GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Geert Hofstede, Organizational Theory, Spoken Language

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Franklin Ramsoomair

Document Summary

Gms 200 l4 global dimensions of management. Internationalism: culture: shared set of beliefs, values and behaviors, building blocks of cultural awareness, 1. Low content culture: communication is mainly spoken and written word. High content culture: nonverbal and situational plus spoken and written. Polychronic culture: time is used to multitask. Monochronic culture: one thing is done at a time: global managers should be comfortable with diversity and quick to find opportunity in unfamiliar settings by understanding these culture nuances. Classifications of culture: geert hofstede dutch business theorist who developed a methodology of recognizing cultural business differences, the four dimensions of culture, 1. Power distance accepting the set standard of power and authority (i. e. americans are less accepting of set power standards; japanese are more accepting): 2. Uncertainty avoidance: the willingness to accept risk politically, socially and economically: 3. Individualism/collectivism: your needs versus the needs of everyone (i. e. western nations are more individualistic and eastern nations are collectivist .