Cultural dimensions and dilemmas Culture is a way of life evolved and is jointly owned by a group of people and passed from generation to generation. culture formed of many complex elements‚ including religious and political systems‚ customs‚ languages‚ tools‚ clothing‚ buildings‚ and works of art. Culture also divide by two that is material and non material culture. Material cultural like something that equipment on living like house such as longhouses at Sarawak‚ Eskimo. Non material culture
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Hofstede cultural dimensions 5 dimensions Power distance is defined as "the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organisations within a country expect and accept that power is distributed unequally". Individualism pertains to societies in which the ties between individuals are loose: everyone is expected to look after himself or herself and his or her immediate family. Collectivism as its opposite pertains to societies in which people from birth onwards are integrated
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the field of cross-cultural communication. His books include: Riding the Waves of Culture‚ Seven Cultures of Capitalism‚ Building Cross-Cultural Competence‚ 21 Leaders for the 21st Century and Innovating in a Global Crisis . Trompenaars studied Economics at the VU University Amsterdam and later earned a Ph.D. from Wharton School‚ University of Pennsylvania‚ with a dissertation on differences in conceptions of organizational structure in various cultures. He experienced cultural differences firsthand
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Hofstede Cultural dimensions: India is a vast country known for its diversified culture and traditions. The unique characteristic of India is its “unity in diversity”. In India Relationships and feeling plays a larger role in decisions. Indians tend to take larger risks with a person whose intentions they trust. Thus‚ one’s credibility and trustworthiness are critical in negotiating a deal. Indians are ‘polychronic’ people‚ ie they tend to deal with more than one task at the same time. Indians
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Enculturation – a nonintentional process that include all of the learning available as the result of what is in an environment to be learned (Herskovits 1948) Primary socialization which is a more intentional learning process than enculturation‚ occurs in the family and local community (Berger and Luckmann 1967) Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck’s (1961) Variations in Value Orientations (low > high) Relation to Nature – Subjugation‚ Harmony‚ Mastery Time Orientation – Past‚ Present‚ Future Basic Human
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The Pursue of Happiness "Dimensions" by Alice Munro is a tragic story that talks about self discovery and the courage to start all over again. Doree is a woman who has been broken in every way‚ but refuses to give her right to continue to live. The story describes Doree’s psychological and emotional metamorphosis from an innocent young girl who has to face many difficulties to become a woman. All the circumstances that she goes through helps her mature‚ think more critically‚ and find the strength
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Lukes’ third dimension of power is controversial because it entails the use of the concept of ‘false consciousness.’ Using examples of your own‚ defend and/or critique theLukes’ third dimension of power is controversial because it entails the use of the concept of ‘false consciousness.’ Using examples of your own‚ defend and/or critique the hypothesis that there is such thing as ‘false consciousness’. hypothesis that there is such thingLukes’ third dimLukes’ third dimension of power is controversial
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Discussion 1. Looking back at Hofstede’s dimensions of cultural differences (chapter 2‚ pg 39-41)‚ describe a significant difference between cultures that you have witnessed. Use the Geert Hofstede website links below to compare the two cultures in your example and describe the relative merits of the different approaches in an organizational situation. Main Hofstede Web site: http://www.geert-hofstede.com/ (page down for descriptions of the cultural dimensions) Compare two cultures: http://www
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most widely used national cultural framework in psychology‚ sociology‚ marketing and management studies. His dimensions were all constructed in such a way that they addressed basic problems that all societies have to deal with. Thus‚ these dimensions of national culture were constructed at the national level namely: PDI: Power Distance Index IDV: Individualism versus collectivism MAS: Masculinity versus Femininity UAI: Uncertainty Avoidance Index In 1991‚ a fifth dimension has been added – LTO – Long
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