Working Across Cultures: Understanding, Challenges, and Cultural Values

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Title: Working Across Culture
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Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Working with Culture................................................................................................................3
References..............................................................................................................................4
The Nature of International Communication & Universal Systems..........................................5
References..............................................................................................................................6
Contrasting Cultural Values.......................................................................................................7
References..............................................................................................................................8
Cultural Shock............................................................................................................................9
References............................................................................................................................10
Language & Written Communication Patterns........................................................................11
References............................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
According to me, “Working across Cultures” is an effective unit as it helps in
understanding the different people belonging to various cultures. In the current times, it has
become a necessity to have knowledge and understanding about the different cultures, due to
the emergence of cross-cultural management. Also, the world is getting smaller as it is
connected through different mediums. Due to the increasing success rate of the cross-cultural
working environment, organizations are more focused on developing a diverse working
environment. Thus, this unit “Working across Cultures”, will help in enhancing my
knowledge about different cultures and nations, along with facilitating me with different
tactics that will help in elaborating my approaches to deal with people from diverse cultures.

Working Across Culture 3
Working with Culture
I am from Nepal and have spent most of my life there. It is a place which is close to
my heart, as it has instilled strong beliefs in me which have helped me in growing in life.
Firstly, let me tell you that Nepal can be considered as the perfect example of the cross-
cultural country as there is a huge influence of the Indian and Tibetan culture on it. While
growing up in this country, I was very fascinated by western culture and always wanted to
experience it. Thus, I quickly grabbed the opportunity of studying in Australia, as their
culture is different from ours and also their culture has a huge influence from the west.
The influence of the multi-dimensional culture in Nepal can be witnessed in their
ethics, social groups, art and craft, tribal, dance, food and music. Even in the language too. I
originally belong to Nepal but I can speak languages like Hindi, English, Tibetan, and
obviously Nepali and Maithili. When I came to Australia, I had a perception that this place
was majorly influenced by western culture, but to my surprise, it was a bit different. The
Australian culture looks like western culture, but it is mainly influenced by the culture of
Britain. The people of this place give huge importance to their values and principles, but at
the same time, they have an irreverent attitude towards many important issues (Bargiela-
Chiappini & Nickerson, 2010). It is due to the fact that they want to exhibit a calm demeanor.
Now, people in Nepal are mostly calm, but when it comes to serious matter, they are a force
to be reckoned with.
As I have said above that I have always been fascinated by the Australian culture,
thus, one place where I want to stay in, is the United States of America. I could say that it is
my dream place due to their open culture, their success rate in the world, and the different
ways through which they are improving themselves with the changing time. The country has
some of the top organizations of the world and they have people belonging to different
cultures, thus, all these things fascinate me, to experience the different cultures of this place.