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Cultural dimensions in management and planning
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In this paper, the authors describe the scope of (work-related) cultural differences as they were revealed by research in more than 50 countries around the world and discuss how these differences affect the validity of management techniques and philosophies in various countries within the functioning and meaning of planning.Abstract:
The nature of management skills is such that they are culturally specific: a management technique or philosophy that is appropriate in one national culture is not necessarily appropriate in another. The paper describes the scope of (work-related) cultural differences as they were revealed by research in more than 50 countries around the world and discusses how these differences affect the validity of management techniques and philosophies in various countries within the functioning and meaning of planning.read more
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The Human Side of Enterprise.
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Experiential knowledge and cost in the internationalization process
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Internal organisational factors influencing corporate social and ethical reporting: Beyond current theorising
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The evolution of the boundaryless career concept: Examining physical and psychological mobility
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Contract, cooperation, and performance in international joint ventures
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Culture′s Consequences: International Differences in Work-Related Values
TL;DR: In his book Culture's Consequences, Geert Hofstede proposed four dimensions on which the differences among national cultures can be understood: Individualism, Power Distance, Uncertainty Avoidance and Masculinity as mentioned in this paper.
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The Achieving Society
TL;DR: This paper argued that cultural customs and motivations, especially the motivation for achievement, are the major catalysts of economic growth and proposed a plan to accelerate economic growth in developing countries by encouraging and supplementing their achievement motives through mobilizing the greater achievement resources of developed countries.
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The Achieving Society
TL;DR: This article argued that cultural customs and motivations, especially the motivation for achievement, are the major catalysts of economic growth and proposed a plan to accelerate economic growth in developing countries by encouraging and supplementing their achievement motives through mobilizing the greater achievement resources of developed countries.
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The Human Side of Enterprise
TL;DR: The Human Side of Enterprise as discussed by the authors is one of the most widely used management literature and has been widely used in business schools, industrial relations schools, psychology departments, and professional development seminars for over four decades.