12 Dimensions Critical Reflection - 15% of final mark

Part 1:

Destiny: (Directed/Directive)

It’s about who is control your fortunes and fates that make your life misery or happy or you create your own path that determine your destiny.

Communication: (Direct/Indirect)

This dimension is about how you communicate with other people as you are straight forward or not regardless if you they close to you or just your colleague.

Context: (Informal/Formal)

With this dimension, as in your work environment are you comfortable with them or not as you consider them as they are your close friends or close as one of family member.

Outlook: (Tradition/Innovation)

As this dimension defined if you are following what you have learnt and see from your ancestors, or you like to find new path to begin your own new life.

Part 2:

As my result of CMI report, which showed my position in each 12 dimensions and defined my personality as what am I strong in and what I am weak in.

In part one of this test I defined 4 dimensions that I would describe what I learnt.

First of all, Destiny dimension showed that I control my own life and make my own path regardless what stress that I faced or differ of others views. As example, that if I decide to be a pilot and I don’t have suitable qualification for this position and my family are not supporting me to apply to this kind of job, so I either look for other job to satisfy my family or I convince them that I am capable to do it.

 In second dimension “Communication”, showed that I closest to direct polarity as I said literally what I need or what I meant. As I face a lot of misunderstanding with my colleague and my manager as they are indirect people and that is what I am real are.

I consider my workmates or my colleagues as my second family and work together with supporting of each other and I deal with them as they are very close to me, but that what I very disagree with it as I don’t like to share anything as person with stranger people until I get well-known to them first and deal with them professionally, and what between us is only a business and this is third dimension called “Context” as I defined in part one.

My Outlook shows that I am balanced between to be tradition person or to be innovation person, which I can follow what ancestors believe and said and deal with situation in old fashion but I can find a better way to solve or create new path in regard to fix the mistake or create new solution and I am very agree with it.

Part 3:

I don’t think that I might change my point of view on these 12 dimensions after 5 years because it’s based on what I believe and what I feel if it’s wrong or right, and it’s different from me and other people which make difference of opinion and that as well based on what they believed as well.

Twelve dimensions is not book of our Creator “Allah” that make us to stick to it for our lifetime and it’s my change by other people who are profession in Psychologies science defining new criteria of what they see better to know the person.

This techniques is used a lot when they do testing for job application to choose better person in better position.    

I think I will leave this job to change the 12 dimension criteria to psychologies professions or who are profession in Human Resources management. 

Exercise #6: Jose Mujica

12 Dimensions Culture Exercise 

Quote #1 On revolutions and revolts; + Accountability/ Community+ As Mujica want to create and build a better society, which need organization, discipline and long-term work.

Quote #2 On legalizing divorce; + Outlook/ Tradition+ As Mujica said there is some families are not acceptable to change and afraid of that.

Quote #3 On materialism; + Destiny/Directed - Growth/Material + As Mujica believe that God is the one who organize their economy, politics, habits, and lives.

Quote #4 On global consumption; + Planning/People + As Mujica said if they lived within their means, by being prudent the 7 billion people in the world could have everything they needed.

Quote #5 Interview with Brazilian news agency; + Status/Ascribed + As Mujica point that It's an objective reality that it exists.

Quote #6 On ending conflict; + Relationship/Situational + Which Mujica he don't like to meddle if he was not invited as help is not intervene.

Quote #7 On Staying humble in office; + Context/Formal + The pomp of Office 

Exercise #5 - “Outsourced” - the movie study guide

Outsourced Reflection

The movie is about a guy called “Todd” who travel to India to get his promotion from his boss “Dave”, as Todd must to get the MPI (Minutes per Incident) under six or he will never get to return to the USA. Todd straggle too much living in India as this is his first time to visit India , but then when he get involved in the festival of Holi (Festival of color) that celebrating the changing season and sense of clam*(Outlook), at that time the call center that he worked in it has slowly improved the MPI that impressive him and know that he have a good team to count on them. Todd deiced to reward his team as they loved the product they are selling to customer and asks “Dave” for a shipment*(Relationship). Then, one of his team “Asha” realizes that the shipment has gone to another island. Therefore, they reach the island and get the shipment, but the boat that was supposed to move them back catches fire, that forced them to stay in island. When, MPI reach to 6, “Dave” called “Todd” that he will come and see what improves happened but flooding suddenly hit India and shut the power down and Todd’s employees manage to set up their workstations on the roof and resume business*(Planning). “Dave” was very impressed that decided to move Todd to another station in China and he refused that and suggest “Mr. Puro” to replace him to start his new life with his new wife in China*(Decision-making).

Exercise #4 – World Cultures/ World Choices

The American life is all about Personal autonomy or you have to face the death. Their society is depends on each individual choice that person make and what they believe in. In addition, American can freely make their own decision with no rules that limit their choice. American believe that choice allow them to individuate themselves that built their own identity. Culture of America respect choice that has been taught in U.S before the establishment of United State.

In a fact, John W. Carlin a National Archivist writes, American people is different because their government and the way they live is based on the divine right of kings, and the inherited rights of leaders. They are based on the Charters of Freedom which is the Declaration that stated American independence and the Structure that created their government, and established their independence. (WIKIPEDIA-American_way)

As example, that American have no limitation that they believe everything is possible that due their ignorance of other culture as they can shake hands with everyone they meet.

Cultural Conflict presentation Outline

Cultural Conflict presentation Outline on 15 March 2015

         1.    Background facts:  Historic & Present                                              Majeda
        2.    Describe the conflict and participants – what are the two sides?     Majeda
        3.    Root causes (possible minor symptoms of these)                            Abeer
        4.    Apply the Worldviews for All participants: HS / GI / PF   (others?)   Abeer
        5.    What is a suitable Re-solution to this conflict?                                  Zayed
        6.    How can this situation be avoided in the future in other cases?       Zayed

Exercise #3

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Movie


- Mrs. Hard Castle was able to adapt with new life style as she is skilled in negotiation to find what is best for her. 

- Sonny Kapoor (the hotel manager) tried to let the foreigners know that everything is under his control. He also tried to convience Mrs. Ainslie to stay in his hotel, as she was the one with most complains.

- Mrs. Donnelly was very afraid to live in India. She trusts no one in India

- Mr. Graham used to have many relationship with a lot of people as he is very social. He was able to adapt very well living in India in many aspects.

- Mrs. Ainslie was trying to find another hotel to stay as she wanted a refund back unlike her husband Mr. Ainslie, he was able to adapt.

Muslim Chinese - Collaborative Solution

China Government should collaborate with their people regardless of their religious beliefs, because there should be a democracy system to follow to be fair to all people. 

Exercise #2

Emirati Women are straggling to find suitable job for them and they were not allowed to work in mixed environment as some tribes are still conservative in terms of norms and traditions that women should work in female-only environment and it is considered a shame to the family members if one of their relatives is a women working outside their household. 

Our traditions comes from our religion as some people interpreted a saying "Men are maintainer of women" as Men should be the one in control and the one who should be the provider for his family.

However nowadays men are more aware that there are more meaning behind that saying and it has nothing to with who should be in control and the provider for the family. which is why women are working in different fields and in different environments. 

Working in a mixed environment should not be considered a shame, however mixing working professionally and behaving wrongly is the issue. As there are rules and limitations on how to work with the opposite gender.

Exercise #1

I think Running of the Bulls fiesta should be stopped because it had harm the bulls and Human and it's not acceptable by human instinct and it's type of infringement of human rights and animal.

Running the Bulls