The Hofstede Model Of Cultural Differences

Different social, professional and cultural contexts may affect relationships and the way people communicate due to of a lack of understanding or knowledge of one another’s background and culture. This could be through their race, religion, ethnicity or where they come from. Each one of these can have similar or very different ways to communicate. For example

All communication is cultural. It draws on ways we have learned to speak and give nonverbal messages. We do not always communicate the same way from day to day, since factors like individual personality, mood, and the context of the situation interact with the variety of cultural influences we have internalized that influence our choices. Communication is interactive, so an important influence on its effectiveness is our relationship with others. Do they hear and understand what we are trying to say? Are they listening well? Are we listening well in response? Do their responses show that they understand the words and the meanings behind the words we have chosen? Is the mood positive and receptive? Is there trust between them and us? Are there differences that relate to ineffective communication, divergent goals or interests, or fundamentally different ways of seeing the world? The answers to these questions will give us some clues about the effectiveness of our communication and the ease with which we may be able to move through conflict. The challenge is that even with all the good will in the world, miscommunication is likely to happen, especially when there are significant cultural differences between communicators. Miscommunication may lead to conflict, or aggravate conflict that already exists, or in the sad of case of girl developing epilepsy and both her parent’s Hmong culturally clashing with her Western medicine

The Islamic and Hindu religions have an array of similarities and differences regarding their customs and laws in relation to the ‘wedding ceremony’.

India is a captivating country full of humble traditions, lively festivals, and honest beliefs. With over 2 billion people, India has a vast array of religions and languages with Hindi being the most popular. The Hindu culture is a culture of love, respect, honoring others and humbling one's own ego so that the inner nature, which is naturally pure and modest, will shine forth (Mailerindia Infotek Limited). Hindi is a kind and peaceful religion. It is only fitting to combine a temperate religion with a humble society of people. Indians were raised to treat their elders with respect and to always be humble to guests. Strangers will great you with the utmost benevolence and friends will invite you into their home and make sure you are

This paper will focus on the similarities and differences in cultures and how it relates to schooling, family, religion, education and language. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the effects that culture, race, and class have on human’s behaviors, resilience, struggles and faith. . The cross culture countries of analysis will be Guyana and Portugal which are situated at two opposite ends of the world. Which makes this comparison even more compelling? With worlds so distant, one might expect to have fewer similarities. But as I began to categorize the similarities and difference on chart exhibit A, I was pleasantly surprised with the commonalities. First I developed a chart and compare the similarities and differences,

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Humans have been communicating since four million years. On the other hand, the birth of culture is estimated to have taken place about 35,000 years ago. Today, both culture and communication have evolved considerably and have become interdependent of one another, to the point that communication is considered to be a product of culture. Thus, our own culture has a deep impact on our thoughts and behaviors. Since each culture has its distinct aspects, intercultural communication can be the cause of conflict and disorder. There are three main issues which are at the root of the problem of intercultural miscommunication : language as a barrier, cultural diversity and ethnocentrism. I will analyze

Understanding social measurements turns out to be progressively vital as multinational business exercises keep on increasing. In order to remain focused and to minimise issues, organisations cannot accept an ethnocentric way to deal with staffing. While trying to recognise how an association ought to be organised globally, significant research has been directed to recognise different social measurements. Hofstede’s model of cultural dimensions has turned into the most generally acknowledged and oftentimes referred to demonstrate for diverse research. In any case, the model accepts comparable reactions from all people inside a society and does not represent distinct contrasts. The findings from this study discovered

Weddings are a huge celebration of many cultures around the world, but in India they take it to the next level. Hindu weddings not only last one day, but a whole week, they have many traditions and rituals they have to follow before the actual wedding day. It is not only a celebration of two individuals, but two families coming together. Hindu weddings are one of the most beautiful and extravagant compared to most cultures and even though India is very diverse where there are more than 1600 languages spoken, the Hindu wedding is very traditional and followed by most. ADD THESIS

The aim is not to use these cultural generalisations to stereotype and to suggest that cultural groups are all the same or will not be altered at all by experience. These five dimensions provide us with a framework for developing our understanding of

Cultural change is present in every generation it is a process that is influenced by many universal factors such as locally, and multi regional influencing factor, these factors are not necessarily based on philosophies and ideologies of one region, but of diverse regions or when in regard to India it is highly influential people; these ideologies and philosophies are further influenced by beliefs that are either formulated from the past, or in a way is used as a tool to have stability within communities and people of various regions. Standards of living could vary hence one could be a limiting factor or at advantage while the others are at a disadvantage. There are several obstacles that can be encountered, especially when trying to foster positive cultural change. Some of these obstacles that will be identified in the paper will be as follows:

Somewhere culture defines the way of living of people of that area. Therefore I selected this topic of cross culture of India because the India a huge populated country and there are different religions in this country. Besides this I think we should have the knowledge about the other country cultures there languages how they like to live because in this world we can meet any one in any situations. That’s why it’s necessary for us to have knowledge about the cultures of the other country there people, there style of living, festivals, education systems, cuisines, weddings and the most important one their languages.

Men dominate the society in Malaysia over women. Men are the decision maker in the family but in modern Malaysia this trend is decreasing and more power is going to the women.

The main question our country’s people are asking is, why Malaysia? Of all countries, why pick Malaysia? Why does so many people from the outside wants to come to our country while we, people of Malaysia wants to migrate to other people’s country? Maybe one day, Malaysia’s three major ethnic groups are Malays, Japanese and Koreans. It would be very weird. Malaysia will not be Malaysia anymore.

Over 20 years ago, Malaysia was an agricultural based country. Then came the foreign direct investments initiative that gave many