Cultural Conflict using the Three-Dimensional Model
Not what you're looking for?
Give an example of a cultural conflict using the three-dimensional model, (Self-awareness, Knowledge of others, Skill-building intervention strategies), for improving multicultural competencies, and how can this conflict may be (or could have been) reformed and resolved.
Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary
This detailed solution gives an example of a cultural conflict using the three-dimensional model for improving multicultural competencies and it also discusses how the conflict can be resolved. APA formatted references are included.
Solution Preview
An example of a cultural conflict is in a typical office work space, for instance, our local hospital. The work force represents a broad range of cultures, from the traditional male Caucasian breadwinner to the single mother to the striving immigrant. Together these parts make up the sum of the workforce. However, they are separated out by the classification which they either self-impose or are put upon them by others. This impacts the level of work and the success of the organization.
Recently, in an effort to create more cohesion and encourage sharing ideas there has been a concentrated effort to eliminate the inherent conflict that arises from label of groups. Researchers claim that the dominant white society tends to 'lump groups by ethnicity' (Booth, 1998). In the hospital workplace, this has encouraged a stereotyping of workers, with certain nationalities being pre-judged of their abilities based on their cultural backgrounds, rather than their actual knowledge. One worker, Juan, spoke vehemently at a recent meeting about the assumption of his skills ...
Education
- BA, University of Southern California
- MSS, United States Sports Academy
- Ed.D, Boise State University
Recent Feedback
- "Thk u"
- "Thank you!:)"
- "Thank you!:)"
- "Thank you!:)"
- "Thank you!:)"
Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
IPOs
This Quiz is compiled of questions that pertain to IPOs (Initial Public Offerings)
Business Ethics Awareness Strategy
This quiz is designed to assess your current ability for determining the characteristics of ethical behavior. It is essential that leaders, managers, and employees are able to distinguish between positive and negative ethical behavior. The quicker you assess a person's ethical tendency, the awareness empowers you to develop a strategy on how to interact with them.
Employee Orientation
Test your knowledge of employee orientation with this fun and informative quiz. This quiz is meant for beginner and advanced students as well as professionals already working in the HR field.
Operations Management
This quiz tests a student's knowledge about Operations Management
Cost Concepts: Analyzing Costs in Managerial Accounting
This quiz gives students the opportunity to assess their knowledge of cost concepts used in managerial accounting such as opportunity costs, marginal costs, relevant costs and the benefits and relationships that derive from them.