Cited: Doing Business. (2009). Retrieved 10 1‚ 2009‚ from Doing Business: http://www.doingbusiness.org/ExploreTopics/StartingBusiness/Details.aspx?economyid=197 Doing Business itim International. (1967-2009). Retrieved 9 27‚ 2009‚ from Geert Hofstede Cultural Dimensions: http://www.geert-hofstede.com/hofstede_united_states.shtml itim International Our Story. (2008). Retrieved 10 2‚ 2009‚ from Pizza Hut: http://www.pizzahut.com.au/about_us/our_story Pizza Hut Australia Pizza Hut targets families
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Intercultural communication‚ from my point of view‚ it means if someone communicate with foreigners‚ how could he notice the differences and communicate with them gracefully because they have different languages and cultures. Nowdays‚ with the development of the world economy‚ the globalization has become an irreversible trend. Today’s society‚ unlike the previous which is closed‚ is a society of cultural fusion. Everyone in the world is easy to communicate with others by using lots of chat tools
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NEGOTIATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADING - Cultural aspects - Summary 1. Introduction in the negotiation process 2. Factors that influence the international negotiations 3. Cultural aspects of International Business Negotiations 3.1. Hofstede’s cultural dimensions 3.2. The influence of culture on negotiations 4. Negotiation patterns in cross- cultural negotiations 5. Analysis of cultural differences in international negotiations – A study case upon the American and Chinese culture
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DISCUSSION ‘Cultural characteristics of United States and Dubai’ Introduction United States has been known as the leading country in the world. They have strong increases of productivity‚ low inflation and unemployment rate. But in the 1980s the income rates has decelerated. Reuters states that the declining in global economy and maintaining cost efficiency would not prevent companies to implement the international assignment i.e. sending employees overseas. The article addresses this issue
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Achieving Success in Virtual Teams Case Study 2 Kristen Tomlinson Saint Leo University: MBA-530 Organizational Behavior Achieving Team Success in Virtual Teams Attributes That Contribute To Success and Failure Because of globalization‚ many organizations have business partners in all corners of the globe in order to conduct business well which naturally creates virtual working teams and partners. While various mediums of technology are needed in order to perform on a virtual team‚ the
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1. ‘Individualism’ and ‘Uncertainty Avoidance’ are the two main dimensions proposed by Hofstede which are mentioned in the text as influential factors in international collaboration. The text gives scores of the UK USA and Germany and Japan on these dimensions to illustrate the differences. a) Look up the scores of these same countries on the remaining cultural dimensions on www.geert-hofstede.com | Power Distance | Individualism | Masculinity/Femininity | Uncertainity Avoidance |
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MASS MERGER THE CASE OF AON SINGAPORE Our case study deals with Mass Merger. Since the 90s‚ together with the globalization of business‚ Mergers and Acquisitions have developed at an incredible pace. Thus‚ companies from all over the world can be lead to work together as one single corporation. Moreover‚ the world has become interdependent not only economically‚ but also culturally‚ that is to say one culture may influence another one or different cultures can be mixed. It is then obvious that
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Chiba International‚ Inc. Question 1. Philosophy: Chiba’s philosophy reflects aspect of Japanese National Culture. With an Individualism score of 46‚ Japan shows a leniency towards Collectivism‚ that is‚ they believe in putting harmony over the expression of individual opinions. However‚ unlike many of their neighbouring Asian countries‚ they are not only loyal to family‚ or those people who have been in their inner group sine birth‚ but also to situational groups. This means that unity is
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Purpose of the report The vacation industry in British Virgin Island (BVI) is developed into a profitable‚ but highly competitive market. One of the major players is the West Indies Yacht Club Resort (WIYCR)‚ operates successfully since its inception in late 1980s. However‚ recently some problems became alarming‚ seriously affect the operating performance of the resort. Investigation is needed. I‚ Patrick Dowd‚ am honor to be the investigator. The purpose of this report is to discuss the problems
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mentors. Organizational structures are designed to be pragmatic and systematic and to allow people to perform their tasks effectively and with as little disruption as possible. The hierarchy in a company is very flat. Hofstede’s dimensions Hofstede established a culture framework which is widely used to develop the field of cross-cultural management. The culture model basically includes five dimensions: Power distance; Individualism versus collectivism; Masculinity versus Femininity; Uncertainty
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