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    Culture - Power Distance This is a determinant basic to all societies that Hofstede has named. It is describing the distribution of "power" among individuals and groups in the society‚ and how inequalities in power are dealt with in these societies. Inequality of power is a basic fact of life. It cannot be 100% eliminated. Iit is impossible to have _no_ power distance‚ because this means everyone is exactly equal (skills‚ actions‚ genetics‚ etc) unless of course you are on about a bunch of identical

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    Power distance and Hofstede’s dimensions Introduction This paper will be about the relation between 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

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    Wal-Mart’s entry strategies include trust‚ communication‚ and power problems. Further more‚ the advantages of crossing culture diversity that are more creativity‚ more and better ideas‚ better decision making can strengthen an organization’s culture. A. Analyze the Japanese culture and its impact on American MNC’s organizational culture and management? According to Hofstede’s 5 cultural dimensions U.S. is a small power distance‚ individualism‚ weak uncertainty‚ masculine country. Basing

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    Black Power From the start of our country African Americans had been beneath white society. The civil rights movement of the south put an end to segregation and gave African Americans the same rights as an Anglo American legally. Racism and black segregation were still very much alive though‚ and if African Americans were ever to be treated as equals they would need to liberate from white society and truly empower themselves. This was the Black Power Movement.

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    a) Power Distance Index Power Distance Index (PDI) refers to the degree of inequality that exists and is accepted between people with and without power. A high-PDI score indicates that a society accepts an unequal‚ hierarchical distribution of power‚ and that people understand “their place” in the system. A low-PDI score means that power is shared and widely dispersed‚ and that society members do not accept situations where power is distributed unequally (refer to figure 1.1.4). Application: According

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    Power in a business situation can be described as having “the ability to influence people toward organisational objectives.” (US Navy‚ n.d.) There are many different forms of power that an individual may have within the workplace. Some examples of the various forms of power that an individual may exert are legitimate‚ referent‚ coercive‚ and informational. Each power source identified is used differently in managerial settings and subordinates react differently to each power type. These different

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    The Evolution of Power Distance in Russia Several authors such as Hofstede‚ Shwarz and Trompenaars investigated the characteristics of power distribution in different societies‚ each with their own accents. Hofstede uses the criteria of power distance. It describes to what extend a countries population accepts that power in organisations and institutions is unquelly divided. In other words ; is the power distribution mainly based on vertical or horizontal relationships? (Nardon & Steers‚

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    The Hofstede’s 5 dimensions are Power Distance‚ Individualism vs. Collectivism‚ Masculinity vs. Femininity‚ Uncertainty and Long Term vs. Short Term Orientation. Power distance index is when the less powerful members of an organization or institution expect power to be distrusted unequally. It represents inequality and a society’s expectations of its leaders. Power Distance measures the distribution of power between the people in the nation and the businesses’ and culture. It is in order to make

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    Activity 2.1.1 Table of Values (Scores of these 4 countries according to Hofstede’s cultural dimensions) Parameter Power Distance Masculinity Long Term Orientation UK 35 66 51 USA 40 62 26 Germany 35 66 83 Japan 54 95 88 Power Distance Affecting Collaboration Parameter Power Distance (PD) Low UK‚ USA‚ Germany High Japan LPD = Low Power Distance HPD = High Power Distance Organisations with LPD tend to have a flatter organisation structure that adopts a more democratic style of leadership that are

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