Cultural Dimensions
Essays

The Hofstede Cultural Dimensions Model has proven to be invaluable from a pragmatic standpoint for managing the assignment of executives into countries and regions of the world where they would experience major culture…

This briefing discusses how to deal with individuals from a different culture, particularly in a business setting. The different culture concerned is Poland, with the individual in question from Warsaw. The paper covers this issue from the perspective of cultural dimension theory. It also explores the various facets of intercultural interaction and communication, including non-verbal communication, formalities and greetings and business etiquette, among others. The paper also suggests the most appropriate methods of dealing with this different culture.

Istanbul was chosen the European Capital of Culture 2010. This paper looks into the cultural dimensions of the City and briefly discusses some aspects of Istanbul's culture. It presents a brief background of the city and the nation itself, some issues and a recommended way of using Holfstede's theory on Istanbul.

Holfstede's Cultural Dimensions in Modern Day Application

"Culture is more often a source of conflict than of synergy. Cultural differences are a nuisance at best and often a disaster." - Dr. Geert Hofstede

This paper is about international business. There are two parts to the paper. The first is about cultural dimensions, using the Hofstede stuff, and focusing on France and Greece. These countries are also used in the second section, which is about trade barriers, economic systems and currency exchange rate issues.

Managing Cultural Diversity: Hofstede's Five Cultural Dimensions Applied to the U.S. And Cuba

People in societies exhibiting a large degree of power distance accept a hierarchical order in which everybody has a place and which needs no further justification, but in societies with low power distance, people strive to equalize the distribution of power and demand justification for inequalities of power. France, Indonesia and the Arab World all score high on the Power Distance scale compared to Italy, which makes them more authoritarian societies. With a score of 68, France scores high on the scale of the PDI, compared to Italy which has a score of 53. It is therefore a society in which inequalities are accepted. Hierarchy is needed if not existential; the superiors may have privileges and are often inaccessible. Power is highly centralized in France, as well as Paris centralizes administrations, transports etc.