Cultural Diversities - Consistencies & Challenges

One of the things that seems to be consistent across cultures is the importance of and respect for family. This is actually something that the american culture could learn to have more appreciation for. There needs to be more respect given to family and the role it plays or should play in our day to day. In most cultures the support and respect for family is such that through times of negative or positive experiences the family is involved and supportive. Having this connection across cultures is conducive to a development of understanding and appreciation for other cultures.

Within the workplace there can be challenges faced when various cultures are working together. From one culture to another the work habits and business ethics can be much different. This is not only evident from culture to culture but also from generation to generation. While one culture or generation may have the work habits that are self-motivated and require little management oversight another group may have much different habits. For business ethics there may be one group who works on the whatever it takes to get it done philosophy while another may be more aware of how their decisions are affecting those in the organization.