Understanding culture
Concept of culture:
Culture can be defined in many ways. It is a complex system of shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviours, and artifacts shared by a society. Culture teaches us how to act, behave and cope with one another. It is transmitted from generations to generations through learning.
Here is an example How culture works in
a city
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Elements of Culture
- Language
- Values
- Customs
- Religion
- Ethnicity
- Social Class
- Corporate Culture
- Norms
Culture has its own normative rules. It
binds the society and people together by prescribing do's and don'ts.
Characteristics of culture:
- it is learned
- it is unconscious
- it is shared
- it is integrated
- it is symbolic
- it is a way of life
- it is universal
- it is relative
Dimensions of Culture
Context:
Context is description of how society and people behave and act in different types of cultural space or the totality that people rely on when they are making decisions.
There are two types of
Contexts:
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Examples of High vs Low Context through countries |
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