LEGAL‚ AND TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIROMENT HOFSTEDE’S DIMENSIONS Geert Hofstede is a Dutch researcher who identified five dimensions of culture to help understand how and why people from various cultures behave the way they do. The five Hofstede’s cultural dimensions are power distance‚ uncertainty avoidance‚ individualism‚ masculinity vs. femininity‚ and time orientation. Taiwan has a high power distance meaning that people blindly obey the orders of their superiors‚ and strict obedience is found
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Identifying a Cross-Cultural Dilemma- China’s Google dilemma Description Cultural issue at hand: Google had to decide between strict restrictions or losing all current or potential business opportunities in the world most populated country. The population of China has reached over 1.3 billion‚ representing the 20% of world population. The closing of Google in China has led to the boost of its domestic competitors Baidu and Sina. Besides‚ China’s enormous growth of internet users and
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Cultural Impacts - Marketing People from different parts of the globe tend to follow different cultures and behaviour patterns. In countries like India‚ each state has its own language and culture thus making it a highly diverse country. The cultural environments do impact the marketing of the product or service. The needs and requirements of these differing cultural environments of the world are different and hence a successful product in one part of the world might turn out to be a failure at
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formula developed by Kogut and Singh in 1988 in the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS)? Explain the formula in your own words. In the formula CD means the culture difference between two countries. Iij is the country score in a certain cultural dimension. Vi is the Variance of the score of one of the 4 dimensions. If this formula is filled in‚ the CD between 2 countries will come out. 2. What is the difference between mean and variance? Can you explain the example given in the lecture
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Executive Summary The purpose of this presentation is to identify the problems faced by Western managers telling eastern managers that improvement in their business is needed. The case which the presentation is based on is about cross-cultural management and organisational strategy and improvement. A delegate of an Australian consulting firm is given the task of heading up a pilot study in the organisations Taiwanese and Indian offices with the aim of identifying the reasons for their slow
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There are six principles of cross-cultural communication. The first principle states that the less someone understands about a culture and the more differences among one another the more difficulties they will have with communication. The second principle states that breakdowns occur due to cultural differences. The third principle is the belief that communicating across cultures helps people to better understand their own communication actions. They become more aware of the hand gestures and word
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Cultural Comparison Paper There are many cultural differences between the United States and France. Some of these are simply social and others are cultural. Hofstede’s Value Dimensions can be used to highlight the differences between the cultures. Individualism vs collectivism‚ uncertainty avoidance‚ masculinity/femininity‚ power distance‚ and long-term vs short-term orientation are all characteristics that differ between France and the United States. In Communications Between Cultures individualism
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Cultural competence is defined as possessing the skills and knowledge necessary to appreciate‚ respect‚ and work with individuals from different cultures. It is a concept that requires self-awareness‚ awareness and understanding of cultural differences‚ and the ability to adapt to clinical skills and practices as needed (London et al. 2003). In the Orthodox Jewish community‚ there are many strict cultural guidelines that the women must adhere to. Within the following paper I will provide examples
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long-term commitment. During these circumstances Spanish employees are likely to feel more threatened than supported by the system. The main causes of cultural clashes between managers from Sweden and employees in Spain originate from difference in socio- cultural dimensions and a lack of understanding for these cultural values. Following information would have been useful for IKEAs management: It has been stated by Hofstede that Swedish organizational and
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Introduction A key to manage effectively across national and cultural boundaries‚ which is critical to the success (Browaeys and Price‚ 2011)‚ lies in the understanding the different means of in various cultures (Trompenaars‚ 1993). Hence‚ basic cultural analysis should be conducted to better plan the new manufacturing business unit in Brazil where there are many differences from the Swedish culture. The famous analytic models from Hofstede (1980) and Trompenaars (1993) are applied to identify the
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