Geert Hofstede was born in 1928 in the Netherlands. He had an interesting life pretty much filled with cultural shocks. Around his twentieth birthday‚ he decided to leave his native Netherlands and go to explore other places in the world. He went to do an internship as an assistant ship’s engineer in Indonesia; this was his first time out of the country and it proved to be his first cultural shock. Being immersed in a completely different culture‚ he was keen to observe and compare the cultural differences
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Class Discussion Compare the business culture of the UK with that of Japan. How would business negotiations between delegations from the two countries be affected‚ and how would you advise a UK team to prepare for the negotiations? “Nihonjinron”‚ literally “the Theory of the Japanese”‚ has been of fascination for both Japanese and foreigners alike‚ and the industrialised world seems acutely aware that the Japanese are very different to Westerners‚ in ideology‚ religion‚ and business strategies
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The movie speaks of a Japanese auto company called "Assan Motors" that is starting to do business in the United States where cultural conflict emerges between US employees and Japanese managers.The movie shows us the results of a very disturbing‚ but comical cultural conflict between The United States and Japan and makes it easy to see the differences between cultures and how they can impact a business. Guns Ho illustrates and personify in the movie some factors that are related to The Dimensions
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Pre-Departure Briefing on FRANCE Contents ● Introducing France Corporate Culture Meeting Etiquette Dress Etiquette Business Card Business Negotiation Social Culture Geert Hofstede (France) Leadership style ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● About France ● ● Western European country Located on the shores of Atlantic‚ Indian and Pacific Oceans Capital of France : Paris Diverse weather conditions in its various regions ● ● About France ● Its highest mountainous peak is
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covered in lectures since the beginning of this class on October 3rd. You will particularly need to demonstrate precise knowledge of the cultural dimensions and theories studied in class including precise definitions and meanings of: i. The Hofstede and Trompenaars dimensions ii. Proxemics iii. Chronemics iv. Highand low context cultures There will be 3 sections Section 1. 15 multiple choice questions: 2 points for a correct answer‚ 0 for a wrong answer. Five or six questions may require two correct
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Fachhochschule Köln Cologne University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Research paper of the discipline “Cross Cultural Competence SS 2012” Made by: Brovchenko Ekaterina Dzyuba Stanislav Shushunina Tatiana 2012 Content Summary 1.Targets
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fact that cultural differences exist and although often subtle‚ can influence decisions‚ behavior and relations among employees. One of the most ambitious studies of cultural differences as they relate to organizational issues was undertaken by Geert Hofstede‚ a Dutch scholar which involved data on more than 116‚000 employees of IBM representing forty countries. Hofstede’s framework for assessing cultures provides five value dimensions of national culture which are: a) Individualism and Collectivism
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Introduction History‚ beauty‚ cultural achievements are words that come to mind when Italy enters the mind. Italians take great pride in their culture‚ it infuses every aspect of their daily lives. As an American business man or woman in order to conduct business effectively and respectfully in an Italian society it is imperative that there is a complete understanding of this culture. The following elements of society must be researched and understood by an American preparing for an international
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CULTURE: USA vs. CHINA Learning about other cultures in business will necessitate learning new concepts of time and space as well as new values and attitudes. The different business etiquettes employed by the American and Chinese can be attributed to the differences in their historical and cultural development. Whilst many things in China are in a state of constant flux‚ some things remain deeply rooted in the old culture of the country and one of the things which changes most slowly in any
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Content Page INTRODUCTION 3 HOFSTEDE’S DIMENSIONS 4 Power distance Uncertainty avoidance Individualism/ Collectivism Feminine/ Masculine Low context cultures/ high context culture TROMPENAARS DIMENSIONS 4 Universalism/ particularism Individualism/ collectivism Achievement/ ascription Neutral/ affective Specific/ diffuse Internal/
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