CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE IN A VUCA WORLD Lesson 5 World View LEARNING OBJECTIVE Everyone has a motivation for living whether aware of it or not This motivation whether religious secular philosophical or something else helps us to get up each morning go to work and then guides us through ID: 765126
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CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE IN A VUCA WORLD
Lesson 5: World View LEARNING OBJECTIVE Everyone has a motivation for living, whether aware of it or not. This motivation – whether religious, secular, philosophical, or something else, helps us to get up each morning, go to work, and then guides us throughout the day. This is called a world view, which asks basic questions about life in terms of reality, human nature, truth, and values. KEY TAKEAWAY Define world view. Articulate your personal world view and how this affects our outlook on life and how you approach business problems. Describe the role of perception in our intercultural interactions. Differentiate between a stereotype and a generalization. LEADERSHIP APPLICATIONSWorldviews can be invisible forces that impact our lives and professions, and culture influences the way individuals view the world. We need to be aware of this.
Definition A worldview is basically a person’s beliefs about life and the universe – one’s core assumptions of what is. All world views attempt to answer four basic questions about humans and the universe: What is reality? Who is man? What is truth? What values are important? World ViewWeltanschauung“welt” (world) + “anschauung” (perception/view)
Cultural Orientations Model Kluckhohn & Strodtbeck ORIENTATIONRANGEHuman Nature What is the basic nature of people?EvilPeople are born “bad” with selfish tendencies and must become good.MixedPeople have a bit of good and bad in them.GoodPeople are born good and become corrupted by the world People and NatureWhat is the basic nature of humans?Subordination to Nature Humans yield to nature and its external forces Live in Harmony with Nature People flow with nature and must learn to be in harmony with it Mastery Over Nature People try to control nature; nature is there for us to use Time Sense How do people think about time?PastPeople learn from history & traditions to guide their lifePresentPeople live in the moment; today is what is importantFuturePeople look ahead to plan goals – sacrificing now ensures security.ActivityWhat is the preferred approach to activity?BeingPeople take time to pause and live in the momentBecomingPeople are in-process of becoming DoingPeople are action oriented; rewards come through achievementSocial RelationsHow do humans form their social organization?HierarchicalDecisions made by those with the right authority. Protection from benevolent boss/leaderCollectiveDecisions made by group consensus. IndividualDecisions made by personal autonomy Adapted from Ting-Toomey, S. 1999. Communicating across cultures. New York: Guillford Press
Adapted from TMC, A Berlitz Company Stereotypes
Field of Psychology We create mental categories (cognitive maps) are useful tools that help us categorize what is unfamiliar or complex. We compare what is known against what is not.We categorize data in order to make sense out of it.Stereotypes – overgeneralizations about groups of people; can be positive, negative or neutralPrototypes – mental representations based on general characteristics that are not fixed and rigid but rather are open to new definitions Stereotypes
Stereotypes Positive Neutral Negative
Perceptions
Perceptions Perception is the neural process involving how our brains select, evaluate, and organize stimuli, thus enabling us to experience the world around us.
Perception & the Ethno-Semantic Test
Fish Man Tree Deer Virus Angel Woman Lion Bush Sand Ancestor Girl Demon Cow Rock God/godWhale Perception & the Ethno-Semantic Test
Ethno-Semantic Test
Ethno-Semantic Test Hindu Groupings
Summary Everyone has a world view or the vantage point to survey her or his world. As we try to make sense of the world, each of us uses the process of perception to make sense of the external stimuli coming at all five senses. Such generalizations are all right as long as we view them as hypotheses to be tested rather than rigid judgments that define all people. A stereotype is a belief about a person or group that puts everyone into a category. When you make a stereotype you tend to reject contradictory information by using selective perception and refusing to change your attitude. A prototype is a mental representation based on general characteristics that are not fixed and rigid but rather are open to new definitionsA generalization is an idea that has a general rather than specific application that is a hypothesis to be tested and observed. You analyze the data and constantly test your ideas by being open, curious, and willing to learn. Culture influences the way people view the world. As leaders we need to remember that tacit worldviews can be invisible forces that impact our lives, professions, and the people with whom we interact.