Working cross-culturally (how to work with different cultures in business) with Mark Walsh from Integration Training talking about the work of Geert Hofstede.
Mark Walsh was talk about the experience that he has worked in 10 countries this year with people from at least 50 nationalities, have lived in a dozen countries on four continents.
- increasingly important for work - conflict very easy
not going away just yet no matter what people say
many cultures and sub cultures - e.g. the US, so good to have some variables
Hofstede and Hofstede factors
Power distance - e.g. in meetings Netherlands/ Australia vs Russia/ India
Individualism (IDV) vs. collectivism - do we all have a say? prise teams not individuals
Sweden vs USA
Uncertainty avoidance - new ideas? USA vs Greece or Poland
Masculinity like competitiveness and the acquisition of wealth are valued over 'feminine' values like relationship building and quality of life. - Japan/US vs Spain/Thailand
Long term orientation - in China and Japan a ten year plan is short term
Also time (e.g meetings), food, dating - a minefield, humour - hard to get right
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