Our
social and organizational life can be better understood by looking at the
surrounding culture, the culture that socialized us, and reflecting on cultural
assumptions. Everyday frustrations and puzzling experiences can be explained by
the cultural forces that operate outside of our awareness. For example, do you
ever wonder why communication and misunderstandings occur over and over? It is
not entirely the behavioral regularity of the event that is the problem. In reality, it may only be an artifact of the climate or
culture that already exists,
What is the first step to improving the cultural
forces around you? Start by testing your own assumptions about how things
should be done, and see how they compare to your values and shared beliefs with
others. Are some assumptions only myths and stories or are some relics of past dysfunctional
social patterns?
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