Academy of Management Review 2008‚ Vol. 33‚ No. 4‚ 885–904. MIRROR‚ MIRROR ON THE WALL: CULTURE’S CONSEQUENCES IN A VALUE TEST OF ITS OWN DESIGN GALIT AILON Bar-Ilan University The paper offers a critical reading of Geert Hofstede’s (1980) Culture’s Consequences using an analytical strategy where the book is mirrored against itself and analyzed in terms of its own proposed value dimensions. “Mirroring” unravels the book’s normative viewpoint and political subtext and exposes discursive
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Case studies for use in Groups (First in first served! Once a group has chosen a case study‚ it is no longer available for another group. Choose carefully‚ some are more difficult than others‚ offering the chance to shine! Remember: you need to carry out ethical due-diligence. Good recommendations foresee different possible outcomes and challenges.) 1. You are a management team at a bank that is feeling competitive pressures: the financial crisis has made international borrowings more expensive and
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this story to the Alice of another story‚ Alice In Wonderland. They both have similar journeys of self discovery. Symbolisms the author uses are: earlier in the story‚ Alice recalls a statement that her father once made was that eyes symbolized a mirror of the soul. But the biggest symbolism is that the whole story demonstrates the inner struggle people have with finding their identity and their place in the world. THEME The theme to this story is that what really defines our identity is not
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Case lncident 2 549 Case tsac?eB#sa6 * SIffi IW ffi F.*S’ S* M PLffi STre#*YU ffi ffi*ru*T worldwide. He also announced Plans to consolidate more business units and reorganize the company’s operations geographica\ "The speed at which business is changing *oria*ia. has increased considerably‚ and we’re orienting Siemens accordingly‚" Loscher said. Since the switch from Kleinfeld to Loscher‚ Siemens has experienced its ups and downs. Since 2008‚ its stock price hai fallen 26
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element of the social system‚ role and role conflict‚ as well as the culture of the organization. In this assignment‚ we were asked to study a case regarding the role conflict and culture that were faced by Amir as a management trainee at a well-established organisation which at the same time‚ he is a husband and a father of two children. Based on the study case‚ we found out that Amir is facing with inter-role conflict‚ personal-role conflict‚ role overloads and role ambiguity. All these role conflicts
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Miscommunications with a Brazilian Auto Parts Manufacturer By Wei Yudan Case Questions 1. What are three of the cultural “missteps” that Wally Astor and his father-in-law‚ Henry Williams‚ made in this scenario? Why do you think this happened? 1) Williams forgot to notify his Brazilian counterpart that he would not be coming on this visit.——in the rush to review the legal documents for the deposition & taken a longtime to get the appointment with Mr. Silva (Maybe Americans regard a business trip
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------------------------------------------------- Racing past the Barriers The Success of the Apache Motorcycle in India Submitted to: Mr. Ahsan Durrani Submitted By: Badar Salam Kayani 1848 17th March 2013 Summary - This case study is about TVS Motor Company‚ the third largest two-wheeler manufacturer in India. TVS is among the top ten in the world‚ with annual turnover of more than USD 1 billion in 2008-2009‚ and is the flagship company of the USD 4 billion TVS Group.
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CASE STUDY III-1 Consumer and Industrial Products. Inc. is a large manufacturer of a wide variety of products. The company is headquartered in the United States and has several plants all around the world. The large amount of operations requires the company to have updated IT systems. When dealing with a huge number of customers‚ the proper database and storage of information plays a crucial role. Back in 1993‚ the company’s Director‚ Ted Anderson‚ launched the
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about acceptable attitudes and behaviors. * * Due to the lack of sufficient information‚ timing of measurement is irrelevant to the case scenario. However‚ the other four attributes can be applied to the case scenario. * The attitudes that can be implied from the values of having fun at work‚ being compassionate and caring‚ and taking one’s job seriously are both specific and
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Case study : partnership Introduction: Danurex is a multinational company located in a European country. Dannurex is manufactures for consumers good and the company owns several brands popular in France. As France was a key foreign market for the firm‚ In the early 1990s the top management for Danurex company decided to merge their several separate French business offices into one single head office in france . Internal factors: The company decided that all local companies were to move to a new
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