...DIVERSITY INTERVIEW ASSIGNMENT Your assignment is to interview someone who is culturally different from you. During this activity exercise, you will have the opportunity to engage with an individual who identifies themself as coming from a background or culture that is not your own. PART I: FINDING YOUR INTERVIEWEE Using the list below, review the potential categories of identity. In one color, highlight the categories that you identify with. Then find someone that identifies with a different term(s) than you. Highlight those terms with a different color. For example, if you are African American, find someone who is European American, Caribbean American or from another country. Or, you might interview someone who identifies as middle or upper middle or upper class if you come from a working class background. If you are Hindu, you might interview someone who is Jewish, Muslim or Christian. If you identify as heterosexual, you might interview someone who identifies themselves as bisexual, transgender, lesbian, or gay. Class: Middle-class Upper-class Working-class Religion: Atheist/Agnostic Buddhist Christian Hindu Jewish Muslim Other: ________________ Nationality: U.S.-American Other:___________________ Age: Senior Citizen Race/Ethnicity: African American Asian American European American Native American Southeast Asian Caucasian American Hispanic American Middle Eastern American Other:___________________ Gender Identity: ...
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...that it requires it to be more open and accommodative towards a heterogeneous working environment. Unfortunately many companies do not see the advantages that cultural diversity could bring and how a well managed cultural diversity could essentially achieve competitive edge in the market. Therefore there is little is to be found regarding how organizations today view and manage a culturally diverse workforce, especially in a Swedish working environment. The lack of this type of research in a Swedish context creates a possible research gap and leads to this study in investigating the organizations in Västerbotten and their view and management of cultural diversity. Thus the research question: How do Swedish organizations view and manage cultural diversity? In order to gain insights in to this question, previous research has been investigated and some main theories have been selected. Through this it has been found that cultural diversity is a complex subject that can bring both positive and negative effects to an organization. These are in turn affecting how cultural diversity is viewed by that organization. Furthermore, this view affects how cultural diversity is managed, and the management in turn affects the result this concept brings to the company. This in turn has been represented in a theoretical...
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...What is Morality? It is one question that has been debated over by people since the beginning of time. Yet, even today, not one person can say what morality really is. Morality is a matter of opinion. In his book Education in the Moral Domain, Larry Nucci, a psychologist at the University of Illinois at Chicago is somewhat helpful in distinguishing this. Nucci believes there are three areas that encompass social behaviour: First, the personal domain, where individuals have preferences for things that have no factual measurements (for ex: gum over lollipops). Secondly, the domain of social conventions, where rules could be different and it wouldn't make any difference and thirdly the moral domain, where behaviours and intrinsically right or wrong. In cultures around the world people are accustomed to the idea that people are in authority of them and rules enforced by that authority. In my essay, an argument will be made that morality and law are not independent of each other by examining the teaching of morality to children, who is to blame for children behaviours and the religious morality of the ‘Ten Commandments’. Before it can be determined if one has morals, one has to know exactly what morals are. Lord Devlin, in an essay "Morals and the Criminal Law" in The Philosophy of Law (ed R.M Dworkin), Oxford (1977) at p 74"Society means a community of ideas; without shared ideas on politics, morals and ethics, no society can exist. Each one of us has ideas about what is good...
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...invest in market research when they release a new product, improve on an existing product or if they plan on introducing a particular product in a new market. Market research can also prove helpful if you want to explore business opportunities in new markets. Market research can be conducted by two methods, primary research or secondary research. Primary research Primary research refers to information that is directly collected from the source. Another simple method of primary research would be to directly talk to your customers and get their feedback. Primary research can be both qualitative and quantitative. 1. Qualitative primary research Qualitative primary research involves gathering information from interviews or focus groups • Open ended interviews include questions that cannot be answered with a yes or no. You can get a lot of information from such interviews and also find out about the dislikes, likes, requirements, trends and emotional motivators of your primary market • A focus group should ideally be led by experienced professionals who can lead a group of 6 or more people and ask them both general and specific questions. Since trained professionals are required to handle focus groups, they are very expensive Quantitative primary research Quantitative primary research involves the collection of numerical information from surveys. This information is then analysed. • Surveys can provide you with the information you require if the survey has...
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...Table of content Research Background 1 Culture Research 1 1. Consumer Culture: Nail Preference Culture 1 2. When and where were the observations/interviews done? 1 3. Consumer List 2 4. Consumer theory Analysis 2 5. Observation Outline and Question List for Interview. 7 6. Who is the target of this culture? (Both demographic and psychographic profile of the individuals) 7 7. Group Members and their contribution to the project 8 Appendix I 9 Nail Preference Culture of Female Consumers Research Background Since marketers successfully promote the slogan “It is women’s nature to be beauty”, it seems also well-explained a phenomenon why in current market female consumer exists huge growth potential to marketers to pay attention to it. In this research project, we are trying to explore the nail preference culture of female consumers and understand their potential behavior motivations. In order to get practical information from this group of consumers, we interviewed some consumers in Nail D’Amour nail salon store as well as its nail specialist. In addition, we used value – Utilitarian Value/Hedonic Value, Motivation – Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, and Decision Making Process Model these three theories to explain behavior and motivations of these consumers. According to the interviewing results, we found that this group of consumers love doing nail is mainly due to its Hedonic value which satisfies consumers’ emotional demands to make...
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...a natural born right of citizens, some believe that should be banned, and many others believe that the law should be extended to lawful citizens. Based on my own experiences there have been several instances where I wish a legalized weapon was in arms reach. There was an instance about 7 years ago where my little brother and I were the only two in the house and an intruder broke in while we were there. No one was hurt or injured but it was traumatic for two children as it happened right after my mom had went to work. I would have felt more secure and confident if I was to know that a legalized weapon was around for our protection. Through research, why concealed carry laws should be implied into every state's legislation will be debated and each point of view will be expressed. As this topic applies to everyone, every citizen should have the opportunity to exercise their rights. Many people are victims to crimes that they could have gotten away from. How many rape cases could have been avoided? How many school shootings could have been prevented before the shooting began? All of the latter mentioned cases are incidents that could significantly reduce our crime rate if concealed carry laws were in effect in every state. Also included in this essay will be a viewpoint of the opposing side and how that side is not all the way accurate. Using my research and focusing on how carrying concealed weapons aids our Americans I will be able to shrink my topic to a point where I can talk...
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...can have huge impacts in big social matters that can increase social inequality, and therefore prevent prejudice. This work was based on concepts of stereotypes described by Claire Kramsch in the book Language and Culture (1998). Basically, she said our perception of a group's social identity is culturally determined. What we perceive about a culture of the other is because we were conditioned by our own culture to see, with limited models that were built around us. It was also used, to endorse the study, O Brasil dos Gringos, written by Tunico Amâncio. His thesis is about the representation of Brazil and Brazilians in foreign fiction films. It was found the incidence of stereotypes and clichés throughout history, and it was studied in more details through 10 films. Beyond this Introduction section, this report contains a Description section, of our activities on this research, a Discussion, analysis and results section, about the study, and finally, a Conclusion section. Description Our group intended to uncover or confirm some of the stereotypes we thought foreign people would have in mind when talking about Brazilian music. Firstly, we picked two of the many general stereotypes we saw in the documentary Olhar Estrangeiro or throughout our studies in...
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... we sometimes forget that the words and phrases that are familiar to us are foreign to our students. Students need to master this language if they are to read, under stand, and discuss mathematical ideas. -Thompson & Rubenstein Thompson and Rubenstein were referring to the issue of language and mathematics learning in mainstream classrooms. They state vocabulary or the fluent use of terminology is a necessary condition for overall mathematics achievement. If the learning of mathematics is highly dependent on its language and the teaching of math vocabulary is crucial, it is doubly so for ELLs. English language learners in secondary schools should have many opportunities to communicate their mathematical ideas and questions. Talking and writing about their mathematical thinking helps ELLs build word knowledge and oral expression and clarify their thinking. Discussions with the teacher or peers are also useful monitoring tools for teachers. Through listening and recording student conversations and peer problem solving, teachers can monitor individual student progress. Mathematics is no longer viewed as isolated, individualistic, or competitive. Mathematics problems are ideally suited to cooperative group discussions because they have solutions that can be objectively demonstrated. Students can persuade one another by the logic of their arguments. Mathematics problems can often be solved by several different approaches, and students in groups can discuss the merits of different...
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...Interview Profile Mark Spencer Axia College BEH 225 This course, BEH225, has spent the past nine weeks introducing us to different human behaviors and specific types of mental disorders. When exploring theories and concepts associated with the psychology of the human mind, you quickly discover that genetics does play as big a role as does one's upbringing. I specifically enjoyed the section that explored different types of motivation an employee may or may not display. Another area that I found to be enlightening delved into the various psychological disorders that we may encounter during our life. I am going to apply what we have studied throughout this course to my interview with Dorothy. Certain aspects, methods, and attitudes are going to be explored, such as memory, learning, intelligence, personality, cognition, motivation, and testing of Dorothy and myself. In order to retain information, some people prefer to read the data while other people prefer to listen as the data is read. "Once you know your own natural learning preference, you can work on expanding the way you learn, so that you can learn in other ways, not just in your preferred style. And, by understanding learning styles, you can learn to create an environment in which everyone can learn from you, not just those who use your preferred style." (www.mindtools.com) One of the first questions I asked Dorothy as we began our interview was how she remembered information. I offered two...
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...Critical Analysis of a SE Strategic Leader Student: Cheryl Jacob Module: Personal and Strategic Leadership Lecturer: Anton Roodt Due Date: 15 April 2013 This serves to confirm that I understand what plagiarism is, that the content herein is my own work, and that all sources used have been referenced. This document is considered confidential and no unauthorized use of any information contained herein is permitted. 15 April 2013 Table of Contents 1.Executive Summary 3 2.Introduction 4 3.Backgroundto Elaine Hagos 4 4.Method of Analysis 5 5.Critical Analysis 5 5.1 Personal Leadership Philosophy 5 5.2 The 7 Principles of a Transformational Leader 6 5.3 Track Record of a Transformational Leader 7 5.4 The Transformational Leaders Objective 8 5.5 The Qualities of a Transformational Leader 8 5.6 Preferred SE Leadership Model 9 6. Strategic Leadership Challenges for SE in South Africa 9 7. Recommendations for high performance SE Strategic Leadership Development 10 8. References 11 Appendix A 12 Appendix B 14 1. Executive Summary The following document is a critical analysis of Elaine Hagos’ strategic leadership approach to the Water, Health and Livelihoods (WHELL) Programme which was managed by Care International and implemented through partnerships with local nongovernmental organizations in Bushbuckridge, South Africa. Elaine...
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...disease burden in 21 countries including Haiti. Addressing the issues of HIV is complex and associated with the dynamic of personal relationships, which are further complicated by the issues of gender inequality in these relationships. Furthermore, in the Haitian culture, women often fail to have open discussions about sexuality and sexual health and especially the issue of forced sex. This is complicated by the issue of sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV/AIDs, sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) and/ or related health problems with their daughters. Parental involvement is thought to be an effective prevention strategy in behavior change. However, there is limited data regarding the level of parental contribution to sexual education and development of the young females in Haiti Objective: The study sought to determine: Haitian women’s knowledge of HIV/AIDS and STIs; the impact of parental influence for learning about sex, relationships and sexual health of Haitian women; as well as parental involvement in the sexual behavior of Haitian women. Methods: A qualitative method was employed in this study, which consisted of focus groups with 7 Haitian women and interviews of 17 Haitian women 18 to 24 years old. Results: The issue of sex and...
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...In the text there was a question like “What factors influence your language performance?” To answer this, there are many factors. During our discussion in the class, we have discussed about the interlocutor influence as one of the factors. In the class, we discussed about Takahashi’s study which examined Japanese college students as exchange students in the US college. The study found that Japanese exchange students speaking in English to other Japanese have more hesitation, shorter and less communication and negotiation, and lower comfort level. On the other hand, students felt less hesitation, spoke longer, negotiated more, and comfort level were higher when they spoke to nonnative Japanese speakers in English. I personally have experienced feeling somewhat similar to the participants in Takahashi’s study when I was still struggling to learn (acquire) English during my primary education. I felt hesitation, less length conversation and lower comfort level speaking with other Japanese people in English. There are few reasons why I felt like that. First, both interlocutors and I had higher proficiency in Japanese (L1) rather than English (L2), therefore our communication were no that smooth. I felt hesitation and less comfortable for speaking English when the interlocutor had bit higher English...
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...Laroda’s house to interview her for my Psychology 105 class project. I have known Mrs. Laroda for six years and we meet when I was working as a medical office assistant at her gynaecologist office. I decided to ask Mrs. Laroda to be my interviewee for this project because she is fifty-eight years old and the assignment required me to interview a person between the ages of fifty to sixty five. Prior to asking her, I had asked several persons but they declined because they did not want to or did not have the time to be interviewed. However, when I asked Mrs. Laroda she accepted with no hesitations. In addition, she is a very open, talkative and lively person and since this project required me spending several hours interviewing someone I wanted that person not to be uninteresting and willing to answer personal questions. The interview took three hours not because it was difficult interviewing her or because she had problems understanding the survey questions but because she is a talkative person. As a result, I found that we would start discussing topics unrelated to this assignment. During the interview I asked her questions regarding her beliefs, family and social life, and concerns about aging and entering retirement. Interview Questions 1. How did you meet your spouse? 2. Where do you work and how long have you worked there? 3. What are your recreational activities? 4. How do you want to spend your retirement? 5. Do you have any other means of income? 6. Do you have medical...
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...reflection for all members involved in the process. Selection of the appropriate tool for the identified family is crucial. Effective tools must be easy to administer in a fairly short amount of time and the data collected needs to be immediately available and useable. Family members need to see the relevance of the information gathered, and how it assists in improvement of their care- ideally soon after discussion, either by the nurse or a clinician. An initial interview and follow up discussion with the K family was completed over the course of 3 sessions. The first encounter involved only the identified patient (IP). The second was the remainder of the family, and a third was with CK’s perceived family. After an initial assessment and evaluation of the K family a suggested direction of care emerged, but was re-evaluated after the second interview. This development was then paired with principles of Bowen’s theory, allowing for a clearer understanding as to the origin of some dysfunction and ineffective coping strategies. Through identification of stressors, discussion of coping mechanisms and implementation of the Friedman Family Assessment Model (FFAM) to organize the data, this author gained a clearer picture of family composition and structure of the K family, along with...
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...perspectives on women, class, and race were in opposition to one another, yet they both share some common views on white male dominance of 19th century America. Status of Women in the 19th Century The industrialization of the 19th century brought change to the world of women. One significant impact during this time was the formation of socioeconomic classes. The distinction was made between the middle class, the working class and much poorer classes. Regardless of social class, women's focus on spousal relationships, childrearing, personal fulfillment, and relationships with other women was affected by 19th century change. Industrialization left women in control of the domestic domain, thus affecting her role as a woman (Woloch, (2002) p72). The power and responsibility that came along with this new status would be dictated by the middle-class lifestyle. Unfortunately this new focus was not easily attained by working class women. "Most women, moreover, were only remote beneficiaries of or untouched by the social changes being affected by the Industrial Revolution. “ In rural areas, on farms North and South, and on the frontier, traditional ways of life persisted (Woloch, (2002) p72)." Generally, women and children continued to be part of the "family labor force" under the authority of the male head of household. The new sphere of influence experienced by some women was limited to those who had their own money, or were attached to men who were wealthy. (Woloch, (2002) p73). Emancipation...
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