Despite of the globalization affecting our world, which make each person in the world be more connected with each other and getting to know them better, all cultures are still very different from each other, which opposes what most of us think and that's that all people is the same.
There are Five Cultural Dimensions as explained by Proffesor Geert Hofstede as Power Distance Index, Individualism, Masculinity, Uncertainity Avoidance Index and Long Term Orientation. As a matter to the Task # 2 of Organizations & Cultures' class, I will explain Individualism and give an hypothetical but realistic example.
Individualism, which is at
the opposite side of Collectivism, and explained by the Itim International webpage (link below), is when the relations between individuals within a culture is loose and everyone is supposed to look only after himself and one's immediate family.
I found write about this Dimension because I found it one of the most important to keep in account, because within an organization everything is stablished and its mostly team work (related to Collectivisim), I will explain this with an example:
For instance, an Indian is hired by an U.S. firm to work in the United States. The indian, because of its Eastern culture and education, is supposed to work in a collective way, and the U.S. organization may be working under in an individual way. This may come to problems within the employees or even damage the Boss-Employee relation because of the ways of working of both individuals, and may also reduce production or efficiency of the area in which the Indian is working.
With this, I accomplish Taks # 2 of Organizations and Cultures' class.
References and Resources: Itim International. 2009. Geert Hofstede Cultural Dimensions. http://www.geert-hofstede.com/. Accesed 12 August 2010.
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There are Five Cultural Dimensions as explained by Proffesor Geert Hofstede as Power Distance Index, Individualism, Masculinity, Uncertainity Avoidance Index and Long Term Orientation. As a matter to the Task # 2 of Organizations & Cultures' class, I will explain Individualism and give an hypothetical but realistic example.
Individualism, which is at
the opposite side of Collectivism, and explained by the Itim International webpage (link below), is when the relations between individuals within a culture is loose and everyone is supposed to look only after himself and one's immediate family.I found write about this Dimension because I found it one of the most important to keep in account, because within an organization everything is stablished and its mostly team work (related to Collectivisim), I will explain this with an example:
For instance, an Indian is hired by an U.S. firm to work in the United States. The indian, because of its Eastern culture and education, is supposed to work in a collective way, and the U.S. organization may be working under in an individual way. This may come to problems within the employees or even damage the Boss-Employee relation because of the ways of working of both individuals, and may also reduce production or efficiency of the area in which the Indian is working.
With this, I accomplish Taks # 2 of Organizations and Cultures' class.
References and Resources: Itim International. 2009. Geert Hofstede Cultural Dimensions. http://www.geert-hofstede.com/. Accesed 12 August 2010.
Image taken from http://www.gotoofareast.com/toblog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/collective-not-quite.jpg
