11 week twelve class notes kiwi culture 2

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AMPL/NZDB630

Principles of Leadership

Semester 1, 2013


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OVERVIEW: week eleven

1. Questions

2. Culture and leadership; Diversity

Kiwi culture

Cultural perceptions

Multi cultural perceptions


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If culture is defined as.

Culture- describes what people develop to enable them to

adapt to their world, such as language, gestures, tools to

enable them to survive and prosper, customs and traditions that

define values and organise social interactions, religious beliefs

and rituals, and dress, art, and music to make symbolic andaesthetic expressions.

Culture determines the practices and beliefs that become

associated with an ethnic group and provides its distinctive

identity.

Source:http://www.childsafety.qld.gov.au/adoption/education/intercountr

y/module6/definition-ethnicity.html


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Ethnicity and Culture

What is ethnicity, culture and identity?

Ethnicity- belonging to a group that shares

the same characteristics, such as country of

origin, language, religion, ancestry andculture. Ethnicity is a matter of biological and

historical fact and is not changed by the

culture in which a person grows up. Source:

http://www.childsafety.qld.gov.au/adoption/education/intercountry/module6/definition-

ethnicity.htm


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Identity- classified as an individual's personal

identity, social identity or ethnic identity

Source: http://www.childsafety.qld.gov.au/adoption/education/intercountry/module6/definition-

ethnicity.html


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What is Kiwi/NZ Culture?

How would you describe Kiwi/NZ culture to

people from China, Italy and Somalia who are

considering coming to live in NZ?

Agree five things that define Kiwi/NZ culture.

Discuss in groups of three and record your

ideas. Nominate one person to report back to class.


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Answer the following questions

in your group

If you were going to a barbecue at a friends

place what would you take?

What would you wear?

If you are asked to take a plate to a socialfunction what would you take?

You have graduated from CPIT; how will you

celebrate? It is your Grandmothers 90thbirthday; what

would you do on this occasion?


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Diversity

Workforce diversity means a workforce made

up of people who have different human qualities

or who belong to different cultural groups.

Individualsdifferences among people in termsof dimensions such as age, ethnicity, gender or

race.


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Diversity

Driven by demographic changes.

Globalisation has changed attitudes to diversity.

Adds value to the organisation.

Development of employee and organisational

potential.

Develops organisation flexibility.


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Ways women lead

Interactive styleleader favours a consensual

and collaborative process.

Influence derives from relationships.

Inclusive.

Caring.

Idealised influencefollowers identify and want

to emulate the leader.


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Social value systems (Hofstede)

Power distance High means people accept inequality in power

among institutions, organisations, and individuals

Low means that people expect equality in power.

Uncertainty avoidance

High means that members of a society feel

uncomfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity and

support behaviours and beliefs that promise

certainty and conformity.

Low means that people have a high tolerance for

the unstructured, the unclear and the unpredictable.


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Social value systems

Individualism and collectivism Individualism reflects a value for a loosely knit socialframework in which individuals are expected to take care of

themselves

Collectivism is a preference for a tightly knit social

framework in which people look out for one another andorganisations protect their members interests.

Masculinity and femininity Masculinity reflects a preference for achievement, heroism,

assertiveness, work centrality and material success.

Femininity reflects the values of relationships, cooperation,

group decision making and quality of life.


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National value systems


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Challenges minorities face

Unequal expectations

Living bi-culturally

Glass ceiling

The opportunity gap


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Leadership initiative


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Barriers to evolution

Ethnocentrism

Stereotypes and prejudice

The white male club

The paradox of diversity

Actual cultural differences


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Leadership solutions

A personal, long-range vision that recognises

and supports a diverse organisational

community.

A broad knowledge of the dimensions ofdiversity and awareness of multicultural issues.


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An openness to change themselves.

Mentoring and empowering diverse employees.


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Personal development awareness


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Summary

Diversity

Ways women lead

Global diversity

Challenges minorities face

Leadership initiatives



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References

Daft R. L., Pirola-Merlo A., (2009), The Leadership Experience,APE 1,

Cengage Learning, Australia

Ginny Ferguson CPIT: 2012 21

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