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BM I 305
Business Management
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bias | Prejudice |
| Collectivism | An emphasis on group work and accomplishments |
| Connotation | Associated or underlying meaning |
| 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 | An emphasis on independent work and accomplishments |
| Negotiation | The process of one person reaching an agreement with another person to meet specific needs or wants |
| Nonverbal communication | Communication that uses body language instead of words or support words |
| 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 and affect a person's entire life; include such characteristics as age, race/ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, and certain physical and mental traits and abilities |
| Secondary dimensions of diversity | Differences that may change at various points throughout one's lifetime; include such characteristics as language, religion, income, geographic location, family status, work experiences communication style, and education level |
| Stereotype | A set image or an assumption about a person thing |
| Subculture | A secondary group within a dominant culture |
| Valuing diversity | Openly knowledge differences and believing that they are assets instead of problems |