Overview
Purpose
To develop an understanding of your own cultural background so that you can more fully understand the driving factors behind:
- Your communication preferences and expectations
- Your perspective and world view
- Your expectations of others
- Your time and scheduling preferences
- Your goal orientation
- Your view of and participation in competitiveness
- Your professional attitudes, preferences, and communication
- Your personal and professional interactions with others
Tasks
- Please make sure to read your textbook Management Chapter 5 Section 5.3 Cultures and Global Diversity and Chapter 5 Section 5.4 Global Management Learning
- Use the Country Comparison tool (Links to an external site.) on the Hofstede Insights website
- Choose the name of the country you grew up in
- If you spent your childhood in more than one country, choose the country you feel was most formative/that you most identify with
- If your country is not listed, choose a country that you understand to be very culturally similar. For example, some students from small countries/nations may not find their country listed, but may find that another country with a similar country is listed (for example, small countries that are often referred to in clusters, such as some islands)
- Read the analysis generated below
- You will need to click on the "Read More About Chosen Countries" button below the chart that appears to see the full analysis
- You will use this analysis to answer the questions below
- Choose the name of the country you grew up in
- Once you have generated an analysis for your home country, compare its results to the United States. If you are from the United States, compare your results to another country of your choosing that is distinctly different from Westernized English-speaking nations.
- Please answer as many of the below discussion questions as you can:
- QUESTION 1: The Hofstede Insights Country Comparison tool analyzes cultures as a whole. While cultural norms, values, etc. absolutely shape us, there are many regional and individual variations, and you may feel that you identify more or less with certain dimensions of the analysis. For each of the 6 dimensions discussed in the Hofstede Insights analysis, describe your level of identification with your country’s dimension score and description.
- Power Distance
- Individualism
- Masculinity
- Uncertainty Avoidance
- Long Term Orientation
- Indulgence (the website will differ from the textbook for the names of the cultural dimensions)
- QUESTION 2: Discuss how you think culture and your cultural perspectives affect/impact your use of verbal and nonverbal communication.
- QUESTION 3: Discuss how you think your cultural influences affect your perspectives on and expectations of others.
- QUESTION 4: How do you think your cultural influences affect the way you communicate with others?
- QUESTION 1: The Hofstede Insights Country Comparison tool analyzes cultures as a whole. While cultural norms, values, etc. absolutely shape us, there are many regional and individual variations, and you may feel that you identify more or less with certain dimensions of the analysis. For each of the 6 dimensions discussed in the Hofstede Insights analysis, describe your level of identification with your country’s dimension score and description.
Submission
This is an INDIVIDUAL Submission, so everyone must submit their own work. Please submit your answers to the above questions as a text entry to this Canvas Assignment or a Microsoft Word document or PDF file.