Course Description
Depending on the country, culture can dictate how workers cooperate with their peers and how power is distributed within a company. Mercedes Naficy D'Angelo details these orientations, as part of developing one's cultural competency. You will learn about values orientations, and determine how your own culture fits on their respective spectrums. You will also be advised on how to continue your own learning of other cultures.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand cultural values orienations and how different countries place on their spectrums
- Learn the relationship versus task values orienation
- Learn the hierarchy versus equality values orientation
- Know how to continue your own education into other cultures
What You'll Learn
- Understand cultural values orientations and where different countries fall on their spectrums
- Examine the relationship versus task values orientation and its focus and impact
- Examine the hierarchy versus equality values orientation and its focus and impact
- Determine how your own culture fits on these values orientation spectrums
- Plan how to continue your own education into other cultures as part of developing cultural competency
Key Takeaways
- Depending on the country, culture can dictate how workers cooperate with their peers and how power is distributed within a company.
- Understanding cultural values orientations is part of developing one's cultural competency.
- The course covers two values orientations: relationship versus task, and hierarchy versus equality.
- Learners determine how their own culture fits on the respective values orientation spectrums.
- The course advises learners on how to continue their own learning of other cultures.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does this course cover?
The course covers cultural values orientations, including the relationship versus task orientation and the hierarchy versus equality orientation, and how different countries place on their respective spectrums. It also advises on how to continue your own learning of other cultures.
Who teaches this course?
Mercedes Naficy D'Angelo details these cultural values orientations as part of developing one's cultural competency.
What skills will I gain from this course?
The course develops skills in cultural responsiveness, cultural competency, cultural diversity, cultural influences, culture transformation, and cultural psychology.
Will I learn about my own culture in this course?
Yes. You will determine how your own culture fits on the values orientations' respective spectrums.
What lessons are included in this course?
The lessons are Focus and Impact: Relationship Versus Task Values Orientation; Focus and Impact: Hierarchy versus Equality Values Orientation; What Next?; and Test Your Knowledge.
Professional Certifications and Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Professional Development Credits (PDCs): 0.25
KnowledgeCity is approved by SHRM as a Recertification General Provider to offer SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP professional development credits (PDCs). By taking the courses approved by SHRM, KnowledgeCity can award SHRM Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for HR knowledge and competency programs related to the SHRM Body of Applied Skills and Knowledge™ (the SHRM BASK™).
