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Hit the Road, Jack(ie), or Encountering Cultural Diversity at home and abroad: Tips for the Backpacking Project Manager PART 2
Hit the Road, Jack(ie), or Encountering Cultural Diversity at home and abroad: Tips for the Backpacking Project Manager (part 2of 4)
by: Petra Goltz, PMP, VP-Globalisation, 2006 Q2
PART 2
At the end of the introductory article on cultural awareness in the last SIG newsletter, I asked you to think about what culture means to you, and promised to take you on a journey.
One last definition of culture, this time from anthropologist James Spradley: “Culture is the acquired knowledge people use to interpret experience and generate behaviour.”
With this in mind, let’s go and armchair-travel.
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PART 2
At the end of the introductory article on cultural awareness in the last SIG newsletter, I asked you to think about what culture means to you, and promised to take you on a journey.
One last definition of culture, this time from anthropologist James Spradley: “Culture is the acquired knowledge people use to interpret experience and generate behaviour.”
With this in mind, let’s go and armchair-travel.
The remaining content for this article is available for Members Only. Please join the SIG and/or log-in at the right side of the page. Back To Top
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