influences and has a major role to define these policies. When businesses are entering new markets they can study economic limitations‚ political and legal environment. But “Culture is a man made part of the environment”(Herskovits‚ 1948‚ p.17). Geert Hofstede in 1980 explained that Culture consists of shared mental programs that control individual’s response to their environment. It has been very easy to understand culture in terms of Hofstede’s dimensions and compare countries based on these studies
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Thailand vs. ‘Kathoey’ | 2 november 2010 Table of Contents I. Introduction……………………………………………………………………………….... 3 I.I. What is ‘Kathoey’…………………………………………………………………………. 3 I.II. How does one become ‘Kathoey’?.................................................................... 4 II. Power distance index (PDI) in ‘Kathoey’ culture………………………….. 5 II.I Power distance in the workplace………………………………………………….. 5 II.II Power distance in religion………………………………………………………….. 6 III. Masculinity vs
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INTRODUCTION METHOD WHY JAPAN? DEFINITION OF CULTURE AND VALUES HOFSTEDE’S VALUE DIMENSIONS POWER DISTANCE UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE COLLECTIVISM VERSUS INDIVIDUALISM FEMININITY VERSUS MASCULINITY LONG-TERM VERSUS SHORT-TERM ORIENTATION CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON HOFSTEDE EDWARD HALL CULTURAL DIMENSIONS 4 6 7 9 11 12 13 13 14 15 15 16 19 20 21 23 25 26 28 30 40 43 47 59 61 64 65 8.1 CONFUCIANISM 8.2 IE 8.3 THE WA-CONCEPT 8.4 ISOLATION 8.5 UNIQUENESS 8.6 WESTERN INFLUENCE 9. 9.1 10. 11. 12. 13. JAPANESE NEGOTIATOR
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Shapiro‚ D.A. 1999. The impact of power distance on the relationship between participation and organizational commitment in Argentina‚ Hofstede‚ G. 1980a. Culture ’s consequences: International differences in work-related values. Hofstede‚ G. 1980b. Motivation‚ leadership‚ and organizations: Do American theories apply abroad? Organizational Dynamics‚ Summer: 42-63. Hofstede‚ G. 1992. Cultural constraints in management theories. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management‚ Las Vegas
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Kimberly-Clark Andean Region: Case Analysis July 25‚ 2011 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Kimberly Clark (K-C)‚ the consumer products company‚ has become a market leader in the majority of Latin American markets. Its dominance is attributed to the fact that‚ unlike its competitors‚ the company is organized regionally‚ which allows responsiveness to its customers and more empowerment to the regional teams‚ giving K-C advantage over its competition. (Anderson) K-C’s Andean region stands out
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Made by: Verc Zhang 500680474 Jort de Jong 500686278 Pieter Verburg 500683678 David Hoek 500681766 Table of content Introduction That the U.S. government was spying on its citizens ‚ since 9/11‚ was obvious. but how far they exactly are going‚ became clear when Edward Snowden leaked information about the secret project of the National Security Agency‚ PRISM. The 29 -year-old system administrator saw shocking things
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Management Practice‚ Kogan Page Limited. Bartlett‚ C.A. and Ghoshal‚ S. (1991)‚ Managing Across Borders; The Transnational solution‚ London Business School‚ London. Cole‚ G. A. (2002)‚ Personnel and Human Resource Management‚ Thompson Learning‚ London. Hofstede‚ G. (1980)‚ Culture’s Consequences: International Differences in Work-related Values‚ Sage Publications. Oded Shenkar (1995)‚ Global Perspectives of Human Resource Management. Englewood Cliffs‚ NJ: Prentice Hall. Ouchi‚ W. (1981)‚ Theory Z: How American
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Mr. Robert Gnuse2-24-2013 | Management 3600 W01 | “Moto: Coming to America” | Rebekah Stewart | Introduction wrong font used‚ Prefer Times New Roman 12 Mr. Moto is a Japanese businessman from KKD‚ an auto parts supplier who are looking at expanding into the United States. In order to do so‚ they need to hire a US building contractor. After a year and a half of research‚ KKD has chosen to use Allmack because of their superior delivery system‚ architects‚ and suppliers of raw materials
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University College Dublin National University of Ireland Bachelor of Science (Singapore) Cross Cultural Management Pre Course Assignment Lecturer: Dr. Richard Tan Student Name: Zefanya Amarya Titiheruw Student Number: 1320 7826 Intake: BSc20 (B) Word Count : 4047 words Part I Summary of Article December 8‚ 2013 – a riot involving 400 people took place in Little India at around 9 pm. The situation arises after the SCDF (Singapore Civil Defense Force) located
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Lappeenranta University of Technology School of Business AC40A0101 Cross-Cultural Marketing Strategies Responsible Teacher Hanna Salojärvi Effects of Culture to Marketing in Italy 29 November 2010 TABEL OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2 2. Cultural Characteristics 4 3. Hofstede’s dimensions 8 4. Implications for marketing 10 5. Conclusions 12 References 14 Introduction The developing globalization process and companies orientation toward world markets lead to great
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