4.2.2.1: Power distance: The power distance dimension displays the equality in societies‚ but it also expresses how the societies’ attitude is towards the inequalities. The power distance of Belgium is 65‚ while in the Netherlands it is 38. Therefore‚ it is clear that there is a cultural difference with the power distance as shown at figure 9. Belgium: Belgium scores high with the 65 power distance‚ which means that they accept and expect inequalities. In a high power distance culture it is likely
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Activity 2.1 Question 1: a) The scores of UK‚USA‚Germany and Japan on the cultural dimensions. Power distance Masculinity Term Orientation UK 35 66 51 USA 40 62 26 Germany 35 66 83 Japan 54 95 88 b) The power distance is defined as the inequality social status between people‚it usually relate to centralization‚superiors and decision making in organization administration.The power distance of UK and Germany are both score as 35‚it indicates that the inequality in this two country culture
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be missed in the grouping of individualist. Australia scored quiet low (36) on power distance because individuals in societies may not be equal. This expresses the attitude of the cultures towards these in equalities amongst all of us. Hofstede. G. (n.d) states that‚ “Power Distance is defined as the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organizations within a country expect and accept that power is distributed unequally”. It has to do with the fact that the followers endorse
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through his power or formal position‚ but through the principles of cooperation and agreement. Being a good listener is considered to be another important quality. In discussions with his staff‚ a professional manager should use reason and base his views on facts. Getting emotional when discussing a problem is considered rather inappropriate. Power Distance The power distance in Swedish companies is among the smallest in the world‚ according to a study of 40 countries in 1984. ’Power distance’ can be
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POWER DISTANCE IN FAMILY Most of us are born in a family‚ a very important part of our everyday life. After our birth we begin to receive a menthal education from those older than us‚ not only from our parents‚ but from our grandparents. They educates us in the spirit of correctness‚ it teaches us the value of love‚ affection‚ care‚ self-confidence and provides us advice and valuable suggestions which are necessary to get success in our life. Actually‚ as children‚ we take our parents as a
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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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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 on Trompenaars’s
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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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Regarding to an article by Investopedia‚ the Power-Distance Index (PDI) is an index developed by Dutch sociologist Geert Hofstede that measures the distribution of power and wealth between people in a nation‚ business or culture. The power-distance index seeks to demonstrate the extent to which subordinates or ordinary citizens submit to authority. The power-distance index figure is lower in countries or organizations in which authority figures work closely with those not in authority‚ and is higher
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