This essay aims to explore benefits and disadvantages for managers to use sophisticated stereotypes. Stereotypes provide international managers an advantage of ‘first guess’ about cultural behaviors in countries and organizations so that they can develop appropriate strategies to cope with cross-cultural problems. However‚ it causes three drawbacks. If stereotyping is judging a group of people on the basis of theoretical concepts‚ it will be called ‘sophisticated stereotyping’ (Osland and Bird‚ 2000)
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BO6201 - IBO - Culture & IHRM • Culture and its importance in international business – National‚ organisational and industry cultures – Dimensions of culture – Cross cultural negotiations • International HRM – Its roles – Ex-pats‚ locals and TCNs © Chris Davison 22 Oct 2014 Chris Davison c.davison@kingston.ac.uk tel: +44 7910 764 758 slide 1 Globalisation is leading to . . . • Physical mobility – Dramatically increased flows and mobility of international talent • Short- vs long-term • Self-
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References: Trompenaars‚ F.‚ Hampden-Turner‚ C. (2010). Riding the Waves of Innovation: Harness the Power of Global Culture to Drive Creativity and Growth. New York: McGraw Hill. Nayar‚ V. (2010). Employees first‚ customers second: Turning conventional management upside down. Boston
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Fiji 4 City Festivals of Fiji 4 Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day 4 The Lovo Feast 4 Culture 5 The Three Cultures Model 5 Cultural Frameworks and Dimensions 6 Hofstede 6 Trompenaars & Hampden-Turner 7 Hall 8 The Johari Window 9 GLOBE Research 10 Comparison of Cultural Frameworks and Dimensions 11 Management Approach 12 Conclusion & Recommendation 13 APPENDIX A
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the organizational sciences”‚ Organizational Behavior and Bredillet‚ C.‚ Turner‚ J.R. and Anbari‚ F. (2007a)‚ “Exploring research in project management – nine schools of project management (part 1)”‚ Project Management Journal‚ Vol Bredillet‚ C.‚ Turner‚ J.R. and Anbari‚ F. (2007b)‚ “Exploring research in project management – nine schools of project management (part 2)”‚ Project Management Journal‚ Vol Bredillet‚ C.‚ Turner‚ J.R. and Anbari‚ F. (2007c)‚ “Exploring research in project management –
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important in France. This can be seen by France’s extensive social welfare systhem. 2. In what way has Trompenaars research helped explain cultural differences between the United States and France? Trompenaars research is based on 46000 managers from over 40 countries who answered questionnaires based on their experiences in many different cultures. Trompenaar and his colleague Charles Hampden-Turner (“The Seven Dimensions of Culture” 2012) created a model where national culture is determined by 7
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Creativity and Innovativeness Our presentation offers a dynamic experience for the participants via real-time knowledge-based feedback from the audience. The presentation will delivered by a presenter utilising a PowerPoint presentation. In conjunction the audience would have the option of using their own online device (smartphone or tablet) or tablets would be distributed for use as immediate feedback on the knowledge and understanding of the audience throughout the presentation. An application
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Introduction Despite the all pervasive talk of globalization‚ the seasoned international business traveler will be acutely aware of differences in the ‘way of doing things’ from country to country and from region to region. Such differences are seldom more apparent than in the field of organization and management. Not only will this traveler be aware that conventions for doing business are culture- bound‚ but also that systems and structures for ‘the management of people’ are uniquely determined
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CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION Victor Delbreuve 1) Cultural dimensions = critique of HOFSTEDE‚ TROMPENAARS‚ PROJECTGLOBE 2) Look for your country HOFSTEDE (rating : do you agree ; give examples) 1)a) HOFSTEDE The research findings of Hofstede‚ describe the cultural features‚ and assists in clarification of some cultural and behavioral paradigms in organizations in different countries. Five cultural
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for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation”. Psychological Buletin. Benjamin R. Lawlor(2007). “The Age of Globalization: Impact of Information Technology on Global Business Strategies”. The Honors Program. Charles Hampden Turner & Fons Trompenaar (2000). “Building cross-cultural competence: how to create wealth from conflicting values”. USA: John Wiley & Sons. Drucker‚P(2001). “The next society”. The Economist. Drucker‚P(2001). “The way ahead”. The Economist. Friedman‚ T(2006)
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