Lecture 5- HRM as Cross-Cultural Management Flashcards
1
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What is culture?
A
The collective programming of the way a group of people solve problems
2
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What is an esoteric culture?
A
Within the organisation (Culture management, normative control)
3
Q
Where do subcultures form?
A
Around hierarchical rank or occupational positions
4
Q
Name some common ‘best practices’
A
- Take to social media
- Work with existing culture
- Change behaviours and mind-sets will follow
- Demonstrate impact quickly
- Keep managing culture over time
5
Q
What is an exoteric culture?
A
Outside the organisation (National cultures, working cultures)
6
Q
What is ecological fallacy?
A
To assume that all individuals share the groups’ attitude
7
Q
What are the four original cultural dimension scales in Hofstede’s model?
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Powerdistance(PDI),individualism(IDV),uncertaintyavoidance (UAI) and masculinity (MAS)
8
Q
Name 3 of McSweeney’s Critiques of Hofstede
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- Implicit
- Core
- Shared
9
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Name 4 GLOBE dimensions
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- Power distance
- Institutional Collectivism
- In-group Collectivism
- Gender
- Assertiveness
- Future orientation
- Performance Orientation
- Human Orientation
