Frankfurt 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
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systematic diagnosis to organizational situations. Diagnosing Problem Areas---Why Diagnosing? An organization need to survival or be very successful in the rapid developing socielty‚ it must have flexibility and ability for rapid transfromation. For example‚ Downsizing and restructuring are the ways to make an organization more effective‚ before downsizing and restructuring‚ the organization must digagnose its departments‚ to see what problems do they have‚ then how to solve the problems. The process
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American Cultural Imperialism: Fact or Myth? The phenomenon known as globalization has brought sweeping changes to the world. Forces associated with globalization like the spread of capitalism‚ advancements in communications and information technology‚ and expansion of the media have contributed to these changes. The main trademark of globalization has been an increasing flow of exchange in trade and culture. With this lowering of barriers‚ some people have begun to talk of a global culture
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I. INTRODUCTION Transnational capital flow is a term coined to describe the movement of capital across national boundaries. International financial and capital flows have experienced a phenomenal upsurge during the late twentieth century. According to the latest estimates‚ foreign exchange to the tune of one to two trillion US dollars is transacted internationally every day. Significantly‚ exchanges in trade and services constitute only a tiny fraction of these transactions‚ while the majority
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Organization as structure vs organization as process Child J. (2005) has argued “Organization has structural‚ processual and boundary-defining facets.” (p.6) Organization as structure and organization as process are organizational choices‚ which are very distinct from each other. Organization as structure refers to ‘basic structure’ in which tasks and responsibilities are distributed among the work hierarchy. The organizational authority is at the same time centralized‚ delegated and standardized
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ID: 2013101276 Human or National (Traditional Security) If the interests of national (state) security and human security collided‚ which do you consider first between state security and human security? Why do you think so? Even though today‚ many individuals are victims‚ not of foreign military aggression and nuclear war‚ but of violence committed against them by their own state‚ criminals‚ terrorist attacks‚ nature‚ diseases and poverty; and usually traditional or national Security paradigm has no
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effectively address cultural issues. To understand the diverse cultural backgrounds of clients‚ nurses must strive to be culturally competent (Marcinkiw 2003). Cultural competence requires the building of cultural awareness‚ knowledge‚ skill‚ encounters‚ and desire in the nurse. Clients will feel respected‚ valued‚ and have a greater desire to achieve mutually agreed upon health care goals if the nurse is culturally competent. The purpose of this essay is designed to show the cultural competence in the
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Few studies have examined the cultural reflections and the role of advertising in the national development of Nigerian or other African countries. This study‚ which explored the meaning of development‚ the debate on the role of culture and mass media on social modernization‚ African political economy as well as Nigerian history‚ politics‚ economic and communication development efforts‚ serves as an attempt to bridge that gulf. The study focused on the role of advertising in the process of social
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paid on it‚ which according to the Florence Agreement – a UN treaty that was signed by the Philippines in 1952 – wasn’t necessary because the agreement guarantees the free flow of “educational‚ scientific‚ and cultural materials” which in that case of Twilight by Stephen Meyer was a cultural book and was exempted from duty. Economic Lack of capital investment in more sophisticated machines‚ lack of skilled manpower to run the industry‚ proliferation of many printing firms‚ stiff competition‚
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National Security Strategy & Policy National Security Strategy & Policy – Basic Concepts 1. In order to understand the concept of National Security Strategy & Policy (NSSP)‚ it is pertinent to understand certain fundamentals. They are: a. Concept of nation-state in its universal application and more so its relevancy to Pakistan b. National Purpose (NP)‚ a statement of resolve and determination for which a Nation – State aspires to exist. c. Determination of
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