Intercultural Cultural Competence And Identity

Arthur H. Woodard, Jr., MSW Soulhelp@me.com Jim Wuelfing, NRPP Jim.Wuelfing@gmail.com  Name?  From where?  Doing what?  Why here?

Understand cultural competence and why is it important especially for that have a diverse workforce.

“Cultural competence is everyday and reality based.” This expression is that cultural competence occurs everyday, yet is based off what is what one perceives first hand. Everyday we meet and see different cultures. Cultural competence is important for society as a whole. Culture has a special meaning to all; it can identify the human population into groups. Culture is passed down from generations, which include values and beliefs. Diversity in America is what makes it great a fine blending of all cultures. Being culturally competent is a challenge being a nurse has greatly increases my cultural awareness. Cultural competence is reality based to me meaning that our cultural competence should and must be founded from facts. The news does

In Embedded Assessment 1, a personal essay about one’s culture, I learned and established some factors about the general idea of culture, and I found more about who I am. Firstly, regarding culture I was already familiar with the concept of how someone’s race or ethnic origin can influence who they are. This applied to me, since I have Spanish culture, as well as having Spanish ancestry. I was also familiar with the fact my cultural identity was mostly American, this shows that the place that one lives has an effect on the culture that one may have. I discovered in this study that my culture cannot be expressed in one word, or a single idea. It is a mixture of my background, and also with new experiences. Additional, one new cultural heritage

The first topic I will talk about is the background or history of how the culture formed and

What culture(s) do you identify with? Some cultures you might consider include generation (e.g., generation Y), nationality, gender, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, geographic residence, sexual orientation, religion, ability, organization.

My paper talks about the five general sociology concepts that I learned to using my family. I picked my family because I think they were the most relatable and easy group that would be more beneficial and knowledgeable to discuss regarding the concepts. My family consist of a father, mother, two boys, and a girl, not including me. My parents speak three languages and my siblings only speak one due to the language influence while they were in school. Culture is very important to my family not only the language, and attire but the values of what the culture teaches. Such as, the man being the head of the household and everything must run through him. The woman is taught to cook, clean and take care of the things inside the household. The kids

My paper was based on the first topic about how someone’s life history can tell you about their cultural identity. The person I interviewed was a second generation 32 year old immigrant from Mexico. She is a very kind person, with such an adventurous personality. My plan was to ask several questions about her life, as well as what she has faced. This is so I can learn more from her and her culture. I asked a couple of questions about her life and practices to figure out how family and changes helped her adapt to what culture she identifies with growing up. My first heading will consist of her childhood growing up, the culture she grew up with and how her family plays the important part of her culture. My second will consist on her adult changes and her identity she has formed. I will then explain how her experiences have helped shaped her through her life and what she talks about during the interview as well as any other stories she would like to contribute.

4. Describe the impact that your culture has had on the values that you hold.

Be sure to discuss the importance of cultural perception and how it plays a major role in how we see others and ourselves. *Remember we have our own cultural frame of

Explain with definitions and examples the concept of culture and elaborate on the barriers to becoming culturally competent communicators.

According to the text, “Cultural competency is essential in today’s world and required for leadership communication and transformational leaders in particular” (Barrett, D., 2014). Intercultural competence involves effective communication with people of different cultural backgrounds. “Without knowledge of other cultures, people tend to make embarrassing mistakes when conducting international business” (Duggan, T., 2017). This can take place in the workplace as well. Regarding my current organization, tools improve intercultural competence would include cultural awareness, cultural differences, values and morale training, cultural identity, and language barriers. Cultural awareness can improve intercultural competence because it will allowed

1. With a specific example or two, illustrate how your informal socialization (parents, media, travel, religion, etc.) shaped your sense of individualism-collectivism.

In Maslow's hierarchy of needs, it is stated that humans have certain things that they need to strive for to meet before achieving the highest level of personality fulfillment. These levels include: physiological needs, safety needs, belongingness and love needs, esteem needs, aesthetic needs, and lastly self actualization needs (Ciccarelli & White, 363-365). After the most basic needs of sustenance and shelter, belonging and love fall in as the next important and lead to more indepth emotions individuals experience. In order for people to feel these connections with others, the ability to communicate and behave in appropriate ways with others who are culturally different, otherwise known as intercultural competence, is enacted (Why Intercultural Competence?).

2. What could be done by the instructor using this book to more fully develop (and improve upon) the presentation of culture given in the book?