1. Today I would like to present you the United Kingdom described in six Geert Hofstede’s dimensions. 2. Separated from the European continent by the North Sea and English Channel‚ the United Kingdom includes England‚ Scotland‚ Wales‚ and Northern Ireland. England and Wales were united in 1536. The United Kingdom is the 22nd-most populous country‚ with an estimated 64.1 million inhabitants. It is a constitutional monarchy and has a parliamentary system of governance. Its capital city is London‚
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The Five Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions Business had been evolve seen the beginning of human civilization. Today business has evolved into an age of globalization‚ which is every countries in the world has connected together as one enormous network .This Globalizations phenomenon also presented many difficulties of doing business between country to country especially doing business outside of home country. One of the biggest problems is the different of the cultures such as customs‚ tradition
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Spanish Cultural Dimensions. Through this report‚ based on the Hofstede’s cultural dimensions‚ we will try to clarify the main features of the Spanish culture. To get this target we will use a few proverbs or traditional expressions from Spain and relate them to Hofstede’s theory. This way we will be able to understand and know a little bit more about how is the Spanish culture and how it differentiates from other cultures. The first proverb we are going to use says: “La union hace la fuerza”
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Geerte Hofstede analysis Globalization is nowadays evidential in nearly every aspect of life. It can be shortly described “as the world is getting smaller”[1]. “The term describes the growing political‚ social‚ cultural‚ economic and technological interconnectedness and interdependence of the world today. As communication technologies advance‚ cultures continue to overlap and influence each other.”[2] What are the differences especially in cultural dimensions in countries like Germany and the United
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CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION Victor Delbreuve 1) Cultural dimensions = critique of HOFSTEDE‚ TROMPENAARS‚ PROJECTGLOBE 2) Look for your country HOFSTEDE (rating : do you agree ; give examples) 1)a) HOFSTEDE The research findings of Hofstede‚ describe the cultural features‚ and assists in clarification of some cultural and behavioral paradigms in organizations in different countries. Five cultural
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the field of cross-cultural communication. His books include: Riding the Waves of Culture‚ Seven Cultures of Capitalism‚ Building Cross-Cultural Competence‚ 21 Leaders for the 21st Century and Innovating in a Global Crisis . Trompenaars studied Economics at the VU University Amsterdam and later earned a Ph.D. from Wharton School‚ University of Pennsylvania‚ with a dissertation on differences in conceptions of organizational structure in various cultures. He experienced cultural differences firsthand
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Orientation – Past‚ Present‚ Future Basic Human Nature – Evil‚ Neutral/Mixed‚ Good Activity Orientation – Being‚ Contain/Control‚ Doing Relationships among People – Ind. Group‚ Hierarchical Space Orientation – Private‚ Mixed‚ Public Hofstede’s Dimensions of Cultural Values (1980‚ 2001) – work-related values Individualism / collectivism Low / High Power Distance Weak / Strong Uncertainty Avoidance Masculinity / Femininity (Mas – tough‚ value of success‚ money; Fem – tender‚ personal relationship‚ care)
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1. Using China and United States as National Culture Level: PDI IDV MAS UAI LTO Power Distance Index Individualist Masculinity Uncertainty Avoidance Index Long-Term Orientation Indulgence East China 80 20 66 30 87 24 West United States 40 91 62 46 26 68 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. For China‚ PDI is high at 80 and it means China is a
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Discussion 1. Looking back at Hofstede’s dimensions of cultural differences (chapter 2‚ pg 39-41)‚ describe a significant difference between cultures that you have witnessed. Use the Geert Hofstede website links below to compare the two cultures in your example and describe the relative merits of the different approaches in an organizational situation. Main Hofstede Web site: http://www.geert-hofstede.com/ (page down for descriptions of the cultural dimensions) Compare two cultures: http://www
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