Trompenaars Flashcards

1
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Trompenaars dimensions is about…

A

….Understanding and Managing Cultural Differences

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Do achievement-orienteted culture measure performance and how well they performs tasks? Or is it origin, gender, age, career, person´s career or position?

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Achievement-orienteted culture measure performance and how well they performs tasks.

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Achievement-Based or Ascriptive;

People believe that you should be valued for who you are. Power, title, and position matter in these cultures, and these roles define behavior.

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Ascriptive

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Universalism or particularism;

People believe that each circumstance, and each relationship, dictates the rules that they live by. Their response to a situation may change, based on what’s happening in the moment, and who’s involved.

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Particularism

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Remove one culture;

Typical universalist cultures include the U.S., the U.K, China, Germany.

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China

Reason:
They give people autonomy to make their own decisions.

They respect others’ needs when you make decisions.

They are flexible in how they make decisions.

They highlight important rules and policies that need to be followed.

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Universalism or particularism;

Rules come before relationships.

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Universalism

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Internal or external;

People believe that they can control nature or their environment to achieve goals. This includes how they work with teams and within organizations.

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Internal

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Internal or external;

Reassure people that they’re doing a good job.

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External

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Internal or external;

Be open about conflict and disagreement, and allow people to engage in constructive conflict.

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Internal

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Place Norway;
Internal or external?
Universalism or particularism?
Achievement-Based or Ascriptive?

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Internal
Achievement-Based
Universalism

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