Cultural dimensions in business life: hofstede’s indices for latvia and lithuania 1.1 Introduction The journal chosen‚ written by Mark Huettinger (2008)‚ applies Geert Hofstede’s five cultural dimensions (power distance‚ individualism‚ masculinity‚ uncertainty avoidance and long-term orientation) to both the Lithuanian and Latvian cultures‚ from the perspective of their similarity to the cultures in Estonia and the Scandinavian countries. This research paper then uses the scores obtained from
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Several strengths the system offers are data being available in real time; the police work is performed in a more efficient manner‚ a by-product of streamlining resources and performing work more efficiently is that the cost of preventing crimes decreases. Another strength is that because the data is non-biased it helps eliminate any possibility of discrimination and doesn’t impugn upon any
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Question 1. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of billboard advertising and make recommendations for the types of products and situations in which outdoor advertising should be used. STRENGTH: Broad reach and high frequency levels - Billboards are effective in reaching virtually all segments of the population. The number of exposures is especially high when signs are strategically located in heavy traffic areas. Automobile advertisers are heavy users of outdoor media because they can reach huge
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individuals on how to identify issues and overcoming challenges. One of my goals is to encourage them to recognize their abilities and skills‚ and use it to their benefit‚ maximizing their potential. I believe once an individual recognizes their strengths and weaknesses; it will make them a stronger person. To be successful‚ it takes both education and experience. I hope to gain adequate knowledge to obtain a career so I can help others transform their lives proficiently. After graduation‚ I want to
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Traditional budgeting has offered a lot of contributions in so many years’ practice. But it seems it is more and more unsuitable for the modern business. In this paper‚ I will give a brief induction for traditional budgeting; and then discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the traditional budgeting; last I will explain and evaluate the alternative. Every business leader wants competitive success‚ the best management team‚ continuous innovation‚ low costs‚ loyal customers‚ and high standards of corporate
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Gerard Hendrik Hofstede (born October 2‚ 1928 in Haarlem) is a Dutch expert in cultural studies [GHW]. Hofstede (1980) surveyed 88‚000 IBM employees working in 66 countries and then ranked the countries on different cultural dimensions. His research resulted in four dimensions (power distance; individualism versus collectivism; uncertainty avoidance; and masculinity and femininity). In the beginning‚ China was not included in this study but later Bond and Hofstede looked at Chinese values. From this
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Content Page INTRODUCTION 3 HOFSTEDE’S DIMENSIONS 4 Power distance Uncertainty avoidance Individualism/ Collectivism Feminine/ Masculine Low context cultures/ high context culture TROMPENAARS DIMENSIONS 4 Universalism/ particularism Individualism/ collectivism Achievement/ ascription Neutral/ affective Specific/ diffuse Internal/
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The Strengths and Weaknesses Of Virtue Ethics The virtue ethicist suggests that this theory avoids the complicated tasks of using a formula to figure out what we should do‚ by instead focusing on the kinds of persons we sould be. The problem lies in determining how we know what kinds of persons we should be. How are we to determine just what the virtues are? If we don’t know what the virtues are‚ then telling people to live virtuously would be ignorant. The virtues are whatever
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Corpus like many procedure‚ laws‚ principles‚ and doctrines within the American Constitutional law it can hold many strengths for ensuring our government and court systems run not only smoothly but also with complete fairness and equality for all peoples based on our American Constitutional laws‚ on the opposite spectrum of these given laws and other such things is the equal weaknesses of these same things such as in the case of Habeas Corpus as we are to explore here.
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The Compromises of the Constitution: Strengths‚ or Weaknesses? Throughout the history of the independence of our country‚ the framework of government built by our forefathers has held up our nation in times both thick and thin. This Constitution is the backbone of the United States of America that has stood the test of time‚ and continues to guide as the supreme law of the land; however‚ as time progresses‚ rules must be reviewed and altered to adapt to the changing world. Without these compromises
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