1. After reading Hofstede ’s dimensions of cultural differences in Chapter 2 (pages 40-44) and looking up and reviewing near the bottom of Geert Hofstede ’s web page (http://www.geert-hofstede.com/)‚ describe a significant difference between cultures that you have witnessed. Use the Geert Hofstede comparison tool (at the link below) to compare the two cultures in your example and describe the relative merits of the different approaches in an organizational situation. During my time in the Marine
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From reviewing Green’s fictional case study‚ (Green‚ 2011)‚ the author acknowledges some good points for consideration when one has to determine how much a culture and environment will affect institutions and their management. In this review‚ Green explores the challenges faced by Ms. Linda Myers when she accepted a job as a VP in a Seoul‚ South Korea with SK Telecom. Ms. Myers had what seemed to be all of the right credentials on paper that would make her the ideal candidate for a foreign assignment
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Communication __________________ 03 Stella Ting-Toomey ’s Definition The Iceberg Metaphor II Cultural Values ______________________________________ 04 Models of Value Orientations Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck ’s Value Orientations Three of Hofstede ’s Cultural Variables in Organizations ____ 05 III Perception and Intercultural Communication ____________ 06 IV Communication Styles _______________________________ 08 Continua of Communication Styles ____________________ 09 V
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Individualism is "the opposite of collectivism; together they form on of the dimensions of national cultures. Individualism stands for a society in which the ties between individuals are loose: everyone is expected to look after himself or herself and his or her immediate family only." *10 Collectivism "stands for a society in which people from birth onwards are integrated into strong cohesive ingroups‚ which throughout people’s lifetime continue to protect them in exchange for unquestioning
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Bibliography: China – Geert Hofstede. 2 Feb. 2013 <http://geert-hofstede.com/china.html> Canada – Geert Hofstede. 2 Feb. 2013 <http://geert-hofstede.com/canada.html>
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each nation. These cultural patterns are determined by history‚ culture‚ education‚ but also by religion or beliefs and will be reflected in thinking and acting of people‚ stressing their perceptions on the values of the society they belong to. (Hofstede‚ 2001). Gerry Johnson believes that "history‚ religion and even the climate can explain these differences" (G. Johnson‚ 2008‚ p. 224). Studies conducted by different worldwide research project highlighted differences of perception between
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Even though there is no available data for the future‚ one can study current major findings of reputable academic sources within the cross-cultural field. To better understand the cross-cultural field‚ one must first define culture as a term. Geert Hofstede defined culture as “the collective programming of the human mind that distinguishes the members of one human group from those of another. Culture in this sense is a system of collectively held values.” Gesteland and Gesteland (2010) made a more
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Hofstede’s cultural dimensions theory is a framework for cross-cultural communication. Hofstede developed his original model as a result of using factor analysis to examine the results of a world-wide survey of employee values by IBM in the 1960s and 1970s. The theory was one of the first that could be quantified‚ and could be used to explain observed differences between cultures. The original theory proposed four dimensions along which cultural values could be analyzed: individualism-collectivism;
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Dominant culture and subculture How the culture of a country influences the culture of a business? Geert Hofstede identifies four cultural dimensions that can have a profound impact on the business environment: Individual level: individualism/collectivism Organizational level: power distance Occupational level: uncertainty avoidance Gender level: masculinity/femininity (Hofstede‚ Geert‚ Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind‚ 3rd ed‚ New York‚ McGraw-Hill‚ 2010‚ p. 25). Organizational
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