Trompenaars and Hamden Turner classified cultures along a mix of behavioral and value patterns. Their research focuses on the cultural dimensions of business executives. 1. Universalism vs. Particularism (What is more important‚ rules or relationships?) Universalistic Countries: focus more on formal rules than relationships; believe that their ideas and practices can be applied worldwide without modification (Germany‚ UK‚ US) Particularistic countries: more emphasis on relationships than rules
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Business Ethics in Brazil and the U.S.: A Comparative Investigation ABSTRACT. In this comparative survey of 126 Brazilian and U.S. business professionals‚ we explore the effect of national culture on ethical decisionmaking within the context of business. Using Reidenbach and Robin’s (1988) multi-criteria ethics instrument‚ we examined how these two countries’ differences on Hofstede’s individualism/collectivism Rafik I. Beekun (Ph.D.‚ The University of Texas‚ Austin) is Professor of Management
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virtual teams‚ the leadership of multicultural teams and the formation of German-Swedish project teams. The main components of the theoretical framework are cultural models which serve as basis for our analysis are Hofstede’s five dimensional model‚ Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner’s model and Hall’s model. For our research we interviewed eight members of German-Swedish project teams. We discovered problems among German-Swedish project team members deriving from differences in the communication styles‚ in
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Marketing plan for HK Disneyland Disneyland is the strong brand name in the world. Hong Kong is home to the fifth Disney Resort in the world and the city’s landscape and vibrant‚ diverse culture have inspired our Imagineers to create a variety of entertainment that is unique to Hong Kong Disneyland Resort. Hong Kong Disneyland Resort brings the magic of a world-class entertainment experience to people of all ages. Nowadays‚ HK Disneyland will be competing with local and other country theme park
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downturn. Hong Kong Disneyland was opened on 12 September 2005. Hong Kong was soaked in an atmosphere of jubilance after the Hong Kong government successfully signed contract documents with Walt Disney Company. However‚ series of scandals and problems have popped up since the construction of the theme park‚ and these have badly affected the park’s image. This report aims to compare the benefits and drawbacks of Disneyland to Hong Kong‚ and to assess the influence of Disneyland on Hong Kong in different
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Hong Kong Disneyland (HKDL)‚ as being the fifth Disney Resort in the world under Walt Disney Company (DIS)‚ is currently in the Growth stage of Industrial Life Cycle. In this report‚ comprehensive analysis of HKDL will be presented begins with a detailed background information of the company‚ followed by its external and internal environment‚ findings included increasing inbound tourist in Hong Kong‚ low exchange rate of HK Dollars‚ global economic downturn‚ new development of Lantau Island‚ expansion
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Trompenaars vs. Hofstede 1. 2. Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 2 Cultural Dimensions of Hofstede and Trompenaars ................................................... 3 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Analogies or identities of the cultural dimensions ...................................................... 5 Differences of the dimensions ...................................................................
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LEGEND MAIN STREET‚ U.S.A. ATTRACTIONS 1 Disneyland® Railroad 2 Main Street Cinema Main Street Vehicles* (One-way transportation only) FRONTIERLAND ATTRACTIONS 22 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad 23 Pirate’s Lair on Tom Sawyer Island* 24 Frontierland Shootin’ Exposition 25 Mark Twain Riverboat* 26 Sailing Ship Columbia* 27 Big Thunder Ranch* hosted by Brawny. (Operates weekends and select seasons only) (minimum height 40"/102 cm) DISNEY DINING 28 The Golden Horseshoe MICKEY’S TOONTOWN
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Fons Trompenaars is a Dutch author in the field of cross-cultural communication. His books include: Riding the Waves of Culture‚ Seven Cultures of Capitalism‚ Building Cross-Cultural Competence‚ 21 Leaders for the 21st Century and Innovating in a Global Crisis . Trompenaars studied Economics at the VU University Amsterdam and later earned a Ph.D. from Wharton School‚ University of Pennsylvania‚ with a dissertation on differences in conceptions of organizational structure in various cultures. He
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away - somewhere between a place where you wish upon a star and dreams come true - Disney heroes and heroines live in fairytales that are‚ happily‚ never ending...” (disneylandparis.co.uk 2011) Source: http://disneylandparisdeals.net/cheap-disneyland-paris-deals/ INTRODUCTION Walt Disney opened his first Disney Park in California in 1955 with a pride of the US President Ronald Reagan being one of his guests (disneydreamer.com 2011). The success was followed by opening Walt Disney World
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