Cross Culture_Pertemuan 5 & 6_Modul 4_Mitha & Ayodya.pptx

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Cross Cultural UnderstandingPertemuan ke 5 dan 6

Ayodya Pradhipta Tenggara

Universitas TerbukaKorea Selatan

[email protected]


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Module 4

Life Values


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Unit 1

PERSONAL VALUES-FRIENDSHIP

Linguistic definition:

- Friend is one attached to another by affection or esteem

- Friend is a person who is close to another by love and

respect

A. Circle of Friends

B. Mobility and Friendship

C. Instant Friendship

D. Male and Female Relationship

E. Intercultural Friendship


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A. Circle of Friends

In US, It is common to have different Circle ofFriends depends on activity

Example:

- Church friends

- Office mate

- Tennis partner

- etc..


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B. Mobility and Friendship

Americans are geographically mobile Out of every five American families (20%)

moves every year

These relationship is easily end when the

activity ends


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C. Instant Friendship

Friendlinessis different with friendship Friendliness is one of the most important

characteristics of American daily interaction

Example:

- Two people become quite close without strong

bond between them

- Have a nice day, See you, etc. are only for

politeness


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D. Male and Female Relationship

In USA male and female socialize or mixrelatively free

Married men and women sometimes consider

each other best friends as well as spouse

Example:

- A couple may terminate or end relationship after

several date steadily

- A working wife may have a close male friend in

her job


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E. Intercultural Friendship

With foreign visitors, American may not always

be the first one to start friendship

Personal friendship are not firmly governed in

the USA


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Unit 2

FAMILY VALUES

A. Child Raising

B. Young Adulthood

C. The Elderly

D. The Nuclear and the Extended Family

E. Family Values


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A. Child Rising

Children have to learn customs and values fromthe parents cultureacculturation

Children are also taught at a very early age to

make decisions and be responsible for theiractions


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B. Young Adulthood

When reaching a certain age (between 18-21),children are encourage to leave the nest and

begin an independent live

In many American families, parents feel thatchildren should make major life decisions by

themselves


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C. The Elderly

The financial support of the elderly is providedby social security or welfare system

Some families send their older relatives to

nursing home


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D. The Nuclear and the Extended Family

Nuclear family: father, mother and children

Extended family: grandfather, uncles, cousin,

etc.

The American nuclear family usually has its ownseparate residence and is economically

independent

Some mothers work to provide additional

incomes


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E. Stability and Change in the Family

It is difficult to describe typical American family

It depends on geographies, races and ethnics


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F. Family Values

Change in the social and family structure can

be seen by the increasing number of separation

and divorce

Traditional viewpoints:- a breakdown in the family structure

- a disintegration of values

- a decline of morality


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Unit 3

WORK VALUES

A. The Work Ethic

B. The American Dreams

C.Rewards and Job Satisfaction

D. Personal Satisfaction


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A. The Work Ethic

Attitudes toward work in the US have been

greatly influenced by the work ethicor

protestant ethic

Material success was a sign of Godschosen and would go to Heaven

The devil makes work for idle hands


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B. The American Dreams

Americans believe that they will be rewarded for

working, producing and achieving

Horasio Alger:

poor people became rich people because oftheir hard work, honesty and luck


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C. Rewards and Job Satisfaction

Upward mobility or climbing the ladder are

expressions to describe ones advancement in

work

Rewards for successful work are professionaland financial

There are conflicting points of view about

workaholics


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D. Personal Satisfaction

There is a growing realization that

excessive work can be physically and mentally

harmful

There are work-hour and after-work hours

President Richard Nixon:

The work ethic holds that labor (work) is good

in itself; that a man or woman becomes a betterperson by virtue of the act of working

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