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What are the different levels in culture?

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Customs, artifacts, behaviour and norms

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What are the deeper levels of culture?

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Values, assumptions and beliefs

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Who is Edward L. Bernays?

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Cousin of Sigmund Freud
Father of PR
Affected global culture
‘Masses are irrational and can be controlled by (hidden) desires’
programmed by our surroundings.. be aware of culture and the evil side of it

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How can you become interculturally effective?

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  • connecting to people from other cultures?
  • performing in an international work environment
  • enjoying the intercultural experience
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What does ICC stand for and what does it mean?

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Intercultural competence is the set of attitudes, skills, knowledge and behaviours which are required for appropriate and effective interaction and communication with people who are perceived to be from a different cultural background from oneself

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What are different competencies?

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Affective competencies
Behavioural competencies
Cognitive competencies

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What does appropriate mean?

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Appropriate means that the interactions do not violate the cultural norms and rules.

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What does effective mean?

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Effective means that one is able to achieve one’s objectives in the interaction.

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What does globalisation lead to?

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Leading to a more homogenous world versus cultural differences that ask for adjustments to local habits and preferences.

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What is culture-centrism?

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The tendency to favor one’s own culture above others.

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What is culture relativism?

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Each culture must be understood in it’s own way.

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What are the 6 dimensions of national culture explained by Hofstede?

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  1. Power distance
  2. Individualism vs collectivism
  3. Long-term orientation vs short-term normative
  4. Masculinity vs feminity
  5. Uncertainty avoidance
  6. Indulgence vs restraint
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What is power distance?

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The extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organisations within a country expect and accept that power is distributed unequally.

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What is individualism?

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The degree of interdependence a society maintains among its members. People’s slef-image ‘I’

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What is collectivism?

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What is a masculine culture?

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Society will be driven by:
- achievement
- competition
- success
Success being defined by the winner in the field.
A value system that starts in school and continues throughout organisational life

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What is a feminine culture?

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Dominant values in society are:
- Caring for others
- the quality of life
Standing out from the crowd is not admirable.

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What is uncertainty avoidance?

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The extent to which the members of a culture feel threatened by ambiguous or unknown situations and have created beliefs and institutions that try to avoid these.
Low uncertainty avoidance: low need for structure and rules, risk-taking, emotions not shown, relaxed.
High uncertainty avoidance: need for structure and rules, security, showing emotions, stressfull

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What is indulgence?

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The extent to which people try to control their desires and impulses.
Weak control= indulgence
Strong control= restraint

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What does GLOBE stand for and what does it mean?

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Global Leadership & Organisations Behaviour Effectiveness
research inspired by Hofstede, McClalland and Kluckholn

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What are the 9 values from the values research from GLOBE?

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  1. Performance orientation
  2. Uncertainty avoidance
  3. In-group collectivism
  4. Power distance
  5. Gender egalitarianism
  6. Humane orientation
  7. Institutional collectivism
  8. Future orientation
  9. Assertiveness
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What is the Trompenaars 7D model?

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  1. Universalism vs particularism
  2. individualism vs communitarianism
  3. neutral vs emotional
  4. specific vs diffuse
  5. achievement vs ascriprion
  6. sequential vs synchronic
  7. internal vs external
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What are questions connected to the 7D model?

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  1. What is more important, rules or relationships?
  2. Do we function in a group or as individuals?
  3. Do we display our emotions?
  4. How separate do we keep our work life from our private life?
  5. Do we have to prove ourselves to receive status or is it given?
  6. Do we do things one at a time or several things at once?
  7. Do we control our environment or are we controlled by it?
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What is universalism?

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universalistic people focus more on rules than on relationships, there is only one truth or reality.

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What is particularism?

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Particularistic people focus on personal respect, there are several perspectives on reality depending on who perceives it.

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What does it mean when a society is focussed on achievement?

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Reputation of people depends on their achievements. -Doing

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What does it mean when a society is focussed on ascription?

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Reputation of people depends on their age, class, family, education, gender etc. -Being

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What is the Kluckholn & Strodtbeck value orientation method?

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  1. Human nature orientation (evil/mixed/good)
  2. Man-nature orientation (subordinate/harmony/dominate)
  3. Time orientation (past/present/future)
  4. Activity orientation (being/becoming/doing)
  5. Relational orientation (hierarchical/collateral/individualistic)
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Who is Edward T. Hall?

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An anthropologist focusing on how cultures communicate in which way.

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What is a low-context culture?

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  • Relies on explicit (literal) communication
  • Emphasizes verbal communication over non-verbal
  • Separates job task from relationships
  • Emphasizes individual initiative and decision-making
  • Relies on facts and statistics
  • uses direct style in writing and speaking
  • prefers linear reasoning
  • adheres to the letter of the law
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What is a high-context culture?

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  • relies on implicit communication
  • emphasizes nonverbal over verbal communication
  • subordinates tasks to relationships
  • emphasizes collective initiative and decision-making
  • views the employee-employer relationship as humananistic
  • relies on intuition rather than facts and statistics
  • favors circular and indirect reasoning
  • Adheres to the spirit of law
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What is the Lewis model and what is it based on?

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  • world wide recognition
  • developed in the 1990s
  • visited 135 countries
  • worked in more than 20 countries
  • humans can be divided into three clear categories, based not on nationality or religion but behaviour
  • multi-active,linear-active, reactive
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What is a linear active culture?

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Dislike manana behaviour and (over) loquacity. In business keen on punctual performance, good quality and reliable delivery dates, rationalism and science dominate their thinking more than religion.

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What is a multi-active culture?

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Show less respect than linear-active people do for official announcements, rules or regulations. Limited respect for authority but accept their place in their own social or company hierarchy. In business they use charisma, rhetoric, manipulation and negotiated thruthy. They are diplomatic and tactful and often circumvent laws and officialdom to take ‘short-cuts’

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What is a reactive culture?

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listen before they leap. After listening they rather tend to ask another question, to be sure understand the intention and aspirations of the partner, rather introverted, avoid conflict, no small talk, little eye contact, and maintain a certain amount of inscrutability.

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What does linear time mean?

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Schedules are important, focusing on the future, and measuring time in small units. Time is money.

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What does flexible time mean?

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Emphasizes relationships, focus on the present, and a reluctance to measure time.

38
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What does cyclical time mean?

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understanding connections, forging relationships, focus on the past. Ting (listen with eyes, ears and heart)

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What are the 8 dimensions of culture according to Erin Meyer?

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  1. Communication: high-context vs low-context
  2. Evaluating: direct negative feedback vs indirect
  3. Persuading: principles-first vs application-first
  4. Leading: egalitarian vs hierarchical
  5. Deciding: consensual vs top-down
  6. Trusting: task-based vs relationship-based
  7. Disagreeing: confrontational vs avoiding confrontation
  8. Scheduling: linear-time vs flexible-time
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What does principles-first mean?

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Individuals are trained to start with a statement, fact or opinion and later add concepts to back up or explain the conclusion as necessary. The preference is to begin a message or report with an executive summary or bullet points. Discussions are approached in a practical way, concrete manner. Theoretical or philosophical discussions are avoided in the business environment.

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What does application-first mean?

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Individuals are trained to first develop the theory or complex concept before presenting a fact, statement or opinion. The preference is to strat with a message or report by building up a theoretical argument before moving on to a conclusion. The conceptual principles underlying each situation are valued.

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What is egalitarian?

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The ideal distance between a boss and subordinate is low. The best boss is a facilitator among equals. Organizational structures are flat. Communication often skips hierarchical lines.

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What is hierarchical?

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The ideal distance between a boss and a subordinate is high. The best boss is a strong director who leads from the front. Status is important. Organizational structures are multi-layered and fixed. Communication follows set hierarchical lines.

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What does task-based mean?

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Trust is built through business-related activities. Work relationships are built and dropped easily, based on the practicality of the situation. You do good work consistently, you are reliable, i enjoy working with you, i trust you.

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What does relationship-based mean?

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Trust is built through sharing meals, evening drinks and visits to the coffee machine. Work relationships build up slowly over the long term. I’ve seen who you are at a deep level. I’ve shared personal time with you, i know others well who trust you, i trust you.

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What does confrontational mean?

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Disagreement and debate is positive for the team or organisation. Open confrontation is appropriate and will not negatively impact the relationship.

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What does avoiding confrontation mean?

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Disagreement and debate are negative for the team or organization. Open confrontation is inappropriate and will break group harmony or negatively impact the relationship.

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