NATIONAL CULTURE:

Explore Hofstede's website about dimensions of national culture at https://hi.hofstede-insights.com/national-culture

• please define each of the cultural dimensions.
• What are the characteristics of cultures with:
  • Low power distance
  • High power distance
  • Low uncertainty avoidance
  • High uncertainty avoidance
  • High masculinity
  • High femininity
  • High Individualism
  • High collectivism
• Find the scores for all the dimensions of national culture for:
  • The USA
  • Guatemala
  • Turkey
  • Indonesia
  • Mexico
• What could be the issues created between countries with opposite scores on all dimensions of national culture?
• Now, compare and contrast the culture of the USA and the culture of the host country your group is analyzing on each available dimension.

ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE:

• Explain the characteristics of each of the 4 quadrants of organizational cultures (see book Fig. 6.2 )
• If your company's organizational culture is FAMILY would this work well with the national culture of your host country? Why?
• If your company's organizational culture is EIFFEL TOWER would this work well with the national culture of your host country? Why?
• If your company's organizational culture is GUIDED MISSILE would this work well with the national culture of your host country? Why?
• If your company's organizational culture is INCUBATOR would this work well with the national culture of your host country? Why?
• Start thinking about the kind of issues the cultural differences (both national and organizational cultures) could create in managing and motivating local employees, in communicating and negotiating, and what would be the solutions you would propose.