Reflection

Part 1:

There are 12 dimensions I will describe about some of them. The first dimension is growth and the polarities of it are personal and material and this means that you prefer to improve the people or the materials. The second dimension is context and the polarities of it are formal and informal and this means that if you prefer to act formally or informally. The third dimension is expression and the polarities are reveal and conceal and this means is you prefer to reveal your feeling such as your sadness or you prefer to conceal it. The fourth dimension is Communication and there are two types of communication the first type is direct and the second indirect communication and this means that you speak to others directly or not.

Part2:

On my CMI result I learnt many things and I agree with some of the results and disagree with some. The first dimension is context and I act sometimes formally and sometimes informally this is why my context result is in the middle and I agree with this result. The second dimension that I agree is planning and I am interested on time more than the people and this will make me more organize. The first dimension that I disagree is growth because I prefer to improve the personal and I don’t improve the materials and this is wrong because the work won’t be efficient by good stuff only I must improve the material as well. The second dimension that I don’t agree is decision making because I choose the relationship against the rules and this will cause many problems and will give many people things that they don’t deserve.  

Part 3:

 I think my result will be different after five years and there is many reasons I will write it. The first reason is that my thinking will change. The second reason is my culture will change. The third reason is my interest will change. I would like to change some dimension. The first dimension is Outlook because I am interested on innovation more than tradition and this will affect my tradition and maybe I will forget my tradition. The second dimension I would like to change it is decision making because I choose the relationship against the rules and this will give many people things that they don’t deserve.     

Exercise # 7

There are many dimensions in this article but the most important one is Decision-Making and the polarity is rules because they suggest that the people must choose who will be prime minister not by the relationship. The second dimension is growth and the polarity is people because they want to improve the people not the materials. The third dimension which is the last one outlook and the polarity is innovation because they want to change and improve the future of the UAE culture. 

Exercise 6

1- On revolution and revolts: The dimension is accountability and the polarity is community because the humans are gregarious.

2- On legalizing divorce: The dimension is outlook and the polarity is outlook because he talks about the history of dress.

3- On materialism: The dimension is destiny and the polarity is directed because they view their future as in the hands of god.

4- On global consumption: The dimension is connecting and the polarity is inclusive because they think as people and countries not as a species.

5- The dimension is communication and the polarity is direct because he use to speak directly.

6- On ending conflict: The dimension is accountability and the polarity community because he said all Latin Americans have to help.

7- On staying humble in office: The dimension is context and the polarity is informal because he don’t like the formal things like the palace and the red carpet.

8- On redistribution of wealth: The dimension is growth and the polarity Personal because he said the most important investment is human resources.

9- On age: The dimension is expression and the polarity is reveal because he is revealing about his sadness.

10- On addiction: The dimension is communication and the polarity is direct because he talks directly.

11- On being called the world’s poorest president: The dimension is outlook and the polarity is tradition because he talks about history.

12- On donating 90% of his salary to charity: The dimension is accountability and the polarity is individual because he talks about himself.

13- On his goals for Uruguay: The dimension is status and the polarity is achieved because he want to achieve to something.

14- On being a president: The dimension is communication and the polarity is direct because he is talking about what the mean of president and what he must do directly.

15- On the secret to happiness: The dimension is destiny and the polarity is directive because he choose how to live.

Exercise #5

Cultural Dimension	Character Todd, Puro, Aisha or other	Outsourced Scene or Circumstance
Communication- direct/indirect	Todd and his manager	Direct communication ( when the manager was talking with Todd to  convince him to go to India)
Planning – People / time	Todd and his manager	Time( The manager gives Todd specific time to finish his work)
Decision-making: rules / relations	Todd and his manager	Rules ( The manager force Todd to go to india)
Context – Informal / formal	Todd and his manager	Informal ( Todd calls his manager 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 and the boy sit on Todd leg. It might be a cultural solution because in the Indian culture 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 buy the iced drink and he feels ill after eating 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 many question and it was personal questions.

Exercise #4

The culture and the 12 Dimensions influence on three things the first one is the life choices and the second is the thinking and third is sense of group / accountability. I will write about the Amish model. Firstly how the Amish model influence on the life choices? In the Amish model they give the people some choices to choose one of it they don’t give them all the choices. Secondly about the Amish people they are very simple people and they are peaceful people. The Amish people don’t use the guns and they hate killing others. Thirdly is that the Amish people sense of group and they don’t like to live alone. The Amish people also accountable as a group not individual. In my experience I know that the Amish don’t use the cars and prefer to use the horses and they use direct communication.

How the Arabic culture influence our choices?

The Arabic culture influence in our choices in many things. For example I can’t work in everywhere because there is some places that shame to work on it such as a company that sell alcohol.

Presentation

Mubark will present the introduction and the worldviews. I will present the conflict and causes. Ahmed will present the resolution and the conclusion.

Ismail, M. (2011, July 30). Dangerous driving is rooted in UAE culture, poll suggests. The National. Retrieved March 10, 2015, from http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/dangerous-driving-is-rooted-in-uae-culture-poll-suggests

Austin, B. (2009, June). Texting While Driving: How Dangerous is it?. Car and Driver. Retrieved March 10, 2015, from http://www.caranddriver.com/features/texting-while-driving-how-dangerous-is-it

Exercise 3

Worksheet:  Cultural Adaptability OR Critic  - What do they do/ Or Not do to adapt?

Able                                                                                                      Unable               

Name:

1-    MR. Graham is able to avoid the conflict because when he went to see the houses he didn’t found it and he saw children playing cricket he played with them to forget the buildings.

2.  Mrs. Greenslad she is able to avoid the conflict because when she began to feel boring she went to search for a job that will make her life busy.

3.  Mrs. Ainslie she is unable to avoid the conflict because when she can’t adapt with the live there she prefer to stay in the hotel.

4. Mer. Donnely she is unable to avoid the conflict because when she has a problem in her hip she said she want to go the home in her country.

5.  MR. Ainslie he is able to avoid the conflict because when her wife refuse to go with him he decide to go alone.