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 4.1.2. Uncertainty Avoidance
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Plan Colombia In the late 20th century‚ Colombia has been a haven for violence‚ social unrest‚ and illegal drug trafficking prompted by uneven development throughout the country. In 1984‚ the election of a new president sparked violence in Colombia‚ leading to the assassination of the minister of justice. The very apparent inadequacy of the government to control violent attacks was made obvious to the drug cartels‚ who then used this weakness in government to gain political influence with bribery
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life would take the course that would lead me to success. With my eyes closed‚ I decided to try it and came to the US. Leaving everything behind in my beloved Colombia‚ I ventured into an unknown and surely uncertain world. Over the years‚ and analyzing both the past and the present‚ today I can say that I made the best decision. Colombia saw me born and gave me the best childhood‚ but US has seen me grow and develop as an excellent woman
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nation of Colombia due to some of their flaws. The first thing to consider is the most obvious‚ the Colombian drug cartels. Colombia‚ like most of South America‚ has become synonymous with the drug cartels that operate within the country. However Colombia was definitively the most well known producer of cocaine in South America thanks to some of the major cartel leaders such as Pablo Escobar and Carlos Lehder.
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Climate of Colombia is characterized for being tropical and isothermal as a result of its geographical location near the Ecuador presenting variations within five natural regions and depending on altitude‚ temperature‚ humidity ‚ winds and rains. Each region has an average temperature throughout the year‚ only the presentation of variables determined by precipitation during the rainy season caused by the Intertropical Convergence Zone . The Colombian people historically originated after mixing between
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The term Plan Colombia is most often used to refer to U.S. legislation aimed at curbing drug smuggling and combating aleft-wing insurgency by supporting different activities in Colombia.[1] Plan Colombia can also refer to a wider aid initiative originally proposed by Colombian President Andrés Pastrana Arango‚ which included U.S. military/counter-narcotics aid‚ but was not limited to it. The plan was conceived between 1998 and 1999 by the administration of Pastrana with the goals of ending the Colombian
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$580.00 $116.00 $464.00 $464.00 $232.00 $232.00 4 $232.00 totals $1512.00 $256.00 $1024.00 $1024.00 $512.00 $512.00 2. How does your answer compare to an economy in which the total amount of the loan is deposited in the banking system and the public doesn’t hold any of the loans in currency? (Hint: Do another table with none of the loan proceeds held in currency.) Round Deposits Required reserves Excess reserves Loans Loan proceeds held as currency Loan proceeds deposited
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or early 2009. They also made a book about Pablo Escobar entitled “Mark Bowden’s book killing Pablo: the hunt for the world’s greatest outlaw” that relates how Escobar was killed and his cartel dismantled by US special forces and intelligence the Colombia military and Los Pepes controlled by the Cali Cartel. Also they have another book called “News of a kidnapping” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez which details the series of abductions that Escobar masterminded to pressure the then Colombian government into
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The Causes of the Separation of Panama from Colombia Nowadays‚ Panama is a sovereign country with a diverse and rich cultural heritage and one of the countries with the highest economy increase in the last decade in Central America‚ but prior to being what it is today‚ this nation had to face many obstacles. Since its discovery‚ Panama came under Spanish control with the arrival of Rodrigo de Bastidas in 1501 (Harris‚ 1984). After they got the independence from Spain on November 28th of 1821‚ Panama
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Simon Bolivar led the wars to independence for Bolivia‚ Peru‚ Colombia‚ Ecuador‚ Panama‚ and Venezuela. With the strength of passion and heartbreak of true love‚ Bolivar succeeded as a liberator‚ but fell short in his ultimate dream to unify his beloved continent. In his fictional novel‚ "The General and His Labyrinth"‚ Gabriel Garcia Marquez narrates the General’s two year journey down the Magdalena River from Santa Fe de Bogota‚ Colombia to the sea. Throughout his voyage‚ the General recalls historical
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