- Activity 2.1 Question 1: a) The scores of UK‚USA‚Germany and Japan on the cultural dimensions. Power distance Masculinity Term Orientation UK 35 66 51 USA 40 62 26 Germany 35 66 83 Japan 54 95 88 b) The power distance is defined as the inequality social status between people‚it usually relate to centralization‚superiors and decision making in organization administration.The power distance of UK and Germany are both score as 35‚it indicates that the inequality in this two country culture
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distance stress putting relationships before money‚ helping others‚ and preserving the environment. True False 11. Japan’s culture is considered to be quite feminine according to Hofstede’s masculinity/femininity dimension. True False 12. Hofstede found that culture has a profound impact on a country’s economic health by promoting certain values that either aid or inhibit economic growth. True False 13. Cultures differ strongly on such things as how subordinates expect leaders to lead
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INTRODUCTION POLITICAL‚ 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
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Is consumer behavior diverging rather than converging? Many would say that because of globalization‚ the income‚ media and technology would suggest that consumer’s needs‚ taste‚ lifestyles and wants have become homogeneous‚ giving special emphasis on technology and internet. But what people do with their possessions does not converge. Some believe that global companies will achieve success by concentrating on what everybody wants rather than worrying about the details of what everyone things they
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Cultural Dimensions In Management And Planning Geert Hofstede* ABSTRACT The nature of management skills is such that they are culturally specific: a management technique or philosophy that is appropriate in one national culture is not necessarily appropriate in another. The paper describes the scope of (workrelated) cultural differences as they were revealed by research in more than 50 countries around the world and discusses how these differences affect the validity of management techniques and
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THE RETAILFORMULA FOR IKEA IN INDIA [pic][pic] Names and Relation numbers Group 12: Julian Hoffbauer: 86282 Anwar Mohi-ud-din: 66913 Sonja Bogacki: 83353 Susanne van Scherrenburg: 78940 Lecturer Mr. Oude Lohuis Mr. Boels Mrs. Wedrychowicz Mrs. Kooijenga Date 11/06/2009 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The following report scans the various environments of India and includes a retail formula to determine if an expansion of IKEA to India would be preferable. It will
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on 5D Model World Values Survey Questionnaire– WVS 2010-2011 Revised October 2011 3 PURPOSE: The purpose of this survey is to measure and identify the change ‚ if any‚ in Egypt’s national culture after January 2011 revolution. MODEL USED:- Hofstede Model based on the 5 dimensions “5-D model”. SAMPLE: Sample tested is 10 individuals comprised mainly of close friends and family. SAMPLE DEMOGRAPHY: All interviewed individuals are classified among the medium class‚ from both genders‚ with different
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Cultural aspects of Anglo-Saxon Community Anglo-Saxon Culture: Perhaps one of the most important aspects of Anglo-Saxon culture is their architecture. The Anglo-Saxons played an important role in the architecture of the country from the 5th century until the conquest of the Normans in 1066. The first structures to be built by the Anglo-Saxons were fairly simple. They used materials such as timber and thatch. One thing that is certain about the Anglo-Saxons is that they did not like living in the
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Table of Content Table of Content Part A 3 1. Introduction 3 2. Literature review 3 3. Analysis 7 3.1 Professionalism 7 3.2 Flexibility 8 3.3 Optimism 9 3.4 Transparency 9 4. Conclusion 10 Part B 12 Part C 14 References Appendix 1 Part A 1. Introduction In recent decades‚ Australia accounting regulatory system becomes increasingly stronger. Corporation law‚ the professional accounting bodies as well as the Australia Securities and investment commissions
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Proposal Pro forma 1. Aims of the Dissertation: Since the new political dispensation in South Africa black economic empowerment (BEE) has continually come under scrutiny (Leonard & Grobler‚ 2006). It has been seen as an ethically just initiative to compensate previously disadvantage individuals‚ and as a pragmatic strategy‚ which undercuts the nation of merit with a very strong undertone of racism. Increasingly‚ physicians‚ in both primary care and specialities form partnership of single
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