CULTURAL RELATIVITY

The Cultural Relativity of Organizational Practices and Theories

The Cultural Relativity of Organizational Practices and Theories

Introduction

Culture is the set of all forms, models or patterns, explicit or implicit, through which a society governs the behavior of individuals within it. As such it includes customs, practices, codes, standards and rules of the manner, dress, religion, rituals, and norms of behavior and belief systems. From another point of view we can say that culture is all the information and skills that humans possess. (George, Pp. 33-44) The concept of culture is fundamental to the disciplines that are responsible for the study of society, ...