Cultural Integration

Even as Traditional Chinese Culture spreads around the world and more people become interested in Chinese, foreign culture and concepts have begun to spread into China. This is inevitable as development is increasing communication and integration. More and more foreigners are studying Chinese and great masses of Chinese people are studying English in order to aid this goal of communication. Yet, even popular cultural aspects have begun to spread as well. Chinese people are beginning to celebrate such Western holidays as Christmas and Valentine's Day. Western food, especially fast food establishments like McDonald's and KFC have become popular. This can be contrasted with growth of interest in Chinese culture abroad. Chinese food is a phenomenon on its own as can be seen in the growth of such restaurants in North America and Europe. A large part of this expansion into areas outside of Asia is due to the immigration of Chinese people that has gone on for centuries. China Towns in San Francisco, New York, and London have provided gateways from which Chinese culture has been able to spread. This had increased as business with China has expanded and international ties are forged. It is through cultural communication and integration that we learn from each other and grow closer.听看学尽管中国的传统文化在全世界传播，有越来越多的人对中国感兴趣，外国文化和理念也已经开始传入中国。

发展对交流和融合的促进作用使之成为必然。

有越来越多的外国人在学习汉语，也有大量的中国人在学习英语，以达到交流的目的。

目前，流行文化因素甚至也开始传播。

中国人也开始庆祝一些西方节日，比如圣诞节和情人节。

西方食物，尤其是快餐食品，诸如麦当劳和肯德基，已经在中国流行开来。

这与国外对中国文化的兴趣与日俱增形成对照。

中餐本身就是一种流行现象，这从北美和欧洲中餐馆的增长就可见一斑。

这种向亚洲以外的地区扩张的一个主要原因是几个世纪以来中国人不断地向外移民。

旧金山、纽约和伦敦的唐人街已成为中国文化得以传播的窗口。

随着中国贸易范围的扩大和国际关系的建立，中国文化的传播也在增加。

正是通过这种文化的交流和融合，我们才得以互相学习，增进关系。

Cultural IntegrationAn organization's culture is like gravity. You can't see it or touch it, but it exerts a constant pull that holds things in place. Like gravity, culture is made tangible by its effects; it can be seen in the behaviors and practices of an organization's management and employees. When two different cultures are required to work together, the effects, while often catalytic, can sometimes be disruptive and can undermine morale, productivity, and profits.The need for integration of various organizational cultures is becoming more and more frequent, with increasing globalization and consolidation within many industries. The need to successfully integrate cultures, whether precipitated by a merger or acquisition,"I have been a union leader for almost 30 years and a site official for the last 10 years. It was never considered to be in our interest to work cooperatively with management. We fought them, we had long, protracted strikes, and we never even considered the possibility of any kind of a real working relationship.""With the work of Vanto, we are now in a partnership with management. We have the opportunity to have input into business decisions and all relevant information is shared with us. Our membership now understands that as a union we benefit from this being the best business in the world, both in terms of job security and satisfaction in our accomplishments. This new union/management partnership was reflected in our recent contract negotiations. The negotiation period was shortened from two-and-a-half to three years to an unprecedented three-month process. We are committed to continuing in this high performing partnership to deliver the changes required to meet the needs of all stakeholders."Cultural and socio-cultural integrationMargaret Archer (2004) in a revised edition of her classic work Culture and Agency, argues that the grand idea of a unified integrated culture system, as advocated by early Anthropologists such as Bronisław Malinowski and later by Mary Douglas, is a myth. Archer reads this same myth through Pitirim Sorokin's influence and then Talcott Parsons' approach to cultural systems (2004:3). The myth of a unified integrated cultural system was also advanced by Western Marxists such as by Antonio Gramsci through the theory of cultural hegemony through a dominant culture. Basic to these mistaken conceptions was the idea of culture as a community of meanings, which function independently in motivating social behavior. This combined two independent factors, community and meanings which can be investigated quasi-independently (2004:4)Archer, a proponent of critical realism, suggests that cultural factors can be objectively studied for the degree of compatibility (and that various aspects of cultural systems may be found to contradict each other in meaning and use). And, social or community factors in socialization may be studied in the context of the transmission of cultural factors by studying the social uniformity (or lack thereof) in the transmitted culture. Cultural systems are used (and inform society) both through idea systems and the structuring of social systems. To quote Archer in this regard:"logical consistency is a property of the world of ideas; causal consistency is a property of people. The main proposition here is the two are logically and empirically distinct, hence can vary independently of one another. Thus it is perfectly conceivable that any social unit, from a community to a civilization, could be found the principle ideational elements (knowledge, belief, norms, language, mythology, etc.) of which do display considerable logical consistency -- that is, the components are consistent not contradictory -- yet the same social unit may be low on causal consensus. " (2004:4)Archer notes that the opposite may be the case: low cultural logical consistency and high social consistency. Complex societies can include complex sociocultural systems that mix of cultural and social factors with various levels of contradiction and consistency.AnswerThe term cultural intergration means the process of one culture gaining ideas, technologies and products of another and so this means that this culture will seem to be intergrating into the other.If you want the cleanest, most straightforward definition of corporate culture, think of it as corporate personality.Usually, when we think of personality, we think of the individual person. That's a good place to start. Think for a minute or two. And identify three things that, in your opinion, represent very fundamental, core aspects of your personality. You might conclude, "I'm a true extrovert," or "I'm a wallflower." Perhaps you see yourself as highly aggressive, or as having a very understated personality. Maybe integrity is a hallmark of your makeup as a human being, or possibly you take pride in your genuine empathy for others.Readmore:/Q/What_is_Cultural_Integration#ixzz1YD4jv hxP。