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Cultural Determinats of International Management Flashcards

1
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Three main people associated with Culture

A

Hofstede

Trompaneers

Morrison

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2
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Culture is

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shared, intagible, confirmed by others

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3
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What country overplayed the role of culture in economic success

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Japan

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4
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What are Morrison facets of culture?

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Outward Expressions
Value & beliefs
Norms
Communication

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5
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What are the origins of culture

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Nation sates
Social and Ethnic groups
Religions
Language & comm

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6
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What company made a mistake in terms of its slogan

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Pepsi

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Two types of cultures

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Low and High Conext

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What is High Context

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Info conveyed non verbally eg Japan

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Low context

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Info conveyed by expression eg Swiss

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10
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Hofstedes Dimensions

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  1. Indulgence vs Restraint
  2. Long vs Short Term
  3. Male vs Female
  4. Uncertainty
  5. Individualism
  6. Power Disatnce
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Characterisitics of High Power Distances

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Great Centraliastion
Tall heirarchies
More supervised
Big wage diff

Eg Japan, Mexico

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Characterisitics of Low Power Distances

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Less Centraliastion
Small heirarchies
Less supervised
Small wage diff

Eg Sweden , Norway

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Characteristics of Low Uncertainty avoidance

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Less structuring of  activities
Fewer rules
More generalists
Variability
Great willingness to  take risk

Eg US , UK

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Uncertainty avoidance - high

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More structuring of
activities
More rules
More specialists
Standardization
Less willingness to take  risk

Eg Japan , Greece

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Extent to which the self or group constitutes the center point of identification for the person

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Individualism

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16
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Individualism Low

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Organisation as
family
Organisation defends employee interests
Practices based on loyalty & group participation

Eg Colombia

17
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Individualism High

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Organisation is
more impersonal
Employees defend
own interests
Practices  encourage  individual initiative

Eg Uk US

18
Q

Examples of MNC with feminine culture

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Volvo & Saab

19
Q

Masculinity High

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Gender roles  differentiated
Organisations may  interfere to protect  interests
Fewer women in jobs
Aggression, competition
rewarded
Work valued as central  life interest

Eg Japan , italy

20
Q

Masculinity Low

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Gender roles minimized
Organisations don’t  interfere to protect  interests
More women in jobs
Soft, intuitive skills  rewarded
Social rewards are valued

Eg Scandinavian

21
Q

The persistence as well as traditional respect of social

obligations is ?

A

Long Term Orientation (LTO)

22
Q

Egs of LTO High

A

China , Hong Kong

23
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as the extent to which people try to control their desires and impulses, based on the way they were raised.

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Indulgence vs Restraint

24
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Hofstedes Criticisms

A

single company data
Time dependent
Business cultures not values

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