traditions. (Kwok & Levine‚ 2009) 1.3.3 Ethical concerns and issues. (Bellows‚ 2004) 1.3.4 Ethnic prejudice. 1.3.5 Taboos. 1.4 Values‚ Attitudes‚ Manners‚ and Customs. 1.4.1 Hofstede’s five cultural dimensions. (Hofstede‚ 2005) 1.4.2 Trompenaars seven value dimensions. (Trompenaars‚ 2010) 1.4.3 Dual roles of Islam and the Bedouin tradition in defining values. systems and national worldview. (Etc.‚ 2009; Etc.2010) 1.4.4 Attitudes toward government regulation of business and society. 1.4.5 Impact of contemporary
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Introduction The reason behind choosing Singapore as my country of interest mainly was that I did my Co-Op there in Fall of 2011. Personally I loved the country as a work place. Also I noticed during my stay there the amount of awareness they had about green technologies and environmental issues. Singapore is like the best of both worlds. Culturally and climate wise similar to Asia and rules‚ regulations and policies of those like any western country. Singapore has a mixed racial population. There
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RUGM_C05.QXD 8/18/08 4:16 PM Page 129 Chapter 5 I NTERNATIONAL CULTURE Contents Objectives of the chapter Introduction 131 Places and people differ. The Japanese tend to be very polite‚ the Australians characteristically blunt. Red means “danger” or “stop” to the British‚ but in Turkey it signifies death and in China‚ good fortune. In France getting into a grande école tends to guarantee good job prospects whereas in Saudi Arabia the wealth and status of your family
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Differences in a Globalizing World (1st Ed‚ xviii intro)‚ Emerald 6 7. Minkov‚ M.‚ & Hofstede‚ G. (2012a). Hofstede’s fifth dimensions: New evidence from the World Values Survey‚ Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology‚ 43(1)‚ 3-14 8 9. Smith‚ P.B.‚ Trompenaars‚ F. & Dugan‚ S. (1995). International Journal of Psychology‚ The Rotter locus of control scale in 43 countries: A test of cultural relativity‚ (30(3)‚ 377-400) 10 11. India – Language‚ Culture‚ Customs and Etiquette (2012)‚ Retrieved January
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defined by Geert Hofstede‚ is the "the collective programming of the mind distinguishing the members of one group or category of people from another". (Hofstede‚ 2011) It is due to the research carried out by scholars such as Hofstede and Fons Trompenaars that we are able to understand cultural values‚ and the difference in cultures more thoroughly. This information gives us the ability to understand‚ and interact people for other cultures that may be drastically different from our own. Such research
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some issues especially the cultural differences. The culture of different countries that Disney ventured into will be explained in detail by using the theory of Hofstede’s Cultural Dimension (Hofstede‚ 1991) and Trompenaars’s Cultural Dimension (Trompenaars and Hampden‚ 1998). Disney in California‚ Japan‚ France and Hong Kong will be taken as examples to discuss on the culture of these countries and whether Disney successfully adapt their local culture will also be discussed in the assignment. Disney
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Competitive Operation in China 2 3.0 P&G’s Competitive Position in Markets 6 3.1 Using Porter’s five forces model 6 3.2 SWOT analysis 8 3.3 Strategic group Analysis 8 4.0 Cross-Cultural Management 9 4.1 Hofstede framework 9 4.2 Trompenaars ’ cultural dimensions 11 4.3 Edward Hall ’ cultural dimensions 12 5.0 Corporate Social Responsibility of P&G 13 5.1 Triple bottom line of P&G’s CSR 13 5.2 Carolls pyramid of P&G’s CSR 14 5.3 Michael Porter Model of Value Chain
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Topics for the Briefing Paper Try to choose a topic which reflects the work we will do throughout this module. It must include culture theories. You will be expected to use culture theories such as those of Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner; Hofstede or Hall or other suitable cultural theories to solve the problems for your chosen client. Choose a topic in which you can use these theories alongside other management/marketing theories. Choose one topic from those below: • Stereotyping and prejudice
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the following two dimensions: a) The degree of anticipated ‘uncertainty avoidance’ (Hofstede) that may be encountered and the likely consequences in a business setting. b) Whether the societies evaluate people on achievement or ascription (Trompenaars) and the possible results that may arise. 6 The information pack should: Be in a clear format suitable for managers who are unfamiliar with the subject. Be in a narrative format. Report format is acceptable. Bullet points are not acceptable
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Executives Need to Know about Current Japanese Management Practises. Organizational Dynamics‚ 36(3)‚ pp. 274-287 Sony Global The Associated Press 1999‚ ‘Japanese workers find lifetime employment no longer guaranteed’‚ BNet‚ viewed 26 October 2008 Trompenaars & Hampden-Turner (1998‚ p70 – Riding the waves of culture:understanding cultural diversity in global business‚ 2nd ed
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