52 activities for exploring values differences / Donna M. Stringer and Patricia A. Cassiday.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-248).

Acknowwledgments -- Classification of activities -- Introduction -- Activities -- 1: Cultural values -- 2: Jolt of reality -- 3: Let's draw a house -- 4: Time values -- 5: Age case study -- 6: Value to D I E for -- 7: Role models -- 8: Saying it make it so -- 9: Organizations in cultural perspective -- 10: Cross-cultural values -- 11: Contrasting values -- 12: Origins of cultural contrasts -- 13: Values of performance feedback -- 14: What do others see? -- 15: Five values -- 16: What would you say? -- 17: Generational values -- 18: Team values assessment -- 19: International cultural values -- 20: Work values -- 21: In my family -- 22: Group commandments -- 23: I am -- 24: U S American values -- 25: Performance evaluations: how do you feel? What do you think? -- 26: What is the message? -- 27: Visible and invisible values -- 28: Similarities and differences -- 29: If this is a value, what will you see? -- 30: Values in action -- 31: Sorting values -- 32: Leading values -- 33: Customer values -- 34: Customer service values survey -- 35: Cultural interactions -- 36: What is of value? -- 37: Four case studies -- 38: Discovering team strengths and values -- 39: Your values meet the team's values -- 40: Simulation: rockets and sparklers -- 41: Good employee is or does -- 42: My values -- 43: What do they bring? -- 44: Behaviors I find difficult -- 45: Values line -- 46: Culture compass -- 47: Values of conflict -- 48: Working with values -- 49: Top two -- 50: Survey your values -- 51: It's a puzzle -- 52: Window to our world -- Appendix A: Culture and values narrative -- Appendix B: Differences in cultural values worksheet -- Appendix C: Values differences handout -- Appendix D: Does the difference make a difference? -- Appendix E: Stereotypes and generalizations lecturette outline -- Appendix F: Choosing appropriate activities for participant's developmental stages -- Resource bibliography -- About the authors.

Synopsis: Stringer is a social/developmental psychologist with 30-plus years of experience as a cross-cultural educator and trainer; Cassiday is an educator, professional coach, and consultant. Drawing from 23 renowned sources, they have collected and adapted existing values activities and devised new ones, thus bringing together in one text a broad range of practical exercises. This text will be an invaluable resource for trainers, educators, and workshop leaders exploring values differences in the workplace, classroom, and community settings.

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