National Culture

Question 1

Who came up with the 6 dimensions of national culture?

Answer 1

Hofstede

Question 2

What is Hofstede’s 2001, definition of national culture?

Answer 2

Collective programming of the mine

Question 3

What is being parochialism or culture blind?

Answer 3

Have to be careful os stereotypes; such as the introduction of performance related pay, will increase productivity

• Barfuss has introduced performance related pay elements; but Chatroux is known for high quality, so perhaps this is a subculture going in the wrong direction

Question 4

What are Hofstede’s 6 dimensions?

Answer 4

The two most relevant;

• Uncertainty avoidance: French companies tend to store very highly on this; which means they feel threatened by unusual or ambiguous situations
• Individualism: France is a high individualistic culture, this means they stress more over the need of the individual compared to the group; which is demonstrated by social behaviour

Question 5

Who came up with the different multi-cultural teams statement?

Answer 5

Schneider and Barsoux

Question 6

What are Schneider & Barsoux view’s on multi-cultural teams?

Answer 6

They either tend to perform much better than mono-cultural teams or much wore

Question 7

How are the multi-cultural team(s) performing at Chatroux?

Answer 7

The multi-cultural team at Chatroux seem to be performing much worse on a relationship basis, however there is seemingly no data to suggest that the company itself is struggling - productivity levels have remained stable and there are no apparent other issues, as Mr. Guiard would have notice - however because he is a weak leader this my by why - or Sacha could have another motive?