If
we are going to talk about culture it will be like the iceberg phenomena when
we only can see a little things in the top of an iceberg. It is means we only
see a little thing that we had already known about the culture and do not realize that there are still a lot of something complicated that we had not known
yet. It because culture is not something easy to taught. It built up by the
value, knowledge, beliefs, life style, language and idea. Every single country
in the world absolutely has different culture and sometime people think that
their own culture is the better one than any other and try to impose each
other, that is way cross culture understanding try to change people’s
perception about their different culture. In this assignment firstly I would like to give clear explanation about
what actually cross culture understanding secondly about what the good impact
from learn about cross culture understanding and the last about what will occur if cross
culture misunderstanding happened.
Different
culture influence the way of we think and act. We will think and act based on
what our parents and other important in our life teach us. We also make
judgment based on it. We judge which the wrong and the right one based our
perception of something and it create by what we got in our culture that we
living it. Its namely learned behavior and its come from generation to
generation e,g in American Culture it will be embarrassed if a 17th person
still live with their parents they should move from their parents home try to
life independent an earn their own money by their self but in Indonesia it will
be unpolite if the 17th unmarried person move and life alone and from their
parent without any reason. We don’t have to think that our act and life style
is the best one from the other That is why cross culture understanding means to
value other culture and respect their perception of something and make us to never prejudice of
another culture perception.
The
question is what will happened if we are learning about cross culture
understanding and what will occure if cross culture misunderstanding happened?
Cross-cultural misunderstandings when communicating with colleagues or
customers can happen for a number of reasons. Conflict can occur between cultural
groups for reasons such as religion, customs, beliefs, values, dress and
personal grooming, levels of formality and family obligations. These issues can
cause misunderstanding between both colleagues and customers.
