The purpose of geert hofstede s cultures consequences. To avoid such problems modern managers have to understand the core concept of the culture. Comparing values, behaviours, institutions and organisations across nations is an ideal starting point. Cultures consequences abridged edition 1984, beverly hills. Hofstedes model is made up of four later five cultural dimensions hofstede 1980. Hofstede s hofstede s original model introduced in that work featured four dimensions for analy zing and. The impact of his work on consulting and business practices. In his bestselling book cultures consequences, geert hofstede proposed four dimensions on which the differences among national cultures can be understood. Hofstedes original studies, and no evidence of a subsequent study of uganda has been found in the literature.
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