The concept of messaging within a culture

Introduction

The concept of messaging within a culture is one such diversified aspect. On the verge of changing global contexts, it is seen that the people are working through different trade sectors. Hence in every industry, there has been an abrupt requirement to meet values and ethics, which helps people of different countries deal with cultural aspects. Therefore to understand the cultural differences, the autobiography can play an important part. In this report, the changes and similarities between my Pakistani friend and me have been identified through the conduction of the interview. The Trompenaars model of cultural differences has also been showcased here as a supportive connection to the study.

Discussion

The answers to the questions have been discussed as under.

Understanding of cultural similarities through self-interview

Since I am from India, it is quite evident that we belong from such a country which is mesmerized with religions and cultural diversifications. However, I live in Kolkata with my joint family. My family members helped a lot in shaping my personal and professional life. My family is my first importance. Hence in case of decision making, I get to share my viewpoint with my family. Therefore I enjoy the freedom they have given to me in terms of corrective decision making. However, there are cultural differences min Pakistan, and I get to face a lot of these there often. However, I can relate my cultural dimensions with the trompenaar’s cultural dimensions model, which has made me understand the significant prospects and aspects of cultural differences more abruptly. However, from this model, I have followed the different sorts of cultural perspectives like universalism vs. particularism, individualism vs. communalism, specific vs. diffuse, achievement vs. ascription, internal vs. external direction. Hence all these factors are somehow related to my own set of decision making and carrier building perspectives. However, my Pakistani friend is also concerned about his carrier, and this is where we can add up to each other values and theories (Dowker, 2019).

 Understanding the cultural differences through my friend’s interview

Since I belong to an Indian family, I come from a different artistic setting altogether. Hence it is evident that I will face a lot of challenges while adapting to the country of other cultures. However, in Pakistan, the cultural difference is not very similar to India, but they are still very cultural and ritual at the same time (Farooq et al. 2019). However, they do not enjoy their rituals elaborately as we do. Hence by interviewing my Pakistani colleague, I have come across many dissimilarities that I would like to mention here. The significant similarity I have found is that both of us are very extroverted and have the same interest. My friend, though, belongs to a small family and is the only child. However, his family is rigorous, and hence in terms of decision making, he does not enjoy the freedom as I do.

On the other hand, I love meeting new people and doing traveling while my friend loves reading books or novels in his free time, which is not typically found in the different parts of the world. From Trompenaar’s model of artistic length, I have come across many differences and similarities from enlightening perspectives. Thus we have made a good bond and considerate (Cole and Packer 2019).

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From the context of universalism and particularism, India is ranked higher than Pakistan since we value relationships if it involves out near and dear ones. Each of these cases has been correctly understood based on the merits. Based on individualism and communalism gain, India is ranked highest than Pakistan since Indian culture believes in findings of the outcomes under choices. However, through communalism, I have found that Pakistani people love to help each other and stand by people like Indians. Hence this is quite similar. We Indians and Pakistanis are very much attached to emotions based on our culture. Therefore the dimension is equally divided in case of specific and diffusive culture. We Indians rank less since we often aren’t able to separate our personal and professional life, and Pakistanis do vice versa. In case of achievement, both the countries look to hive over their knowledge and skills to meet the desired objectives. Hence, in this case, the dimensions are again equal (Van Assche et al. 2019).

Comparing two cultures through autobiographies

Consequences of the psychoanalysis

From the significant analysis of the Trompenaar’s cultural diversifications for Pakistan and India, in the case of the indulgences as well as the orientations (Ulfat, 2019). It can be said that the universalism and particularism have showcased the process of the Indian cultures. However, based on the diversifications and changes, I have understood that there are also certainly changed aspects based on cultural differences. On the other hand, in the case of Pakistan, the people are very much welcoming and helpful as always. Despite governmental unrest, they tend to live a peaceful life there. There it is also seen that people are not even interested in others’ experience and enjoy their own company. However, this process is not very much similar to the Indians.

On the other hand, based on the overall aspect of understanding the cultural dimensions, in Indian culture, the family head, for example, our father, makes every decision. However, for my case, since I live in a joint family, I do have the freedom to showcase my viewpoint based on decision making. Hence despite being Indian, my family has taken care of the western culture when it comes to decision making. Thus according to our autobiographies, I can find many similarities despite being out of different cultural aspects as a whole (Jiang et al. 2019).

Conclusion

Hence from the overall analysis, it can be concluded that the cultural differentiation in every country has its own set of USP. India and Pakistan both the countries are widely rich by mesmerizing cultures throughout. However, the main difference I have found is that in India, the culture is diversified while there are no such diversifications in culture in Pakistan. Yet, being an Indian, I have seen that my parents operate their minds through western culture, which is not the same in my friend’s case. There are a lot of differences that I have found while interviewing my friend, where I get to know about the overall cultural dimensions, values, and ethics as well as their thinking perspectives as a whole. Furthermore, it can be said that based on the Trompenaars model, I have seen what our culture indeed lacks than that of the Pakistani culture and vice versa. All the major business dimensions have made me understand the importance of having a broad culture throughout, and it can imply a change in any person’s personality.

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Appendix

Appendix 1

Personal interview

I live in Kolkata, India, by birth with my joint family. Since I live in a joint family, I get influenced by all my older adults. My father has worked in the army, and my uncle is an entrepreneur. Thus get to learn about discipline and etiquette. I also love to play cricket and watch movies in free spare time.

Furthermore, I am a voyage enthusiast. I also enjoy a good time with my friends. My culture is very welcoming, and I enjoy my lifestyle the most.

My friend’s interview

I am from Peshawar, Pakistan; I live in a small family with my parents. My family is highly strict, and I do not get the freedom to enjoy my decision-making process. My father influenced me a lot in shaping my carrier. My hobby is to read, and sometimes I watch movies. My culture is also very welcoming but not diversified.