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HRMOB 300 Managing for Organization Effectiveness

HRMOB 300 Managing for Organization Effectiveness. Professor Xiao-Ping Chen Session 2 International Dimensions of OB. Hofstede’s dimensions of culture. Individualism/collectivism Power distance Uncertainty avoidance Career success and quality of life. Individualists

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HRMOB 300 Managing for Organization Effectiveness

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  1. HRMOB 300Managing for Organization Effectiveness Professor Xiao-Ping Chen Session 2 International Dimensions of OB

  2. Hofstede’s dimensions of culture • Individualism/collectivism • Power distance • Uncertainty avoidance • Career success and quality of life

  3. Individualists have loose social networks, care for self and family hold individual goals and objectives emphasize self-esteem believe in universal values Collectivists distinguish between “in-group” and “outgroup” hold group goals and objectives emphasize harmony and fitting in acknowledge that values can vary across groups exchange loyalty for security Individualism and collectivism

  4. Vertical (large) accept unequal distribution of power title in organization important never bypass hierarchy Horizontal (small) egalitarian level in hierarchy less important OK to bypass direct superiors Power distance

  5. Within culture vs. between culture differences

  6. Culture shapes behavior and perception • Cultural rules determine the message, and the way we send it • Cultural rules determine how the receiver interprets the message

  7. Culture shapes perceptions • If you ask a collectivist what motivates other people, how are they likely to respond? • What is a collectivist likely to think of an individual-based merit pay system?

  8. Cross-cultural interactions have two components: ME YOU message sent message received

  9. Culture and perception • Culture provides a schema through which we make sense of information • Once this schema is in place, it is difficult to see things otherwise • We tend to interpret other’s behavior according to our schema • when things don’t fit, our reactions are often highly visceral/emotional

  10. Increasing your cross-cultural competency • Acknowledge that differences exist • Develop an explicit framework for identifying cross-cultural differences • “dimensions of culture” • remembering importance of individual differences • Increase self-awareness • what are my “rules”? • how does this affect how I perceive others?

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