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week3respond.docxBrandi Greer
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My limitation in the CQ Drive area of extrinsic interest is not so much failing to see the benefits of working within diverse cultural contexts as preferring to accomplish tasks on my own. It may be that this failing on my part has to do with being shaped by the cultural value of efficiency. E. Richards and Brandon O’Brien define efficiency as “the ability to do the most work in the least time.” [2] Since settling in Louisiana, this particular limitation has been made abundantly clear to me. The culture concept of time seems to be more relaxed in this area. Things will happen when they happen, and why rush over something that a hurricane may blow away next year? It is certainly going to take a great deal of work on my part to loosen the reins, and not just complete the work alone to get it done in an efficient and timely manner.
The limitation of business knowledge will not be nearly so difficult to address. This failing has to do with understanding different economic and legal systems. Perhaps this stem from the cultural value of individualism and isolation. As these different economic and legal systems have had no direct impact or bearing upon me, there has been little drive to gain further information about them to understand how they function. This again has been brought to my attention when moving to Louisiana, as unlike the rest of the United States, Louisiana’s laws operate under the Civil Code that was established by Napoleon in France. It was quite interesting to learn the differences between common law and the Civil Code while buying a house. Luckily, our realtor was patient and took the time to ensure we knew what we were signing and agreeing to.
Addressing the area of extrinsic interest will require an internal change, which makes it the more difficult of these limitations. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 states “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!” Likewise, “a threefold cord is not quickly broken” (vs. 12). [3]With these in mind, and the image of the many believers creating the one Body of Christ, it is clear that this is a failing that needs immediate attention. To address the area of economic and legal systems will merely require seeking knowledge of these systems and taking the time to learn them well, something which may be time consuming, but is easily done.
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Bibliography
Richards, Randolph E., and Brandon J. O’Brien. Misreading Scripture With Western Eyes:
Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible.Downers Grove, IL:
InterVarsity Press, 2012.
Toomey, Stella, and Leeva C. Chung. Understanding Intercultural Communication. 2nd ed. New
York: Oxford University Press, 2012.
[1]Stella Ting-Toomey and Leeva C. Chung, Understanding Intercultural Communication, 2nded. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2012), 40.
[2]E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O’Brien, Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible, (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2012), 138.
[3] Unless otherwise noted, all biblical passages referenced are in the English Standard Version(Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2008).
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Marvin Norman
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When approaching intercultural communications there are limitations that you will face regardless of your culture. I've learned that understanding how people perceive the world, there values and beliefs we can understand better what they say and should look forward too potential cross-cultural disagreements. Acts 17:26-27, "and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us." We live in a time where diversity is just part of our way of living, but these are some limitations that I've faced in intercultural communication. (1) Some people from different cultures will not or don't want to communicate with those of other cultures for some special reasons. The next is assuming that all people are alike instead of realizing the differences of the two. Sometimes people will act as though they're home, so to get yourself together for unseen circumstances it's important to assume the laws, habits, and behavior of the other society. Then there's the language differences with the non-verbal misinterpretations along with the stereotyping that we put on people. (2) Identity meaning refers to the following questions; "who am I and who are you in the interaction scene?" and "How do I define you in this interaction scene?" (Wilmot & Hocker, 2011).
I believe that this is shaped by people rather to deal with their own culture values or of those that's like their own. Some cultures have rules of no worshiping as to which here in the U.S. worshiping is an important part of our culture. Another reason that would shape these limitations would be power one thinking that they're better or stronger than the other. (3) Toomey & Chung states, "Culture values patterns such an individualism and collectivism exist as general value tendencies on a cultural level of analysis. Cultural-level tendencies do not explain the behaviors of all members in a single culture." On most jobs the CEO is more likely to put people from another culture in a high position if they can speak and understand the policies of that business. I believe that a person's speech shouldn't hinder his position in a business or the community, it doesn't make him/her less qualified. I do understand that it may be frustrating to those who may not quite understand their poorly spoken other than their race language.
References
1. NASB, The Lockman Foundation, Zondervan Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2000. http ://www.lockman.org
2. Wilmot, W. & Hocker, J. (2011). Interpersonal Conflict (8TH ED). Boston: McGraw Hill.
3. Toomey, Stella Ting & Chung, Leeva C., Understanding Intercultural Communication, Oxford University Press, Inc., 2012. http:// www.oup.com
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