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13 Things Expert Say About Culture. Using Hofstede's and Trompenaars' Cultural Study as a basis to pose 13 questions around culture in businesses. Culture, Hofstede, Trompenaars, Power Distance, Individualism, Uncertainty avoidance, Masculinity, Long Term Orientation, Organisational Behaviour, Organizational Behavior, Effectiveness, Organizations, Management, Study, Education, Orientation to Work, OB.
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13 THINGS
EXPERTS SAY ABOUT
CULTUREJeff Taylor
1. POWER DISTANCELevels of inequality in organisations
Geert Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions
Geert Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions
2. UNCERTAINTY
AVOIDANCESense of threat felt by unusual
situations
Geert Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions
3. IndividualismIndividualist vs. Collectivist
Geert Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions
4. MasculinityAssertiveness/Competitiveness vs. Caring/Concern
Geert Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions
5. Long-term OrientationLong vs. Short term
CRITICAL REFLECTIONHofstede’s work has received both praise and
criticism from both scholars and practitioners. What criticisms, if any, have you regarding his work? What are the conflicting opinions? How is it possible to develop the ideas around this topic?
How relevant are cultural studies today?
Fons Trompenaars’ Cultural Diversity
6. Universalism vs. particularism
(What is more important, rules or
relationships?)
Fons Trompenaars’ Cultural Diversity
7. Individualism vs. collectivism
(Do we function in a group or as
individuals?)
Fons Trompenaars’ Cultural Diversity
8. Neutral vs. emotional
(Do we display our emotions?)
Fons Trompenaars’ Cultural Diversity
9. Specific vs. diffuse (How separate we keep our private and working lives)
Fons Trompenaars’ Cultural Diversity
10. Achievement vs. ascription
(Do we have to prove ourselves to
receive status or is it given to us?)
Fons Trompenaars’ Cultural Diversity
11. Sequential vs. synchronic (Do we do things one at a time or several things at once?)
Fon’s Trompenaars’ Cultural Diversity
12. Internal vs. external control (Do we control our environment or are we controlled by it?)
Keith Grint/George Ritzer: McDonaldization
13. McDonaldization occurs when
culture possesses the characteristics of a fast
food restaurant.
CRITICAL REFLECTION“The study of organisational behaviour is really
an art that pretends to be a science and produces some spurious research findings in a vain attempt to try to prove the point”
How far do you agree with this statement? Do you think organisational behaviour is too subjective ever to be a science? What is the value in the study of organisational behaviour?
author: Jeff Tayloremail: [email protected]
website: www.jefftaylor.ielinkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jeff-taylor/41/993/635contact via email for guest lectures and academic seminars
