USA
Indulgent
Indulgence :
Low "socialization"
Low normative education
Low control of desires
Low restraint of impulses
REF : Interculturel Dim-03 Page 26
https://www.hofstede-insights.com/country-comparison/the-usa/
Absolute thuth
Conventional/traditional
Short terme orientation
Concern for stability
Quick results expected
Spending for today
REF : Interculturel Dim-03 Page 23
Achivement
- Belief that you are what you do
- These cultures Value performance , no matter who you are
- Based on results
REF : 07_Dimension PPT Page 22
Weak
Relaxed, lower stress
Hard work not a virtue per se
Emotions not shown
Conflict & competition seen as fair play
Acceptance of dissent
Willingness to take risk
There should be few rules
Interculturel Dim Page 10
- Low dependence needs
- Inequality minimized
- Hierarchy for convenience
- Superiors accessible
- All have equal rights
- Change by revolution
Diapo 18 PPT
Polychronic
- 3 Dimensions - Hall : Diapo 9
High territoriality
- More concern for ownership in general of material things
- Their sense of "stealing" is more developed
- Mark out the areas with neighbours
- Co-workers may fight over property
- Security for people with high need for ownership
- People with high territoriality tend also to be low context
Ambitious and a need to excel
Tendency to polarize
Live in order to work
Big and fast are beautiful
Admiration for the achiever
Decisiveness
REF : Interculturel Dim-03 Page 18
Japan
Communitarism
People believe that the group is more important
than the individual.
The group provides help and safety, in exchange
for loyalty.
The group always comes before the individual.
REF : 07_Dimension PPT Page 13
Indulgence :
High “socialization”
High normative education
High control of desires
High restraint of impulses
REF : https://www.hofstede-insights.com/country/japan/
- Anxiety, high stress
- Inner urge to work hard
- Showing emotions accepted
- Conflict is threatening
- Need for consensus
- Need to avoid failure
- Need for law and rules
REF : 2 intercultural page 11
Masculinity
Ambitious and a need to excel
Tendency to polarize
Live in order to work
Big and fast are beautiful
Admiration for the achiever
Decisiveness
REF : Interculturel Dim-03 Page 18
- High dependence needs
- Inequality accepted
- Hierarchy is needed
- Superiors inaccessible
- Power holders have privileges
- Change by revolution
REF : 6 Dimensions - Hofstede Diapo 7/29
Belief that a person can control situation, context or environment to achieve goalds.
This includes working with teams and within organizations
REF : 07_Dimension Page 28
Sequential
People like events happen in order
Ponctuality, planning
In this culture, "time is money"
REF : 07_Dimension PPT Page 25
Neutral
- People make great efforts to control their emotions.
- Reason influences actions more than feelings.
- People don't reveal what they're thinking or how they're feeling
REF : 07_Dimension PPT Page 19
Diffuse
- Overlap between work & personal life
- Good relationships are important in business
- Relationships are the same either at work or in social life
- People hang out with clients and colleagues
REF : 07_Dimension PPT Page 16
Collectivism
“We” conscious
Relationships over tasks
Fulfill obligations to group
Loss of “face”, shame.
REF : Interculturel Dim Page 14
France
Sujet secondaire
People believe in personal freedom and
achievement.
They believe that you make your own decisions,
and that you must take care of yourself.
REF : 07_Dimension PPT Page 13
Restraint
High “socialization”
High normative education
High control of desires
High restraint of impulses
REF : https://www.hofstede-insights.com/country/japan/
- Many truths
- Pragmatic
- Long term orientation
- Acceptance of change
- Perseverance
- Thrift for investment
REF : Interculturel Dim-03 Page 23
Strong
- Anxiety, high stress
- Inner urge to work hard
- Showing emotions accepted
- Conflict is threatening
- Need for consensus
- Need to avoid failure
- Need for law and rules
REF : 2 interculturel diapo 11
Femininity
Quality of life serving others
Striving for consensus
Work in order to live
Small and slow are beautiful
Sympathy for the unfortunate
Intuition
REF : Interculturel Dim-03 Page 18
- High dependence needs
- Inequality accepted
- Hierarchy is needed
- Superiors inaccessible
- Power holders have privileges
- Change by revolution
REF : 6 Dimensions - Hofstede Diapo 7/29
Internal
Belief that a person can control situation, context or environment to achieve goalds.
This includes working with teams and within organizations
REF : 07_Dimension Page 28
Synchronous
- Past, present, and future are overlapping
- People work on several project at once
- Plans and commitments are flexible
REF : 07_Dimension PPT Page 25
Ascription
- Valued for who you are
- Power, title & status are
valued over of achievement
REF : 07_Dimension PPT Page 22
Emotional
– People find ways to express their emotions, at work.
– In these cultures, it's welcome and accepted to show emotion.
REF : 07_Dimension PPT Page 19
Specific
- Seperate work with social life
- No relationships's impact on business
- Important but secondary
- We can work with no related person
REF : 07_Dimension PPT Page 16
Universalism
- People place a high importance on laws, rules, values and obligations
- They try to deal fairly with people based on these rules, but rules come before relationships
REF : 07_Dimension PPT Page 10
Individualism
“I” conscious
Maximum self interest
Fulfill obligations to self
Loss of self-respect, guilt.
REF : Interculturel Dim-03 Page 14
High
- Many contextual elements that help people understand the rules
- Much is taken for granted
- This can be very consufing for person who does not understand the 'unwrittent rules' of the culture
- Much nonverbal communication
Low
- Very little is taken for granted
- More explanation is needed
- Less chance of misunderstanding particularly when visitors are present
- Focus on verbal communication
External
- Belief that situation, context or environment control people
- Obligation to work with environment to achieve goals
- Avoid conflict as much as possible
- People often need reassurance that they're doing a good job
Monochronic
- Doing one thing at a time
- Careful planning and scheduling
- Familiar Western approach "Time is money"
- Monochronic people tend to be low context
16_DIM of
DIVERSITY
Gp 4
Martice de Départ
Créer des groupes
pour donner du sens
TO
DO
NEXT
BC
- Continue creating links - ok
- Use colours - ok
- Identify them as Similar / Different - ok
- Rank them (prioriser)
- Put NAMES on your links
- Identify FCS / KPI (for each culture)
- Eliminate less important information
- Organize the map to be more visually clear
GOOD WORK SO FAR!
Individualism VS
Communitarianism
Individualism
VS Collectivism
Time
f
Linear VS Vertical
Time
Space
Low territoriality
- Less ownership of space
- Boundaries are less important
- They will share territory
- Less concern for material ownership
- Their sens of "stealing" is less developed
- People with low territoriality tend to be high context
Emotions
Indulgence
Symbolic
Gender
Success/
Progress
Power distance
Specific VS Diffuse
Universalism vs
Particularism
Particularism
- People believe that each circumstance, and each relationship, dictates the rules that they live by
- Their response to a situation may changer, based on what's happening in the moment, and who's invovled
Uncertainty
Avoidance
Origine
of Control
Context
