Contemporary Management “Dimensions of National Culture (Hofstede)” Assignment no. 1 Dimensions of National Culture We know we are living in a global age. Technology has brought the world much closer together. This means that people of different cultures find themselves working together and communicating more and more. Building connections with people from around the world is just one dimension of cultural diversity. You also have issues like motivating people‚ structuring projects
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alternative courses for the purpose of accomplishment of the organisational goals. Decisions may relate to general day to day operations. They may be major or minor. They may be strategic‚ tactical or operational in nature. Major dimensions of strategic decisions The major dimensions of strategic decisions are as follows: 1. Strategic issues require top-management decisions: Strategic issues involve thinking in totality of the organization’s objectives in which a considerable amount of risk is involved
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to study cross-cultures. Later on in life‚ he became a renowned researcher in cross-cultural differences‚ and even created a model which could be applied to the various cultures‚ to help understand their behaviours. Hofstede’s “Five Cultural Dimensions” include Power Distance (which focuses on the degree of equality‚ or inequality‚ between people in the country’s society); Individualism (which focuses on the degree the society reinforces individual or collective achievement and interpersonal relationships);
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Ethical Dimension of Religion To many people‚ the term ethical strikes a powerful meaning of moral principals‚ which tie in deeply with the roots of many religions. Each religion holds a different view on what is ethically right and depending on this‚ other dimensions of religion are shaped. The ethical dimension of religion encompasses moral conduct and living a good existence that lead toward the achievement of final liberation. Ninian Smart‚ a pioneer in the field of religious studies and
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extremely valuable way of classifying religion and its many aspects is through the Seven Dimensions‚ developed by Ninian Smart. (See Appendix 1) These dimensions explore the many aspects of religion in a systematic and logical way. This theory of classifying religions can be lucidly applied to the Buddhist tradition in order to gain a wider understanding. The core element of Buddhism is the Experiential Dimension‚ as the ultimate goal of all Buddhists is to attain Enlightenment or Nirvana. The other
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Cultural dimensions and dilemmas Culture is a way of life evolved and is jointly owned by a group of people and passed from generation to generation. culture formed of many complex elements‚ including religious and political systems‚ customs‚ languages‚ tools‚ clothing‚ buildings‚ and works of art. Culture also divide by two that is material and non material culture. Material cultural like something that equipment on living like house such as longhouses at Sarawak‚ Eskimo. Non material culture
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Spanish Cultural Dimensions. Through this report‚ based on the Hofstede’s cultural dimensions‚ we will try to clarify the main features of the Spanish culture. To get this target we will use a few proverbs or traditional expressions from Spain and relate them to Hofstede’s theory. This way we will be able to understand and know a little bit more about how is the Spanish culture and how it differentiates from other cultures. The first proverb we are going to use says: “La union hace la fuerza”
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Caring in Three Dimensions This paper will carefully elaborate three different theories‚ theory of transpersonal caring by Jean Watson (1979)‚ theory of culture care diversity and universality by Madeleine Leininger (2006) and the caring theory by Anne Boykin and Savina Schoenhofer (1993). All theorists delved on a common denominator‚ caring. The core concept will be interpreted in three different dimensions‚ following each of the theorists’ interpretation. Similarities and differences will be deliberated
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In this paper‚ we assess Thai culture and its influence on Thai people by using Trompenaar’s cross cultural dimension as guidance. Universalism v/s Particularism; The belief of universal application of ideas and practices against the belief of adapting ideas and practices in accordance to the circumstances and situation. Thai culture can be categorize in Particularism because most Thai people place high regard on personal friendship rather than contractual on the paper. Some agreements can even
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Globalization: Making Connections to Strangers Mistreated women in China who are sought out laborers of transnational corporations; the impoverished citizens of Kensington‚ Pennsylvania; Mexican women who are systematically raped at the United States-Mexican border; and the first democratically elected president of Haiti: these are all people who seem to have little or no connection because of their different races‚ physical location‚ and cultural backgrounds. However‚ all of these people are
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