For my first concept in chapter 5, I would like to talk about the Cultural Approach. When we all think about culture we don’t think about how many cultures there are actually out there. According to the text within every nation of cultures there are 1000s of other cultures that lie within it. Cultures can be based towards religion, ethnicity, geography, and many other factors.
Culture is not only how people describe it, but how they live in their everyday lives. Culture can be something like religion according to T.S Eliot. It has many things in common because people who follow the same culture have “common beliefs”. Also culture is not an agreement; that is how it differs from religion.
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Hello Miss Potato,
ReplyDeleteI really like the last statement of your blog post, which reads "Also culture is not an agreement; that is how it differs from religion". A misconception that many people have is that culture and religion are the same thing. People will ask what my background is and I will say that my parents are from a certain part of India. Then they will assume that I don't eat pork or beef. For clarification, religious Hindus don't eat beef and religious Muslims don't eat Pork. However, I am Christian, which is my religion but my culture (Indian) encapsulates all of those other religions which have different beliefs than my own.
I just thought I would comment on this post because I read the last sentence and realized immediately that I could relate to it.
It is true that culture and religion are two different things, but there are still many people who notice the different behavior, beliefs, patterns, values, among different groups and people, but often mix the one for the other.
ReplyDeleteAs Miss Potato pointed out, culture and religion are quite different. In fact, within one cultural system, we can find many subcultures and members may or may not accept or practice shared beliefs in the same way as other do within their system.
In organizational culture context, the company "Google" is a good example. Google is a big company with offices around the world and over dozen languages are spoken by its employees, but each of the Google campus still maintains a "small" company feel. One can look at the design, decor, and aesthetics of a particular google campus and can get a general understanding of the culture and subcultures within. The mountain view campus cafeteria serves more than six different cuisines, all employees can be found sitting and eating in the cafeteria at lunch time mingling with employees from different departments. You can find various employee groups also, such as wine tasting groups, salsa dance groups, and movie clubs. Outdoor seatings for sunshine brainstorming sessions. Snack rooms, game rooms and plenty other fun things. A company culture can attract or distract employees depending on the individual's values.