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Universalism vs. Particularism is a concept forwarded by Fons Trompenaars‚ a Dutch author. Basically‚ this dimension asks if which is more important to you‚ rules or relationships. The Universalist‚ or rule-based‚ approach is roughly: "What is good and right can be defined and ALWAYS applies." In particularistic cultures‚ far greater attention is given to the obligations of relationships and unique circumstances. Universalism vs. Particularism indicates how a society applies rules of morals
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(Chairman of Board of Trustees) Bill Bailey (Chairman of Board of Trustees) CEO Lockhart Director) (Music Anne Ewers (General Director) Factors of new company culture Three stages for successful merger: Awareness Respect Reconciliation (Trompenaars & Prud’Homme‚ 2004) Strategic Goals for the first year after merger Integrate the business process of Opera and Symphony Reduce overall expense to increase profit Retain artistic talented employees Maintain audience base for each entity
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Changing Roles of Universities in Developing Entrepreneurial Regions: The case of Finland and the US Alok K. Chakrabarti and Mark Rice MIT-IPC-03-003 September 2003 Changing Roles of Universities in Developing Entrepreneurial Regions: The Case of Finland and the US Alok Chakrabarti and Mark Rice MIT IPC Working Paper IPC-03-003 September 2003 Universities have critical roles as sources of intellectual property and talent in regional development and high technology industries. We present
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How is Culture formed? Its values‚cultural diversity‚ understanding of culture in an organization and how is Corporate culture helpful in a workplace or in a management. I am going to discuss about Hofstede’s five cultural dimensions and Trompenaars cultural dimensions. Finally I will focus on significance and themes of cultural Intelligence. 6 CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTURE 1) LEARNED : Culture is not inborn. It is learnt. Culture is often called "learned ways of behaviour"
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TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES 6 LIST OF FIGURES 6 ABSTRACT 7 1 INTRODUCTION 8 1.1 Definitions and Limitations 8 1.1.1 Marketing 8 1.1.2 Civil Engineering 9 1.1.3 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 10 1.1.4 The area of South-West Finland 11 1.2 Business Environment
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et al. (2002) “Understanding cultures and implicit leadership theories across the globe: an introduction to project GLOBE” in Journal of World Business‚ Vol Martin‚ J. (2002) Organizational culture. Mapping the terrain. Thousand Oaks‚ CA: Sage. Trompenaars‚ F. (1997) Riding the waves of culture: Understanding cultural diversity in business (2nd edition) London: Nicholas Brealey.
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During 1996 ‚ Raisio Group ‚ a 57 -year-old grain-milling company based in Raisio in the south-west of Finland ‚ emerged from obscurity to become the second most valuable pubic company in Finland (after Nokia ) and the focus of worldwide attention . The launch of Benecol ‚ its cholesterol-lowing margarine ‚ at the end of 1995 had attracted the interest of food processors and supermarket groups throughout the world and fueled a surge of investor interest . Demand for the product had outstripped
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and the UK Finland is a country that has an educational system unlike many others. Finland has short school days and fills the rest of the day with school-related educational activities. They believe that there is a good portion of learning to be done outside the classroom. The schools in Finland build the community and help to create identity among the citizens. The teachers in Finland also go through some of the best education in the world (Taylor)
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Ripley in her book‚ “smartest kids in world” brings forth a mystery about why some kids learn more and some very little. Ripley is a reporter at time and other magazines. While writing about Michelle Rhee‚ leader of Washington D.C. public school‚ she realizes that there is a more serious issue to think about than Rhee. Issue about variation in learning abilities of students. She thought that these variations were due to different school students attended or teachers they had. But‚ most of the reason
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