Reflective Log

During this session we examined the different stages of teacher development and the different types of teachers we may be. I reflected on the fact that to a large degree, we as student teachers are expected to ‘play the game’, deliver the curriculum and are, in many cases, not encouraged to develop our creativity in the classroom. As a reflective practitioner, I must acknowledge that I have felt stifled by this approach but have found myself delivering the curriculum by the dictates of whichever placement I have been involved. Some subjects offer more scope for creativity, science, art, history, music and these are the subjects in which I have felt there has been more flexibility for a more creative approach. The lesson

For us to develop cultural competence we need to have a level expertise, knowledge and attributes. When I mention Expertise I am referring to professional skills such as, being able to communicate correct information for culturally different people and their communities, the skill to candidly discuss racial and ethnic issues and to react to culturally based signs, the skill to understand the meaning that traditions/culture has for each person, Interviewing skills that help to understand and accommodate the role of language in a person’s culture and the skill to use the idea of empowerment on behalf of culturally different people and communities.

Another factor in the success of an expatriate involves the expatriates pre-existing culture intelligence quotient (CQ). It is still uncertain that an expatriate’s success working internationally is determined by their CQ but it is crucial for expatriates working on international assignments because it is a sign of cultural competency.

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

While I was able to apply almost every concept from the course to some aspect of my own life, I believe that the most important thing was learning to recognize just how much privilege I have experienced. At the very beginning of the quarter, Professor Roy used the example of the fish not being aware that it lives in water. I think that translates perfectly to my experience – as it should for many of us taking this class. While I recognized the privilege of having basic needs like food and shelter taken care of, other things like my race, gender and education really hadn’t resonated with me until I took this course.

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Individual factors such as personal weakness should be hibernated with strong traits and aspects that contribute to positive cultural competence. Moreover, people with good skill and abilities should promote good aspects at the diverse workplace through workplace practices that ensure cultural competence is performing better. The cultural diverse organization management should develop competent cultural policies that ensure there is inclusivity in aspects such as gender and cultural backgrounds for cultural competence development. Finally, diverse cultures at the workplace should strive to acquire necessary skills to enhance cultural competence at the workplace.

This report will demonstrate my understanding of cultural self –awareness, cultural intelligence and cultural capabilities.

Cultural intelligence assessment will enable the individual to have certain information about himself. It is posited that cultural difference has a greater impact on business effectiveness than we think. That our cultural backgrounds really influence the way we think and act and the way we interpret each others contributions. Our success or failure in communication will depend on the extent at which we understand the different cultural background of the employees and create a fruitful collaboration in situations where cultural differences play a role. To achieve this, we need to act in an appropriate way in multicultural situations coupled with the ability to have an open mind which admits new information and this is curious about

Cultural skill is the ability to adapt to new situations flexibly and creatively. Cultural skill

Two things at the beginning of this course surprised me. First one is the team working idea which I have not never exercised such thing befeore, we were divided into small groups in order to achieve appointed goals and the second surprise is the diversity amongst students in regard their subjects. There are students in human resource others in international management, ,general management and me with other in public service. Although all these mentioned above were seemed odds and buzzling at the beginning of this course, I realised afterwards that a significant values added to my knowledge due to that. For example, I have Ai have got significant improvement in the communication skills as well as exposed to different culture. Therefore, I was led practically to explore and experience multicultural. That’s indeed was great opportunity for me. For a student who interest in the

The above characteristics suggest that I work in a truly global and culturally diverse business environment; therefore; cultural wisdom and cognition gained through this course can definitely improve the effectiveness of our global interactions.

I feel like I learned a lot from this course. I think, overall, this course was very eye-opening and made me understand, and want to better understand, issues involving gender and how they effect society. I would say the one of the most important pieces of information I learned was just how much the idea of gender and gender roles influences everyday life. I had never really thought too much about the determents of gender or traditional masculine and feminine ideals before this class, and how we as a society promote and encourage the belief that a person’s gender or sex creates different innate, natural attitudes and attributes. Learning about how important society’s views of gender is, and how it affects the way we learn and think, makes me look at our culture in a different way. For example, before this class I never realized how much women are objectified and put under intense Photoshop in advertisements. This better understanding of the way society is helps me take a step back and look at our culture in a different way, and allows me to become more aware of the issues surrounding gender, sex, and the ideals of masculinity and femininity.

This section contains five different challenging situations or issues in the workplace that I had faced during the time of my internship. The way I reacted towards those situations, what did I learn, and how would I do differently in the future as a manager.

When dealing with intercultural business a person should be well aware of the characteristics of the culture he is to be in contact with. He should be well prepared to face attitudes not common in his home country.