Cross-Cultural Training

Lesson 3: Introduction to Basic Cultural Differences

While there are always exceptions, you can enter a foreign land armed with a basic knowledge of what a culture will be like. This lesson will give you some of that knowledge.

Lesson Objectives

Students will be able to:

Identify different ways to classify cultures

Construct a profile of a culture based on its classification

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Lessons

Introduction

Lesson 1: What is Culture?

Lesson 2: What is your culture?

Lesson 3: Introduction to Basic Cultural Differences

• Lesson Objectives

• Introduction

• Hofstede´s Classification Scheme

• High-Context vs Low-Context Cultures

• Cultural Homeogeneity

• Various Cultural Notions

• Summary

• Lesson 3 Exercises

• Answers to Lesson 3 Exercises

• Suggested Reading

• Bibliography

Lesson 4: Global Communciations

Lesson 5: Culture in the Workplace

Lesson 6: Culture in Society

Lesson 7: Culture Shock

Lesson 8: Adapting to Your New Culture