Orientation – Past‚ Present‚ Future Basic Human Nature – Evil‚ Neutral/Mixed‚ Good Activity Orientation – Being‚ Contain/Control‚ Doing Relationships among People – Ind. Group‚ Hierarchical Space Orientation – Private‚ Mixed‚ Public Hofstede’s Dimensions of Cultural Values (1980‚ 2001) – work-related values Individualism / collectivism Low / High Power Distance Weak / Strong Uncertainty Avoidance Masculinity / Femininity (Mas – tough‚ value of success‚ money; Fem – tender‚ personal relationship‚ care)
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Hofstede cultural dimensions analysis with multinational business management _______France‚ Britain‚ Germany ‚ Italy Today‚ the world economic integration process ‚ the company’s multinational operations has become an unstoppable trend . But the Eastern and Western cultures have a huge difference . It is easy to generate conflict in business management . Cross-cultural management refers to: multinational companies operating in the presence of various cultural
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Gerard Hendrik Hofstede (born October 2‚ 1928 in Haarlem) is a Dutch expert in cultural studies [GHW]. Hofstede (1980) surveyed 88‚000 IBM employees working in 66 countries and then ranked the countries on different cultural dimensions. His research resulted in four dimensions (power distance; individualism versus collectivism; uncertainty avoidance; and masculinity and femininity). In the beginning‚ China was not included in this study but later Bond and Hofstede looked at Chinese values. From this
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Cultural dimensions in business life: hofstede’s indices for latvia and lithuania 1.1 Introduction The journal chosen‚ written by Mark Huettinger (2008)‚ applies Geert Hofstede’s five cultural dimensions (power distance‚ individualism‚ masculinity‚ uncertainty avoidance and long-term orientation) to both the Lithuanian and Latvian cultures‚ from the perspective of their similarity to the cultures in Estonia and the Scandinavian countries. This research paper then uses the scores obtained from
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Introduction Why did we take South Africa? Because South Africa is different than all of the other African countries. We made our choice to present the five dimensions of this country. South Africa has a big history and well known in other countries. For example‚ the separation between Black and White Which the nationalist introduced in 1948 and called the Apartheid. After Nelson Mandela stood up for the equal rights between Black and White in South Africa. There came an end of this ridiculous
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2. What procedural dimension of McDonald did wrong in this issue ? We can find four procedural dimension that McDonald hadn’t give a good solution of this issue. They are Timeliness‚ Organization and Supervision‚ Customer Feedback‚ Communication. 2.1 Timeliness Quality service involves timing – the time it takes the product or service to get to each customer. Efficient service is speedy‚ but proper timing has to go beyond promptness to providing service when customers are ready for it. In
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Cultural Differences and People Management Module Guide Hofstede‚ Hall and Trompenaars see the world as composed of national cultures with ’distinctive values‚ languages‚ management stules‚ and ways of doing business ’ (Holden‚ 2002:226). How useful do you think this approach is for today ’s interconnected and fluid business world? Word count: 1935 Introduction Nowadays‚ interacting with people from foreign cultures is part of our daily routine. In fact
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see all members as ‘co-creators’. A relatively egalitarian structure in which individuals are given the freedom to improvise. Silicon Valley is a good example of where this has worked to great effect. Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner: Seven Cultural Dimensions 1. UNIVERSALISM versus PLURALISM “What is more important – rules or relationships?” The degree of importance a culture assigns to either the law or to personal relationships. In a universalistic culture‚ people share the belief that general
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Cultural Sensitivity Since the mid-1980s‚ Indian society has undergone a dramatic shift in social values. The traditional caste-defined view of Indian life‚ which undervalues social and economic mobility‚ and the dominance of the Brahmanical culture’s disdain toward commerce have been challenged by the middle class in contemporary Indian society. Getting rich and enjoying a good life has become the new mantra of social existence for the Indian middle class. With more income and more purchasing
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INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT Module Information & Tutorial Guide DR PATRICIA OPOKU-WUSU (Lecturer) Email: popo@learning.icrgu.navitas.com MODULE INFORMATION Business is increasingly international in its supply chains‚ routine transactions‚ and strategic focus. The workforce in both large and small firms reflects the diversity of the world’s peoples. Within this environment‚ management careers are increasingly pursued internationally. The international reach of contemporary business
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