Fons Trompenaars

Compare & Contrast Hofstede’s main aim was to evaluate work values, while that of Trompenaars was to inquire about employees behaviour in both work and leisure time. Trompennars model is focus oriented as it tells us about what is on people’s mind and in their sight. It describes an logical organization and framework of their behaviour which can be seen in the dimensions like specific-diffuse, internal-external direction, universalism-particularism, and we can see relationships in individualism-collectivism, achievement-ascription, neutral-affective. On the other hand, Hofstede describes about values present in people and its effect on their behaviour. Therefore, the difference between them is that Trompenaars study lies on the surface of…

Culture is typically used to describe the behaviors and actions of people from a large group perspective. In business, culture is used to describe behaviors at a national level in order to better understand the differences between people in different parts of the world. So while many languages may be spoken in a single country, there usually is a single national language that can be expected to be spoken by business people in that country. But the culture of a country has many other components…

1.0 Introduction Cultural differences influence an organisation’s ability to penetrate a foreign market. As Ahistrom and Bruton (2009) note comprehending culture is vital to understanding the differences in business globally (p. 36). Various cultures have different management, communication, and negotiation styles that are influenced by societal values and norms. Therefore, companies that penetrate a new market have culture to contemplate besides a country’s legal structure, economic position,…

In order for managers to benefit in the global environment, they must gain knowledge on the cultures within a workplace in order to apply effective strategies to achieve the best results. This is evident within the Australian and Aboriginal cultures, in which their vast differences would make managers have to apply different methods as a result of the different cultures. Australian and the Aboriginal culture are both unique cultures which have many varying aspects that are extremely different,…

that hold views by Edward T. Hall, Marilyn Lindblad, and Fons Trompenaars and Charles Hampden-Turner, showcase ways of seeing the world and dealing with others. Based on these dimensions, I have my own way of seeing the world that is both “in line” with general views about Americans and is not. I also believe that there is an “American Type” but this type may not reflect the average American correctly. There are various way that I see the world that contrast and compare to general views…

Employees are used to work in a cross-disciplinary team environment, for a limited time, until a project has finished. Due to the fast changing environment, personal interaction is mainly focussed on abilities and qualifications of staff that contribute to the achievement of a specific goal, than on well-developed interpersonal relationships. “Everything in the Guided Missile culture is subordinated to an all-encompassing goal“ (Trompenaars & Woolliams, 2003, p. 365), and employees are valued by…

collective programme of mind. Hofstede is the most cited author, despite his dimension conducted how values in workplace influenced by culture, yet the values that distinguished over 70 countries. Although each dimension clarifies how each society’s deals the same situation differently. For instance chines culture are seen as collective society which implies high rate of loyalty and pride toward their family, employees and organisation, while UK and USA are high individualism society and are…

the workplace. Another shocking fact is that next door at BJ’s restaurant and brewery Apple employs plainclothes security workers to target potential Apple employees that present threats to the company by talking too much or gossiping about the company. (5) Employees refer to BJ’s as Infinite Loop #7, because it is frequented very often by the employees at Apple since it is within a minute walk from the main building. Apple tries as hard as it can to keep you quiet about Apple outside of the…

cultures? Figure 1. TeamWare Finnish screen patterns Many analysts in organizational communication have studied cultures thoroughly and published classic theories; other authors have applied these theories to analyze the impact of culture on business relations and commerce (see Bibliography). Few of these works are well known to the © Copyright 2001 AM+A. This document is confidential and proprietary. AM+A.CultDim.pdf page 5 Cultural Dimensions and Global Web Design A New…