Hosftede and conflict

Question 1

What can you do if u determine the type of conflict?

Answer 1

A manager can use different startegies to resolve and prevent future conflicts, using the table above, leaders can resolve conflicts.

Question 2

Can power influence?

Answer 2

Power can influence directly and indirectly: when a person is in a posititon of power the other party who is influenced often believes they are acting of their own will or for their best interest.

Question 3

What are the 4 drivers of organizational politics?

Answer 3

1.Personality: people who have a high machiavellianism( need for power) have high internal focus on control.
2. Org decisions: unstructured or out of normal decisions.
3.Organizational change: rise in unstructured decisions and environment.
4. organizational structure-hierarchical relationships: tall vs short organizational structure

Question 4

Whats the best to be on conflict resolution?

Answer 4

Compromising

Question 5

Hosftede cultural dimension?

Answer 5

1. power distance
2. Indiidualism vs collectivism
   3.Masculinity vs Feminity
   4.Uncertainty avoidance index
3. long term orientation vs short term normative orientation
4. indulgence vs Restraint

Question 6

Power distance?

Answer 6

dealing with inequality.In a high power distance culture, the people prefer to have explicit markers that distinguish the powerful from the less powerful.
In low power distance cultures people prefer that the powerful look and behave more like them.

Question 7

Individualist vs Collectivism?

Answer 7

Indivualism: Employer - employee relationship is a contract between parties in a labor market.

Collectivism:The employer - employee relationship is basically moral, like a family link.

Question 8

Masculinity vs Feminity?

Answer 8

Masculinity: preference in society for achievement, heroism, assertiveness and material rewards for sucess.
Feminity: stands for a preference for cooperation, modesty, caring for the weak and quality of life.

Question 9

Uncertainty Avoidance ?

Answer 9

There is strong and weak.
Weak:
-No more rules than strictly necessary.
-Tolerance for ambiguity and chaos.
- Better at invention, worse at implementation.
Strong:
-There is an emotional need for rules even if they will not work.
-Need for precision and formalization.
-Worse at invention, better at implementation.