Culture and Global Business Dr. Aaron C. van Klyton Global Business 1357 The Business School; Greenwich University Lecture 3 1 Learning Objectives 1. Explore the meaning of culture: its definitions‚ classifications‚ and dimensions 2. Analyze different models of cultural communications 3. Examine why culture matters in international business 4. Understand the role of cultural intelligence 2 Culture Affects All Business Functions Marketing Human Resources Production
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Firstly‚ universalistic cultures like the USA are focusing on the rules‚ but Particularism cultures like France are focusing on relationships. Secondly‚ the US is only one truth or reality‚ while the French is a number of perspectives on reality. Finally‚ the American people “treat all cases in the same way”‚ whereas the French “treat
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Activity 2.1.1 Table of Values (Scores of these 4 countries according to Hofstede’s cultural dimensions) Parameter Power Distance Masculinity Long Term Orientation UK 35 66 51 USA 40 62 26 Germany 35 66 83 Japan 54 95 88 Power Distance Affecting Collaboration Parameter Power Distance (PD) Low UK‚ USA‚ Germany High Japan LPD = Low Power Distance HPD = High Power Distance Organisations with LPD tend to have a flatter organisation structure that adopts a more democratic style of leadership that are
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Table of Contents 4 Analysis of Silk Trade in Cuba 3 4.1 Cuban culture under Geert Hofstede Cultural Dimensions 3 4.1.1 Power Distance 4 4.1.2 Individualism versus Collectivism 4 4.1.3 Masculinity versus Femininity 4 4.1.4 Uncertainty Avoidance 4 4.1.5 Long term orientation 5 4.2 Cuban culture under Fons Trompenaars Cultural Dimensions 5 4.3 Cuban culture under Ednlard T. Hall Cultural Dimensions 6 5 Impact of culture on leadership and organization behavior in Cuba 6 5.1 Impact
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Man 3025 Study Guide EXAM 2 Chapters 5-7 CHAPTER 5: UNDERSTANDING GROUPS AND TEAMS Vocabulary: goal accomplishment‚ personal identity‚ affiliation‚ emotional support‚ orientation‚ confrontation‚ differentiation‚ collaboration‚ virtual team‚ additive tasks‚ conjunctive tasks‚ disjunctive tasks‚ process losses‚ social density‚ assigned roles‚ emergent roles‚ work roles‚ maintenance roles‚ blocking roles‚ role episode‚ focal person‚ role readiness‚ intersender role conflict‚ person-role conflict
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resulting effects of underlying value dimensions. For example‚ their neutral/emotional dimension describes the extent to which feelings are openly expressed‚ i.e. a behavioral aspect rather than a value in itself. • Their universalism/particularism value orientation‚ describing a preference for rules rather than trusting relationships‚ could be interpreted as part of Hofstede’s uncertainty avoidance dimension on the one side‚ and to some extent the collectivist/individualist dimension
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Synchronous Time Orientation ........................................................... 24 4.4. Humane Orientation .................................................................................................... 27 4.5. Universalism and Particularism.................................................................................. 30 4.6. Neutral and Affective ................................................................................................... 32 4.7. Achievement and Ascription
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Hall theory Book notes He came to the field of cross-cultural analysis from the discipline of anthropology. He argued that all peoples interpret and create messages in reference to shared values. This information includes values in the culture‚ which link members of the culture group and influence how they refer to their contexts when maintaining relationships. Members` experiences of context will influence how they communicate. And different culture groups respond to their contexts differently
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The purpose of this essay to demonstrate the cultural differences between the UK manager going to work as an expatriate manager in Colombia. By taking into consideration Hofstede‚ Bond‚ Trompenaars and other cross cultural management researchers to advise the UK manager about the Colombian culture‚ taking into consideration the differences between leadership styles‚ decision making‚ recruitment and selection‚ motivation‚ planning and team versus individual working.The reason for selecting Colombia
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Introduction To Anthropology: Lecture 2 Fifth Subfield of Anthropology: -Applied Anthropology -Public Anthropology -Use of anthropological methods and theories to solve real world problems Rob Borofsky: -Anthropology has the potential to change the world Methods: 1.Field -Anywhere that there is people‚ human behavior or culture 2.Fieldwork -Activities that are done in the field typically with a purpose to answer a research question Arrival Story -Barker’s arrival
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