Cultural Dimensions In Management And Planning Geert Hofstede* ABSTRACT The nature of management skills is such that they are culturally specific: a management technique or philosophy that is appropriate in one national culture is not necessarily appropriate in another. The paper describes the scope of (workrelated) cultural differences as they were revealed by research in more than 50 countries around the world and discusses how these differences affect the validity of management techniques and
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American Indian and Alaska Native population make up about 2 percent of the total United States population. This constitutes approximately 6.2 million people who meet the classification. Their demographic classification would be comprised of those who have origin from North‚ South and Central America with some sort of tribal affiliation. A tribe is defined as any aggregate of people united by ties of a common ancestor‚ community of customs and traditions. The traditions of the American Indian and Alaska
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The Indian Mutiny‚ which occurred in 1857‚ was the consequence of a number of problems that had arisen as a result of the British occupation of India. It began as a mutiny of the sepoys‚ a class of soldiers. However‚ it soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions in the northern and central parts of India. The British occupation caused political‚ economic and cultural problems in India. This led to disharmony between the two sides. Political forces were a main cause of the Indian
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The United States’ ban of the Indian Sun Dance in 1883 damaged the religious‚ cultural‚ and social framework of the Indians and was a key step in the United States’ effort to try to assimilate Indians into American society. II. Introduction Banning of the Sun Dance and the Historical Events that Led to the Indian Sun Dance Ban: 1. Due to the diminishing supply of buffalo in the 1870s and 1880s‚ and the Indians’ forced movement to reservations‚ the Indians’ economic base was destroyed
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What are the differences between “cultural assimilation” stance and the “cultural pluralist” stance as defined by Ting-Toomey and Chung? Which stance do you subscribe in consideration of immigrant issues? Why? According to Ting - Toomey and Chung (2012)‚ the "cultural assimilation" stance is an attitude towards the adaptation process in which individuals demand that strangers conform to the host environment. While the "cultural pluralist" stance is one that encourages a diversity of values‚ emphasizing
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In today’s society Cultural Humility vs Cultural Competency is a major topic and cultural Humility is going beyond the idea of Cultural Competency. Cultural Humility is an understanding of cultural and being able to maintain a stance that respects the aspects of different cultures and the identity of a particular individual. “It requires a commitment to lifelong learning‚ continuous self-reflection on one’s own assumptions and practices‚ comfort with ‘not knowing’‚ and recognition of the power/privilege
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IMPACT OF CINEMA ON THE INDIAN SOCIETY Cinema has become the most powerful form of Mass Media since the day it was introduced to the world. The Lumiere Brothers who invented the ‘ Cinematograph’ ( a compact and portable device which with a few adjustments could be used as a projector ‚ camera or a printing machine) declared that the cinema is an invention without a future. The primitive form of cinema were ‘ living photographic pictures’ which attempted to produce reality. If Cinema in reality
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In ancient Indian philosophy (before 100 BC)‚ philosophy and religion cannot be meaningfully separated‚ primarily because of the cultural integration of religious practices and mystical pursuits. For example‚ ceremonies celebrating birth‚ marriage‚ and death‚ performed with recitations of Vedic verses (mantras)‚ were important for bonding within ancient Indian societies. Later in classical Indian philosophy‚ different social practices developed. Thus‚ the orthodox classical schools of thought are
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From: Indian Givers It may look today that the modern world doesn’t revolve around the sun but around the Natives of the Americas inventions and societies. The Natives are everywhere in regards of the modern world; from drinking a cola drink to the Italian lasagna and sauces ‚ from creating incredible wealth in the old world to creating the foundation a nation in the new world‚ from the noses of cocaine users to the hands and machines in the surgeon rooms. No matter what part of the world one is
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|MODERN INDIAN PAINTING | | |Nomenclatures are not always irrelevant‚ for example‚ the term ’modern’. It may mean many things to many persons. So also the term | | |’contemporary’. Even in the field of the fine arts there is confusion and unnecessary controversy among artists‚ art historians‚ and | | |critics. In fact
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