Workshop 2 – Managing People in the Global Economy 1. How would you define culture? Culture is the coordination of knowledge shared by a relatively large group of people. Culture is the behaviours‚ philosophies‚ beliefs‚ morals‚ ethics and symbols that a group of people accept‚ generally without thinking about them. Culture is also passed along from generation to generation through communication and social learning. 2. Briefly explain the difference between high and low context cultures
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SKPP 1313 Fundamentals of Petroleum Engineering Quiz 1 (20 marks) Name: _____________________________________________________ Answer all questions 1) Petroleum engineer can be divided into several groups. Name one of them and briefly explain his main duty. [3 marks] __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________
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important effects on companies operating in another country. (Deresky‚ 2006) from this report will choice China‚ U.S. and Britain. Hofstede’s culture dimensions are basic framework to analyse the culture differences between China and U.S. and Britain. It the most popular theories and used by many national culture. Hofstede (1980) developed five cultural dimensions: (1) power distance; (2) individualism versus collectivism; (3) uncertainty avoidance; (4) masculinity versus femininity; (5) long term orientation
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is another fundamental issue for any society‚ to which a range of solutions can be found. The IBM studies revealed that (a) women’s values differ less among societies than men’s values; (b) men’s values from one country to another contain a dimension from very assertive and competitive and maximally different from women’s values on the one side‚ to modest and caring and similar to women’s values on the other. The assertive pole has been called ’masculine’ and the modest‚ caring pole ’feminine’
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Throughout the duration of this course‚ you will be performing literature reviews and presenting findings on the topic of petroleum. For this specific assignment‚ please do the following: Identify a topic or a problem faced by the global petroleum industry. Once the problem has been identified‚ your goal is to solve it. Provide an overview of the problem and a solution that is supported by current research. Tips for Selecting a Topic or Problem What subject within the global oil and gas industry
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Contents Introduction: Etic or Emic? At what extent are McSweeney’s critiques valuable? 4 Research Validity 5 Research Reliability: 5 Research Sample 5 Back to Culture 7 Questionnaire and Dimensions 8 History and Research Validations 9 Conclusion 10 Bibliography 12 Introduction: Etic or Emic? At what extent are McSweeney’s critiques valuable? Arguably‚ Hofstede’s work (1980‚ 1997) represents a pioneering approach of culture as a way of comparing international management frameworks
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the manager international experience before promotion within the firm in the home country. The third is more diffuse‚ involving a general internationalisation of the organisation and building of networks of relationships across countries and cultures. Sending an employee to another country to manage an organisation’s operations has become a complicated process‚ typically requiring sophisticated understanding and complicated procedures. For the organisation‚ and for the individual manager‚ the
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at Norsk Petroleum Norsk Petroleum is a leading gas and oil exploration company based in Oslo‚ Norway. It employs 2564 people‚ and its business operations comprise the exploration‚ production and marketing of crude oil‚ natural gas and natural gas liquids. In 2007 most of its business was conducted in Norway and Canada‚ although its interests included ventures in West Africa‚ Australia‚ the Gulf of Mexico and Venezuela. When Usa Bohm‚ the human resources director for Norsk Petroleum‚ read an
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is a unique system of values and norms that are believed by a group of people who live in the same society. Since culture is unique‚ Geert Hofstede tried to study the differences. After the study‚ he proposed five dimensions to measure the cultural difference between nations. The following parts will explain Hofstede Framework briefly. The first dimension is Power Distance. It is a tool to measure the power difference between levels in organization. In a group with high power distance‚ the majority
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Greenwashing It is now popular to be environmentally conscious in American society. It is completely acknowledged by the populace that oil will‚ indeed‚ run out within a lifetime‚ leaving a demand for a different kind of energy source. Hybrid cars‚ such as the Prius are now mainstream‚ recycling is day-to-day‚ finding organic fruits‚ vegetables‚ and meat is as easy as walking to the nearest grocery store‚ and using plastic bags has been deemed unacceptable. Global warming‚ while debated and questioned
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