“Outsourced” - the movie study guide
Cultural Dimensions in Outsourced :
Cultural Dimension
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Character
Todd, Puro, Aisha or other
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Outsourced Scene
or Circumstance
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Low-context culture
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Aisha , Todd
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Class
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High-context culture
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Todd
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Anti Ji home
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Individualism
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Todd
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Went to India
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Collectivism
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Indian people , puro
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Washing clothes , street
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Low power distance
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Todd , Aisha
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class
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High power distance
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Indian people
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Washing office
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Uncertainty tolerance
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Aisha
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Class
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Uncertainty avoidance
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Anti Ji , Todd
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Home
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Task orientation
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Todd
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Learning people in class
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Social orientation
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Puro , anti Ji
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Anti home
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1. As soon as Todd arrives, he experiences the discomfort of being disoriented in a strange new place. What happens at the airport?
When he arrived the airport was crowded and his name was written wrong so he did not find someone waiting for him. He took a taxi to the train station , taxi drivers fighting over him .
2. When a friendly traveler helps him get on the train, what does he tell him to do?
He tells him to run fast and jump in to train and the train was moving
3. When he gets on the train, he cannot find an empty seat. How is this problem solved for him? How might this be a cultural solution?
young kid give him a seat then the kid set in todd legs.
4. As any exchange student, he has a lot of experiences trying new food. His first encounter is with an iced drink. What happens?
He got ill because water used in the iced drink was not clean.
5. First encounters with a culture can be shocking – Todd sees crowded streets with cows, noise, and a man urinating in the street. But how does his host describe the city?
Bombay is terrible, but here it’s very clean .
6. Even though the host Puro speaks English, Todd uses American slang a lot without thinking. So as not to insult Puro, what does he say the meaning of Schmuck is?
a nice guy .
7. Todd wants to check in to a hotel. But Puro insists he comes to a boarding house. What is the reason he gives Todd?
He will feel lonely if he stays in the hotel.
8. As soon as they meet, Aunti Ji starts asking very intimate questions that
Americans who have just met would never ask. What kind of things does she ask?
Are you married? why you don't got married ?, do you have a girl friend? Why did you break up?
9. During his first conversation with Aunti Ji he makes two big mistakes. What are they?
He ate by left hand which is mean not clean in india and he use the same hand that he used in bathroom to eat.
10. The Golden Rule says do unto others as you would have them do unto you. That means his Indian hosts and friends are trying to make him comfortable the way they would be comfortable. How does this apply when the servant is preparing tea for Todd?
She puts a sugar many times in the tea for him and he said thanks please stop.
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