Contemporary Management “Dimensions of National Culture (Hofstede)” Assignment no. 1 Dimensions of National Culture We know we are living in a global age. Technology has brought the world much closer together. This means that people of different cultures find themselves working together and communicating more and more. Building connections with people from around the world is just one dimension of cultural diversity. You also have issues like motivating people‚ structuring projects
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because power distance is obvious‚ while it may not always be in the Russian culture. “Power distance is defined as the extent to which less powerful members of society expect and accept that power is distributed unequally” (Jandt‚ p.168). Geert Hofstede explains this power distance and how it is measured in his cultural dimensions theory. Hofsetede’s theory explains the influence of a culture on
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adapt and facilitate the communication. In that case‚ Spanish and Brazilian culture are based on Latin culture but had considerably evolved on their sides‚ so prior details are very important to prepare a travel in Brazil or Denmark. According to Hofstede (1982)‚ the 4th dimensions of cultures can be used to describe the management styles of each national culture. It enable to compare the three different society presented. The 4th dimensions are composed by; the power distance index‚ the individualism
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Bibliography: China – Geert Hofstede. 2 Feb. 2013 <http://geert-hofstede.com/china.html> Canada – Geert Hofstede. 2 Feb. 2013 <http://geert-hofstede.com/canada.html>
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............................................................................ 2 Eastern culture versus Western culture ........................................................................................... 3 Power Distance Index (PDI): Geert Hofstede ................................................................................. 4 Hierarchy and Equality: Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner ........................................................ 4 PDI and Educational level .....................
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Cultures and Organizations Software of the mind Geert Hofstede Institute for Research on Intercultural Cooperation (IRIC) University of Limburg at Maastricht‚ The Netherlands MpGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY London • New York • St Louis • San Francisco • Auckland • Bogota • Caracas Lisbon • Madrid • Mexico • Milan • Montreal • New Delhi • Panama Paris • San Juan • Sao Paulo • Singapore • Sydney • Tokyo • Toronto Contents Published by McGRAW-HILL Book Company Europe Shoppenhangers
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Transformational & Transactional Leadership What is “national culture”? Analysis of Hofstede ’s cultural dimensions theory Hofstede ’s cultural dimensions theory is a framework for cross-cultural communication‚ developed by Geert Hofstede. It describes the effects of a society ’s culture on the values of its members‚ and how these values relate to behavior‚ using a structure derived from factor analysis. Hofstede developed his original model as a result of using factor analysis to examine the results
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INTRODUCTION DEFINATION OF VALUES Basic convictions that a specific mode of conduct or end-state of existence if personally or socially preferable to an opposite or converse mode of conduct and end-state of existence. When we rank an individual’s value in terms their intensity‚ we obtain that person’s value system. This system is identified by the relative importance we assign to values such as freedom‚ pleasure‚ self-respect‚ honesty‚ obedience‚ and equality. IMPORTANCE OF VALUES Values are
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The Power Distance - Power distance describes the degree of equality between different people within a particular society or group. Also described Hofstede‚ as: “power distance is the extent to which people expect and are willing to accept that power is distributed unequally. Inequality of power is a basic fact of life. It cannot be 100% eliminated. It is impossible to have no power distance‚ because this means that everyone is exactly equal (skills‚ actions‚ genetics etc) unless you are on about
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saying can be also used in the culture. For that reason‚ different cultures would make people have different behaviours.Culture can be defines as “the collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one human group from another” (Hofstede 1984‚ p: 21). Culture is consisting of language‚ political‚ values‚ belief‚ food‚ cloth‚ etc. And those elements make people have different behaviours. Therefore‚ there are significance differences between two cultures and so does two national cultures
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