9.1 Intercultural Management

Globalisation

Globalisation
Definition by Professor (1)

Globalisation
Definition by Professor (2)

History

Current Globalization

Scientific Approaches to Globalization

General Approaches to Globalization

Economical Phenomena

Triumph of American Cultural Values

Socio-political Revolution

Driven by technological revolution

Blundering the Environment (1)

Blundering the Environment (2)

Conclusion about Globalization

Connotations of Culture in Everyday Life

1) Low Culture
2) High Culture

Culture is Shared

1) Culture is Learned
2) Enculturation

Culture is systematic and organized

Diverse Concepts of Culture (1)
1) Topical
2) Historical
3) Behavioural
4) Normative

Diverse Concepts of Culture (2)
5) Functional
6) Mental
7) Structural
8) Symbolic

Cultural Subystem That Influence People and Their Behaviour

Culture- a working definition
(Thomas and Peterson)

Culture and Nation: Influence on Organisations
1) Macro Level
2) Micro Level

National Culture
1) Elements that contribute to the creation of a national culture
2) Institutions that contribute to the establishment of a national culture

National Culture - Does It Exist?

Debates around the Concepts of Culture

1) National Culture
2) Organizational Culture

Organizational Culture

Corporate Culture

Culture and Cross-cultural Management

1) Acculturation
2) Bi-culturalism

Continuumm of Acculturation
1) Separation
2) Marginalization
3) Integration
4) Assimilation

Ethnocentrism

Conclusion (1)

Conclusion (2)

"Sometimes one or more cultures may take dominance over another culture, depending on the situation."
- Examples

European Value Study (EVS)

How Does Culture Influence Us?

The Cultural Orientations Model
1) Sense of Self
2) Thinking Style
3) Interaction Style

Basic Cultural Orientations: Kluckholn & Strodtbeck

Variations in Value Orientations
1) What is the character of human nature?
2) Relationship man-nature?
3) Time focus of human activity?
4) Modality of human activity?
5) Relationship man-man?

Research of...
1) Edward Hall
2) Nancy Adler
3) Edgar Schein
4) Geert Hofstede & Fons Trompenaars

The Culture Model of Hall
- 4 Cultural Dimensions

Chronemics
1) Definition
2) Monochronic
3) Polychronic

High/Low Context Cultures
1) High CCs
2) Low CCs

Power Distance

1) Collectivist
2) Individualist

1) Feminine
2) Masculine

Uncertainty Avoidance

1) Indulgence
2) Restraint