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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1) Give the definition and objectives of “your” cultural dimensions (what does the dimension measure? what do you want to measure? For instance : ability to work in groups‚ individual empowerment ... (for the individual/collective dimension). Diffuse and Specific orientated cultures – The most apparent difference is the ability to separate private from professional life. In diffused cultures‚ the private and professional lives are closely linked whereas specific cultures keep them separate.
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Group presentations about Hofstede’s cultural dimension 1. A brief presentation of Geert Hofstede and his background Geert Hofstede was born 2 October 1928 in Haarlem. He is a Dutch social psychologist that did a pioneering study of cultures across modern nations. Geert has made these models that classified culture along four different dimensions – Power Distance Index‚ Individualism versus Collectivism‚ Masculinity versus Femininity‚ Uncertainty Avoidance Index‚ Long Term Orientation versus Short
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Lucas Instructor Lewis Lynn Understanding Cultural Differences The United States are made of a large population of millions of people of every race and gender‚ which understanding diversity and cultural differences important. Working out abroad‚ there is a need of understanding culture heritage and shared humanity make a difference in professional success and failure meeting organizational goal (Kaplan‚ 2010). People work in all types of different cultural background. If you communicate successfully
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Femininity‚ again as a societal‚ not as an individual characteristic‚ refers to the distribution of values between the genders which 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
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1995. After some debate about the site for a European theme park‚ Michael Eisner and Jacques Chirac signed a contract for the building of s Disney theme park at Marne-la-Vallee‚ a region of sunflower and sugar-beet farmland and small villages located twenty miles east of Paris (Janis‚ F.‚ 1998‚ P.247). However‚ the European Disneyland was not as such success as they expected. This essay going to regards the main issues in opening the Euro Disneyland and compare the French cultural with American
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The Geert Hofstede Cultural Dimension Business Essay This chapter is divided into two sections. The first section defines culture‚ its importance in international business and the various cultural dimensions for working globally. The next section describes the culture of India and U.K. and reviews the impact of culture on the working of Hilton Hotel Group in both the countries. Finally‚ it ends with a brief summary. CULTURE Hofstede (2003) defines culture as “the collective programming of mind
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the most common way to study and draw conclusions about organizational behavior across cultures and explain the differences that exist is to use Hofstede’s framework. Prof. Geert Hofstede conducted perhaps the most comprehensive study of how values in the workplace are influenced by culture. Geert Hofstede analyzed a large data base of employee values scores collected by IBM between 1967 and 1973 covering more than 70 countries‚ from which he first used the 40 largest only and afterwards extended
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com/imperialism/letter.html) ? What did he recommend with regard to the U.S. military? He was a leading expansionist who believed that America’s survival depended on a strong Navy. He wrote that it was time for America to “turn their eyes outward‚ instead of inward only‚ to seek the welfare of the country.” 2. What is a shogunate? What is a daimyo? a daimyo is a samurai‚ and a shogunate is a Japanese government leader. 3. What cultural difference(s) hindered relations between Japan and the
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Vietnam has a wide variety of religions practiced in their country. Nine point three percent of Vietnams population are Buddhist‚ six point seven percent are Catholic‚ One point five percent are Hoa Hao‚ one point one percent are Cao Dai. Less than one percent are Protestant and Muslim. Even though Vietnam has a lot of variety of religions over eighty percent claim no religion (East and Southeast Asia‚ 2012). Even thought there is a wide variety of religions in Vietnam‚ most of the people who live
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