are worthwhile for anyone interacting across cultures. Department: Learning Word count: 566 Diversity Central Article Published: October 2000 Purchase article for $4.45 - download it instantly Cultural Insights: Think small: Impacts of downsizing on work culture. Part three of a five-part series: "Downsizing and culture change" By L Jamison, Roger Gans "A growing company thinks about bigger and better things. A shrinking company thinks about littler and littler things. It's as simple as that," says an engineer, who was complaining about being micro-managed. Department: Learning Word count: 1117 Diversity Central Article Published: April 2000 Purchase article for $4.45 - download it instantly Cultural insights: Everyone judges from experience By Craig Storti A county in the far suburbs of Washington, DC, a place once so rural it never dreamed it could be a suburb of another place, has recently begun to experience an increase in immigration from Central America. I was interviewing a county social worker there the other day, a woman who now has a new kind of client: working class immigrants from El Salvador and Honduras. Department: Learning Department: Learning Word count: 701 Diversity Central Article Published: December 2000 Purchase article for $4.45 - download it instantly Cultural insights: Brainstorming: A cultural event By Barbara Deane U.S. Americans often rely on “brainstorming” as a group method for creating new ideas or solutions, but do other cultural groups? Department: Learning Word count: 673 Diversity Central Article Published: January 2001 Purchase article for $4.45 - download it instantly Cultural insights: TV show uses a map to make a cultural point By Barbara Deane Visualize a map of the world, of your region, of your country. Did it ever occur to you that the picture that appears in your head represents a worldview, something you learned, a perspective given to you by your culture? Department: Learning Word count: 720 Diversity Central Article Published: March 2001 Purchase article for $4.45 - download it instantly Cultural insights: A matter of judgment By Craig Storti One of the thorniest issues in cross-cultural communication is the question of making judgments. Everything you read tells you you have to be very careful judging across cultures because you are, of necessity, judging other people according to your standards. And if those people don't happen to have your standards....well-meaning culture-crossers struggle mightily with this issue. In a word, they're afraid of being judgmental. Department: Learning Word count: 767 Diversity Central Article Published: April 2001 Purchase article for $4.45 - download it instantly Cultural insights: The Six Stages of Cultural Competence. Part four of a four-part series: "The new face of bias in the workplace" By William G Shackelford In Part One of this series we defined bias as having four dimensions: intentional, unintentional, conscious and subconscious. I stressed the fact that strong enforcement of fairness policies can be effective in managing two dimensions of bias (intentional and conscious). However, unintentional and subconscious biases are more difficult to manage because they display themselves in very subtle ways and can exist in individuals we normally would not label as being biased. Department: Learning Word count: 1792 Diversity Central Article Published: September 2000 Purchase article for $4.45 - download it instantly Cultural insights: Cyberculture emerges and shapes interaction for the future By Heather Wellons Whether we recognize it or not, cyberculture has changed the way people interact in their workplaces, in their homes, and in their communities. But what exactly is "cyberculture" and how is it going to affect us in the future? David Silver, the founder and director of the Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies at the University of Maryland, has been studying the interaction between computers, the Internet, and American culture since 1991. His recent research has focused on the way specific cybercultures are designed, implemented, and developed, and how decisions at each stage can affect the workplace. Department: Learning Word count: 884 Diversity Central Article Published: May 2000 Purchase article for $4.45 - download it instantly Cultural insights: Understanding the Chinese "apology" By Barbara R Deane During the recent spy plane incident between China and the United States, the US news media was full of cryptic information about multiple levels of apology in the Chinese language. Even TV news-anchor-woman, Connie Chung, got into the act on the popular TV and radio talk show, "Larry King Live." Department: Learning Word count: 1391 Diversity Central Article Published: May 2001 Purchase article for $4.45 - download it instantly Cultural insights: The White Men's Caucus – A personal reflection By Duncan Smith Question: How do you more fully engage white men in diversity work? Department: Learning Word count: 1572 Diversity Central Article Published: June 2000 Purchase article for $4.45 - download it instantly You are viewing results 1 to 10 for Cultural Insights. 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