Culture is the “the collective programming of the mind distinguish the members of one group or category of people from another” (Hofstede‚ 2011). The definition of culture tend to gives us the ability to understand‚ interact people for other culture that may be drastically different from our own. The 21-century may be known as the century of the “global world”. The growth of interdependence and cooperation among countries‚ and international companies‚ do not claim that the cultural difference is
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in institutions and organizations is distributed unequally” (Hofstede‚ 1984.p.831). Hofstede (1984) further explained that “the power distance and stratification systems which operate in a society are extremely culturally dependent “.Power Distance‚ varying from high to low‚ is designed to measure how equally or unequally power is distributed within a society and how readily inequality is accepted. According to with
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Contents 1.0 Introduction 2 1.1 Benefits to the Hogshead 2 2.0 Typologies 3 2.1 Hofstede 3 2.1.0. Power Distance 3 2.1.1 Individualism Vs Collectivism 4 2.1.2 Masculinity vs. Femininity 4 2.1.3 Uncertainty avoidance 5 2.2 Trompenaars 6 2.2.0 Universalism vs. Particularism 6 2.2.1 Neutral Vs. Emotional 7 2.2.2 Specific Vs. Diffuse 7 2.2.3 Achievement Vs. Ascription 7 3.0 Motivation 8 4.0 Gender Roles 9 5.0 Time and Culture 10 6.0 Human Resource Management 10 7.0 Organisational
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References: Hofstede‚ G. (2004). Cultures and Organizations: Software for the Mind. New York: McGraw Hill Ritzer‚ G. (2004) The McDonaldization of Society Thousand Oaks‚ CA‚ Pine Forge Press. 4
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Culture in organisational change Culture of different countries: Hofstede (1980) and his power distance rating. Nestle – have offices in Switzerland and the Phillipines‚ and need to implement changes from top down in the Phillipines compared to Switzerland – as there is a high power distance (Hofstede 1980) so the staff would not take note of the changes if it was not communicated from Management NHS – trying to implement similar culture to Virginia Mason‚ which is based on the Toyota Production
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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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Theoretical Diversity. Journal of management‚ 30(6)‚ 907-931. Czinkota‚ M.R.‚ & Johnston W.J. (1983). Exporting: Does Sales Volume Make a Difference? Journal of International Business Studies‚ 14(1)‚ 147-153. Drogendijk‚ R. & Slangen‚ A. (2006). Hofstede‚ Schwartz‚ or managerial perceptions? The effect of different cultural distance measures on establishment mode choices by multinational enterprises. International Business Review‚ 15(4)‚ 361-380. Eden‚ L. & Miller‚ S.R. (2004). Distance Matters:
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (1) Introduction……………………………………………………………………………2 (2) Cross- cultural Analysis……………………………………………………………….2 (3) Aims of cross-cultural analysis………………………………………………………..2 (4) Hofstede and his 5 dimensions………………………………………………………...3 (4.1) Limitations of Hofstede’s model…………………………………………………………..4 (5) Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner model…………………………………………..4 (5.1) Limitations of Trompenaars and Turner model…………………………………………4 (6) European Cultural Diversity……………………………………………………………5
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The globalization of the business environment that is being driven by technological and economic factors is resulting in an ever-increasing number of cross-cultural interactions in the workplace. Understanding the influence of culture on interpersonal interactions in organizational settings is now a fundamental requirement of effective international management. In todays international business world we often have to cooperate with people from different cultures. Cross-culture management techniques
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glue that holds the pieces together is have similar geographic locations. “In the age of globalization‚ these have been used extensively by managers trying to understand the differences between workforces in different environments‚” Geert Hofstede (2008). Hofstede a business theorist copulated that society and culture have a major impact on a person work environment. He theorized that you can place value upon six cultural dimensions. He gathered the cultural value information while conducting surveys
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