2. Your Tutor (me)
Nathan Eva
– nathan.eva@monash.edu
– 9903 4065
– Building N Level 5 Room 14
– www.slideshare.net/nathaneva
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3. Week 2 Lecture
• Define culture. What are cultural values, beliefs and
norms? Provide examples.
• What are Hofstede’s five (5) cultural dimensions?
Provide examples to demonstrate.
• What are Trompanaar’s cultural dimensions?
Provide examples to demonstrate.
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4. Assignment 1
• Cross-Cultural Communication
• Due week 6 on the Friday 5pm - Moodle
• Worth 40%
• 2,500 – 3,000 words
• 15 Journal Articles
• Harvard Referencing
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5. Assignment 2
• Group Assignment
• Weekly Presentation
• Week 3 - 12
• Worth 20%
• 20 minute presentation 10 minute question time
• 2 page write up and slides
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7. Cultural Iceberg
• 10% of culture is visible from
the surface – just like an iceberg
• Get in groups and draw a
cultural iceberg – what you can
see on the surface and
what is below
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8. Group Activity
• Select a culture you are familiar with (try not to
choose Australia)
• Provide a description and explanation of how it
addresses the following cultural universals:
– Economic System
– Marriage and Family System
– Education System
– Social Controls System (Social Class)
– Supernatural Belief System
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9. Week 3 Lecture
• Explain the terms cultural convergence and cultural
divergence? Do you think cultures are becoming increasingly
similar? If so, why? If not, why not?
• Define the term national context. Provide examples of social
institutions to support your answer.
• Social institutions can influence organisations through
coercive, mimetic, and normative isomorphism. Define these
concepts, and provide examples to demonstrate how they
work.
• When managing globally, what are the four (4) key types of
managerial predispositions that international management
can utilise?
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