Look at the students around you; think of your conversations with them, and discussions in class. To what extent can the variance between their value statements be considered reflective of a 'national culture?

i. Why should we be sceptical about accounts that suggest an organization has a national culture?

ii. How might different assumptions about organization and national culture affect the way that you do your work?

iii. In what ways is your work, organizationally, shaped by assumptions about your national culture? What are these assumptions? How do they relate to Hofstede's account?