The Current State of Knowledge - Article Example

Stephan Dahl mentioned Hall’s theory on high-context (e.g. uses indirect communication) and low-context cultures (e.g. uses direct communication). He comments that the concepts of high-context and low-context cultures and polychronic (i.e. multitasking) versus monochronic time (i.e. one thing at a time) orientation are useful but ambiguous. Stephan Dahl mentioned Hall’s theory on high-context (e.g. uses indirect communication) and low-context cultures (e.g. uses direct communication).

He comments that the concepts of high-context and low-context cultures and polychronic (i.e. multitasking) versus monochronic time (i.e. one thing at a time) orientation are useful but ambiguous.  The next theory comes from Hofstede’s cultural dimensions. These dimensions pertain to power distance, individualism /collectivism, masculinity/femininity and uncertainty avoidance (Dahl 12). Dahl commends the model for its simplicity and widespread application on different cultural interactions.

  Dahl also explains Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner’s seven value orientations. These orientations are universalism versus particularism; communitarianism versus individualism; neutral versus emotional; defuse versus specific cultures; achievement versus ascription; human-time relationship and; human-nature relationship (Dahl 14). Dahl explains the connections between these orientations and other intercultural theories. In addition, Dahl describes Shalom Schwartz’s Schwartz Value Inventory (SVI).

SVI has two categories: individual-level analysis and cultural-level analysis. Dahl concludes that there is no one theory of cultural dimensions.“What Do Employers Really Want?” In the article, “What Do Employers Really Want? Top Skills and Values Employers Seek from Job-Seekers,” Randall S. Hansen and Katharine Hansen discuss the major skills and values that employers desire from their employees. They want to help job-seekers become more employable for target employers by explaining these skills and values and how the latter can appear in resumes, cover letters, and interviews.

Hansen and Hansen discuss that the top main skills that employers want from employees.