1. Will our organization’s culture work in a different country?
The overall purpose of this exercise is for students to explore the how an organization’s culture will be influenced by country cultures.

2. Objectives
To determine the how country culture will influence corporate culture.
To understand country culture based on Hofstede’s cultural dimensions.

3. Instructions
Describe the country’s culture based on Hofstede’s model of national culture dimensions.
Power distance
Individualism/Collectivism
Masculinity/Femininity
Uncertainty avoidance
Which of Trompenaars’ corporate culture descriptions would be most appropriate for this country?
Does your current organizational culture fit with this country’s culture? If no, what should your company do?

4. Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions
Individualism-Collectivism
Power Distance
Uncertainty Avoidance
Masculinity-Femininity
Short-term vs. Long-term Orientation

5. Trompenaars’ Corporate Culture
Egalitarian/decentralized
Incubator (fulfillment- oriented)
Guided Missile (project- oriented)
Family (power- oriented)
Eiffel Tower (role- oriented)
Task/
Formal Style
Person/
Informal Style
Hierarchical/centralized