Cultural Perceptions of Reality
The indigenous cultures are defined through different people who are involved in a proper connection with different regions which is set before there was a system of colonization. The cultures are seen to be of heterogenous form with mainstream western society which is linguistic in nature and having social or organisational characteristics as well. There are societies which are involved in working towards different parts. The embracement is due to the entrepeneruship that includes the time period extension. It works on the improvement in societal and cultural development that is completely deprived from world. There are efforts for the re-development of traditions and to benefit the cultural and social positioning (Barr et al., 2018). The cultural pattern perceptions of reality into conceptualisations are about how one perceives reality to be with regards to be actual, probable and possible. The business follows a traditional western culture where it tends to be hierarchical, formal and compartmentalised. The flat organisations are able to, thereby, create an adaptive and innovative workplace which could be set by decentralising the control and enabling the quick response to the market demands.
The indigenous cultures are rich with representation of the true identity, where the efforts are important to be implemented with cultural principle. Kotter’s eight step includes the proper implementation of the changes in organisational development. It includes different standards set for the targets at a smaller level that are for better information and momentum (Bourke et al., 2018). It has been believed that there are different corporations who are not only able to assess the economic success but there are certain non-economic retires as well. The firm economic responsibility generally looks forward for the profitability of the stakeholders and then there are forms where there are employees who work on the improved standards traditional values. (Cajate et al., 2016). Hence, embracing the cultural values is not only useful for the improvement in the product quality and services but also it helps in providing a benefit for the employees and the customers. The organisations have been able to rise the cultural awareness with creating an opportunity to connect with each other and business.
Considering the example, Air New Zealand has been able to embrace the indigenous culture and traditions with focusing on properly focusing on the CSR embracement cultures. The approach is based on handling the barriers to implement the cultural changes that could have a major lack of the ethnic diversity, where the societies are mainly inclined to handle the intolerant factors. The forms include the setup with the generalised resistance that requires to focus on achieving challenges related to the stakeholder confidence which is set with reforms in a cultural development (Collins et al., 2017).
Kotter’s Eight-Step
There are different challenges which are faced by the indigenous people to achieve justice that are complex and extensive as well. The issues are related to working on the colonial power with focusing on the redefined forms of the rights. There are systematic forms that include the Australian Aboriginal People and Maori people of NZ where there are abuse of power. This leads to the change in cultural erosion of indigenous standards (Mackie, 2018). . Apart from this, there are problems with cultural rights (Mapadimeng, 2017). The term encompasses a broader range of perspectives which relates to the heritage and also includes the active practices of language. There are challenges related to achieving the justice when it comes to the relation of handling cultural rights. This is mainly due to the complexities of the cultural rights as there have been no proper law for the same.
In the recent times, there have been an increasing awareness for handing of the cultural development with intellectual development of the proper and the indigenous culture. This has led to properly recognizing the needs for the effective protection and to match the indigenous rights in Australia. Aborigines are for handling the severely disadvantaged forms, in terms of poverty, poor health and over-representation. There have been reports related to inquiries and the decisions that are important for effective protection for indigenous cultures (Mrabure et al., 2018). Many operations are located with traditional indigenous lands and long-term nature of operations help in establishing the long-lasting relationship with other communities. The indigenous people have been able to profound with special connection to identify with. There is a need to understand that the indigenous people are experiencing problems of poverty and social exclusion, where companies like BHP Billiton seeks to focus on choosing and contributing to economic empowerment with cultural wellbeing. The impact of indigenous culture on business strategy helps in handling the processes where the business are related to targeting developed and culturally appropriate strategies through outreaching to indigenous community. The flexibility and the will to remove the barriers is mainly to improve the business outcomes which are directly subjected to compliance requirements (Neal, 2016). It lets the minor contracts that can easily be negotiated without any tender processes. This includes the unbundling of the larger contracts with preferences related to use of weightings and providing the specific qualifications to meet the policies and processes of the company (Padilla et al., 2018). There is a need to understand the indigenous people culture, organisational and decision-making processes, with history and concerns that are focusing on development of priorities to underpin the designs of social and cultural support programs. There is a need to work on social investments with cultural support programs where the alignment is done with government and regional plans (Shepherd et al., 2018).
Firms Economic Responsibility
The indigenous culture affect the business strategy through governance, economic empowerment, social and the cultural support with public engagement. The governance is about how one is able to sustain the benefits from the companies like BHP Billiton operations through effective governance and land management. The cultural heritage and agreement helps in making and focusing on the distribution processes (Maritz et al., 2018). The economic empowerment is about the contribution through providing opportunities for employment, training and procurement. The social and cultural support helps BHP Billiton to contribute towards the improvement of quality of life with voluntary social investments, promotions and then setting the building with cultural awareness. The public engagement is about contributing towards the specific initiatives, programs and the public policy services (Solis, 2018). They are for handling the advancements of consistence factors with Indigenous Peoples Policy Statement. The indigenous arts industry tend to make a substantial contribution to Australian economy with major impact on the health and wellbeing of Australian. There are strong identities through respect for culture and strong communities through employment and empowerment which is found to be enormous. There are maximisation of the opportunities where indigenous arts tend to foster engage in a culture-based economy with the higher quality of research that is for accurate planning and development. These cultures have an impact on the business where the issues are regarding the language in different social movements, which are related to academic literature and media. The culture deserves attention mainly because of the language and knowledge with values and beliefs. The concept is about how the different set of activities are rooted in parts that affects the direct development of language. Here, there are rapid decline in different language diversity which impact the cultural diversity as well. For the business, it is important to focus on the autonomous development that leads to contributing to a survival of indigenous culture (Van Der Meer et al., 2016).
For the Australian indigenous people, the cultural engagement is associated to non-recidivism. Here, the identity needs to focus on the indirect influence where given relationship is set with cultural engagement (Elliana, 2016). The positive cultural identity can help the individual with the sense of belonging, purpose and social support. The processes occur through the attachment where the belief systems, values and practices are then shared with reinforcement by the different members. The health benefits are for sustaining the cultural identity where the example is about possessing the factors to participate and document in prior research with indigenous and other non-white samples in Western settings. There is a possession of a strong cultural the major problems are related to the impact of language, where the development of indigenous culture is mainly impacting the threats. There are conflicts and problems related to language which can be perceived as a culture (Alexander et al., 2016). The language plays an important role for the development of indigenous culture where the research is about the language that can be considered as a tool for preserving the indigenous cultures. The language is considered important where cross-cultural communication, effective cooperation, and mutual understanding can help in maintaining their indigenous culture. The diversity is considered to be major concern that requires to make use of proper strategies that aims to make a difference in the world. Aboriginal people helps in holding a unique form where there are continuation of making contribution towards the national development. The agreement is about the retention and planning about how one can live in the urban development and setting the Australian regional areas. There have been great diversity of cultures with distinct cultures and languages and tribal groups (Jirra, 2016).
Challenges Faced by Indigenous People
The findings of the study focus on the correlational accommodations with focusing on national development and identity. The agreement is about focusing on identity standards and then living in the urbanised areas and regional areas of Australia. There have been cultivating the identity and regular opportunities that are for participating in cultural activities. This includes how the business strategy requires to handle the greater cultural engagement (Dana, 2015). The discovery is about analysing the notions of enhanced self-assurance and self-esteem with social support. The concepts are related to provide a culturally engaged participants with array of cultural principles, customs and obligations that are adhering to confer the structure, life meaning and the directions. The importance is based on how Aboriginal men have been recognized for the custodial settings. The identity and responsibility is important for enhancing the business strategy where the obliteration is to focus on how the employees are able to cope up with the changes in company, with respect to governance and community development (Larissa et al., 2016).
There are certain ethical considerations, where the participants are reported with the acceptance regarding the participation in research. Here, the need is to reassure the participants about the participation in research which is voluntary. Apart from this, the culture impacts on the business strategy could be treated as confidential and then used for the academic purposes for a particular research. The ethical approval is about utilising the database for the purpose of the study from the university (Every Child Magazine, 2012). Apart from this, there are individuals who are involved in the informed perspectives of participants about the study. The individuals are demonstrated with the interest to participate in study and then meet them with interviewers who explain the study in a great detail. With this the participants who wish to take part are then asked for signing the consent form for the acknowledgement of the study.
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