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Hofstede’s framework: Dutch sociologist Geert Hofstede undertook a pioneering task between 1967 and 1973 in the field of organizational behavior. Working for IBM at the time‚ he collected and analyzed data from more than 116‚000 individuals in 40 countries‚ who were mainly working for IBM and its subsidiaries‚ to develop his Cultural Dimensions model for analyzing variations among cultures. He found that managers and employees vary on five value dimensions of national culture. They are listed and
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Team Performance Management Emerald Article: Overcoming the problems of cultural differences to establish success for international management teams Malcolm Higgs Article information: To cite this document: Malcolm Higgs‚ (1996)‚"Overcoming the problems of cultural differences to establish success for international management teams"‚ Team Performance Management‚ Vol. 2 Iss: 1 pp. 36 - 43 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13527599610105547 Downloaded on: 26-01-2013
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1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background of Thailand Thai government is more often referred to Thailand in English or in the original language “Mueang Thai”‚ is a Southeast Asia country located nearby Laos‚ Cambodia and Malaysia. Thai government was formerly known as Siam until May 11‚ 1949. The word “Thai” means “freedom” in Thai language. However‚ minority of Chinese ethnic in Thailand is still using Siam name. Thailand is a constitutional monarchy country and had never been colonized. The king
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in those values shapes the behavior of the society. This cultural dimension is most frequently used across culture studies‚ especially in differentiating Asian and Western cultures (Cho‚ et al. 1999). Figure 1: Hofstede’s Software of the Mind (Hofstede‚ 1984) Dimension | Explanation | Power Distance | The degree to which the less influential associates of institutions (such as family) and organizations expect and accept the unequal distribution of power. | Collectivist vs. Individualist
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INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION Discussion about the relevance of Hofstede’s dimensions in relation to analyzing intercultural communication Albert Carbó Benavent Nils Simon Andre Gonzales 24/10/2012 INDEX 1. Introduction 2. The main part: your analysis. 2.1- Power distance 2.2- Individualism vs. collectivism 2.3- Masculinity vs. Femininity 2.4- Uncertainty avoidance 2.5- Long vs. short term 3. Conclusion 4. List of references 1-Introduction Nowadays‚ depending in which
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International Business Communication Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business Sep 2011 TCO International Diversity Management International Business Communication content INTERNATIONAL TEAMWORK STUDY SKILLS – VERBAL INTERCTIVE & WRITING LEADING PEOPLE ACROSS CULTURES INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATION SKILLS CROSSCULTURAL MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMMUNICATION LANGUAGE SKILLS TCO International Diversity Management How to build a cohesive international study group? A) What are the key
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affect the way business is taking place. First of all the definition of culture: “culture is a system of values and norms that are shared among a group of people and that when taken together constitute a design for living.” (Hofstede) or in short “the software of the mind” (Hofstede). The group of people who share a common set of values and norms‚ we refer to as society. Culture‚ including values and norms‚ evolves over time in response to a number of factors‚ including religion‚ political and economic
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Introduction: National culture in International Management Deresky (2011) defines international management as “the process of planning‚ organizing‚ leading‚ and controlling in a multinational or cross-cultural environment” (p. 458). Miroshnik (2002) suggests that although the economic and physical environments certainly are important issues in multinational business‚ the cultural environment has a special importance in multinational business. Therefore‚ it is essential for international managers
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management: According to Segalla and Besseyre des Horts (1998)‚ the supporters of divergence theory are in the absolute majority A generally accepted definition of culture is that offered by Kroeber and Kluckhohn (1952 cited in Adler‚ 1986‚ p.8-9): Hofstede (1991) defines culture as “software of the mind”. It is “the collective
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