Examples of high culture in the following topics:
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- The distinction between the the "high" culture of the elite and the "low" culture of the masses has become increasingly blurred over time.
- High culture most commonly refers to the set of cultural products, mainly in the arts, held in the highest esteem by a culture.
- Gellner's concept of a high culture extended beyond the arts; he used it to distinguish between different cultures (rather than within a culture), contrasting high cultures with simpler, agrarian low cultures.
- However, this definition of popular culture has the problem that much "high culture" (e.g., television dramatizations of Jane Austen) is also "popular. " "Pop culture" is also defined as the culture that is "left over" when we have decided what high culture is.
- Discuss the roles of both high culture and popular culture within society
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- High culture refers to elite goods and activities, such as haute cuisine, high fashion or couture, museum-caliber art, and classical music.
- Popular culture tends to change as tastes and opinions change over time, whereas high culture generally stays the same throughout the years.
- Although we still see remnants of this idea of high culture today, it has largely fallen out of practice.
- For instance, the high culture of elites is now contrasted with popular or pop culture.
- In this sense, high culture no longer refers to the idea of being "cultured," as all people have culture.
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- A high-performing culture is a results-driven business culture focused on generating efficiency and completing objectives.
- A high-performing culture is defined by a focus on generating and accomplishing objectives.
- An effective way to achieve high-performing culture is to create high-performing teams.
- High-performance teams are a central building block of high-performance culture, and they thrive in innovative and empowering environments.
- Analyze the primary drivers and positive characteristics of a high-performing culture.
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- For instance, the high culture of elites is now contrasted with popular or pop culture.
- In this sense, high culture no longer refers to the idea of being cultured, as all people are cultured.
- High culture simply refers to the objects, symbols, norms, values, and beliefs of a particular group of people; popular culture refers to the same.
- Most social scientists today reject the cultured vs. uncultured concept of culture.
- The result is a belief in cultural relativism, which suggests that there are no "better" or "worse" cultures, just different cultures.
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- The Yangshao culture was a Neolithic culture that existed extensively along the central Yellow River in China.
- Unlike the later Longshan culture, the Yangshao culture did not use pottery wheels in pottery-making.
- The culture dated just after the Yangshao culture, from about 3000 BCE to 2000 BCE.
- The distinctive feature of the Longshan culture was the high level of skill in pottery-making, including the use of pottery wheels.
- Toward the end of the era, the population decreased sharply; this was matched by the disappearance of high-quality black pottery found in ritual burials.
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- With an understanding of the high value of diversity, managers must next contemplate what differentiates employees.
- This cultural competence is imperative for managers to succeed in a globalized world.
- Still, cross-cultural competence is a relatively vague concept.
- Cultural identity – Coming to terms with another culture requires cultural self-awareness, which creates a critical benchmark.
- To attain a high level of cultural awareness, along with intercultural communication skills, requires thinking about and understanding different people and their respective cultures.
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- A healthy and robust organizational culture may provide various benefits, including the following: (1) Competitive edge derived from innovation and customer service; (2) Consistent, efficient employee performance; (3) Team cohesiveness; (4) High employee morale; and (5) Strong company alignment towards goal achievement.
- Organizational culture can be a factor in the survival or failure of an organization, with the sustained high performance of firms like IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Procter & Gamble, and McDonald's seen as a reflection of their organizational cultures.
- Organizational leaders must also be cultural leaders and help facilitate the change from the two old cultures into the one new culture.
- This is done through cultural innovation followed by cultural maintenance.
- Cultural innovation includes:
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- Outlining the way culture is assessed, the pros and cons of multiculturalism and how culture is transmitted is central to management.
- Similarly, it is noted by critics that the merging of a high quantity of different cultures tends to migrate the population away from their roots.
- Cultural assessment begins with awareness.
- Perceiving the varying different elements of culture and cultural differentiation, and identifying the way in which these differences impact our interactions allows for a comprehensive approach at integrating different cultures.
- Cultural transmission, or cultural learning, is the tendency of a society or culture to pass on new information and generate new norms.
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- Through combining decision-making models with cultural deviations, meaningful correlations can be identified and considered.
- As a result, the decision-making process is inherently differentiated across cultural groups, and these cross-cultural deviations are critical to understanding negotiations, conflicts, influences and motivations.
- In this model the assumption is that cultural inclinations are omnipresent, and will emerge in all contexts.
- The antithesis is essentially 'counter-culture' culture, which dictates the opposite decision-making influence.
- Tolerance for Ambiguity - A high tolerance for ambiguity or risk taking is 'counter-culture' culture, which dictates a high level of tolerance for going against the grain.
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- The belief that culture can be passed from one person to another means that cultures, although bounded, can change.
- Prior to the introduction of the birth control pill, women were at a high risk of pregnancy as a result of sex.
- Fundamentally, although bounded, cultures can change.
- Cultural change can have many causes, including the environment, technological inventions, and contact with other cultures.
- The other is a reflection of his biology and his culture: he is human and belongs to a cultural group or sub-culture.