Discuss how at least 3 cultural orientations (mentioned in the Culture and the Workplace lecture) influence how you approach work and behave in the workplace. For example, you may identify you have a low power distance cultural orientation and really appreciate when your supervisor encourages you to call her by her first name or asks your opinion on changes that management could make to create a better work environment. I’m self-identified as more individualism vs collectivism, and has brought me several challenges and rewards in my career. My biggest challenge with individualism has been when a project drags on for too long. I feel a strong need for deceive decision making in order to execute. Often times, several others will want to discuss it more and continue to further perform in depth analysis (long term orientation). I feel when this happens we lose sight of our big picture goals and get buried in the weeds of details, causing loss of significant impact on the
Discuss how at least 3 cultural orientations (mentioned in the Culture and the Workplace lecture) influence how you approach work and behave in the workplace. For example, you may identify you have a low power distance cultural orientation and really appreciate when your supervisor encourages you to call her by her first name or asks your opinion on changes that management could make to create a better work environment. I’m self-identified as more individualism vs collectivism, and has brought me several challenges and rewards in my career. My biggest challenge with individualism has been when a project drags on for too long. I feel a strong need for deceive decision making in order to execute. Often times, several others will want to discuss it more and continue to further perform in depth analysis (long term orientation). I feel when this happens we lose sight of our big picture goals and get buried in the weeds of details, causing loss of significant impact on the