Introduction The world today is a smaller place than it has ever been‚ thanks to the rapid and ongoing development of the global economy; we have become a borderless and cyber-connected community (Hofstede 2001; Kottak 2008; Mead‚ 2009). This has resulted in greater links and more and more interchanges between different nationalities. The ease at which we can physically communicate and travel has allowed for the free movement of goods and services across borders increasing trade and investment in
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on Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) and need for a HRIS for Nurses in Public Health Sector in Sri Lanka Dr. Ravi R. Wickramaratne MBBS Postgraduate trainee in Biomedical Informatics Post Graduate Institute of Medicine University of Colombo Sri Lanka E-mail: raviwick@hotmail.com Abstract Shortage of human resource data for the health sector in many developing countries including Sri Lanka is a recognized drawback in managing Human Resources in Health (HRH). Currently the availability of staff
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2.1.1 Background of the Sri Lankan Hotel Industry In a country like Sri Lanka booming tourism industry plays a significant role in the generation of income/ foreign exchange and provision of employment opportunities which results in improving the country ’s macro-economic performance. The Ministry points out that refurbishment of hotels‚ building of new hotels etc indicate the spread of the impact of tourism sector to other economic sectors. The hotel sector in Sri Lanka had been performing below
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Culture and organizations Hofstede Introduction: The rules of the social game Different minds but common problems Mensen‚ volken en groepen die op een andere manier denken‚ handelen en voelen hebben dikwijls conflicten met elkaar. Het is echter noodzakelijk dat er tussen verschillende culturen wordt samengewerkt om militaire‚ ecologische‚ economische‚ meteorologische en hygiënische problemen op te lossen. Voorwaarde voor deze samenwerking is dat we de verschillen in denken‚ handelen
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Analysis and Comparison of Iranian and American Management; The Cultural Dimensions and Values This report is aimed to represent a brief description of the Iranian management values today and compare the results with a developed country like Unites State. First it will give a description of some of the characteristics of Iran management and culture‚ then it is tried to categorize these characteristic base on Hofstede ’s Dimensions (1980) (power distance‚ avoiding uncertainty‚ masculinity/femininity
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Unit 2 Theoretical and Methodological Issues Subunit 1 Conceptual Issues in Psychology and Culture 12-1-2011 Article 8 Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context Geert Hofstede Universities of Maastricht and Tilburg‚ The Netherlands‚ hofstede@bart.nl Recommended Citation Hofstede‚ G. (2011). Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture‚ Unit 2. Retrieved from http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/orpc/vol2/iss1/8 This Online Readings in
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Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions difference between China and Netherlands According to the Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions‚ we can get the difference from this table. The red figure is Chinese and blue one is Netherlands. First is PDI‚ PDI means Power distance is defined as the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organizations within a country expect and accept that power is distributed unequally. China got 80 and it means in China‚ everyone can accept the different level
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RESPONSE OF LOW FREQUENCY HARVESTING SYSTEMS OF RUBBER UNDER DRIER CLIMATIC CONDITIONS IN SRI LANKA K.V.V.S. Kudaligama1*‚ V.H.L.Rodrigo1‚ K.M.E.P. Fernando2 and P. A. J. Yapa 1 Department of Biochemistry and Physiology‚ Rubber Research Institute‚ Sri Lanka 2 Department of Botany‚ University of Sri Jayewardenepura‚ Sri Lanka * vskudaligama@yahoo.com‚ Tel-++ 94 34 2247426‚ Fax- ++ 94 34 2247427 Abstract Escalating cost of production (COP) and inadequate supply of skilled harvesters are among
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surprisingly high. Why this should be so‚ and what companies are reported as doing about it in the quest to optimise performance‚ warrants examination. Learning objectives After studying this module‚ you should: • be able to understand the dimensions of expatriate assignment success and failure‚ and their consequences for expatriate selection • be able to use this knowledge as a basis for understanding expatriate selection Selecting the expatriate On the whole‚ the replacement of expatriates
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| Vietnam | France | Power distance This dimension deals with the fact that all individuals in societies are not equal – it expresses the attitude of the culture towards these inequalities amongst us. Power distance is defined as the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organisations within a country expect and accept that power is distributed unequally. | Vietnam scores high on this dimension (score of 70) which means that people accept a hierarchical order in which
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