Researching the Women in Afghanistan has informed me about the many different aspects that have shaped these women into who they are today. They have survived through incredibly harsh periods when education for women was illegal and when being out in public without a male accompaniment was a punishable act as well. Not only have the women of Afghanistan survived through these terrible times‚ but they never seemed to give up home schooling girls in their homes and searching for a way to better their
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perspective of their similarity to the cultures in Estonia and the Scandinavian countries. This research paper then uses the scores obtained from the application of Hofstede’s indices to Sweden to calibrate the Lithuanian and Latvian values to the existing Hofstede database. The reason this journal was chosen was due to the fact that it documents the application of Hofstede’s dimensions to Latvia for the first time. This was something which the group found quite interesting. In addition to this‚ we were
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1)Afghanistan was once a place of relative peace. A place where one could do as they please and have the freedoms to be who they wanted to be. But a few years would change that all. Everything that the citizens of Afghanistan knew‚ their entire way of life would change. The cause? The Taliban. The Taliban are an extremist Muslim group from Afghanistan. The Taliban‚ who call themselves Jihad or “freedom fighters” are the most brutal extremist Muslims in the world. To understand the Taliban you must
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dimention by Hofstede is INDIVIDUALISM is low and we can see collectivistic cultures in IU in which people are integrated into strong‚ cohesive in-groups‚ and these groups‚ in return for unquestioned loyalty. Everyone think in terms of We than I.Harmony is maintained‚ and confrontation is avoided within structure. Management is management of groups than individuals and there is low occupational mobility in organization. Analysis of IU about MASCULINITY the last original forth dimention of Hofstede‚ is
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Holand. Individualism As you can see The IDV in the Netherlands (80) is much higher than in spain(51). The netherlands can be considered as individualistic with a relatively high score (80) on the scale of Hofstede compared to Spain were they have stronger collectivism (51). Maybe because they are really close with family and see themselfs as a group in stead of individual person. Spanish people are also often with their family‚ more than Dutch people‚ they
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Jackie Hall Hall 1 Ms.gleeson P.4 May 1st 2014 We often think and wonder about the afghan culture and customs. Why they wear this why they do that. The afghan culture is very interesting and unique.Their clothing and jewelry alone opened up doors for question. In the afghan culture women typically wear a long dress that covers most of their body
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Hofstede’s Model Geert Hofstede developed a cultural dimension model that explains the five categories of positions between national cultures. The five dimensions pertaining to this model include: individualism‚ materialism‚ time orientation‚ deference to authority and uncertainty avoidance. Hofstede’s research is still practiced today but has undergone some changes since it was first introduced due to cultural and economic modifications during past years. To understand this model the five
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Chapter 3 The Buzkashi Tooi The book “Buzkashi” Game in Power in Afghanistan is written by G. Whitney Azoy is introducing the Buzkashi game in Afghanistan in details‚ but in the third chapter of this book which is about the the Buzkashi Tooi‚ he describes that how this game is held in the local places. First he explains the word Tooi‚ rite of passage‚ and marriage. Then he argues that the buzkashi tooi is a Khan’s activities. According to him‚ Khans are those who have some kind of influence
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Fons Trompenaars’ Four Types of Corporate Culture Guided Missile – a project-oriented approach; concerned with results. This group looks for practical solutions to shared challenges via multi-disciplinary teams. The U.K. and U.S. fit into this group. Familial – this is a power-oriented model in which a ‘family’ approach is taken. Power comes from high but is well known and there is a deep concern for all members. Japan and Belgium fit into this model. Eiffel Tower – a role-oriented group in which
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Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan By Seth G. Jones RAND Corporation‚ 2008‚ 144 pages Reviewed by: Mariely Norris‚ Student Overview Taking a look at this monograph we can find a close examination of the counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan followed by the appearance of the Taliban regime in 2001. It is based on repeated trips to Afghanistan‚ Pakistan‚ and India from (2004-2008). The author focused on the early stages of the insurgency (2002-2008) and examines how and why it began. The
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