As our workforce becomes more diverse and our work teams more greatly impacted by cultural issues, many managers and leaders today are struggling to find the answer to this very complex question. Many believe that if we can just understand culture better, we can reduce conflict and challenge in our teams.
Here are a few links to resources defining culture. Visit these and then think about the following questions;
- Can culture be managed?
- Do only immigrants and ESL speakers have cultural issues?
- Can cultures be bridged?
- Can cultural issues at work be made irrelevant?
- What are the essential parts about culture that we need to know?
- Can we create a cultural profile about specific groups of people and use that to understand them?
Consider posting your thoughts and sharing your discoveries.
Links:
- http://www.culture-at-work.com/concept1.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture
- http://anthro.palomar.edu/culture/culture_1.htm
- http://www.tamu.edu/classes/cosc/choudhury/culture.html
In our Diversity and Cross Cultural Communication training courses, we at Advance Corporate Training focus on identifying the roots of commonality and the core principles that connect us all. By focussing on the basci principles of trust, love and respect and then analysing how they are illustrated by various cultures and subcultures we can create a best practise workplace model.
We can do it for you too.
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