counter-productive communication dilemmas. Two fundamental aspects of diversity will be discussed: Firstly, cultural differences are common throughout The Company and have proven to be an issue of emotional and economic importance. Five of Hofstede’s (1994) dimensions of culture can be used to explain the reluctance of employees from different countries to effortlessly integrate their personalities and ideas within The Company. Power distance, individualism, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity and long-term orientation
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Throughout this short essay there will be many different forms of how an organization’s culture affects its own performances. Specifically dwelling within the thoughts of individualism versus collectivism. Secondly with power distance, uncertainty along with risk avoidance strategies. Finally, the topics of achievement versus nurturing orientation on how the lye on organizational performances. An individualistic society depends upon the values of freedom and independence, while a collectivistic society
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Cross-Cultural Negotiations: An introduction When two people communicate, they rarely talk about precisely the same subject, for effective meaning is flavored by each person’s own cognitive world and cultural conditioning. When negotiating internationally, this translates into anticipating culturally related ideas that are most likely to be understood by a person of a given culture. Discussions are frequently impeded because the two sides seem to be pursuing different paths of logic; in
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mental software, however, corresponds to a much broader use of the word which is common among social anthropologists: this is ‘culture two’. In social anthropology, 'culture' is a catchword for all those patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting referred to in the previous paragraphs. Not only those activities supposed to refine the mind are included in 'culture two', but also the ordinary and menial things in life: greeting, eating, showing or not showing feelings, keeping a certain physical distance
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odds, from its isolated geolocation, lack of natural resources to the total economic collapse post World War II. With a GDP that ranks third worldwide in 2014 only after the United States and China, and a population that is a fraction of the former two, Japan owns a great deal of its achievement to various homegrown aspects (World Bank, 2014). This essay analyzes keys aspects of Japan to get a broad overview of Japanese business culture, using the Hofstede's Model and key social institutions. II
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How Cultural Issues Affect the Processes of Joint Ventures in China Since 2000 Nicolas Francisco Herrera Giraldo Abstract: This paper purpose is to identify which are the more remarkable cultural facts at the moment of doing joint ventures with china. Taking in consideration that this country has presented a representative economical growth and that many western and occidental countries have decided to execute strategically movements to improve their processes with tools as joint ventures
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Introduction IKEA is the housewares and furniture organization which one of the world’s top furniture organization. IKEA also designs its products and sell those items in more than 300 IKEA stores that are from different countries around the world. IKEA offer the high-quality items at low prices. The largest market of IKEA is in Germany with 44 stores. United States has the second most IKEA store amount in the world with 37 (Loeb Walter, 2012). The company is care for the customers and in
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mental software, however, corresponds to a much broader use of the word which is common among social anthropologists: this is ‘culture two’. In social anthropology, 'culture' is a catchword for all those patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting referred to in the previous paragraphs. Not only those activities supposed to refine the mind are included in 'culture two', but also the ordinary and menial things in life: greeting, eating, showing or not showing feelings, keeping a certain physical distance
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dimension - uncertainty avoidance - represents the extent to which people feel uncomfortable or threatened by ambiguous and uncertain situations, and thus create belief systems and institutions in order to promote conformity. Societies with higher levels of uncertainty avoidance place greater value on security (e.g., financial, social), feel a greater need for consensus and written rules, and are intolerant of deviations from the norm. In contrast, individuals with low uncertainty avoidance rely less
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means that HR related problems different countries solve in different ways. Hofstede suggests that culture influences business related practices. Many HR representatives working in an international business a global business world face the same difficulties, but also face other new challenges that relate to cultural convergence in business practices. There are many characteristics to identify a countries culture. When dealing with HR issues, culture plays a major role in how an organization handles
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