Understanding Cultures and Conflicts

In 1951, Talcott Parsons, an American sociologist published the book "Social System" where he developped the theory of the Core Cultural Ressources based on beliefs, values, attitutes and actions. When communicating, different people, from different cultures got different assymptions, which lead to conflicts.

There are two types of conflicts:

- The functional conflict, being the efficient model where the conflicts are solved. The conflict and the discussion are direct (US). The low context lead the conflict to get solved by people outside the conflict, not linked to the persons nor the conflict.

- The disfunctional conflict, characterized by a repression and an accumulation of the conflict. (Morocco) The high context lead the conflict to be solved by a subjective person, and emphasizing on actions. The person who can solve the problem is connected to both sides.