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100			_aLivermore, David
110			_aCultural Intelligence Centre
245			_aCustoms of the World : _bUsing Cultural Intelligence to Adapt, Wherever You Are / _cDavid Livermore ; The Teaching Company.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aChantilly, VA : _bThe Teaching Company, _c2013.
300			_a4 DVDs (720 min) : _bsd. col. ; _c3/4 in + _e1 Course Guidebook (vi, 159 p. : ill. ; 19 cm).
440			_aThe Great Courses
500			_aIncludes biography of author, course scope, and bibliographical references.
505			_a"This course teaches you the basics of what you need to know to interact effectively with people from different cultures. Whether traveling internationally, working across borders, or interacting with culturally diverse people in your neighborhood, you will learn how to more effectively adapt to the customs you encounter near and far. The course begins with a study of how culture influences an individual's thinking and behavior. For example, why is personal space so important to many North Americans? And why do many Arab parents insist on their children being right-handed, regardless of their national dexterity? You will see several practical reasons why culture matters, and you will have the chance to reflect on your own cultural background. Next, you will learn about cultural intelligence, or CQ. Cultural intelligence is defined as the capability to function effectively across various culture contexts, including national, ethnic, organizational, and even generational cultures. CQ stems from academic research across more than 60 countries, and it's a globally recognized way of measuring and developing cross-world -- much less all of its customs -- but with improved CQ, you can learn how to effectively adapt your views and behaviors where you are. The question that drives the research on cultural intelligence is as follows: Why do some individuals and organizations easily and effectively adapt their view and behaviors cross-culturally and others don't? What factors explain the difference? In this section of the course, you will find out how to assess and improve you own CQ. The next several lecture of the course examine 10 cultural value dimensions. These provide you with a sophisticated way of understanding and describing the most important cultural differences that exist across the world. The cultural value dimensions include some of the familiar topics addressed in cross-cultural courses, such as different time orientations and varying views on hierarchy and status, but they also look at less well-known differences, such as the level of facial expressiveness that is typical in one culture versus another. You will also learn about a cultural value dimension that refers to how much tolerance a culture had for people who deviate from the norms. The lectures on the cultural value dimensions include a clear explanation of the cultural dimension, examples of where you are most likely to see these differences across the world, and stories that illuminate their significance. In addition, for each cultural value dimension, you will learn a few practical tips for how to adjust to the respective differences. The second half of the course introduces you to 10 global clusters. These are large cultural groupings that share some core patterns of thinking and behavior. For example, you will learn about the Nordic cluster, primarily consisting of the Scandinavian countries. You will also encounter Confucian Asia, Latin America, and sub-Saharan Africa, as well as several others. The countries and cultures with each cluster typically share a common history, and they often share a similar geography, language, or religion. As you encounter each lecture, you will learn about some of the specific customs that are often found in that global cluster, and you will learn which of the cultural value dimensions studied previously are most relevant. Each lecture on the global clusters will provide you with some "Dos and Taboos" to keep in mind when encountering people from the cluster. Throughout the course, you will be continually cautioned against applying the information learned too broadly. In today's increasingly complex world, it is way too simplistic to say that all Chinese people are a certain way, much less that all people from Confucian Asian cultures are the same. Instead, theses values and clusters will help you loosely predict how people in certain cultures are likely to speak, act, and make decisions. But hold these generalization and predictions loosely. In each lecture, you will learn how to take a specific cultural custom of artifact and uncover the deeper cultural issues that lie beneath it. For example, why is it against the law in certain places in Germany to play loud music at two o'clock in the afternoon? You will see how this customs points to some more significant values and patterns of behavior in Germanic Europe. Even though there's no way to cover every culture and its customs in any one course, as a result of this course, you will learn how to take any customs and see what lies behind it. The course concludes bu giving several practical suggestions for how to continue to develop cultural intelligence and how to apply it at home and abroad. You CQ predicts how you will adjust to cultural differences -- whatever the context, including generational, ethnic, organizational, and ideological cultures, along with many others. As you learn to adjust better to different cultures, you will improve the quality and enjoyment of your cross-cultural travels, work, and relationships" (Course scope).
505			_aDVD CONTENTS: _tDisc 1 _t01. Culture matters _t02. Developing cultural intelligence (CQ) _t03. Identity: individualist versus collectivist _t04. Authority: low versus high power distance _t05. Risk: low versus high uncertainty avoidance _t06. Achievement: cooperative versus competitive _tDisc 2 _t07. Time: punctuality versus relationships _t08. Communication: direct versus indirect _t09. Lifestyle: being versus doing _t10. Rules: particularist versus universalist _t11. Expressiveness: neutral versus affective _t12. Social norms: tight versus loose _tDisc 3 _t13. Roots of cultural differences _t14. Anglo cultures _t15. Nordic European cultures _t16. Germanic cultures _t17. Eastern European/Central Asian cultures _t18. Latin European cultures _tDisc 4 _t19. Latin American cultures _t20. Confucian Asian cultures _t21. South Asian cultures _t22. Sub-Saharan African cultures _t23. Arab cultures _t24. Cultural intelligence for life
520	3		_a"This course teaches you the basics of what you need to know to interact effectively with people from different cultures. Whether traveling internationally, working across borders, or interacting with culturally diverse people in your neighborhood, you will learn how to more effectively adapt to the customs you encounter near and far. The course begins with a study of how culture influences an individual's thinking and behavior. For example, why is personal space so important to many North Americans? And why do many Arab parents insist on their children being right-handed, regardless of their national dexterity? You will see several practical reasons why culture matters, and you will have the chance to reflect on your own cultural background. Next, you will learn about cultural intelligence, or CQ. Cultural intelligence is defined as the capability to function effectively across various culture contexts, including national, ethnic, organizational, and even generational cultures. CQ stems from academic research across more than 60 countries, and it's a globally recognized way of measuring and developing cross-world -- much less all of its customs -- but with improved CQ, you can learn how to effectively adapt your views and behaviors where you are. The question that drives the research on cultural intelligence is as follows: Why do some individuals and organizations easily and effectively adapt their view and behaviors cross-culturally and others don't? What factors explain the difference? In this section of the course, you will find out how to assess and improve you own CQ. The next several lecture of the course examine 10 cultural value dimensions. These provide you with a sophisticated way of understanding and describing the most important cultural differences that exist across the world. The cultural value dimensions include some of the familiar topics addressed in cross-cultural courses, such as different time orientations and varying views on hierarchy and status, but they also look at less well-known differences, such as the level of facial expressiveness that is typical in one culture versus another. You will also learn about a cultural value dimension that refers to how much tolerance a culture had for people who deviate from the norms. The lectures on the cultural value dimensions include a clear explanation of the cultural dimension, examples of where you are most likely to see these differences across the world, and stories that illuminate their significance. In addition, for each cultural value dimension, you will learn a few practical tips for how to adjust to the respective differences. The second half of the course introduces you to 10 global clusters. These are large cultural groupings that share some core patterns of thinking and behavior. For example, you will learn about the Nordic cluster, primarily consisting of the Scandinavian countries. You will also encounter Confucian Asia, Latin America, and sub-Saharan Africa, as well as several others. The countries and cultures with each cluster typically share a common history, and they often share a similar geography, language, or religion. As you encounter each lecture, you will learn about some of the specific customs that are often found in that global cluster, and you will learn which of the cultural value dimensions studied previously are most relevant. Each lecture on the global clusters will provide you with some "Dos and Taboos" to keep in mind when encountering people from the cluster. Throughout the course, you will be continually cautioned against applying the information learned too broadly. In today's increasingly complex world, it is way too simplistic to say that all Chinese people are a certain way, much less that all people from Confucian Asian cultures are the same. Instead, theses values and clusters will help you loosely predict how people in certain cultures are likely to speak, act, and make decisions. But hold these generalization and predictions loosely. In each lecture, you will learn how to take a specific cultural custom of artifact and uncover the deeper cultural issues that lie beneath it. For example, why is it against the law in certain places in Germany to play loud music at two o'clock in the afternoon? You will see how this customs points to some more significant values and patterns of behavior in Germanic Europe. Even though there's no way to cover every culture and its customs in any one course, as a result of this course, you will learn how to take any customs and see what lies behind it. The course concludes bu giving several practical suggestions for how to continue to develop cultural intelligence and how to apply it at home and abroad. You CQ predicts how you will adjust to cultural differences -- whatever the context, including generational, ethnic, organizational, and ideological cultures, along with many others. As you learn to adjust better to different cultures, you will improve the quality and enjoyment of your cross-cultural travels, work, and relationships" (Course scope).
520	2		_aDVD CONTENTS: Disc 1 01. Culture matters 02. Developing cultural intelligence (CQ) 03. Identity: individualist versus collectivist 04. Authority: low versus high power distance 05. Risk: low versus high uncertainty avoidance 06. Achievement: cooperative versus competitive Disc 2 07. Time: punctuality versus relationships 08. Communication: direct versus indirect 09. Lifestyle: being versus doing 10. Rules: particularist versus universalist 11. Expressiveness: neutral versus affective 12. Social norms: tight versus loose Disc 3 13. Roots of cultural differences 14. Anglo cultures 15. Nordic European cultures 16. Germanic cultures 17. Eastern European/Central Asian cultures 18. Latin European cultures Disc 4 19. Latin American cultures 20. Confucian Asian cultures 21. South Asian cultures 22. Sub-Saharan African cultures 23. Arab cultures 24. Cultural intelligence for life
650			_aWorld customs _vCulture.
650			_aCultural intelligence.
650			_aIntercultural _vInteraction _vCommunication.
710			_aThe Teaching Company.
856			_uhttps://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/customs-of-the-world-using-cultural-intelligence-to-adapt-wherever-you-are _yPublisher's Website.
856			_uhttps://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C772138 _zCheck the Ottawa Public Library (OPL) catalog.
942			_2z _cMX