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    Culture‚ in my own opinion‚ 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

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    Avoidance Index In 1991‚ a fifth dimension has been added – LTO – Long Term versus Short Term Orientation‚ which was initially known as Confucian Dynamism. In 2007‚ Minkov added a sixth dimension – IND: Indulgence versus Restraint‚ which was adopted by Hofstede et al. (2010). These dimensions were underpinned by variables that correlated across nations‚ not across individuals or organizations. For organizational cultures‚ entirely different dimensions were found as well. PDI reflects the consequences

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    Dick Spencer Case

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    OVERVIEW Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing. Tony Blair Spencer was a plant manager of Modrow Company‚ a Canadian Branch of the Tri-American Corporation. Tri-American was a major producer of primary aluminum with integrated operations ranging from mining of bauxite through the processing to fabrication of aluminum

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    Hofstede Cultural Dimension imensions * Description for each of Hofstede’s Dimensions listed below   Indonesia has Power Distance (PDI) as its highest ranking Hofstede Dimension at 78. The high Power Distance (PDI) is indicative of a high level of inequality of power and wealth within the society. This condition is not necessarily forced upon the population‚ but rather accepted by the society as part of their cultural heritage. The average Power Distance for the greater Asian countries is 71

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    Gung-Ho Movie and Hofstede

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    when it comes to doing business in different countries. I will go over this movie from a multicultural business studies point of view. The film helps people visualize the underlying multicultural issues‚ particularly the concepts of Geert Hofstede. Hofstede has five categories of cultural values. Individualism versus Collectivism‚ Power Distance‚ Uncertainty Avoidance‚ Masculinity and Femininity‚ and Long versus Short Term Orientation. These values are all described‚ easily seen and understood

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    Dick Spencer Case

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    The Case of Dick Spencer   The Case of Dick Spencer This case study is about Dick Spencer‚ Vice President of a large manufacturing firm‚ Tri-American Corporation. He was also a plant manager of Modrow company‚ the Canadian branch of the corporation. Tri-American is mainly focused on the production of aluminum and other aluminum related operations. The company has wholly-owned subsidiaries in five United States locations as well as foreign affiliates in fifteen different countries. Tri-American

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    Hofstede Canada vs Japan

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    Bibliography: [1] (1995) [2]  International Monetary Fund (2010) [3] Haruki Murakami [4] Hofstede (1980) [5] Mueller and Thomas (2001) [6] UBC Commerce‚ Breaking Down Barriers: Creating a Climate for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in British Columbia

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    Spencer’s Main Thesis Spencer’s thesis in this article focuses on basis and how his social identity was affected by oppression‚ privilege and power. Spencer’s ideas were based on self-reflection of experiences and understanding his social identity by thinking; Who am I. As he made different standpoints of challenges‚ he faced such things as objectifying and subordinating women‚ the privilege of being light skin‚ or his sexual orientation by being able to identify the male/female binary; his experience

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    India vs. U.S. Hofstede

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    global products. It is crucial to recognize the distinctive dimensions of the way a culture as a whole thinks and acts for what may be customary and natural in a workplace of one country may be considered peculiar or even distasteful to another. Geert Hofstede has composed one of the most inclusive studies of how values in the business world are subjective to each culture. Hofstede’s five dimensions of national culture are able to give insight to a manager transitioning into a new country‚ such as an

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    appears to be one based predominately on Chinese culture‚ there remain differences between the two‚ which‚ if not properly understood‚ can lead to ineffectiveness and misunderstandings. Using the four dimensions of a national culture established by Hofstede‚ this exploratory study examines what constitute Singapore culture and Chinese culture. Through a survey of Singaporean and Chinese respondents working in China and an analysis of Hofstede’s four dimensions of a national culture‚ the study extrapolates

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