Essays on National Culture

Contrasting Two Cultures with a Model of Culture

The model of culture to be used in this part of the paper is Professor Geert Hofstede’s Model of National Cultures. Professor Hofstede is famous for his study wherein he looked at how values in the workplace are influenced by particular cultures. He was a consultant working with IBM in the 1970s and 1980s, and thus he was able to observe various workplace cultures around the world (Geert Hofstede: National Culture). Originally, he came up with four dimensions of culture along which behaviors could be linked and thereafter analyzed. The original dimensions are Individualism-Collectivism, Uncertainty Avoidance, Power Distance ( ...

This research is devoted to consideration connected with similarities of some national cultures. Geert Hofstede’s studies have greatly contributed to the understanding of the differences and similarities of national cultures and, correspondingly, in peculiarities of organizational cultures. With globalization, social and business processes connected with it, it is critical to be aware of the differences and similarities between different cultures, hence the importance of Hofstede’s research. His model characterizing national cultures emphasizes five dimensions. Each of them defines attitudes towards certain state of things in the society, of course, culturally reasoned. These dimensions are Power Distance, Individualism ...

The mechanistic structure comprises a bureaucratic or hierarchical arrangement with formalised practices or procedures along with centralised authority and focuses on control and specialisation. Mechanistic structures are rigid and excessively authoritative with emphasis on power and chain of command. Conversely, organic structures are more flexible, open, and informal as compared to mechanistic structures and encourage employee involvement and input. Organic structures are more practical as compared to mechanistic structures in a rapidly changing business environment of the modern world mainly because of the flexibility. The mechanistic structures offset the creativity, flexibility, and autonomy required in the contemporary world to ...

Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Based in the US, and headquartered in New York, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) has a global presence. Since it was founded, IBM has always embraced a culture of diversity and inclusion. IBM take diversity as a strategy and they link diversity to their business goal (Thomas, 2004). IBM has a strong commitment to driving a cultural change through its innovative policies and principles as one way of providing employees with a workplace where they feel valued and welcomed for who they are. The company operates in 170 countries spanning nine time zones where more than 70 languages are ...

Japan is often referred to in the field of international relations as the Land of the Rising Sun. With its economy being the third largest in the world, suggesting that this country and its inherent culture plays a significant role in the planet and especially in the region would indeed have some merits. The objective of this paper is to focus on Roland Barthes’ book about Japan as an Empire of Signs and the validity of the points he raised about the country, using other works such as that of Sofia Coppola’s lost in Translation, among others. The ...

Abstract

Multiculturalism refers to the integration of different cultures to confide to a single national culture or social viewpoint. Thus, multiculturalism is an accommodative social perspective that entails integrating divergent social and cultural practices to a unified accord. With regards to the Australian multiculturalism programs, it would be imperative to conclude that it has had a share of challenges in implementing this policy, but at the same time reaped a lot from this policy. Thus, amidst challenges that come with settling people with diverse interests, Australia has had some gains out of its efforts to integrate people of different social ...

Reciprocity of Marketing & Culture

INTRODUCTION The growing interdependence of global markets has made a more compelling case for culture as an increasingly significant variable in marketing efforts. For one, products and services produced at a global scale find more diverse platforms, particularly across virtual media. The pace, scale and content of products and/or services are, moreover, making an increasing case for more standardized offerings across different marketing contexts. Typically, consumer behavior metrics – including, most notably, conventional market research and more innovative approaches as data analytics platforms and applications – are adopted in order to identify consumer behaviors and needs. This approach to consumer behavior ...

Introduction

The experience of living in a national of dynamism and multicultural setting like Singapore is one of its kind that will last in my memory for quite some time and it could be a remarkable life-time experience. The core cultural beliefs and values come into play in the communicative behaviors of the individuals living in a state or nation (Wong, 2011). I give an explicit insight into the cultural values of the Singaporeans from an experience of a person who had the opportunity to stay in the country for about four and half years as a student. This gives ...

Industry Case Study Report

Industry Case Study Report

Abstract

The world has become increasingly mobile or that is what the statistics shows us. The number of tourists across the world has been rising all through the years barring a few occasions like post 9/11 in 2001 and during the global recession period of 2008-2010. The latest data shows that the international tourist arrivals have increased by 4 % to reach a record 1.2 billion tourist arrivals in 2015 . Almost all the major markets exhibited positive results and is it is expected to upkeep the momentum in 2016 as well. New Zealand also continued to show ...

Problem Statement

Understanding the impact of culture on student learning is very critical to the provision of good quality education to learners. The global population is made of people with different cultures. In learning institutions, it is common to find a class made up of students and instructors from different communities with different cultural perspectives. Culture defines people’s way of life and comprises beliefs, knowledge, symbols, values, and behaviors. In a learning environment, there is a student’s culture, instructor’s culture, and the culture of people in the surrounding environment. Culture in such a case can be homogenous (where ...

3727 Assignment 8 3727 Assignment 8 Different countries have different cultures based on the countries in which they operate. Demographic factors play a role in determining and organizing an organization so does the national cultures of the countries of these companies. All countries globally have different cultures that are different from other nations. Companies from different nationalities have distinct beliefs, values, and priorities. This paper discusses four different companies the Newfoundland Capital Organization, the Centre for Cross-Cultural Learning, Kwintessential, and Geert Hofstede organizations showing how different companies operate in the country in which they conduct their operations.

The Newfoundland ...