CULTURAL DIMENSIONS

cultural dimensions

The GLOBE project extended the studies of Hofstede and Trompenaars and factored all the dimensions based upon manager’s input located in over 60 countries. There were some new dimensions added as a result of the study. Each of the three sets of cultural dimensions has special merit, so after a careful review, respond to the following questions/prompts:

  • Which of the three sets of cultural dimensions do you think you would find the easiest to implement and use in a global setting?
  • Which of the dimensions would be of most importance to you as a manager?
  • Discuss whether you think that time should be considered a cultural factor.
  • Explain your stance and provide what you would consider to be your personal set of cultural dimensions which would assist you in managing culture and diversity in global teams.

300 words, Provide at least three references formatted to APA (6th edition) and associated in-text citations.

Answer preview
The three sets of cultural dimensions that I would find the easiest to implement and use in a global setting are individualism versus communitarians, pragmatic versus normative, and universalism versus particularism. People from Individualism culture refer to themselves as individuals. Some cultures prefer working as individuals. In the case of communitarianism, the employees in some cultures prefer working together as a group. The employees from these cultures are closely linked to each other emotionally attached.  The second dimension is pragmatic versus normative, pragmatic culture is more goal oriented…
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