GMS 400 Lecture 4: GMS 400 Week 4 (1)

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 400
• Professor: Dale Carl

Document Summary

Cultural variables (based on hofstede, globe study, and other sources) Cultural clusters established by globe study: we (cid:396)efe(cid:396) to a (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) (cid:272)ultu(cid:396)al he(cid:396)itage(cid:863) fo(cid:396) people f(cid:396)o(cid:373) a pa(cid:396)ti(cid:272)ula(cid:396) (cid:272)ultu(cid:396)e. To share a common culture, people generally are from the same geographic area or country, they have a shared history, they speak the same language, and often they have the same religion. Identified 10 clusters of countries, using both cultural and climatic data: Vibrant culture, which says a lot of their culture: anglo (english, uk, united states, and south africa) Finland, sweden, denmark, iceland, norway: germanic europe. Get things done in an orderly manner: confucian asia. Scholar that taught the way to live your life: middle east. Israel- did not fit into the middle eastern cultures, fit in europe. Not included in study- did not get research information on in time: (cid:862)cultu(cid:396)e, leade(cid:396)ship, a(cid:374)d o(cid:396)ga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374)s: the globe tud(cid:455) of (cid:1010)(cid:1006) o(cid:272)ieties(cid:863), age pu(cid:271)li(cid:272)atio(cid:374)s: