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MGF3681: International Management

Week 3:Role of Culture

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Your Tutor (me)

Nathan Eva

– nathan.eva@monash.edu– 9903 4065– Building N Level 5 Room 14– www.slideshare.net/nathaneva

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Week 2 Lecture

• Define culture. What are cultural values, beliefs and norms? Provide examples.

• What are Hofstede’s five (5) cultural dimensions? Provide examples to demonstrate.

• What are Trompanaar’s cultural dimensions? Provide examples to demonstrate.

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Assignment 1

•Cross-Cultural Communication•Due week 6 on the Friday 5pm - Moodle•Worth 40%•2,500 – 3,000 words•15 Journal Articles •Harvard Referencing

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Assignment 2

•Group Assignment•Weekly Presentation•Week 3 - 12•Worth 20%•20 minute presentation 10 minute question time•2 page write up and slides

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Individualism and Collectivism

Understanding your orientation towards individualism and collectivism

McFarlin and Sweeney p.145-147

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Cultural Iceberg

•10% of culture is visible fromthe surface – just like an iceberg

•Get in groups and draw a cultural iceberg – what you can see on the surface and what is below

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Group Activity

• Select a culture you are familiar with (try not to choose Australia)

• Provide a description and explanation of how it addresses the following cultural universals:– Economic System– Marriage and Family System– Education System– Social Controls System (Social Class)– Supernatural Belief System

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Week 3 Lecture

• Explain the terms cultural convergence and cultural divergence? Do you think cultures are becoming increasingly similar? If so, why? If not, why not?

• Define the term national context. Provide examples of social institutions to support your answer.

• Social institutions can influence organisations through coercive, mimetic, and normative isomorphism. Define these concepts, and provide examples to demonstrate how they work.

• When managing globally, what are the four (4) key types of managerial predispositions that international management can utilise?