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This 4 page paper is based on a student-provided scenario of this same title. The writer discusses three issues: is Kenya a monochromatic or polychromatic culture; the positive and negative aspects of the family’s cross-cultural training; and whether this family will have a positive experience or not. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Punctuality is one of the characteristics of behavior in this culture. People do not like interruptions and they are usually avoided (Flat World Knowledge, 2010). There is a time for
everything in the monochromatic culture and time is divided into specific sequential events or activities. Time is more compartmentalized in this culture. In polychromatic time-oriented cultures, time is a more
flexible thing and that makes it more complicated (Flat World Knowledge, 2010). There could be many things planned for the same time period or activities may be combined, such as
dinner and a business meeting. People in a polychromatic time-oriented society are mostly concerned with what gets done rather than what time it gets done (Schein, 2010). Edgar Schein (2010)
wrote that monochromatic time controls behavior and is beneficial when there is a need for coordination of activities. Polychromatic time is more beneficial for building relationships and problem solving. Based
on the information in the scenario, Kenya has a polychromatic time orientation. Using the explanation just presented, the scenario states that if a family invited people to dinner, they may
arrive an hour earlier than the time or an hour later. Another example is the person who may say they are leaving several times before they actually leave. Specific times
are not very important to the people. Time is very flexible. 2. Positive and Negative Aspects of Pre-departure Training We can look to the information from Hofstede to
learn about certain aspects of the Kenyan culture. None of these seemed to have been included in the pre-training sessions, at least, they are not mentioned (a negative aspect). Hofstede
offers scores for East Africa, which includes Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia (Hofstede, 2009). The highest score of 64 is for power distance; there is a score of 52 for
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