ipl-logo

What Is Your Greatest Strength Culturally Speaking?

751 Words4 Pages

ASSIGNMENT:

Question 1: What is your greatest strength culturally speaking? Explain.

It is the inherent cultural roots of any country that hold it strong in the face of challenges. Dubai has its roots in the Islam religion and Arabic emirates. In Dubai rests the diversity and cosmopolitan spirit of every metro city. Although the prominent religion is Islam and the culture is dominantly influenced by it thousands of the immigrants have moved in since the rise of Dubai as an international city. The hospitality and courtesy of the people is embedded in the values of Arabs and has helped develop the diversity in its culture promoting a degree of warmth in the local people.
We are even conservative to some aspect when it comes to respecting our local culture. This maintains decorum and inculcates respect in all sections of our society. Strengthening bondage with our local culture keeps us attached to our roots and therefore provides a unified strength to the country. This in turn enhances our economy due to which it now has become home to large sections of traders and entrepreneurs all over the world.

Question 2: What is your greatest weakness culturally speaking? Explain
Though we are culturally very strong but our main setback point lies in the fact that women are not given due opportunities in the society. It is generally said that it is the woman which makes the man. But when compared with the standards of the modern world the culture seems to be relatively biased

Show More
Related

  • Cultural Competence Self Assessments

    132 Words  | 1 Pages

    After taking the self-assessment survey for quality and culture, I would like to improve and understand how cultural competence can have a real impact on clinical outcomes. Taking from some of the questions I answered wrong, it make me wants to be cultural competent. There are a few questions I am surprised and shocked, that I answered them incorrectly. I do understand that with training, I will start to gain cultural competence but it will take consistent individual practice on my part to develop and maintain individual cultural competence. Cultural competence can lead to, health literacy, health equity, and fewer diagnostic errors, which might help the patient expand their choices and access high quality medical providers because patient

    Read More

  • Old Women Stereotypes

    467 Words  | 2 Pages

    Media has too much influence on what people believe to be normal and accepted in today 's

    Read More

  • Bruce Woodley's Iconic Song 'I Am Australian'

    750 Words  | 3 Pages

    Ultimately, we have the potential to become an example to the world of the way a nation’s people can overcome their past mistakes and pave a future of cultural sharing for the benefit of all

    Read More

  • Cultural Analysis Of Fiji Essay

    1465 Words  | 6 Pages

    Chapter 1: CULTURAL ANALYSIS The chapter pertains to the cultural environment of Fiji. We try to research and examine everything about the customs, traditions, beliefs, behaviors, and practices of Fijians to find out what will be our product. The introduction, tells us the main points in Fiji’s cultural analysis.

    Read More

  • Persuasive Speech About Native American Culture

    946 Words  | 4 Pages

    The United States of America is a land of freedom, a land of equality, and opportunity. We value independence and should look to exercise this in every form, as a nation. We must stay united and show respect to one another. This means we should not disregard ones ' ethnicity and culture, and use names in which are offensive towards their culture, in order to promote any sort of activity. This is aimed mainly at sports teams that carry racially inappropriate names.

    Read More

  • Cultural Competency: Indian Cultures

    809 Words  | 4 Pages

    Cultural competency: Indians Culture competency is defined as one has the knowledge, the abilities and the skill to deliver care congruent with the patient’s cultural beliefs and practices (Purnell, 2013). As a nurse or a health care provider, increasing ones consciousness of culture diversity improves the possibilities for health care practitioners to provide competent care (Purnell, 2013). Nurses and all health care providers should be aware of other cultures to provide the best care that they can for that individual. Developing a relationship with diverse cultural groups involves good interpersonal skills and the application of knowledge and techniques learned from the physical, biological, and social sciences as well as the humanities (Purnell, 2013). I am choosing to select the Indian culture for my first assignment.

    Read More

  • Cultural Interview Assignment

    653 Words  | 3 Pages

    During this semester, I gained a lot of skills and knowledge about interpersonal relations. As a human being, as a member of the "global village", everyone need to communicate with others. It is important to learn how to communicate well and how to build a healthy and positive interpersonal relationship with others. Like the textbook’ name “Looking Out Looking In”, we looked in the communication itself, looked out the language barrier, nonverbal messages and effective listening, and looked at relational dynamics. I learned and recognized about how environmental factors can impact our communication.

    Read More

  • Multiculturalism In The Egyptian

    966 Words  | 4 Pages

    Multiculturalism creates a pleasant path with peace and harmony. To the opposite, when people are enforced to assimilate into the Egyptian culture, it causes them to feel bitterness, and is more likely to maintain their cultural heritage in a secret manner. If we look at a society where multiculturalism is supported, all individuals are inspired to practice their own culture out in the open. This gives people the opportunity to get to know a variety of different cultures, which is in our situation important. Thereby, this guides the society, on the long run, to a greater understanding between cultures and fewer misunderstandings.

    Read More

  • Cultural Competence Reflection

    534 Words  | 3 Pages

    Over the past four months, this course has been one of the most eye-opening experiences I have had during my first year of college. Although I have always realized the importance of being culturally competent in daily life, specifically healthcare, I was unaware of the many ways that cultural competence can be obtained. This class gave me the opportunity to view situations from a different perspective, especially through the weekly discussion boards and peer responses. Learning from classmate can teach more valuable lessons than listening to boring lectures or reading hundreds of pages in a textbook because it is easier to relate to experience rather than hypothetical situations. For example, one of the discussion boards asked us to detail

    Read More

  • Essay On Role Of Women In Ancient Society

    981 Words  | 4 Pages

    Over generations, the role of women in society has shifted and changed immensely, improving upon many aspects of rights and values that women have. The changes occurred gave women opportunities to provide ideas, to have the same rights as men, giving women freedom, leading to many contributions of many significant and valuable events. But from current roles of women being equal to those of men, how women stood in ancient society significantly differs and contrast with ours today. Throughout history, the role and significance of women were always outweighed by the dominance and influence of men. The role of women in ancient times varied throughout, depending on the place and area in the world, in which women had different roles and impacts on their own society.

    Read More

  • My Family Heritage

    1585 Words  | 7 Pages

    Instilling a sense of pride in your identity is valuable for people reflect from their history to know where they are going and based on their heritage of where they have been. It is interesting that the generations of family members have passed down the importance of traditions, holiday’s and family values that each have contributed to my sense of identity. Persons who have had the greatest impact on my life are my Mother and Father. In many ways having strong role models directly in my life gave me the courage to make difficult decisions.

    Read More

  • Gender Role In Ramayana

    999 Words  | 4 Pages

    1.2 Background Females are an integral part of human civilization. No society or country can ever progress without an active participation of female in its general development. The status of female in society is directly linked with social and cultural traditions, stages of economic development achieved, educational levels, attitude of the society towards women, social and religious taboos, women's own awareness and political attainments. Through the centuries, the image and the role of female have been observed and studied in various ways, and the acquired knowledge has been recorded in literature, works of art, religious texts, mythology and codes of social behaviour.

    Read More

  • The Advantages And Pros And Cons Of Hofstede's Model

    1239 Words  | 5 Pages

    However, it is not as collectivistic as most Asian neighbors. The most popular explanation for this is that Japanese society does not have extended family system which forms a base of more collectivistic societies such as China and Korea.   At 95, Japan is one of the most Masculine societies in the world. However, in combination with their mild collectivism, you do not see assertive and competitive individual behaviors which we often associate with Masculine culture.

    Read More

  • Gung Ho Analysis

    1565 Words  | 7 Pages

    To better understand this, I will use Hofstede Dimensions of National Culture to examine the various facets of cultural

    Read More

  • Examples Of Intercultural Competence

    798 Words  | 4 Pages

    Despite the fact that intercultural competence has different terminology when referring to disciple or approach, it can also relate to the debate about global citizenship. Intercultural competence is seen as the capability to develop an objective knowledge, attitude, and skills that prompt visible behavior and communication that are both successful and appropriate in intercultural interaction. In other words, intercultural competence is a range of different skills; cognitive, affective, and behavioral skills that lead to communicate effectively and suitable with different surrounding and culture. Intercultural competence can also be broken down into three constituent elements seen as knowledge, skills, and attitude. (Deardorff, 2006)

    Read More

More about What Is Your Greatest Strength Culturally Speaking?

Open Document