hofstede's five dimension：hofstede的五个维度

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1、Hofstede’sFiveDimensioncomparisonofGermanyandChinaHofstede’sFiveDimensionsHofstede’sfivedimensionsareausefultooltogivesomeoneaninsightofdifferentcultures.Theseelementsgiveacountry’sbehaviourtendenciesratherthananexactprescription.ThereareweaknessestoHofstede’sFiveDimensiontheoryasit

2、maytooeasilyencouragestereotyping.EvenincountriesassmallastheUK,notallcitizensarealike–e.g.itisarguedthatthecultureintheNorthofEnglandisquitedifferenttotheSouth.Hofstedehasalsobeencriticizedforbeingtoosimplistic;howeverHofstede’stheorydoesgiveusageneralbasetoworkfrom.74countriesarel

3、istedonHofstede’swebsitefromwhichinformationcanbedrawntomakecomparisonsnotonlybetweencountriesbutagainsttheworldaveragetogiveabroaderpicture.ThefollowinggraphgivesacomparisonbetweenGermanyandChina.ItalsoallowsforassessmentagainsttheAsianaverageandWorldaverageandourownBritishculturea

4、sbenchmarks.HofstedeComparison:UK,Germany,ChinaAsianAverageandWorldAverageComparisonofGermanyandChinaPowerDistanceIndexGermany35LOWChina80HIGHIndividualismGermany67HIGHChina66LOWMasculinityGermany66HIGHChina66HIGHUncertaintyAvoidanceGermany65HIGHChina30LOWLongTermOrientationGermany3

5、1LOWChina118HIGHPowerDistanceIndex–PDIPowerDistancemeasuresequalityofpowerinsocietyandhowmuchpeoplearewillingtoalloworgiveintosuperiority.Countrieswithhighscorestendtooperatewithpowerbeinggiventothetopfew,withlittleroomforlowerrankintervention.Lowscoringcountrieseitherspreadpowerthr

6、oughdelegationorencourageinputfrommorelevelsofsociety.Germany35China80WorldAverage55LOWPOWERDISTANCECULTURESHIGHPOWERDISTANCECULTURESDemocraticmanagementAutocraticmanagementManagementandsubordinatestreatoneanotherasequals.Mutualrespectisgiven.Managersexpectsubordinatestoobeythem.Sub

7、ordinatesautomaticrespectwithexpectingittobeearned.Powerisde-centralisedPoweriscentralisedSubordinatesexpecttooffertheirideasandtakeinitiativeManagerstaketheinitiativeandsubordinatesobeygiveninstructions.SubordinatesexpecttobeconsultedSubordinatesexpecttobetoldwhattodo.Statusisdisap

8、provedStatusandpriv