Download A Macat Analysis of Geert Hofstede's Culture's Consequences: Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions, and Organizations Across Nations AudioBook Free
Anthropologist Geert Hofstede's 1980 work, Culture's Consequences, was the first research to check out cultural variations using data. The Dutchman got benefit of the gigantic global span of his employer, the technology company IBM, to gather study data in 20 dialects and across 70 countries, also to create a unique research of national worth. Besides collecting an extraordinary volume of materials, Hofstede introduced an innovative framework for analyzing data; identifying patterns he called "proportions". This allowed him to plot the worth of different cultures accurately - a far cry from prior, highly subjective studies of "national figure". But Hofstede travelled further. He identified proportions in the cultures of organizations which were not predicated on values, but rather on tactics - tactics that those organizations could change to fit the worth of the employees. Hofstede's technique is still enormously relevant today, not merely in general management and anthropology, but also in all areas where cross-cultural studies intersect with individual life.
