Organizations in the New Economy Section: 7 Mary E. Boone Analysis 1: Gung Ho February 21‚ 2010 INTRODUCTION "Culture is more often a source of conflict than of synergy. Cultural differences are a nuisance at best and often a disaster." - Dr. Geert Hofstede The movie Gung Ho (a Chinese expression for "work together"1)‚ demonstrates a cross-cultural relationship between the Americans and the Japanese working together towards achieving the goal of reviving an American car manufacturing plant (Assan Motors)
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Hofstede’s dimensions of national culture Hofstede distinguished five dimensions of national culture: Power Distance (PDI)‚ Individualism/Collectivism (IDV)‚ Masculinity/Femininity (MAS)‚ Uncertainty Avoidance (UAI)‚ and Long-Term versus Short-Term Orientation (LTO). For those readers who are unfamiliar with his dimensional model‚ a short description follows. The dimensions are measured on index scales from 0 to 100‚ although some countries may have scores above 100 on certain dimensions because
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Introduction Despite the all pervasive talk of globalization‚ the seasoned international business traveler will be acutely aware of differences in the ‘way of doing things’ from country to country and from region to region. Such differences are seldom more apparent than in the field of organization and management. Not only will this traveler be aware that conventions for doing business are culture- bound‚ but also that systems and structures for ‘the management of people’ are uniquely determined
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challenges and find the remedies. For instance‚ Hofstede four dimensions and high and low culture context dimensions are two important theories to explain the behavior of negotiator in international business from cultural perspective. From these theories researches were able to have better understanding of conflicts and challenges arise from across business negation and finding the remedies. However‚ no theory is perfect. Other studies indicated that Hofstede method did not fully applied in specific cultural
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However‚ this does not mean that because a firm has adopted standardization strategy‚ people working in the different subsidiaries share the same social culture‚ norms and practices. That is true even in firms that have a strong corporate culture. Hofstede proves this in his famous research about cultural differences with IBM employees in several different nations. To illustrate how culture still matters‚ I will be discussing some challenges managers meet in international business because of lack
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the cultural dimension ‘power distance’ and three management principles we chose and will also be about the applicability of these management principles. This is quite interesting because even though we know that the cultural dimensions‚ by Geert Hofstede‚ and the management principles‚ by Fayol‚ have something to do with each other‚ the more the cultural dimensions differ‚ the more the ranking of the management principles will differ in the compared countries. We will now try to find out if some
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Therefore‚ the company has not only to find the actual problems but it will have also to find out the way to minimize the problems in order to reduce conflicts. There are many theories from managing across culture but this report is focused on the “Hofstede Dimension Theory” because this theory will show many characteristics of each culture. Hence‚ it will be useful when the company uses to apply within the company. Besides‚ the outcome of this report will be shown the methods of different culture management
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Analysis of Cultural Dimensions in Movie “Yamada: The Samurai of Ayothaya” Cross Cultural Management (MGT513) Prepared by: Andreas Sorgel Anis Houari Aswin Wiryawan Charnnarong Limlertvatee Irawati Kurniawan Jason Lee Marielle Pouilly Marion Chevalier Michelle Lam Papawee Mahasirimongkol Patcharaporn Preechamanomai Suparas Viboothanakul Summary of The Movie Yamada Nagamasa‚ the young Samurai of Edo period‚ came to be a soldier in the Japanese volunteer regiment in Ayothaya (Thai
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to learn about the profile of the country which is all the general details like official language‚ type of government‚ principal industry‚ population‚ etc.‚ also in this essay are going to analyze the 12 negotiation variables of this country‚ the Hofstede´s dimensions‚ its context communication and its culture and traditions. The Essay points out some general advices that a negotiator always must have in mind before and during a negotiation on the international market; about the manners and
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Hofstede’s framework: Dutch sociologist Geert Hofstede undertook a pioneering task between 1967 and 1973 in the field of organizational behavior. Working for IBM at the time‚ he collected and analyzed data from more than 116‚000 individuals in 40 countries‚ who were mainly working for IBM and its subsidiaries‚ to develop his Cultural Dimensions model for analyzing variations among cultures. He found that managers and employees vary on five value dimensions of national culture. They are listed and
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