Integrating Indigenous Cultures

RUNNING HEAD: CULTURE 1
Integrating Indigenous Cultures
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RUNNING HEAD: CULTURE 2
Integrating Indigenous Cultures
New article chosen: ‘It’s Entirely Up to Me’: Indigenous Australians Find Empowerment in
Start-Ups.
Introduction
Organization in the present are more flexible. This is because the market environment is
changing every day and organizations have to flexible enough to make rapid changes. Diversity
is an integral part of the culture to succeed. Organizations must implement a culture that is
acceptable to the diversified workforce. Employees with indigenous background are still not
accepted in the Australian organization. This is because their values do not fit with European
organizational values. Indigenous people have to face a racist attitude and they are always
unwelcomed in society. One such incident happened in Australia when Morgan was fired due to
his indigenous background. The indigenous culture is still unacceptable in the organization,
however, possessing the indigenous culture cannot obstruct one from achieving the heights of
success. There are many people with indigenous backgrounds who are starting their own
business. Research indicates that from the year 2011 to 2016, the percentage of indigenous
people having their own businesses make up to twenty-three percent of the entrepreneurs.
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Organizations are not the same as they used to be. There are people belonging to diverse
backgrounds and organization must make sure that the diverse culture is carefully managed and
integrated into one. Diversity refers to the inclusion of people from various backgrounds, groups,
educational levels, areas an income groups, ethnicities or identity, who work together in the same
organization to achieve common objectives. Diverse culture can create several issues to the
organization, however, it can be rewarding too. A diverse group of people can come up with
different ideas about how to improve performance. These different ideas could be implemented
to attain the overall organizational success (Creary, McDonnell, & Scruggs, 2019).
Diversity also refers to income disparities in society. Income disparities also force us to look at
people differently. Economic issues and income inequality tend to divide people into groups or
termed as the class. The class system is a result of income differences that create class
stratification system in society (Schindly, n.d.).

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Income inequality refers to the distribution of income among the population. It is about an
unseen distribution of income among the people. Income inequality has been linked to slow
economic growth. Income inequality does not only hinder economic growth, but it also creates
several social problems. Uneven distribution of income widens the gap between the rich and
poor. People are deprived of their rights and needs. It creates unrest in society.
Stratification refers to the division of the members of a society in different groups based on
superiority or inferiority. An individual is ranked. Ranking can be done on many factors. Such as
class, color, creed and so on. Every society has its way of differentiating members of society. For
instance in India individuals are divided based on casts. Stratification is all about placing
individuals in a hierarchy that determines who is superior to whom and which ones are inferior.
Education also creates differences in society. Educated people have created their own class and
identity. Uneducated people are considered inferior and treated differently. Such differences
again divide society and affect the common identity.
I agree with the fact that diversity only creates troubles when we look down to diversity instead
of taking care of it. Education differences, class differences, stratification system must be
ignored when working in a diverse culture of the organization (Ng, 2004).
Thus, living in a diverse culture and societies, it sometimes becomes difficult to implement then
indigenous cultures in the organizations. The indigenous culture of Australia comprises of the
cultural values put forth by the aboriginal people and Torres. The aboriginal people lived across
the country. The Torres people lived on the island of Australia. The British people arrived in
Australia in 1788. They abolished the indigenous language with English. Before the British took
over, there were about two hundred and fifty languages that were spoken in the country. The
indigenous language couldn’t be secured as Australian never wrote it done. They passed the
indigenous cultural values and language through word of mouth to the upcoming generations. In
2016, the Australian national dictionary added about a hundred words that were taken from the
indigenous culture (Kokemuller, 2017). Most of the words were the names of animals such as
kangaroo, plants and some other places. The indigenous people of Australia ha different religious
views. They called it the Dreamtime. The indigenous people of Australia never believed in life
after death. The spiritual values were focused on the past and the present lives altogether. The