...company located in the Rocky Mountains of the United States. Azure Sky Tea has nine percent of market shares and is looking to increase market share by expanding into different markets. The problem that Azure Sky Tea company is facing is that they are trying to find a market that suitable with their low key culture. In order to find suitable countries one must find the countries on the Hofstede that score similar in all of the four dimensions to the United States scores. It is important to find two countries that are similar to the United States because, Azure Sky Tea wants to operate their office with the same cultures. 2. Classify possible combinations of countries for location of the Azure Sky Tea’s offices based on the Hofstede model. Include a discussion of the home country’s (U.S.) relative position on the Hofstede scales as compared to other countries. Note: Utilize the Hofsetede module to include all parameters (i.e., individualism, uncertainty, power distance, masculinity) for the classification. The Hofstede Model is a model that gives a score about the culture in terms of four dimensions such as, individualism, power distance, masculinity, and uncertainty avoidance index. A high power distance score indicates that people accept the difference in power between their superior and themselves and power is concentrated within the hands of a few individuals while a lower score indicates that people can’t take the difference in the score and power is well shared among...
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...War Two, Britain as the European victor of the war was looking towards not only rebuilding their own economy and society but also to taking a larger role in leading the rebuilding of a powerful Western Europe. Britain wanted to be treated as an equal by their victorious partners after WWII, the US and USSR, and the British leaders believed this could be accomplished by the creation of a unified Western bloc in Europe. From 1945 until 1957 with the signing of the Treaty of Rome, Britain was successful in leading Western Europe through leadership in post war reconstruction, economic arrangements, security, and atomic weapons. Britain’s commitment to being a world power as well as their widespread influence overseas also helped the British to maintain a leadership role in Western Europe despite French ideas of British Americanization. Overall, despite occasional moments of weakness, Britain was essentially the driver of the “European bus” from 1945 until 1957 when the British decided they no longer wanted to be on board the European bus. World War II devastated Western Europe both physically and economically but provided an opportunity for Britain to take a leading role in the reconstruction process. Reconstruction became the immediate concern for Britain and their Western European neighbors. Britain’s leading role in Western Europe was sparked by their success in post war reconstruction beginning with their role in the Marshall Plan funding by the United States. The British...
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...The War of 1812, also known as the "forgotten war," was a struggle to maintain American Independence from Great Britain. This second revolution asserted our American rights, and gave Americans the opportunity to show their true colors. People sometimes refer to the War of 1812 as a second war for American independence because it was caused by various types of British interference with America's independence, like the American Revolution. The engagement of war between the United States and Great Britain in both wars, is caused by British interference with America's independence. The Revolutionary War (1775-1783), is a war that began as a conflict between Britain and the thirteen colonies. This war was motivated by the colonist’s disappointment after the French and Indian War ended in 1763. In which, the British government tried to...
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...realize this story’s significance consider “Rip Van Winkle” as the first writing that criticizes life in the newly independent United States. Throughout time, analysts have realized the subtle criticism of life before and after the American Revolution in this seemingly playful myth....
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...Introduction The period between 1870 and 1913 has often been referred to as Mach-1, in reference to the speed of economic growth that it presented. This was a period of peace especially when its compared to what came soon after. Under the Hegemonic leadership of Great Britain, Trade and the movement of people with and within Europe grew at rates that were then unprecedented. All these gains crumbled just before the start of the Great War of 1914. For the next thirty years attempts were made to bring the world economy to its glory years without any success. At this point, nation states had retreated back to protectionism and a wave of national identity and anger of one state against another was sweeping across Europe. State debts, the just ended war, Fascism, Nazism and other various anti-International economic policies and philosophies made it difficult for cooperation amongst states. Cooperation and success was not realized until another undisputed economic power (United sates of America) rose to the occasion in the summer of 1944, to plan and re-arrange the post war economic order. If we were to follow the same naming style as the above mentioned, then this period would in turn be termed Mach-2. Once again the world united under a new Hegemonic leadership. Just as in the previous hegemon, Markets began to recover the good practices of the classical economic system were adopted and the lessons learnt in the thirty years of economic turmoil since the first world war were also...
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...The uk What’s the difference between the United Kingdom and Great Britain? * The difference between the united kingdom and Great Britain is that Great britain only consist of England, Scotland and Wales. But the united kingdome consist by England, Wales, Scotland and northern lreland. You could say that the only difference is that Northern ireland is inclouded in The united kingdom and its not in the Great britain. What’s the name of the Flag of the United Kingdom? * Union Jack Why does the flag look the way it does? * Because it’s a combination of the different flags that is inclouded in the united kingdom. In which ways does Northern Ireland differ from the rest of Ireland? * The Northern Ireland does’nt have independenc meanwhile Ireland has. What’s the official name of Ireland? Republic of Ireland Where are Geordie, Cockney and Scouse dialects spoken? They are spoken in the UK Geordie=Newcastle/north east Cockney=london scouse=liverpool What languages other than English are spoken in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales? Gaelic and Welsh Britain, british, brits, brit, England, english, english, englishmen Scotland, scottish, scots, scotsmen Wales, welsh, welsh, welsh Northern ireland, lrish, lrish, lrish, Which cities are the capitals of the four nations of the UK? England – London, Scotland – Edinburgh Wales – Cardiff Northerna Ireland - Belfast What’s the nearest equivalent to “Folkekirken” in the UK? Churche of England ...
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...MGT501, Management and Organizational Behavior during the spring semester at Touro University International. COVERAGE: I will use background information, combined with outside research to strengthen this paper. I will begin by identifying at least three specific ways that cultural differences would affect doing business internationally. Next, I will discuss some specific skills that global managers need to address the cultural differences. I will then discuss my views regarding expatriate and foreign-national managers by stating the reasons why a combination of managers is the most effective way to deal with these challenges. Finally, I will conclude with a brief summary that highlights the key points made throughout the paper. DISCUSSION: Many foreign markets are considered an untapped resource. The potential for growth in these markets is very high; however the potential can not be fulfilled without strong human resource applications, effective organizational structure, and efficient cultural understanding. The company’s corporate culture has to be modified to take cultural differences into consideration. The ability to evolve the organization by enveloping these cultural differences into the corporate culture can severely affect an organization’s success in the global marketplace. In the following paragraphs, I will discuss some organizational...
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...the Revolutionary war brought a sense of pride, patriotism and unity to the new United States. The British had long dictated the path of the Americas in order to bring about prosperity for Great Britain with little regard for the Americas. The Revolutionary war ended that or so the United States thought. As the new nation forged its own path to recognition as a sovereign nation based freedom and liberty, there were continuous internal conflicts over the balance of governmental powers, military preparedness, westward expansion, economic prosperity, slavery and diplomacy with other nations. The War of 1812, also known as the second war of independence, or rather the end of the war, reignited passion in the hearts and souls of all Americans with a little help from a General Andrew Jackson and forced Great Britain to respect all the rights the United States deserved as a nation. The Napoleonic War was waging in Europe between Great Britain and France. The United States had full intentions of remaining neutral throughout the conflict. The attempts of the United States to carry on normal trade relations with both Great Britain and France were nearly impossible. Great Britain and France continuously interfered in the commercial trade routes in Europe and the world with blockades and seizures. The use of impressments and requirements for trade were Great Britain’s way of ignoring the rights the United States has as a nation and the right to remain neutral in times of war. In Napoleon’s...
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...Our text explains that there are six principles of cross-culture communication. The first principle is that the greater the cultural/linguistic difference or barrier is between people the bigger or greater the communication breakdown will be. An example, a conversation between a person from United States and Iran would have more difficulty than a conversation between a person from the United States and Britain. United States and Britain both speak English with different accents. People from Iran speak an entirely different language making the linguistic of communication much more different. Second principle suggest that the cultural differences results in the breakdown. People of different cultures learn differently and understand things differently and that causes a communication breakdown. Third principle says that when a person is communicating cross-culturally that they are more cautious when communicating. They will choose their words more carefully, ask clarifying questions and in generally make a conscious effort in communicating. They are more in tuned to body language and watch hand gestures to make sure they are understanding better. A fourth principle states that cultures will pay attention to the number and kind of “do’s and taboos” that are required by that culture. Some culture groups have very formal rules, or traditions and it is important to be aware of those when communicating with a culture that has them. It is out of respect that we follow their tradition...
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...George Washington was the first president of the United States of America while Abraham Lincoln later on became the sixteen president. Comparing Washington presidency toward Lincoln view of America are different by society, culture, and politics. The time difference between both presidents show the difference perspective of how they view America. Beginning with Washing, during 1789 through 1797. America was facing against getting their independence from Great Britain from the Revolutionary War. At that time there was no active movements or groups against slavery or women’s right compared to Lincoln presidency. Therefore, having slaves was not a big issue like it was during Lincoln time. Lincoln’s presidency was till 1860-1865 (assassinated...
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...based on difference of opinion or beliefs. “The political fate of North America also remained in question, as the English, the French, and the Indians continued to struggle for supremacy over the continent; developments during the half-century after 1700 intensified both social diversity and political uncertainty, resulting in an increasing incidence of violent conflict.” I feel young Americas early development was all over the place as all its settlers were trying to figure out what worked best for themselves. Everything from religion, difference in opinion on the subject of slavery, and enlightenment had early Americans at each other throats. Even though a centuries worth of settlement had elapsed, no one seemed to legitimately “settle”. I feel like early Americans were over zealous; everyone had their own idea of how things should work in the new land and no one could make up their mind or settle on one image. This is to be expected in my opinion as there were those still faithful to backcountry beliefs, English immigrants, who contradicted with non-English immigrants ideals. It was that difference in beliefs that had drew cause for conflict and war. Britain tried to choke hold Americans into submission by deriving the many taxation acts that would bind Americans to their parent country. However this ultimately backfired on Britain with the final push of seizing arms at Concord. This occurrence led to the beginning of the Revolution. I feel either Britain was stretching...
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...share through expansion into new markets. The company has a low-key culture and therefore must find markets suitable for this culture. The Hofstede model can help the company find suitable countries having similar dimensions as the United States (The Hofstede Centre, n.d). This is important because the company has plans to maintain its culture in the new office. The Hofstede Model gives national cultural scores for dimensions such as power distance, individualism, uncertainty avoidance, and masculinity (The Hofstede Centre, n.d). High power distance implies acceptance of power differences between members of society. Low power distance implies intolerance to uneven distribution of power and therefore there is need for sharing of power among different people (The Hofstede Centre, n.d). The power distance scores of Great Britain and Australia are 35 and 36 respectively. These scores are closest to United States score of 40. With respect to individualism, Great Britain, Australia, and United States have scores of 89, 90, and 91 respectively (The Hofstede Centre, n.d). These close scores imply Azure Company can operate without much challenges in the two countries. Therefore, Great Britain and Australia have similar qualities to the United States and therefore are potential locations for the company’s international offices. Similar cultural qualities for potential international offices are important because it will enable the company roll out its operations easily (Wiklund...
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...Paper - Great Britain - Cross Cultural Management Alliant International University Author Note Arturo Morales Student ID: 516395 Jeremy Liu (Fangming Liu) Student ID: 617063 Maria Röttgers Student ID: 617666 Historical Overview England itself is actually not a country, but part of Great Britain, which again is part of the United Kingdom. Great Britain consists of the three regions England, Scotland and Wales. Besides Great Britain, Northern Ireland is also part of the United Kingdom. The history of England goes back to thousands years before Christ. Therefore, this historical overview will outline some major events in British history and will concentrate more on the last century. Major events in British history were The Hundred Years War against France during the 14th century and the civil war that was also known as the War of Roses: the House of York was fighting against the House of Lancaster for the English throne, which weakened the power of the English aristocracy. (Strasbourg l’europénne: 2014) Another aspect of the British history is that England, Scotland and Ireland are very different countries with different histories. Each kingdom favored a different form of religion. The English favored a moderate form of Protestantism, the Scottish were Calvinist and the Irish were stouthearted Catholics. But each kingdom also had strong minorities of other religions. The strongest minority group in England was the Catholics. Those religious differences were responsible...
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...British government is democratic government. So, too, is American government; it roots are buried deep in English political and social history. Yet there are important differences between the two systems of government. Most of those differences grow out of this fundamnetally important point: Unlike government in the United State, government in Great Britain is unitary and and parlimentary in form and rests upon an unwritten constitution. They rule what they call a monarchy. The Monarchy In contrast to such republics as the United States and France, Britain has a hereditary ruler; so Great Britain is a monarchy. Its monarch bears the title of queen or king. While English monarchs once ruled with absolute power, their role has changed , and they are now little more than figureheads. Because her powers and duties are controlled by Britain's unwritten constitution, Elizabeth II, Britain's queen since 1952, is known as a constitutional monarch. In formal terms, all acts of the British government are performed in the name of the queen. The queen does appoint the prime minister, byt her choice is subject to the approval of the House of Commons. So, traditionally, she chooses the leader of the majority party in that house to be prime minister. She has no power to dismiss the prome minister. The house of Lords The upper chamber, the House of lords, is a predominantly aristocratic body of more than1,100 members. More than 750 of its members have inherited their positions. They hold...
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...live in security. We will respect your great religious traditions, whose principles of equality and compassion are essential to Iraq's future. We will help you build a peaceful and representative government that protects the rights of all citizens. And then our military forces will leave. Iraq will go forward as a unified, independent, and sovereign nation that has regained a respected place in the world. You are a good and gifted people -- the heirs of a great civilization that contributes to all humanity.[2] Britain's 1917 occupation of Iraq holds worrying parallels with today.[3] After the euphoric 1917 capture of Baghdad and expulsion of the Ottoman Empire, Iraq soon became an ever deepening financial drain and graveyard for Britain. The same situation faces the US and to some degree...
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