Iran culture is also known as Persian culture; in this particular culture, there are four predominant ethnic minority groups or subcultures. The first group is the Azeris, the largest ethnic minority with over 18 million people. Their community is Shiite (Believe the leadership of the community belong to Muhammad Ali and his successors) and mainly …
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Post 4: Colombia vs Iran Hofstede Model
Between Colombia and Iran, who has an overall higher score according to the Hofstede website? As a whole Colombia surpasses Iran with more than 50 points, but in which areas does each country stand out the most? As you may already know Colombia and Iran are to drastically different countries but they do have one …
Post 3: Iran culture (Lewis Model)
Iran culture is in between multi-active and reactive classification. Multi-active: Talkative, people-oriented, multitasks; speak and listen at the same time, Interrupt frequently, don’t like silence. Relationships are important, face-to-face, dialogue-oriented. Not interested in deadlines, procrastinate, not obsessed with punctuality, flexible with plans, good improvising, value privacy, family-oriented, negotiate. Reactive: Don’t initiate discussion; listen first. Do …
Post 2: Colombian vs Irani’s culture
How different can gender stereotypes be? Truth be told women should be able to do whatever they please, but does it really happen in every culture? The fact that the answer to that specific question is no, makes me wonder how are Colombian women born under a lucky star compared to Irani women? Colombia and Iran …
My First Blog Post
Around the world, there is a word for the assumptions people have about other people and countries, which are stereotypes. We all know that in Colombia the most known stereotype is “all Colombians do drugs or carry drugs with them”, so how is Irani culture any different? In the drawing above, you may only see …
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
My name is Roshell Schmulson. I was born in Dallas, Texas, United States of America, but I have been living all my life in Barranquilla, Colombia. I am studying Comunication and Jorunalism in Barranquilla at Universidad del Norte. I like sports such as, baseball, soccer and tennis. In my free time I like to do …
Roshell Schmulson 