Analysis: A Macat Analysis of Geert Hofstede's Culture's Consequences: Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions, and Organizations Across Nations

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Anthropologist Geert Hofstede's 1980 work, Culture's Consequences, was the first study to look at cultural differences using data. The Dutchman took advantage of the enormous global span of his employer, the technology company IBM, to gather survey data in 20 languages and across 70 countries, and to produce a unique study of national values.

Besides collecting an extraordinary volume of material, Hofstede introduced an innovative framework for analyzing data; identifying patterns he called "dimensions". This allowed him to plot the values of different cultures accurately - a far cry from earlier, highly subjective studies of "national character". But Hofstede went further. He identified dimensions in the cultures of organizations that were not based on values, but rather on practices - practices that those organizations could change to fit the values of the employees. Hofstede's methodology is still enormously relevant today, not just in management and anthropology, but also in all areas where cross-cultural studies intersect with human life.

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Culture's Consequences is a monumental work t

Culture's Consequences became a paradigm for international business. It lays the five fundamentals that are present in intercultural organization around the world.

great. wealth of information.

great for work, home, and social life. wonderful information to assist you in understanding the world.

very helpful for my college assignment and

very helpful for my college assignment and for the understanding of cross Cultural international Management

Droning, repetitive and could have been one chapter

Quite a waste of time, endless repetition and squeezing multiple “modules” from the same core idea. Absolutely useless.
Non-engaging, reading whole exact sentences like the name of the book being reviewed, in full every time. No care for reader, the shining example of dry scientific writing that hurts the ear or eye.

Does not contain a summary of the hypotheses

I thought this audio book would provide me with a more extensive summary of the basic hypotheses of its subject. Instead, each cultural dimension is only summed up in a single phrase.

Also, the book is hard to listen to, very repetitive and formalised.

I should point out that the criticism is with respect to my own subjective expectations. There is no description text for the book that actually makes any claims about living up to these expectations. Readers only looking for information on the significance of this book for various sciences will surely have their expectations met.