With the world embracing globalisation at a breakneck pace‚ there is increasing need for cross-cultural communication and sensitivity. After 45 minutes of roleplaying‚ I think that I managed to experience first-hand complications surrounding the idea of cross-cultural communications. Right off the bat‚ many cultural differences came into contention. Country folk versus City dweller‚ Forward thinking versus Protecting traditions and culture‚ Path of Certainty versus Risk Taking‚ just to name
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Addison-Wesley Publishing‚ 1982. Hofstede‚ Geert. Culture’s Consequences. Newbury Park‚ CA: Sage Publications‚ 1980. Kotter‚ John and Heskett‚ James. Corporate Culture and Performance. New York: The Free Press‚ 1992. Reis Louis‚ Meryl. Organizations as Culture-Bearing Milieux from Organizational Symbolism‚ Greenwich‚ CN:JAI Press‚ 1983. Schein‚ Edgar H. Organization Culture and Leadership. San Francisco: Jossey Bass‚ 1985. Leadership. New York: Pergamon Press‚ 1984. Trompenaars‚ Fons. Riding the Waves of
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Faculty of Business and Law PGBM04: International Business Environment On Campus Assignment Issue Date: Submission date: Week beginning 26 November 2013 Friday 17 January2014 This is an individual assignment. It will constitute 100% of your overall mark for the module. Please choose ONE question from the following FOUR. You are asked to write an essay-style answer of about 3000 words on the topic you have chosen. All questions are equally weighted. You are expected to develop your own arguments
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Globalization Note Series Pankaj Ghemawat and Sebastian Reiche National Cultural Differences and Multinational Business The eminent Dutch psychologist‚ management researcher‚ and culture expert Geert Hofstede‚ early in his career‚ interviewed unsuccessfully for an engineering job with an American company. Later‚ he wrote of typical cross-cultural misunderstandings that crop up when American managers interview Dutch recruits and vice versa: “American applicants‚ to Dutch eyes‚ oversell themselves
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Meaning and Dimensions of Culture Chapter 4 Chapter Outline The nature of culture The nature of culture Values and folkways Comparing cultural values Sub-cultures and cultural change How culture affects management – see page 95 How cultures view each other Chapter Outline (2) Cultural dimensions – how people look at life Hofstede’s dimensions Country clusters – countries with similar cultural dimensions Trompenaar’s dimensions The Nature of Culture Culture is
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CASE: ‘Insallah: An Expatriate Challenge’ [Saudi Arabia] Sells Bladeco & steel products “Wasta” = connections “Insallah” = a feeling or cultural norm – God willing Masculinity – Mustafa refused to conduct business with a woman High Power Distance – Helped get US representative out of jail for drinking water during Ramadan Relationship-Focused & Highly Collectivist CASE: ‘Co-operating & Communicating Across Cultures’ [Germany] German led project (Jim from US to Germany) Then; American led
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Ed.)‚ New York: Routledge. Juma‚ C Kew‚ J. (2012). Zara enters south Africa as foreign brand seek growth. Retrieved on November 2‚ 2012 from http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-27/zara-enters-south-africa-as-foreign-brands-seek-growth Geert-Hofstede Harcourt‚ D.A. (2011). The South African food processing industry. Retrieved on November 4‚ 2012 from http://www.sanec.org/themes/sanec/uploads/files/The%20SA%20Food%20Processing%20Industry.pdf Henry‚ A Kaila‚ H.L. (2006). Industrial and organisational
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What is Motivation? –A state of mind‚ desire‚ energy or interest that translates into action“ A strong behavioral component –It leads to action –Managers can influence motivation –It is a key to performance Importance of Motivation Motivation impacts PERFORMANCE Performance = Ability x Motivation x Opportunity –Ability – what a person can do: a competence & skill –Motivation – interest in doing something include Internal motivation; External motivation –Opportunity – the set-up‚
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achievements of human groups‚ including their embodiments in artifacts; the essential core of culture consists of traditional (i.e.‚ historically derived and selected) ideas and especially their attached values" (1952). In international management research‚ Hofstede defined culture as "…the collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one group or category of people from those of another" (1991). Many other definitions of culture are available. Common elements in the definitions are
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meta-analysis and especially Dr. Geert Hofstede who has been keeping track of the studies that have utilized his Value Survey Module and graciously shared the list of relevant papers and dissertations from his personal library. Improving Cultural Indices 2 IMPROVING CULTURAL INDICES AND RANKINGS BASED ON A METAANALYSIS OF HOFSTEDE’S TAXONOMY Abstract The meta-analysis offers a refined set of national cultural indices along the dimensions of Hofstede‟s model of culture. The improvements
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