Cultural Dimensions & Competence Go to Geert Hofstede's websitehttp://geert-hofstede.com/(Links to an external site.) Watch the video by Geert Hofstede at the Geert Hoftstede Consortium...

Cultural Dimensions and Competence
Contents
Introduction    3
Concepts and Implications    3
Describe how the two countries compare across the five dimensions    3
Difference between the organizational culture and national culture .    3
How could you make use of this website or Hofstede’s work in future consulting / research projects ?    3
How is this knowledge applied in intercultural competence ?    3
Why is it required for Global Recognition to have interculturally competent employees and leaders?    3
Conclusion    3
Introduction
This assignment discusses the Cultural Dimensions and Competence concerning the perception of Professor Hofstede ( Geert Hofstede Consortium, 2010). Hofstede is the internally quoted cross-cultural expert, and his popular 6-D model of national culture is being discussed here in brief. Hofstede propagated the background of the six basic dimensions that society needs to adapt to the six pillars of societal issues: power distance, Collectivism to Individualism , Masculinity , Uncertainty Avoidance, long-term orientation, and Indulgence.
There are six types of general problems ( National cultures differing in their solutions)
i) Handling Inequality – Power Distance from large to small
ii) Dealing with unknown –Uncertain Avoidance from Strong to weak
iii) Dependence on others – From individualism and collectivism.
iv) Emotional gender role: masculinity to Feminity
v) Time Perspective – From long to short term orientation
vi) Dealing with natural drives – from indulgence to restraint
Concepts and Implications
Describe how the two countries compare across the five dimensions
I selected Brazil and Mexico for conducting the six dimensional of cross-cultural variance :
Brazil                         Mexico
    Power Distance – 69
    Power Distance – 81
    Individualism – 38
    Individualism –...