Minami, who comes from a collectivist culture, and Jason, who comes from an individualist culture, are working together on a class project. As they work together, they need to consider some generalizations regarding their cultural orientations toward conflict, such as which of the following?

A collectivist culture, is the one that is based on valuing the needs of a group or the community more than the individual. People who follow this path, tend to work together to create harmony and group cohesion; they value more the whole good. Individualistic culture, is the one based on the individual needs. People who follow this path, tend to be seen as independent and autonomous. If two people were to work together and each one follows each path, they will be encountering different problems. Since each path overcomes the other, they need to establish some ground rules so the work can be done smoothly and without any problem. The individualist needs to be aware and acknowledge that it will be indeed a group project and that he/she needs to work alongside the other person. The collectivist needs to acknowledge that not all the work needs to be done together, some of it could be done alone. The best solution is to find a middle ground. They should do their individual research and part of the work. Later on, get together and put together all the information so it could be completed as a team.