A Pilot Study of Cultural Capabilities - Desklib

Cultural Capabilities
Student Details
1/22/2019

Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................1
1.1 Background..................................................................................................................1
1.2 Aim..............................................................................................................................1
1.3 Scope...........................................................................................................................1
2. Summary and Observations................................................................................................1
2.1 Summary of the video clip..........................................................................................1
2.2 Observations................................................................................................................2
3. Analysis..............................................................................................................................4
4. Recommendations...............................................................................................................6
5. Summary & Conclusion......................................................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................7

Cultural Capabilities 1
1. Introduction
1.1 Background
The essential requirements of creating safe spaces are cultural intelligence,
cultural self-awareness, and cultural capability (Brislin, Worthley, & Macnab,
2006). While in a particular scenario, people participate and engage
themselves in a positive way then it results into culturally safe spaces. In
regards to safe spaces at workplace encourages employees to work with
enthusiasm, openly express their opinions, and explore and share their
knowledge, behaviours and attitudes. Cultural capabilities allow the employees
to feel confident about of not exposing to criticism, violence, harassment, and
different forms of oppression (Leonard, 2018).
1.2 Aim
This report is going to present an account, comprehensive summary, and
analyses of the video clip from the TV show “Friends, Rachel’s Boss Doesn’t
want to lose her” and also describes the safe spaces. In the later section of this
report recommendations to improve the workplaces’ environments will be
provided (The One Where Rachel's Boss Doesn't Want to Lose Her - Friends
Season, 2013).
1.3 Scope
This report elaborates about safe spaces in workplace setting. To discuss the
concept of safe space, a video clip from the famous TV show Friends is
selected here very carefully. The video is demonstrating the safe spaces and
hence the report will focus on the same.
2. Summary and Observations
2.1 Summary of the video clip
The scene in this video is taken from Episode 9 of Season 4. This video
describes the workplace setting where Rachel works. In the selected video
there are four characters Rachel, Purple, Johanna, and one senior member of