Synthetic Culture: Expectations and Behaviors

Synthetic Culture: Expectations and Behaviors

Expectations by Behaviors of Synthetic Cultures

Expectation		Behaviors
	Alpha	Beta	Gamma	Delta
Friendly	polite, and listening	formal and specific	verbal and, disclosing	physical and loud
Unfriendly	polite and not listening	general and ambiguous	critical and attacking	sarcastic and distant
Trust	asks for help	actively listens	debates all topics	challenges and competes
Distrust	does not ask for help	attacks and challenges	noncommittal and passive	critical and insulting
Interest	positive, no eye contact	active with eye contact	loud and physical	playful
Boredom	passive and direct	passive, no eye contact	distant with eye contact	detached, quiet, and distant

Barriers by Behaviors of Synthetic Cultures

Barrier		Synthetic Cultures
	Alpha	Beta	Gamma	Delta
Language	verbal and soft-spoken	loud and, verbal	verbal and self centered	critical and arguing
Non-Verbals	restrained and formal	animated and non-physical	seductive and physical	physical and direct
Stereotypes	hierarchical and pleasing	promotes rigid beliefs	defensive and paranoid	macho and, hero- oriented
Evaluation	self-blaming in evaluations	premature and selfish	utilitarian	over- achieving
Stress	internalize	externalize stress	risk taking	generates stress
Organizational Constraint	Follows formal rules	highly structured	disorganized and chaotic	competes to win