EDN546: Develop your conceptual understanding of the role and significance of existing cultural constructs: Dynamics of Cultural Diversity in the Workplace and the Community Essay, MU, Singapore

Aim

The aim of this assignment is to develop your conceptual understanding of the role and significance of existing cultural constructs, such as Individualism-Collectivism, Cultural distance, and Cultural values.

This assignment aims to gain an in-depth understanding of one selected cultural construct, including its relevance and limitations to explain real-life issues.

For this Review, you are asked to choose a Cultural construct from a list of constructs provided.

Criteria for Assessment

1. Your conceptual understanding of your selected construct, more specifically:

• Your understanding of the meaning and underlying assumptions of the construct- please use your own words and avoid quotes from the literature.
• Your understanding of the reasons behind the criticisms and limitations of this construct in the literature, and your own assessment of these criticisms

2. Your in-depth Applied understanding of the relevance and limitations of your selected construct to explain real-life issues, more specifically:

• The quality of your critical, analytical reflection on the relevance/limitations of the construct to explain real-life issues in your chosen field of practice (eg. Community development, organizational psychology, human resource development, education, or human resource management… your choice.