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COMR2010 Cultural Awareness Assignment

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Cultural Diversity: A Personal Perspective (COMR2010)

   

Added on  2020-05-11

COMR2010 Cultural Awareness Assignment

   

Laureate International Universites

   

Cultural Diversity: A Personal Perspective (COMR2010)

   Added on 2020-05-11

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Running head: REFLECTION ON CULTURAL AWARENESSREFLECTION ON CULTURAL AWARENESSName of the student:Name of the university:Author note:
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1REFLECTION ON CULTURAL AWARENESSPart A:The saying that ‘Fish without water’ often goes for individual who finds himself or herself in asituation where he should not be present or where he is very much uncomfortable to exist. A fishonly lives in water and this is its obvious place to survive. When an individual remains in theplace where he should be present in his comfort zone, it may be said that he is a fish who isliving at his best place that is in water. However when he is not in the place where he isaccustomed to, he may feel himself a fish who is taken out of the water that is out of his placewhere he is accustomed to.When I joined the Australian firm for internship, I had the same feeling where I felt that I hadbeen taken out of my comfort zone from among the known faces and similar culture to that ofunknown faces with different culture. From my learning on intercultural communications andtheories, I had developed an idea about how cultural conflicts arise and how different personhave biases towards another culture. A similar experience I also faced in the new firm. As I wasfrom an Asian background, we follow totally different forms of greetings and biding goodbyeswhich were not at all liked by the Australian colleagues of the new firm. They made fun of theways how I talked and conducted my activities. Some of them also showed biasness towards myculture which made me feel agitated. The Australian culture of workplace management was quitedifferent as the environment was more informal which did not match with the work stylesfollowed by Asian. Moreover I was also unable to understand their working cultural traditionsand preferences as there was no one to guide me. However, my theories that I learnt in myuniversity helped me a lot. I understood that I have to be open minded enough to respect othercultures and at the same time show my adaptability skills to match with the new environment.Two important components I have to incorporate is being aware of my own cultural traditions
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2REFLECTION ON CULTURAL AWARENESSand preferences consciously and at the same time gather knowledge about the culturalpreferences and inhibitions of the employees of the Australian firm. I have to be flexible enoughto come out form my insecurity zones as feeling a fish out of the water would never help me toovercome the barrier of culture and emerge successful. Rather, I should try to use mycommunication skills effectively with the proper body language that Australians use and try to beone of them for effective team membership. This flexibility would make me feel respected wherethey would also try their best to develop ideas about my culture (Forehand & Kotchick, 2017). Ialso had certain biasness towards their culture as I thought them to be casual with their behaviorswith their employees which is not accepted in Asian firms. Rather, I tried to find its positive sideand understood that it has a good benefit. This attitude helps in proper relationship buildingbetween individuals and helps in maintaining a transparency which increases effectivecommunication and hence productivity. Asians are much formal with their approach and do notmaintain such transparency which often results in development of negative feelings (Purnell,2016). Hence, I decided to look towards the brighter idea to adapt to the new surrounding so thatI do not feel ‘fish out of the water’ anymore.Part B:A similar experience was faced by me and my friend who had come to the nation of Australianfor completing out higher education in business management. He was of the Islamic backgroundand belonged to the Kashmir region of India. He had his own set of traditions where he had tomaintain certain outlook according to the need of his religious beliefs. On the first day of theuniversity, he had faced certain biasness form some of the Australian students in the university.During a conversation with them, they made fun of his long beard and his sense of dressingirrespective of trying to understand his cultural traditions. Not only that, an Australian student
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