Clonong and Its Misunderstanding
1.1. List your culture?
Answer Shona culture
1.2 List the other person’s culture
Answer Xhosa culture
1.3 Distinguish according to Hofstede , any four differences between your culture and that other person’s culture and provide an example for each dimension?
Answer. Individualism vs collectivism. The xhosa people have tightly knitted social frame networks, their primary concern is the entire group compared to a single person. Members depend strongly on extended family groups and group decisions are valued and accepted for example if a person does not have money or food they can depend on extended family to help them in their time of need. In the shona culture people are more individualistic. They have loose social networks and their primary concern is themselves and their families. People are responsible for making their own decisions. For example in Zimbabwe during the period when basic commodities were scarce people would fight to get basic things like sugar and fuel for themselves and their families thus excluding extended family. High power distance. In the shone culture there is high tolerance for unequal distribution of power. People with a lot of power view themselves as different from those with low power and vice versa. In the xhosa culture the is little tolerance of unequal distribution of power. They believe that unequal distribution of power should be minimised. For example in the shone culture people just assume that those with high powers have earned their power, thus making it acceptable in their society while the xhosa people’s view is that we are all the same so power should be distributed equally. Uncertainty avoidance. The shona people are more tolerant of ambiguity and uncertainty that means they have low uncertainty avoidance. The xhosa people have high uncertainty avoidance meaning they have low tolerance for ambiguity and uncertainty. The xhosa people want to be aware of something before it happens while the shone have the
Answer Shona culture
1.2 List the other person’s culture
Answer Xhosa culture
1.3 Distinguish according to Hofstede , any four differences between your culture and that other person’s culture and provide an example for each dimension?
Answer. Individualism vs collectivism. The xhosa people have tightly knitted social frame networks, their primary concern is the entire group compared to a single person. Members depend strongly on extended family groups and group decisions are valued and accepted for example if a person does not have money or food they can depend on extended family to help them in their time of need. In the shona culture people are more individualistic. They have loose social networks and their primary concern is themselves and their families. People are responsible for making their own decisions. For example in Zimbabwe during the period when basic commodities were scarce people would fight to get basic things like sugar and fuel for themselves and their families thus excluding extended family. High power distance. In the shone culture there is high tolerance for unequal distribution of power. People with a lot of power view themselves as different from those with low power and vice versa. In the xhosa culture the is little tolerance of unequal distribution of power. They believe that unequal distribution of power should be minimised. For example in the shone culture people just assume that those with high powers have earned their power, thus making it acceptable in their society while the xhosa people’s view is that we are all the same so power should be distributed equally. Uncertainty avoidance. The shona people are more tolerant of ambiguity and uncertainty that means they have low uncertainty avoidance. The xhosa people have high uncertainty avoidance meaning they have low tolerance for ambiguity and uncertainty. The xhosa people want to be aware of something before it happens while the shone have the