4 Business Advanced English 2, SW8, OA6_Lückentext

We should d.... a... c.... p.... to check out the basis of our perceptions.

Failure to do so leads to inaccurate stereotypes and may f.... n... f.... o... h.....

One approach is to g.... s.... f.... o... the behavior you observed and to s.... c.... o.... your interpretations.

Another variation is to give feedback on how you felt when the s.... b.... o....

Does the o.... s...-W.... i... R...., d.... a.... t.... R....-still have currency?

A... a..., suggestions to learn about other cultures are so we can a.... how situations will be dealt with

When we join a team that already exists we should learn and b.... r.... o.... t.... e.... c...., just as we would when we travel."

The danger of this a...., not only in a team environment, is that it supports the prevailing/dominant culture and a r.... t... i... c.... t.... c.... a... g.....

Rather than assuming you know, you ask to c.... w.... things are being done differently.

Listening is widely acknowledged as a k... c.... p... a... r... s.....

Each team member will a... t... t... o... w...., and when their culture conflicts with others, adopt the others’ through a mix match of procedures

However, a compromise over cultural norms is better than the i... o... v... by a dominant group.

Thus, rather than thinking that we should use our c... c.... c... s... when we communicate between different cultural groups, we should assume that all communications are essentially cross cultural.

The importance of talking about conflict prevention and resolution issues up front c... b... o.....

It will g... a l... w... t... the e.... p.... that is expected from a team that is performing well.

in terms of age (there are more older workers), g...... (there are more women),
r....... (there are more people of color), language (there are more
languages spoken), and nationality (there are more immigrants).

The theory is that through the i...... o.... t..... p...... greater productivity is achieved b..... t.... w......

One reason that teams f..... t.... m...... p...... e..... is their paralysis through u...... c.....

This article focuses on the impact of culture on the p..... a..... r..... o...... c..... in teams.

Over time successful teams develop culturally distinct pathways to communicate, problem solve, make decisions, and r...... c......

Most literature on teams suggests that they realize high performance levels by p..... t..... four distinct d..... p.....

The development of t..... n..... does not t..... p...... i... a v....., but is embedded i.... t.... w..... social, political and economic c.... of the day.

Another reality is that team members do not h...... a..... t..... the same power.

Individualists are

- confortable d...... w..... c......

- c...... t... r..... d..... close to the source

This ties in with research on the effects of i...... c..... in teams.

A team member’s c...... t.... the team and the team mission can increase if conflict is well-managed and resolved, but decreases if c..... g.... u......

Social anthropology, as the a..... f..... responsible for the s.... o... c....., has yet to settle
on a definition of culture.

However, for our practical purposes, culture is defined as the s.... s..... o.... v....., beliefs, norms, attitudes, behaviors, and social structures that define reality and g..... e.... i........

This d..... i..... that culture is an a.... o... a g...., and also c.... t... f... that there may be as much v.... w.... t.... g.... as between different groups.