List Hofstede's five dimensions of culture and explain any two dimensions in detail including their impact on organizations.
Organizational culture are subcultures of larger cultural systems
› Individualism v/s Collectivism
› Power distance
› Uncertainty avoidance
› Masculinity/femininity
› Time orientation (long vs short run)
Individualism versus collectivism involves the degree to which individuals in a culture are expected to act independently of others in their society
› Individualistic cultures Individual rights are paramount Relationships between members of individualistic cultures are loose and individuals are expected to take care of themselves
› Collective cultures Cohesive groups give individuals their sense of identity and belonging, demanding considerable loyalty in return.
Long‐term versus short‐term orientation describes cultural differences in predilections for thrift and perseverance as well as respect for tradition
› Long‐term orientation believe that hard work will lead to long‐term rewards
› Short‐term orientation face fewer challenges to change
Learn More :
Organization
- List seven strategies for intervention and regulation adopted by culture management to align employee purpose with organizational purpose.
- Describe the contextual factors that led to the rise of the academic study of organization culture and why it seemed to be the logical way forward at that time?
- From the Modernist, Symbolic, and Postmodernist perspectives, explain whether culture can be managed or not?
- Summarize the Modernist view of organization culture.
- Explain/define Organizational Culture. How do subcultures that are described as enhancing, orthogonal, counterculture, and silos differ from Organizational Culture?
- Explain technological imperative. How do Woodward, Thompson, and Perrow differ on this imperative?
- Explain how technology can be used as a form of control in an organization using a Postmodernist perspective?
- Using Perrow's typology of how technology influences design, how will routine and non-routine technology affect the social structure of an organization?
- Explain the rise and acceptance of Management based on Modernist ideas.
- Explain five differences and/or similarities between "Human Relations Theory" and "Scientific Management"?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of tall and flat organizations from the management/employee/customer perspectives?
- Describe the different stages that an organization goes through as stated in "Organizational Lifecycle Theory"
- Explain the contribution of "Contingency Theory" in general and list in full the boundary conditions that define Contingency Theory while studying organizational structure.
- Briefly explain the seven differences between mechanistic and organic structure.
- Discuss the "Symbolic-Interpretive" view of studying organization-environment relationships.
- Summarize the modernist view of the environment.
- Explain "Resource Dependency Theory" and some strategies to manage those dependencies.
- What are the legacies of "bureaucracy" and "scientific management"?
- List the criticisms of "Taylorism."
- Explain why one should study organizations as "ongoing processes" of organizing?
- Discuss the differences between the formal and informal aspects of organizations?
- Discuss the concerns of bureaucratic dysfunction?
- What characteristics define an ideal bureaucracy?
- Explain how are knowledge and power entwined?
If the answers is incorrect or not given, you can answer the above question in the comment box. If the answers is incorrect or not given, you can answer the above question in the comment box.