2. In what way has Trompenaar´s research helped explain cultural differences between the united states and France? The Guide Missile culture‚ is a concept lead from Trompenaar´s research (egalitarian tasks / results oriented). In this case there is a low attachment to the company‚ but a strong commitment to professionalism. People show a strong focus on achieving results‚ the actual status does not depend so much on the skills possessed by the hierarchical role but on the contribution to the improvement
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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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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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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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Cultural Differences and People Management Module Guide Hofstede‚ Hall and Trompenaars see the world as composed of national cultures with ’distinctive values‚ languages‚ management stules‚ and ways of doing business ’ (Holden‚ 2002:226). How useful do you think this approach is for today ’s interconnected and fluid business world? Word count: 1935 Introduction Nowadays‚ interacting with people from foreign cultures is part of our daily routine. In fact
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technical issues but still manages to keep up the good results and when they go out to celebrate Dave shares the news with Todd about the swift of the department in China. To what extent could the stereotypes appearing in the film be interpreted with Trompenaars’ models and to which of his four diversity cultures each country belongs? The film ‘’Outsourced’’ is an excellent example of a comparison between two very different cultures such as East’s and West’s as seen through the eyes of an American filmmaker
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Many people think that Voodoo is an evil practice. That it is about nothing but curses and shrunken heads. Well‚ that is far from the truth. Let’s start by talking about what voodoo is. Voodoo is actually derived from the word‚ “Vodun”‚ which means‚ “Spirit”. When it comes to the word Vodun‚ Voodoo is often referred to as West African Vodun. Much of Voodoo is actually on a spiritual basis. People who practice Voodoo believe that it can cleanse the spirit through rituals and praying
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Jessica Cummings FON 104 Practice Assignment 1. The Communication Policy states that each student is issued a student email account and that we are responsible to check it every day. We are able to contact our professor via Canvas or our student email address. In the event that we encounter any technical issues we are to contact Information Commons and not the professor. 2. Group work activities and projects support student learning by having us learn with our peers as an additional option besides
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The Indian culture referring to the Seven Dimensions of Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner (THT) In order to explain the Indian culture according to THT´s cultural dimension it is necessary to have some general information in the back of the head. India is a Democratic Republic consisting out of 26 states each having an own government.( Kobayashi-Hillary‚Mark: 2004: 6) India belongs to the Commonwealth of nations due to the fact that it has been a British colony in the 19th century. This association
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