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Situation 2

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Situation 1

You live in a polychrome culture. One of your colleagues is an immigrant from a monochrome culture and he is having prob­lems adjusting to what he calls "unprofessionalism" in the work­place. He complains about how inefficient people are: they don't come to meetings on time; they come very late to appointments with him or they make him wait a long time when he has an appointment with them; when he is meeting with someone, that person will take telephone calls or talk to people who drop by and interrupt the conversation. "This is not the way to do busi­ness," he told you yesterday. Apparently he has complained to other people in your office as well, for just today some of them have come to you to complain about him. You are his closest friend in the office. What should you do?

1. What would you say to your friend in this situation?

2. Would you try to persuade him to accept this situation or ask him to try to change people who behave in an inappropriate way?

3. Would you ask your colleagues to avoid the things that could be called as «unprofessionalism»?

4. Would you ask your friend to get used to this way of behavior?

5. Would you try to persuade your friend to be more tolerant to the behavior in other cultures? Why?

6. What culture – monochrome or polychrome – do you belong to?

Why do you think so?

Yours is a monochrome culture. A nurse in an elderly-care home where you are the nursing supervisor comes from a more polychrome society, and her work habits are beginning to bother a lot of people, including several physicians and numerous residents. The latter complain that she is always late for her tasks, whether bathing them, helping them to the toilet, or taking them down to the dining room at mealtime. They say she’s too friendly, by which they mean she spends too much time chat­ting with people (who nevertheless appreciate it a lot), and this puts her behind schedule. Physicians and other nurses complain that she’s late to meetings and often reports late to work, which means someone on the shift before hers has to stay on until she arrives. Everyone likes this woman—she’s outgoing and very compassionate—but she can be exasperating when it comes to managing her time. What’s your next move?

1. Why do you think your colleague behaves this way?

2. What would you say to the colleague in this situation?

3. Would you try to explain to her the difference between countries?

4. Would you make an attempt to explain to her how she has to behave? Do you think she will follow your advice?

Part 6. All cultures cаn be subdivided into two types: femininity and masculinity cultures. Masculinity and femininity dimension describes how cultures differentiate on not between gender roles. Masculine cultures tend to be ambitious and need to excel. Members of this culture have a tendency to polarize and consider big and fast to be beautiful. In workplaces employees emphasize their work to a great extent (live in order to work) and admire achievers who accomplished their tasks.

Feminine cultures consider quality of life and helping others to be very important. Working is basically to earn money which is necessary for living. In business as well as in private life they strive for consensus and develop sympathy for people who are in trouble. Small and slow are considered to be beautiful.

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