Global Mindset Flashcards
Ability to take an international, multidimensional perspective that is inclusive of other cultures, perspectives, and views
Global Mindset
3 Steps to developing and promoting a global mindset
- study and understand your own culture and how it relates to others
- study and understand global business trends and forces
- promote a global mindset in your org
4 T’s for creating a global mindset
Travel
Teams
Training
Transfers
Set of beliefs, attitudes, values, and perspectives on how the world works
Culture
Layers of culture
- Explicit culture
- Norms and values
- Implicit culture
Examples of explicit culture
food, dress, architecture, music
Examples of implicit culture
basic assumptions, core beliefs about how the world ought to be
Generated by actions of leaders and employees
Climate
3 levels of Cultural Intelligence
- cognitive (knowledge)
- motivational (enjoyment)
- behavioral (adaptability)
Meaning includes the verbal message and nonverbals, social and historic content attached to the statement
High-context culture (Edward T. Hall’s theory)
Meaning is encoded in words only
Low-context culture
Power distance
pattern of distribution of power
Individualism vs. collectivism (Trompenaars 7 dimensions of culture)
degree to which individuals perceive themselves as members of the culture
Uncertainty avoidance
tolerance of new or changed situations
Masculine/Feminine
degree to which culture follows traditional gender characterizations
Long term/short term
cultures values toward traditional vs change
Indulgence/restraint
gratification of individual desires
Universal/particular
rigidity versus flexibility
Neutral/effective
Stoic versus emotional
Individual/communitarian
More value in individual accomplishments versus group as a whole
Achieved/ascribed
More value in working toward rewards/accomplishments versus rewards/accomplishments being provided
Specific/diffuse
Separating personal lives versus intertwining professional and personal lines
Internal/external
amount of individual control over one’s destiny
Sequential/synchronic
sense of time as linear versus cyclical