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The document discusses two perspectives in cultural studies as defined by anthropologist Marvin Harris: EMIC, the insider's perspective focusing on understanding culture from within, and ETIC, the outsider's perspective using objective observations. It also explores organizational culture, defining it as a system of shared assumptions, values, and beliefs that shape behavior within an organization, and outlines its importance and levels, including artifacts, values, and assumptions. The role of organizational culture is emphasized in providing identity, commitment, and behavioral standards.

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The document discusses two perspectives in cultural studies as defined by anthropologist Marvin Harris: EMIC, the insider's perspective focusing on understanding culture from within, and ETIC, the outsider's perspective using objective observations. It also explores organizational culture, defining it as a system of shared assumptions, values, and beliefs that shape behavior within an organization, and outlines its importance and levels, including artifacts, values, and assumptions. The role of organizational culture is emphasized in providing identity, commitment, and behavioral standards.

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UCSP

QUARTER 2 – Lesson 1
Two Perspectives in Cultural Studies – coined by Anthropologist MARVIN
HARRIS
 EMIC – insider’s perspective, focused on understanding a culture from within
- Seeks to understand a culture through the viewpoint of its members,
relying on their language, beliefs, and practices.
- emphasizes the subjective experiences of those within the culture,
exploring how they define and explain their own behaviors.
- Uses native language and focuses on subjective understanding from
within the culture.
- While the observer may not always be a native member of the culture,
they immerse themselves in the society to gain deeper insights.
- Benefits: Access to rich, detailed information about the culture’s
meanings, values and practices. A closer understanding of how people
within the culture think, categorize, and explain their world.
- Example: Understanding Hindu practices in India by exploring the
emotional and spiritual significance of cows within the religion.
 ETIC - outsider’s perspective, using external observations and scientific
analysis
- an external, objective viewpoint where the observer studies a culture
without becoming a part of it.
- Uses scientific language, aiming for objective data collection that can lead
to generalized theories.
- Data Collection: Researchers collect data based on their own scientific
methods and analysis, often from an outsider’s standpoint.
- Purpose: The goal is to gather objective information that can be analyzed
and compared across different cultures.
- Challenges:
- Hawthorne Effect – People may alter their behavior when they know
they are being observed.
- Access Issues – Some cultural practices or rituals may remain hidden
from outsiders.
- Example: An American anthropologist observing a nomadic tribe in Africa
without participating in their daily activities. The findings would be shaped
by an external, scientific perspective.
QUARTER 2 – Lesson 2
Levels of Organizational Culture
Organization – a social unit of people that is structured and managed to meet a
need or to pursue a collective goal; different individuals come together, form a
group for a collective purpose or objective
Culture – made up of beliefs, ideologies, principles and values of people living in
the society; determines the direction of “thinking and the action” of the people
Organizational culture – a system of shared assumptions, values, and beliefs that
show an individual what is appropriate and inappropriate behavior. It determines
through the organization’s rituals, beliefs, values, means, norms and language. As a
result, the culture of an organization is a sense of identity – “who we are”, “what we
stand for” and “what we can do”.
- It is the way in which things are done in the organization.
Role of Organizational Culture
1. Culture provides a sense of identity.
2. Culture helps to create a commitment to the vision and the mission of the
organization.
3. Culture clarifies and reinforces standards of behavior.
Importance of Organizational Culture
1. It is the culture that decides the way people interact at their society.
2. It also promotes healthy relationships.
3. It represents certain predefined guidelines which guide people and give them
a sense of direction.
Levels of Organizational Culture
1. Artifacts – symbols of culture in the physical and social work environment;
the visible manifestations of culture for example dress code and décor
- Physical Artifacts - architecture and interior arrangements, space
design and décor, manner of dressing, souvenirs and awards
- Language – modes of speaking, levels and types of sound, slogans
and special expressions
2. Values – how an organization explains its culture, for example official policy
and accepted beliefs; discover through “why” questions. Espoused: what
members of an organization say they value
- Enacted: Reflected in the way individuals actually behave
3. Assumptions – Deeply held beliefs that guide behavior and tell members of
an organization how to perceive and think about things. The hidden
assumptions, values and beliefs. The understood, traditional and unofficial
ways of being, doing and feeling

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