Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Geert Hofstede outlined a theory that would describe a way that cultures from around the
world compares. His work would help companies expand their operations around the
world. The Hofstede’s work would also assist company managers understand how different
nationalities would interact within a firm. For the final assessment use the Hofstede’s
culture dimensions theory to explain how your own culture compares to another. You
might select your own culture and that of Australia, or the USA, or Germany, France,
England or Japanese. The choice of another nation is up to you. This will require an
introduction paragraph to explain why you have chosen your alternate culture.
You will need to describe the differences between your own culture and another by using
the six categories in the Hofstede’s theory. Therefore, there will need to be a paragraph for
each of the six categories of culture.
You will need to provide a description in a separate paragraph on how the two cultures
might work together in a business situation a personal level.
A conclusion paragraph giving your view on the value of understanding Hofstede’s culture
dimensions theory in business.
Paragraph list
1. Introduction
8. How do you think Hofstede’s theory can be applied to business or your own skills in
cultural awareness?
Some help.
The PowerPoint for Week 9 covers Hofstede’s theory. A search on www.scholar.google will
reveal a massive number of academic studies on the theory. A search of YouTube will also
uncover many explanatory videos on Hofstede’s cultural dimensions theory.
Examples;
But there are 155,000 references in Scholar.google.com for Hofstede, so there is lots to
choose from.