About Culture and Rules

By: Hans Bool
Submitted: 2007-01-17 11:28:49
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Culture will never be a category on what ever (ezine) directory. It is just too broad a subject. And it doesn't solve anything. In fact it is only causing problems. YET. it is so interesting...

Culture is difficult to describe, because there are so many elements and details that describe the culture of a group or nation. But if you observe and watch you will learn a lot.

For example look at the international soccer league. This is an international culture that is one of the most open cultures that is available in the world. The main trademark of this soccer culture is the TRANSFER. This “transfer” is in fact the symbol of the openness of the international soccer culture. Transfer is all about going from team A to team B; going to a new contract to Real Madrid and bought from Barcelona.

So a Catalan team can and will (according to the international soccer profession) contract players from Brazil, the Netherlands, Cameroon and of course Spain itself. This is not different for any other Spanish team (like Real Madrid, Sevilla or Valencia).

Then there is the local culture. For example, players in the Barcelona team are obliged to learn and (be able to) speak Catalan, which is the language that is spoken in the Catalan community in Spain. This (local) rule -- protects (conserves) the local culture by compelling foreigners to learn the local language -- shows very much the difference with the international soccer league culture (and rules).

Another way in which cultural differences become clear is when we observe national soccer teams.

If we compare the international (soccer) culture with local National cultures we can also observe national rules -- focused on openness. This is for example apparent if we take the Italian or the Spanish national teams and we compare them to the Dutch or the French and even the German teams (From the World Cup 2006). The Italian and Spanish teams had only local Spanish players, whereas in the French, Dutch and even the German teams, the influence from other culture was present and visible.

This is only one single element in culture; the way in which a group of people are open and used to cooperate with others, call them "Third parties". This is only about awareness. A next step could be about international or global trends.

© 2006 Hans Bool

Hans Bool is the founder of Astor White a traditional management consulting company that offers online management tools. Have a look at some of our free management tools

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