Chapter 16-Culture and Leadership Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is:
· for you reflect and evaluate your own culture and its cultural baggage in the context of leadership.
· consider how your culture’s norms affect your interaction with others from another culture.
· consider how you will approach cross-cultural leadership.
Read Chapter 15, Culture and Leadership (Northouse, 2019) and the following resources:
· https://www.hofstede-insights.com/country-comparison/
· https://www.strengthsmining.com/resources/culture/cultural-clusters/
· http://guide.culturecrossing.net/about_this_guide.php
· http://guide.culturecrossing.net/explore.php
For this assignment, you will create a document that covers the following: (Hint: this is your outline).
1) Part 1 include:
a) Definition of culture (citation needed).
b) In your own words, state why it is important understanding the role culture plays in leadership.
c) Define cultural baggage? (citation needed)
d) Name the culture you are from and highlight your own personal cultural baggage you have.
2) Part 2 include:
a) Name the comparison culture that is from a different cluster from your own.
b) Why did you choose this culture ?
c) Have you ever met someone from this culture?
3) Part 3 include:
a) In a table format, compare the following between your culture and the culture you chose:
i) Verbal Communication: Direct or Indirect
ii) Non-Verbal Communication
iii) Individual (Me) or Collectivism (We) traits
iv) Democratic or Autocratic
v) Views on gender egalitarianism
vi) Views on time
vii) Negotiations/Dealing with conflict
4) Part 4 include:
a) Choose one difference and discuss two strategies you would use to engage that person if they were on your team.
b) Finish with a concluding paragraph stating what you learned about culture and how it has affected your underdstanding of how you will lead.
Assignment Guidelines
· Include a APA 7 title page
· Make sure to use correct APA in-text citations for paraphrased ideas and quoted text.
· Include all sources cited in your reference list.
Due date
· Please check the due date in Moodle and upload this assignment to the appropriate Dropbox.
Chapter
16-Culture
and
Leadership
Assignment
The
purpose
of
this
assignment
is:
·
for
you
reflect
and
evaluate
your
own
culture
and
its
cultural
baggage
in
the
context
of
leadership.
·
consider
how
your
culture
’
s
norms
affect
your
interaction
with
others
from
another
culture.
·
consider
how
you
will
approach
cross-cultural
leadership.
Read
Chapter
15,
Culture
and
Leadership
(Northouse,
2019)
and
the
following
resources:
·
·
·
http://guide.culturecrossing.net/about_this_guide.php
·
http://guide.culturecrossing.net/explore.php
For
this
assignment,
you
will
create
a
document
that
covers
the
following:
(Hint:
this
is
your
outline).
1)
Part
1
include:
a)
Definition
of
culture
(citation
needed).
b)
In
your
own
words,
state
why
it
is
important
understanding
the
role
culture
plays
in
leadership.
c)
Define
cultural
baggage?
(citation
needed)
d)
Name
the
culture
you
are
from
and
highlight
your
own
personal
cultural
baggage
you
have.
2)
Part
2
include:
a)
Name
the
comparison
culture
that
is
from
a
different
cluster
from
your
own.
b)
Why
did
you
choose
this
culture
?
c)
Have
you
ever
met
someone
from
this
culture?
3)
Part
3
include:
a)
In
a
table
format
,
compare
the
following
between
your
culture
and
the
culture
you
chose:
i)
Verbal
Communication:
Direct
or
Indirect
ii)
Non-Verbal
Communication
iii)
Individual
(Me)
or
Collectivism
(We)
traits
iv)
Democratic
or
Autocratic
v)
Views
on
gender
egalitarianism
vi)
Views
on
time
vii)
Negotiations/Dealing
with
conflict
4)
Part
4
include:
a)
Choose
one
difference
and
discuss
two
strategies
you
would
use
to
engage
that
person
if
they
were
on
your
team.
