This document provides an overview of the content covered in Week 3 of the MGF3681: International Management course. It discusses key topics such as defining culture and providing examples of Hofstede's and Trompanaar's cultural dimensions. It outlines the details of two assignments - a cross-cultural communication paper and a group presentation. Additionally, it describes activities on individualism/collectivism, cultural icebergs, and analyzing cultural universals of different economic, family, education and social control systems. Key lecture concepts are defined, including cultural convergence/divergence and the influence of social institutions on organizations through isomorphism. Lastly, it lists the four key managerial predispositions useful for global management.
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"Universe Awareness in the UK: it's all about opportunities"
C. Odman
Presented at: National Astronomy Meeting, UK 2007
Preston, United Kingdom
April 2007
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A talk delivered by Susannah Wintersgill at the Anybook Oxford Libraries Conference 2015 - Adapting for the Future: Developing Our Professions and Services, 21st July 2015.
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Frontier School of Innovation (FSI) is a University of Missouri - Kansas City (UMKC) sponsored public charter school opened in 2009 with 380 students. Frontier School of Innovation has become one of the highest performing charter schools in State of Missouri. FSI is currently serving 778 Students. The mission of Frontier School of Innovation (FSI) is to provide a safe and collaborative environment high will cultivate the academic and social development of its students by emphasizing reading, math, science, and technology for the purpose of students setting and meeting future educational goals
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Creating a school library environment that is interactive and engaging for your school community is an important prerequisite to establishing a creditable identity with teaching staff which leads to opportunities to develop collaborative curriculum programs.
2. Your Tutor (me)
Nathan Eva
– nathan.eva@monash.edu
– 9903 4065
– Building N Level 5 Room 14
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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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