incorrect topics among Euro-Americans (or
another culture you are interested in).- In the globalized marketplace, contemporary busi-
ness leaders must manage a variety of cultural
expectations and adapt them to the workplace.
What cultural differences of values and behaviors
are most important for a manager to be aware of?
How could a business manager best handle cultural
conflicts? - What are some of the ways that a culture’s atti-
tude toward education can become manifest in
the classroom? In the workplace? Identify some
of the outcomes of a culture’s overemphasis and
underemphasis on education.
5. Examine you own beliefs about the causes and pre-
vention of disease. Which healthcare perspective
do you most identify with? Why? Do you engage
in health practices that would be considered a part
of one of the other traditions? If so, why?
6. Recall theConsider Thisexample of Hanako’svisit
to the medical laboratory. How could the lab tech
have better phrased his question to promote
understanding?
7. Imagine you are a doctor and have just diagnosed
one of your patients with a terminal illness. How
would you present the news to a German Ameri-
can, a Mexican immigrant, and someone from
China?
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