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    cultural aspects may be missed in the grouping of individualist. Australia scored quiet low (36) on power distance because individuals in societies may not be equal. This expresses the attitude of the cultures towards these in equalities amongst all of us. Hofstede. G. (n.d) states that‚ “Power Distance is defined as the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organizations within a country expect and accept that power is distributed unequally”. It has to do with the fact that the

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    Power distance is one of the five dimensions of Hofstede’s framework for assessing culture. Hofstede has defined power distance as “the extent to which inequality in power is accepted and considered as normal by less powerful people in a society.”(Hofstede‚ p. 307‚ 1986). He divided this dimension into two categories: 1. Small 2. Large Small power distance: Small power distance means that the extent to which less powerful people accept the social inequality is small‚ that is members

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    employees during 1967 to 1973. He has first focused on 40 largest countries and then extended his research to 50 countries and 3 regions. This initial analysis identified systematic differences in national cultures on four primary dimensions: power distance (PDI)‚ individualism (IDV)‚ uncertainty avoidance (UAI) and masculinity (MAS)‚ which are described below. As Hofstede explains on his academic website‚ these dimensions regard “four anthropological problem areas that different national societies

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    France – Jamaica Power Distance France working culture is centraly based on working hierchies‚ indivuidualism and high uncertainty avoidance. France is a country with high (68%) inequalities acceptance . It is a country where laboral hierachy exist‚ and were power is consolidated in hands of the minority. Employees have a great respect for their superiors‚ and only report to their inmediate managers‚ where information formaly continues its flow hierarchicaly Also‚ this herarchy seem to limit

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    through his power or formal position‚ but through the principles of cooperation and agreement. Being a good listener is considered to be another important quality. In discussions with his staff‚ a professional manager should use reason and base his views on facts. Getting emotional when discussing a problem is considered rather inappropriate. Power Distance The power distance in Swedish companies is among the smallest in the world‚ according to a study of 40 countries in 1984. ’Power distance’ can be

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    POWER DISTANCE IN FAMILY Most of us are born in a family‚ a very important part of our everyday life. After our birth we begin to receive a menthal education from those older than us‚ not only from our parents‚ but from our grandparents. They educates us in the spirit of correctness‚ it teaches us the value of love‚ affection‚ care‚ self-confidence and provides us advice and valuable suggestions which are necessary to get success in our life. Actually‚ as children‚ we take our parents as a

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    Culture - Power Distance This is a determinant basic to all societies that Hofstede has named. It is describing the distribution of "power" among individuals and groups in the society‚ and how inequalities in power are dealt with in these societies. Inequality of power is a basic fact of life. It cannot be 100% eliminated. Iit is impossible to have _no_ power distance‚ because this means everyone is exactly equal (skills‚ actions‚ genetics‚ etc) unless of course you are on about a bunch of identical

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    Regarding to an article by Investopedia‚ the Power-Distance Index (PDI) is an index developed by Dutch sociologist Geert Hofstede that measures the distribution of power and wealth between people in a nation‚ business or culture. The power-distance index seeks to demonstrate the extent to which subordinates or ordinary citizens submit to authority. The power-distance index figure is lower in countries or organizations in which authority figures work closely with those not in authority‚ and is higher

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    4.2.2.1: Power distance: The power distance dimension displays the equality in societies‚ but it also expresses how the societies’ attitude is towards the inequalities. The power distance of Belgium is 65‚ while in the Netherlands it is 38. Therefore‚ it is clear that there is a cultural difference with the power distance as shown at figure 9. Belgium: Belgium scores high with the 65 power distance‚ which means that they accept and expect inequalities. In a high power distance culture it is likely

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    Power distance and Hofstede’s dimensions Introduction This paper will be about the relation between the cultural dimension ‘power distance’ and three management principles we chose and will also be about the applicability of these management principles. This is quite interesting because even though we know that the cultural dimensions‚ by Geert Hofstede‚ and the management principles‚ by Fayol‚ have something to do with each other‚ the more the cultural dimensions differ‚ the more the ranking

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