Personal Cultural Pyramid
I have begun theorizing, although I have not had the opportunity to research or write about it, that individual cultural orientation is directly related to the individual accumulative experiences as manifested by upbringing, environment, exposure to diversity, relationship with others.
This view, while considers one's national cultural orientation as the basis, it builds on that with experiences which forms an individual cultural pyramid that is distinct from a vast regional, national, and sub-culture orientation despite their influences. Therefore, in a global environment, we face multitudes of individuals with different perspective of globalized world.
I speculate that approaching diversity with personal cultural pyramid approach which is build on implicit knowledge rather than explicit description of one's culture as defined by anthropological observation of a nation, would be most fruitful in understanding an individual rather than trying to categorize many in one culture which can deprive us of valuable insight into how an individual perceives reality and reacts to it.
The debate then arises as to how do we negotiate business basis of a contract or personal relationship if parties are from two different countries or simply from two different regions of a same country?
I have begun theorizing, although I have not had the opportunity to research or write about it, that individual cultural orientation is directly related to the individual accumulative experiences as manifested by upbringing, environment, exposure to diversity, relationship with others.
This view, while considers one's national cultural orientation as the basis, it builds on that with experiences which forms an individual cultural pyramid that is distinct from a vast regional, national, and sub-culture orientation despite their influences. Therefore, in a global environment, we face multitudes of individuals with different perspective of globalized world.
I speculate that approaching diversity with personal cultural pyramid approach which is build on implicit knowledge rather than explicit description of one's culture as defined by anthropological observation of a nation, would be most fruitful in understanding an individual rather than trying to categorize many in one culture which can deprive us of valuable insight into how an individual perceives reality and reacts to it.
The debate then arises as to how do we negotiate business basis of a contract or personal relationship if parties are from two different countries or simply from two different regions of a same country?
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