International Business Administration Cultural Diversity Professor: Hans Hahn Summer Semester 2014 Cultural Dimensions of Geert Hofstede: Analysis of Colombia 10.06.2014 Soraya A. Suarez I. Register Number: 969800 Darmstädter Landstr. 64 60598 Frankfurt Tel: 0176- 708 59654 E-mail: sorayasuarez@gmail.com Content 1. Introduction 2 2. Culture 3 3. Colombia 5 4. Cultural Models and Cultural Dimensions 8 4.1 Geert Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions 9 4.1.1. Power Distance Index 10 4.1
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Watson DW-Briefing Paper 10/16/08 Dimensions in Diversity I chose to research this topic particularly to broaden my understanding of sexual orientation in the workplace. The information that I found was very interesting‚ considering attitudes and practices concerning sexual orientation are undergoing dramatic change (Lubensky‚ Hollland‚ Wiethoff‚ Crosby‚ 2004). On a personal level‚ I have not found sexual orientation to hinder my professional development. Apparently for larger
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is another fundamental issue for any society‚ to which a range of solutions can be found. The IBM studies revealed that (a) women’s values differ less among societies than men’s values; (b) men’s values from one country to another contain a dimension from very assertive and competitive and maximally different from women’s values on the one side‚ to modest and caring and similar to women’s values on the other. The assertive pole has been called ’masculine’ and the modest‚ caring pole ’feminine’
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and competitive individual behaviors which we often associate with masculine culture. What you see is a severe competition between groups. From very young age at kindergartens‚ children learn to compete on sports day for their groups (traditionally red team against white team). In corporate Japan‚ you see that employees are most motivated when they are fighting in a winning team against their competitors. What you also see as an expression of masculinity in Japan is the drive for excellence and
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& Lumby 2003: 61) Managing teachers to facilitate effective learning can be both rewarding and challenging. A teacher mentoring program‚ when implemented successfully‚ is one particular management tool that can bring both personal and organizational rewards. However‚ implementing such a program effectively is challenging. One notable challenge appears to be the correlation between the inherent cultural background (see footnote) of a mentor/mentee (see footnote) and the necessary characteristics
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Dimension of Diversity Race and/or gender are not the definition of diversity. Diversity is all of us and how we are so different. To better understand diversity it can be broken down into four different dimensions and classifications. These points will help you begin to pick apart the complex topic of diversity. Dimensions 1. Dimension may be hidden/ visible a. Race‚ gender and possible age or wealth index may be a visible dimension that / would classify people into one group. b. Intelligent
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Understanding Hofstede’s 5 Cultural Dimensions Geert Hofstede devoted over a decade to researching cultural differences and developed an internationally recognized model of cultural dimensions. There are five main dimensions of culture that serve as a guide to understanding intercultural communications‚ business‚ and effective social exchange. The five dimensions are Power Distance‚ Individualism‚ Masculinity‚ Uncertainty Avoidance‚ and Long-Term Orientation and were developed to provide a method
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Mark A. Grant IB: Psychologie HL Learning Outcome: • Examine the role of two cultural dimensions on behavior. Introduction: • To begin with culture as stated by Matsumoto (2004) is a dynamic system of rules containing attitudes‚ values‚ beliefs‚ norms and behaviors. There are a variety of different ways in which to interpret culture‚ such as the perception of food or the way in which people in a particular culture dress. This in a sense is the “surface culture” of a specific country; the
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Spanish Cultural Dimensions. Through this report‚ based on the Hofstede’s cultural dimensions‚ we will try to clarify the main features of the Spanish culture. To get this target we will use a few proverbs or traditional expressions from Spain and relate them to Hofstede’s theory. This way we will be able to understand and know a little bit more about how is the Spanish culture and how it differentiates from other cultures. The first proverb we are going to use says: “La union hace la fuerza”
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