Exercise #8 b

Exercise #8b:

Cultural Dimension	Character Todd, Puro, Aisha or other	Outsourced Scene or Circumstance
Low-context culture	Todd	In Class
High-context culture	Aisha	InClass
Individualism	Todd	He lives alone
Collectivism	Aisha	Stays with her family
Low power distance	Todd	To the point, ex his boss
High power distance	Puro	Talks very generally
Uncertainty tolerance	Aisha	Scene with boss
Uncertainty avoidance	Todd	Scene with boss
Task orientation	Puro	The boss
Social orientation	Aisha	communicates and speaks well

Exercise #8b part 2:

As according to the movie, I would say that the Emirati cultural dimension are similar to that of Aisha. We are both high context, meaning that we generally not mean what we say and that we like to talk a lot. We are also collective as individuals, because we always hang out in a group and live with our families to very old ages. We are both high power distance, for example we would tend to regard a person higher for who he knows and what he has. We tend to be uncertainty toelrant, for example if I would tell my friend we are going to meet up tomorrow, the venue, time, and event doesnt matter, it could be decided 30 minutes before we chill.

I think the positive side to these dimensions in university would be communication. For example since we are colective, if the message is passed to one of us then we all get it. Team plays are very more effective since we always stick with one another.