2. Why is globalization significant for
organizational behavior?
What is culture and how can we understand
cultural differences?
How does cultural diversity affect people at
work?
What is a global view on organizational
learning?
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4. Globalization refers to the integration of
economics and societies all over the world.
Globalization involves technological,
economic, political, and cultural exchanges
made possible largely by advances in
communication, transportation, and
infrastructure.
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8. The system of shared beliefs, values,
customs, behaviours, and artifacts that the
members of society use to cope with their
world and with one another, and that are
transmitted from generation to generation
through learning.
9. Everything ok” is shown in western European
countries, especially between pilots and
divers, with the sign of the thumb and
forefinger forming an „O”. This sign means in
Japan „now we may talk about money”.
Laughing is connoted in most countries with
happiness - in Japan it is often a sign of
confusion, insecureness and embarrassment.
10. In Korea and most other Asian countries, in universities it
is considered to be rude to interrupt the professor during
the lecture whereas in Western countries it is considered
good to ask questions during a lecture if necessary.
In Persian and Pakistani cultures, if a person offers an item
(i.e. a drink), it is customary to not instantly accept it. A
sort of role play forms with the person offering being
refused several times out of politeness before their
offering is accepted. In many other cultures, it would be
considered polite for the person offering to only ask once,
so as to respect the other person's wish when the offer is
declined.
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13. Cultural diversity is a term used to mean that
a group or area contains people from many
different cultures and backgrounds. These
areas are considered diverse because
everyone is unique and different.
14. Lydia, Asian-American, was being praised by her
fellow team members in front of the whole
department. Although Lydia, born in the U.S.,
was usually very relaxed and smiled freely,
suddenly her beautiful smile disappeared. The
meeting head steered the conversation
elsewhere and then, during the break, asked her
if something was wrong−after all, her fellow
teammates were praising her! She replied, "In
my culture we are extremely embarrassed to be
praised in public." What is rewarding in one
culture may be punishing in another.
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17. Organizational learning is an area of
knowledge within organizational theory that
studies models and theories about the way an
organization learns and adapts.
