To Russia With Love case study

2. The text mentions that within the same organization wider cultural gaps can exist between, say, R&D and finance as between the R&D teams of two partners. To what extent can Hofstede's cultural dimensions be used to explain such cultural gaps? (30 Marks)Questions: for case 1: (Minimum number of words 300 words) total marks (60 Marks) 1. 'Individualism' and 'Uncertainty Avoidance' are the two dimensions proposed by Hofstede which are mentioned in the text as influential factors in international collaboration. The text gives the 'scores' of the UK, USA, Germany and Japan on these dimensions to illustrate the differences. (30 Marks) a. Look up the scores of these same countries on the remaining cultural dimensions on www.geert-hofstede.com b. How could score differences on these other dimensions also influence collaboration between the four cultures mentioned? Give concrete examples, if possible.Questions for case 2 (Minimum number of words 200 words) total marks (40 Marks) 1. Jan believes that paying bribes is the only way to overcome the problems caused by the poor infrastructure in Russia. Is this really the only way of tackling these problems? (20 marks) 2. How do you explain Rob's comment that 'the Russians and the mafia are in it together"? (20 marks) THE RUBRIC FOR WRITING A REPORT IS UPLOADED ON THE COURSE HOMEPAGE ANY SIMILARITIES WITH OTHER GROUPS * REPORT WILL BE CONSIDERED PLAGIARISM A SOFT COPY OF THE REPORT MUST BE UPLOADED FOR INSPECTING PLAGIARISM ( READ THE PLAGIARISM POLICY ON THE COURSE PAGE ON MOODLE