Cultural Wheel Discussion / Introductions

Discussion Prompt: Our Culture teaches us “who we are” through its different dimensions. As we grow up, we are taught what it means to be a man or a woman, for example, and the role expected of the individual. In the Cultural Wheel you will find the core dimensions that shape our sense of ourselves (age, gender, economic background, for example) and the secondary dimensions of culture that further influence our expectations for ourselves and for others. Taken together, this is how we “see ourselves” and “how we see others” … We use this filter developed as a result of the dimensions of culture to look from the inside of ourselves out onto others and the world around us.

• How do you see yourself? Choose a few (2 or 3, no more please) aspects of the Cultural Wheel that are most meaningful to you and write a paragraph of how you see yourself based on the dimensions of culture (1 – 2 paragraphs, no more).
• Then writer one (1) paragraph about your professional Credibility as describes in Chapter 1 of our text, Business Communication: Developing Leaders for a Networked World. Address all thee (3) aspects of Credibility that Cardon discusses.

Cultural Wheel Discussion / Introductions Answer

Of the eight aspects of the Cultural Wheel, age, gender, and race are the most meaningful for me. I consider myself as a work-in-progress, but I strongly connect to my age, gender, and race, which is why I selected these three elements. For me, these aspects define me the most as an individual. Even if I am living in America, I still have a deep connection to my Armenian race.