Exercise 8

Exercise #8b:

 

As you watch the film, answer the questions and write down any examples of different cultural dimensions. This will help you with your reflection.

 

 

Cultural Dimension	Character Todd, Puro, Aisha or other	Outsourced Scene or Circumstance
Low-context culture	Todd	In head office
High-context culture	Puro	At work
Individualism	Todd	Likes to be alone and be independent
Collectivism	The workers in India washing the clothes and people at the train helping each other	Eating together
Low power distance	Todd	Talking to his boss in the office
High power distance	Puro	Asking for permeation to talk every time
Uncertainty tolerance	Todd	Cursing his boss
Uncertainty avoidance	Aisha	She asked to many questions which showed uncertainty
Task orientation	Puro and Aisha	Director
Social orientation	Todd and Puro	Working together

 

 

 

Reflection #8b:

 

In our culture in the UAE it is obvious that we are among the collective society as we like to stay together and move among groups and tribes, we are low context which is adapted to our cultures to depend on each other to survive as it was initial in the past.

Now days some people are depending on themselves and taking on other cultures of our teachers and colleges at work in being high context and living individually.

Relationships in most families between father and son or daughter are high power distance while minorities are low power distance as most families prefer to keep the respect and fighting the cultural change.