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		<title>What is Individualism?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Smit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lets start with a Question: &#8220;How do You respect your neighbor?&#8221; Simple question to answer right? Although your answer will vary depending on your culture. In Individualistic cultures (mainly Western Europe, North America, and Australia &#38; New Zealand), the answer will be something like: &#8220;I&#8217;ll keep my distance&#8220;, or &#8220;I&#8217;ll leave them to them selves&#8220;. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power Distance: An Illustration/Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 13:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Smit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the Characteristics of Power Distance is respect for the elderly. In other words, in countries that score high on Power Distance people, whom are older (and greyer) get (and deserve) more respect than the young one&#8217;s. A Story I was sitting on the couch a couple of years ago, when the world championship [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The consequences of differences in Power Distance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 10:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Smit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Power Distance accounts for the majority of cultural differences in the world. Understanding Power Distance is essential in Cultural Awareness Training. In this short video I explain what some consequences can be when different cultures with a different score on Power Distance interact, or work together. What is your experience with differences in Power Distance? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power Distance or PDI</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Smit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Power Distance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dimension that matters most in Cultural Differences is often claimed to be Power Distance. Even up to 80% of all cultural friction is attributed to Power Distance! There are 3 dimensions of culture more, but let&#8217;s first focus on this one. Definition Let us start with a definition, so we are all on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prof. Geert Hofstede on Cultural Awareness</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Smit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meet the &#8220;Master&#8221; of Cultural Awareness Training: Prof. Dr. Geert Hofstede. In this informal, forty minute interview he explains, in his own words, the 5 dimensions of Culture, being: Power Distance Individualism Masculinity Uncertainty Avoidance Long Term Orientation]]></description>
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		<title>International Management and Managing Expectations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Smit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is International Management? Checking the online encyclopedia Wikipedia does not give an answer (the page does not exist!). Still in Cultural Awareness Training, it is a real important issue. How do you manage internationally and/or how do you manage expectations of other people when working Internationally? Management From an Organizational Psychological standpoint one could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Cultural Diversity make You Smile or Cry?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Smit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When giving a Cultural Awareness Training there is the question: Does Cultural Diversity make you Smile or Cry? In order to answer this question, it makes sense &#8220;breaking&#8221; culture/diversity (in this case inter-changable words) into different layers. Much like an Onion. The comparison between Culture and an Onion is the following: &#8220;Have you ever cut [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where is Culture? A Focus Point</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Smit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During our Cultural Awareness Training, we focus on Where Culture Is. In other words can we isolate culture and distinguish it from Personality and what is Common to All Men Kind? The answer is yes. Culture has a place amongst the other two (Personality and What is Common to All Men Kind). To make it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cultural Awareness Training: A Definition</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Smit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://culturematters.com/?p=2095</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;re on the website Culture Matters now. But what does this word &#8220;Culture&#8221; mean? Or better, in which context is it used on this website? When you look up &#8220;Culture&#8221; in Wikipedia, there are 8 chapters of information and dozens of pages. Using Google to look up &#8220;Culture&#8221; gives you over 1.5 million hits. Not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Humor in Cultural Awareness Training II</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Smit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous post on Humor in Cultural Awareness Training, I tried to make a point about humor not being culturally neutral. (Click here to read it). I don&#8217;t think there are many people who will disagree with the above point. In order to illustrate the difference between what Individuals find humorous or funny and [...]]]></description>
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