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Hofstede’s five dimensions of culture

And their influence in global management styles

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Human beings are special creatures, when in a group, there are those who are aggressive and

always want to be the leaders while there are those who like to be in the back seat and just watch

as others run a given place. Other people just prefer to have a good time and leave the leadership

burden to others who are willing to carry it. These different dimensions are similar to Hofstede’s

cultural dimension theory. This theory looks at special aspects of culture and compares them

carefully. Some people still wonder how this theory came about, it was Hofstede’s study on how

values in the workplace are influenced by culture. Hofstede is a Dutch organizational sociologist

who conducted a research on IBM and used the data to come up with his five dimensions of

culture. (Hofstede, 1988).

In this paper, we will start by a critique of the five dimensions of culture to help us understand

his reason and the point of view he had. The following are his arguments about the dimensions of

culture:

Small vs. large power distance

According to hofstede, this dimension refers to how our society deals with inequalities in day to

day activities for example in work places. In this case, he argues that all of us can’t be up there

and that means there are less powerful people in our society, organizations, and institutions.

These people tend to agree with the fact that power can’t be equal. This can be seen all over the

world, for example, we cannot all be CEOs of a given organization, there must be one person to

lead us and this dimension looks at it in the way in which we accept the inequality and work with

it. (Hofstede,2013).

Individualism vs. collectivism

In this one, he argues on two questions about how people prefer to work. These are; do they

prefer to work in groups and networks or do they prefer to be left alone to execute their daily

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Running head: Hofstede’s five dimensions of culture and their influence in management Hofstede’s five dimensions of culture And their influence in global management styles 1 Hofstede’s five dimensions of culture and their influence in management 2 Human beings are special creatures, when in a group, there are those who are aggressive and always want to be the leaders while there are those who like to be in the back seat and just watch as others run a given place. Other people just prefer to have a good time and leave the leadership burden to others who are willing to carry it. These different dimensions are similar to Hofstede’s cultural dimension theory. This theory looks at special aspects of culture and compares them carefully. Some people still wonder how this theory came about, it was Hofstede’s study on how values in the workplace are influenced by culture. Hofstede is a Dutch organizational sociologist who conducted a research on IBM and used the data to come up with his five dimensions of culture. (Hofstede, 1988). In this paper, we will start by a critique of the five dimensions of culture to help us understand his reason and the point of view he had. The following are his arguments about the dimensions of culture: Small vs. large power distance According to hofstede, this dimension refers to how our society deals with inequalities in day to day activities for example in work places. In this case, he argues that all of us can’t be up there and that ...
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