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3.05CulturalSensitiv
Business Management 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bias | Prejudice |
| Collectivism | An emphasis on group work and accomplishments |
| Connotation | Associated |
| Cultural Sensitivity | The willingness to adjust your opinions and behaviors so that you value people and ideas from other cultures |
| Culture | The customs, habits, and traditions of a particular group of people |
| Diversity | All the ways in which people differ |
| Ethnocentrism | The belief that your own culture is naturally better than other cultures |
| Globalization | The rapid and unimpeded flow of capital, labor, and ideas across national borders |
| Ignorance | Lack of knowledge or information |
| Individualism | Am emphasis on independent work and accomplishments |
| Nonverbal Communication | Communication that uses body language instead of person to meet specific needs or wants |
| Prejudice | Opinion or judgement that is based on feeling or hearsay, rather than fact, bias |
| Primary Dimensions of Diversity | Inborn differences that cannot be changed that affect persons life, include such characteristics as age, race, ethnicity, etc. |
| Secondary Dimensions of Diversity | Differences that may change at various points throughout ones lifetime, include such characteristics as language, religion |
| Stereotypes | A set image or assumption about a person or thing |
| Subculture | A set secondary group within a dominant culture |
| Valuing Diversity | Openly acknowledging differences and believing that they are assets instead of pro |