Exploring Canadian Beliefs, Values, and Attitudes and Their Impact on Organizational Culture

Perceived Canadian beliefs, values, and attitudes and their translation into behaviors

GCE, how about we divide the work as below:

The intention of this assignment is to address GCE Learning Outcome 2:

“Identify beliefs, values, attitudes, and behaviours which form individual and community identities, and [how these would become the basis for] respectful relationships.”

This assignment is to be done in your groups so that a mix of responses can be discussed then submitted – in other words all viewpoints should be submitted; even if they are not all agreed to or shared, it is important they all be discussed, shared, and noted.

1. What are the [perceived] unique “Canadian” beliefs, values, and attitudes [at the individual level and at the organizational level]? How do these translate into [emergent] behaviours?

2. What parts of your identity, values, and/ or beliefs are the same as these “Canadian” values and what parts appear different? Are their patterns of your behaviour [behavioural traditions] which appear the same or different from the “Canadian norm?”

3. Why is it important to not only 'manage' diversity, but to understand its importance to an organization? [be specific – for ex. don’t simply say it provides a competitive advantage – you must defend and explain how/why]

4. How do these [1-3] interact in the creation, perpetuation, or, potentially the alteration, of an organizational culture? … and what would the “culture” be like? [for this please include, as well, reference to motivational, communication, and leadership/ management practices – in other words visible , tangible, manifestations].