to focus on the people working in their companies‚ need to take differences among them into account and especially when it comes to managing in various countries‚ cultural‚ natural and unavoidable differences have to be taken into consideration ( Hofstede 1987). Regarding the latter‚ management ideas or management concepts differ a lot. This is why those concepts‚ in particular Human Resource Development‚ have different definitions and approaches depending on what country you are looking at‚ on the
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University of Sunderland The Faculty of Business and Law Postgraduate Business and Management Programmes Academic Year 2012/13 Module Guide: PGBM07 Cross Cultural Management Module Leader: John Reilly O’Donnell Room: RV108 Email: john.o-donnell@sunderland.ac.uk Module Tutor: Sandy Drossou Email: sandy.drossou@sunderland.ac.uk Module Description CODE: PGBM07 CREDITS: 15 LEVELS: MASTERS SCHOOL: BUSINESS MODULE BOARD: POSTGRADUATE
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Cultural Diversity Paper Power Distance & Employee Satifaction Summary The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between power distance and employee satisfaction. Power distance is one of Geert Hofstede´s five cultural dimensions. Hofstede is a Dutch sociologist that has been studying cultures for over 40 years. Power distance can be defined as “the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organizations within a country expect and accept that power is
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Retrieved January 27‚ 2013‚ from Time: Business & Money: http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0‚8599‚2031165‚00.html The Hofstede Center. (n.d.). Italy - Geert Hofstede. Retrieved January 27‚ 2013‚ from Geert-Hofstede.com: http://geert-hofstede.com/italy.html The Hofstede Center. (n.d.). Japan - Geert Hofstede. Retrieved January 27‚ 2013‚ from Japan - Geert Hofstede: http://geert-hofstede.com/japan.html
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refer to Figures 4–5‚ 4–6‚ and 4–7. In answering this question I will use the dimensions that Geert Hofstede identified to attempt to provide a composite picture of the cultures. The four dimensions Geert Hofstede examined were power distance‚ uncertainty avoidance‚ individualism and masculinity (Luthans & Doh‚ 2012). Power distance deals with the fact that all individuals in societies are not equal – it
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"Country profile: Indonesia"‚ viewed 14 Aug Federal Research Division Library in Congress (2004)‚ "Country profile: Singapore"‚ viewed 14 Aug. 2006‚ . Harvey‚ F Hofstede‚ G. (2004)‚ "Indonesian and Singaporean Geert Hofstede Cultural Dimensions"‚ ITIM International‚ viewed 15 Aug. 2006‚ . Hofstede‚ G Hofstede‚ G. (2004)‚ "Singaporean Geert Hofstede cultural dimensions"‚ ITIM International‚ viewed 15 Aug. 2004‚ . Makmur‚ H Miller‚ S. (2003)‚ "Negotiation approaches: direct and indirect effect of national
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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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Summary Cultures and organisations The Dimensions of Culture Geert Hofstede defines culture as follows: "Culture is the collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one human group from another". By this definition he emphasizes that culture is not a property of the individuals‚ but of groups. It is a collection of more or less shared characteristics possessed by people who have been conditioned by similar socialization practices‚ educational procedures‚ and life experiences
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Culture Dimensions of Poiish iManagers: Hofstede ’s indioes* Wojciech Nasierowski‚ Bogusz Mikula Abstract Wojciech Nasierowski Faculty of Administration‚ University of New Brunswick. rTeoencton‚ Canada Bogusz Mikula Academy of Economy. Cracow. Poland This paper explores‚ in accordance with Hofstede ’s indices‚ the culture dimensions of young PDk» who have had some exposure to business tnanagement. It is shown that this group of Polish respondents score high in Power Distance and Uncertainty
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scored 62 on this index and is therefore considered a relatively masculine society. The prevailing mentality in the society is that “winner takes all” and Americans are often comfortable talking about or showing off their successes and achievements (Hofstede‚ 2010). When most of the world pictures American culture‚ they often think of our materialistic nature and how we are obsessed with work‚ even sometimes willing to work 60 hours per week to earn the most money possible. Family falls to the wayside
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