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Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind
by Geert Hofstede, Gert Jan Hofstede
from McGraw-Hill
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 
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A culture's values explain its behaviors 
Without this knowledge most of us continue to judge other cultures from our own perspectives not realizing our own thought patterns are as deeply ingrained as any other culture's. Much of who we are is learned unconciously and if we are to negotiate with other cultures and countries, it is wise to understand each other.
Until I read this book and taught a college course based on Hofstede's research, I was unaware of what I didn't know. I now also understand culture in the U.S. and have a framework on... more info
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Objective & structured study of culture
The greatest value that comes out of this book is the ability to articulate exactly what we mean by culture, what are its various dimensions, & how a culture is manifest at the macro or national level- while stressing every now & then to separate a national culture from the individual value system of its citizens.
The first seven chapters elucidate on the meaning of culture, its dimensions, & the comparative scores of various different countries in each of these dimensions - what these... more info
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comment from a chinese
an indepth description of the mental programming of human. worth buying. but it is expensive for me, especially the courier.
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Wonderful framework for thinking about cultural differences 
A must-read for anyone interested in the subject area.
The new and revised content also relate Hofstede's original groundbreaking research to the more recent work of other renowned scholars in the field (such as Ronald Inglehart of the Univ of Michigan and the World Values Survery). These links make his work even more compelling and make you start to think that we may be inching closer to a more universally agreed upon framework for thinking about cultural differences.
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