Running head: THE CULTURAL CHALLENGES OF DOING BUSINESS OVERSEAS Week 6 Paper The Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas University of Phoenix Online ECO/561 July, 26 2010 Dr. George Sharghi Abstract Mr. Kafka is an American of Czech origin. He’s a franchisor for Chicago Style Pizza and decided to expand his business into the Czech Republic and anticipates he will face some difficulties at the new location in Prague, Czech Republic. Born in the United States, he has family and
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different studies on national culture: Hofstede (1983), Schwartz (1990) and Inglehart (1997). Each study has different values and dimensions, both all three studies show some similarities. The first similar dimension contains: Hofstede’s Power distance, Schwartz’ Hierarchy versus Egalitarianism and Inglehart’s Survival and measures the degree to which the people in a national culture accept and expect the unequal distribution of power. The second similar dimension contains: Hofstede’s Individualism,
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book, Culture's Consequences: International Differences in Work-related Values (1984), Geert Hofstede provided a methodology for the cross-cultural studies of nations, and the organizations that develop based on cultural values. Cultural concepts, as they relate to organizational studies, are borrowed from anthropology, in which views vary, and there is no consensus. Therefore the application of the “cultural perspective” to organizational studies also varies, and is based on assumptions about the nature
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Kinsley Nji – 0886397 Baris Yazici – 0882833 Jordi Ruijs – 0882261 IBMS203 - 24-09-2014 Lotte Daniels – 0880763 Kinsley Nji – 0886397 Baris Yazici – 0882833 Jordi Ruijs – 0882261 IBMS203 - 24-09-2014 Index Introduction 2 Hofstede’s dimensions in the United States of America 3 Power Distance 3 Individualism versus Collectivism 3 Masculinity versus Femininity 3 Uncertainty avoidance 4 Long Term Orientation versus Short Term Normative Orientation 4 Implications for doing business
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Hofstede's Dimensions of Culture Geert H. Hofstede was born on October 2, 1928 in Haarlem, the Netherlands. He received his M.Sc. from the Delft Institute of Technology in 1953, his Ph.D. (cum laude) from Groningen University in 1967. Hofstede is most well known for his work on four dimensions of cultural variability, commonly referred to as "Hofstede's Dimensions." These include: Uncertainty Avoidance, Power Distance, Masculinity-Femininity, Individualism-Collectivism, and Long-Term/Short Term
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Social Culture Cp: Teusch, U. (2004) Intercultural Management ISP Melanie Hiller 06.07.2010 6 The cultural Process? Cultural Homogenization? World Culture? Cultural Heterogenization? Clash of Civilizations? Cp: Featherston, M. (1990); Varwick, J. (2004); Huntington, S. (1996) Intercultural Management ISP Melanie Hiller 06.07.2010 7 Cultural Glocalisation Global Homogenization Local Heterogenization Glocalisation „Think globally, act Locally“ Cp:
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Student Name: University: Course: Date: Table of Contents 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………..………2 2. Background of Unilever…………………………………………………...2 3. Hofstede culture dimension theory ……………………………………..3 4. General culture of Unilever……………………………………..…………4 5. Hofstede Culture model of Vietnam, UK and Unilever Vietnam ……5 6. Issues of Labor in Vietnam Operations…………………………………8 7. Efforts taken by the company to deal with the labor issue…………9 8. Advantages
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Variations In Human Resource Management Based On Cultural Dimensions Tyrone Kelly Saint Leo University We recognize that we exist in a global economy. Advances in telecommunications and Internet technology have literally placed connectivity with the world at our fingertips. This evolution is a catalyst for people of various nations who would not ordinarily interact, to collaborate, work much closer, more intimately and more frequently than ever before. This is a very stimulating time, yet it
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no.2, 73-89 ©2009 Management futures Printed in canada Cross-cultural Communication and Multicultural Team Performance: A German and American Comparison by Steven W. Congden University of Hartford, U.S.A. Alexei V. Matveev College of Staten Island – CUNY, U.S.A David E. Desplaces College of Charleston, U.S.A. This study builds on work by Matveev & Nelson (2004) which investigated the relationship between cross-cultural communication competence and multicultural team performance using American
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Hofstede’s Six Dimensions and Leadership Erin Bonich ORG300 – Applying Leadership Principals Colorado State University – Global Campus Dr. Laurie Barnes November 1, 2015 Hofstede’s Six Dimensions and Leadership The purpose of this paper is to discuss the characteristics of the Six Dimensions of Culture as they have been defined by Professor Geert Hofstede and the combination of dimensions that shape a great leader. The following discussion relates Hofstede’s Six Dimensions to common
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