Very high on femininity Low in uncertainty avoidance Six fundamental values are stressed in economic/political democracy: Equality Freedom Democracy Solidarity Security Efficiency There is close collaboration between business‚ government and labour “Lagom” = ‘middle road’ + ‘reasonable’‚ unemotionally practical There are 3 main facets of Swedish culture: Love of nature Low power distance reflects the traditions of village life A low uncertainty avoidance may reflect an outlook which is
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(PDI) in ‘Kathoey’ culture………………………….. 5 II.I Power distance in the workplace………………………………………………….. 5 II.II Power distance in religion………………………………………………………….. 6 III. Masculinity vs. Femininity in ‘Kathoey’ culture………………………… 7 IV. Uncertainty Avoidance in ‘Kathoey’ culture……………………………… 9 V. Individualism VS Collectivism…………………………………………………. 11 V.I Family………………………………………………………………………………………... 11 V.II Personal life‚ behavior and state…………………………………………………. 12 VI. High/Low Context……………………………………………………………………
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moderation. A result of lagom is a fictional law called “Jante Law”‚ which tries to ensure that people doesn’t boast or raise themselves above others. Sweden has a score of 29 on the uncertainty avoidance and thus has a very low preference for avoiding uncertainty. It’s quite common in countries with a high uncertainty avoidance to have employees that are promoted according to seniority. In Sweden‚ on the other hand‚ actual work performance tends to be of greater significance. As a result‚ young men and
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A. HOW TO DO BUSINESS IN ARGENTINA International Management April 20‚ 2006 B. Summary The main goal for the project "How to do business in Argentina" was to show how a Multinational Company must approach different aspects like government‚ laws‚ society‚ culture and infrastructure when facing the challenge of doing business in other countries. First‚ we will do a short review of some important background aspects such as its geography‚ its localization and main geographical characteristics
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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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Made by: Verc Zhang 500680474 Jort de Jong 500686278 Pieter Verburg 500683678 David Hoek 500681766 Table of content Introduction That the U.S. government was spying on its citizens ‚ since 9/11‚ was obvious. but how far they exactly are going‚ became clear when Edward Snowden leaked information about the secret project of the National Security Agency‚ PRISM. The 29 -year-old system administrator saw shocking things
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3 2.1.2 Individualism/collectivism 3 2.1.3 Masculinity/femininity 4 2.1.4 Uncertainty avoidance 4 2.2 Leadership 4 2.3 Motivation 4 3.0 Analysis 5 3.1 The business culture of Elon Musk 5 3.1.1 Power distance dimension 5 3.1.2 Individualism/collectivism 5 3.1.3 Masculinity/femininity 5 3.1.4 Uncertainty avoidance 6 3.2 Leadership 6 3.3 Motivation 6 4.0 Conclusion
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Impact of Culture on the Ethical reasoning of an Individual Abstract The purpose of this paper is to identify‚ relate and assess the impact of culture on the ethical reasoning of an individual. This report reviews current literature on this topic and identifies the various factors involved in the same. Established theories on ethics and moral development are reviewed and a culture-based model of ethical decision making is derived. Prepositions concerning the influence of various cultural dimensions
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IBM the company for over thirty years and developed a theory about cultural differences. His theory is widely used to compare differences in culture‚ and also in leadership. There were initially four dimensions of values that he measured; uncertainty avoidance‚ individualism‚ power distance and masculinity. Later a fifth dimension‚ long term orientation was added in 1991. These dimensions were measured based on hundreds of questions that were surveyed to the IBM employees in over seventy countries
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differences between the United States and France? PDI: Power Distance IDV: Individualism MAS: Masculinity UAI: Uncertainty Avoidance PDI: Power Distance IDV: Individualism MAS: Masculinity UAI: Uncertainty Avoidance The main cultural differences when using the Hofstede dimensions are in the dimensions Power Distance and Uncertainty Avoidance. It is clear that French culture accepts and welcomes a relatively big power gap. This means that it is hirarchical
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