Post War Iraq
Introduction
Multicultural project planning is a procedure of
planning that gives consideration to all the cultures at the time the project
is created. The project that includes a variation of diverse customs, concerning
growth or conduct of the followers is referred as multicultural project. Although all participants in the project come from the
same country, the project manager (PM) will still be dealing with several cultures
and their outlooks and conducts (Rothman, 2001). The cultural dissimilarities
lead the researchers to attempt in identifying several plans that would be appropriate
to the project. The humanitarians look for the promotion of human welfare. When
employed into a humanitarian organization, it is requested that such
organization is extended into Iraq to help in the nation’s innovation struggle.
Before the start of the project, there are three subjects that need to be examined.
It is expected that part of the planning procedures is the existence of
different ethnocentric tests. It is imperative for the researcher to be
knowledgeable enough on the possible kinds of questions that will be given.
Three Topics for Better Understanding
I
like to understand more about the facts of the battle, in what way people are
affected by it and who are they, and also what is necessary from the
organization to assist the nation’s renovation effort before starting the
project. Learning the details about the war is the first that I like to know
more. With this, I like to know about the reasons of the war and what really
happened including he causes and effects. Knowing all these will aid me to
determine the changes that exist in the country and the extent to which the
areas were destroyed and eventually affect the current living conditions of the
people. Besides, I like to make investigations on who were and how were the
persons affected by the battle. I also like to examine the changes in terms of
the behaviors and emotions of the people who were impacted by the incident. It
is interesting for me to be aware on how these people adjusted to the
situations, to think of those that the organization will provide. Furthermore, I
like to acquaint myself with those who were affected like their ethnic
background, culture, and languages used. This will give data so the
organization will become efficient in growing it. Finally, I like to know the
things which are necessary for the organization to help the country’s
renovation. I need to understand more the aim and welfares of the growing
organization in Iraq before the multicultural project planning be started. This
serves as guide that is essential in operating the organization and addressing
the people’s necessities. The organization’s primary aims are to give relief,
aid to renovate, and help in improving. The mentioned topics would lead me to
understand how the aims will be realized.
Ethnocentric Challenges during Planning
The
word, “ethnocentric,” refers to the evaluation of the people and their cultures,
according to the standards set by the culture (Merriam-Webster, 2013).
Ethnocentric encounters that may stand up when organizing the project comprise
bias views on the most essential things required for the persons of varied
cultures or backgrounds for language obstacles, assistance, concerning what
things are to be comprehended and how to do it, and also the social struggles
in an attempt to interrelate or learn information with people as the source.
Prejudice views can be made regarding the most essential things required for
the people of varied cultural backgrounds. For a particular culture, certain
things may not be significant to me but are valued by them. This is a challenging
part when attempting to determine the expectations from this project like what
the humanitarian organization provides. For an instance, food necessity might
not be significant to the other individuals unlike to oneself. Individuals may
like to eat particular substance or make their personal foods depending on
their religious beliefs. Ethnocentric challenges can also be brought by
language barriers. In a nation, the people may have the ability to express
through varied language and they also understand phrases differently due to
diverse culture(s). This is somewhat challenging since communication is
significant and is very essential to begin and complete the project that is
growing the organization to Iraq. Ineffective communication will have negative
outcome. The social encounters belong to language barrier issues. They exist
during the interaction of varied cultures. When the war is over, most of the
individuals may have no interest to share with the researchers their desire for
a living based on their own culture. Conflicts can be caused by social
challenges including the cultural standards.
Types of Questions Researcher should ask
It
is necessary that the researcher will be asking about the languages and
cultures of Iraq; distinguish those what the human organization can give and
how to realize the organization’s expansion in Iraq. In Iraq, there are
different languages used like Akkadian, Sumerian, Aramaic (both ancient and
modern), Hurrian (ancient), colloquial Iraqi Arabic, Iraqi Turkman (modern), and
Kurdish (Abdi, Mulderig, Rouhbakshan, Ashiroy, & Alexander, 2008). For an
instance, as shown by the video of “Post War Conditions”, translation was
required to get information from the people in Iraq to determine what their
needs are as part of their rebuilding effort. Translators should be hired so
that the information received from the people will be fully understood
including their necessities. Furthermore, a boy made mention that there is a
bad supply of water. The humanitarian organization must supply this need for it
is one of its primary priorities to render the basic needs of the people like
power, communication, and water besides, it must also uphold the welfare of
human beings (Barnett & Webber, 2003). It is important for the researcher
to know about the ways which the project can be realized into Iraq. Questions
like these pay attention on security, laws and identification of the proper
area in Iraq intended for the organization. For an instance, the researcher
likes to get information about the possible expenses of the project including
its safety. Determining the most suitable areas in Iraq for the project is what
the researchers should do for it is helpful in the nation’s rebuilding effort.
Such information is very beneficial regarding the area where the organization
shall be expanded.
Conclusion
Multicultural project planning is
a procedure of planning that gives consideration to all the cultures at the
time the project is created. The project that includes a variation of diverse
customs, concerning growth or conduct of the followers is referred as
multicultural project. I like to
understand more about the facts of the battle, in what way people are affected
by it and who are they, and also what is necessary from the organization to
assist the nation’s renovation effort before starting the project. The mentioned topics would lead me to understand how the
aims will be realized. Ethnocentric encounters that may stand up when
organizing the project comprise bias views on the most essential things required
for the persons of varied cultures or backgrounds for language obstacles,
assistance, concerning what things are to be comprehended and how to do it, and
also the social struggles in an attempt to interrelate or learn information
with people as the source. It is necessary that the researcher will be asking
about the languages and cultures of Iraq; distinguish those what the human
organization can give and how to realize the organization’s expansion in Iraq.
Such information is very beneficial regarding the area where the organization
shall be expanded.
References
Abdi, K., Mulderig, M., Rouhbakhshan, A. A., Ashirov, A., &
Alexander, C. (2008).
Books. Anthropology Of The Middle East, 3(1),
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Barnett,
J., Eggleston, B., & Webber, M. (2003). Peace and development in post-war
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Meriam-Webster. (2013). Ethnocentric.
Rothman, Johanna. (2001). Managing
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