12 Dimensions Critical Reflection

PART 1

My dimensions are decision-making, communication, growth and expression.  Firstly, decision-making It means for example If you are manager of somewhere and you want to make a decision If you depend on you knowledge of people this is decision-making by relationship but If you depend on the law this is decision-making by rules.

Secondly, communication means if you speak to anyone this is called communication and if you are speak very clearly this is direct but if you do not speak clearly and you let the other person understand the meaning by himself this is communication indirect.

Thirdly, growth It means if you have company and you want to growth you will depend on personal or material. Finally, expression it depend on your feeling if it’s concealed or revealed and it means whether if you want other people know about your feeling.

PART 2

I learned from group profile that it gives the results of the group and culture profile gives my results.  Also I learned from my questionnaire results my impression and I learned for example that’s I am informal more than formal on context. Also I learned that I depend on material more than personal on growth. I agree with my questionnaire results because it is describe me well.

PART 3

In my point of view that my self-culture profile will be changed in 5 years because 5 years is not a short time and the people are changing until they die this is the live no one stay in the same line forever. I would like to be different because I want to make changes on my self to better because I have some results I want to change it for example expression I am reveal my express more the conceal it and in my opinion this is bad result because I think it is not good to reveal your feeling to the people.

Exercise #7

You can find in this article a lot of dimensions, such as outlook and the polarity innovation when Ali Al Nuaimi and Tariq Lootah where stating that the participant who are voting need to think about the candidate who has the qualification and whom they'll benefit from and based on “charisma” and I found status and the polarity is achieved because it is based on elections and votes.

Exercise #6

	Dimension	Polarity	Why?
1	Accountability	Community	Because his community is on top of his priority and wants all share in building a better society.
2	Outlook	Traditional	Afraid of change of conservative and traditional opinion.
3	Connecting	Inclusive	Because he tries to include people to peace
4	Status	Ascribed	Because people suddenly become kings without effort
5	Growth	Personal	Because he emphasized the importance of investing in human resources.
6	Decision making	relationship	His decision of donating 90% of his salary was based on relationship with his nation.
7	Context	Very informal	Because of his humbleness he want to live like the vast majority of people not like a president.
8	Expression	Revealing	Because he did not feel shame to talk about his hard time.
9	Destiny	Directive	He believe that Allah (God) who Organizes lives.
10	Communication	Direct	To speak one’s mind without being hesitant
11	Planning	People	As Mujica said if they lived within their means, by being prudent the 7 billion people in the world could have everything they needed.
12	Relationship	Situational	Which Mujica he don't like to meddle if he was not invited as help is not intervene.

Exercise #5

Cultural Dimension	Character Todd, Puro, Aisha or other	Outsourced Scene or Circumstance
Communication- direct/indirect	Todd and his manger	Direct communication (when the manger was talking with Todd convince him to go to India)
Decision-making: rules / relations	Todd and his manger	Reveal Expression (when Todd was not happy about his manger decision that he will go to India)
Expression – Reveal / conceal	Todd and his manger	Rules (The manger force Todd to go to India)
Context – Informal / formal	Todd and his manger	Informal ( Todd called his manger by his name)

3. When he gets on the train, he cannot find an empty seat. How is this problem solved for him? How might this be a cultural solution?

-       There is a boy was sitting in the train and he let Todd sit then the boy sit on Todd leg. It might be cultural solution because in Indian cultural they let the old people sit.

4. As any exchange student, he has a lot of experiences trying new food. His first encounter is with an iced drink. What happens?

-       He bought the iced drink and he feels sick after he drink it.

7. Todd wants to check in to a hotel. But Puro insists he comes to a boarding house. What is the reason he gives Todd?

-       Because the place of the Hotel is very lonely.

8. As soon as they meet, Aunti Ji starts asking very intimate questions that Americans who have just met would never ask. What kind of things does she ask?

-       She asked him a lot of questions and it was a personal questions.