mental programming
the three levels
What is universal, collective, individual?
the layers of the onion diagram
What are symbols, heroes, rituals and values?
A country with individualistic culture
What is Denmark, the USA, the Netherlands etc.?
His first name
What is Geert?
the level which is learned
the collective level
name some danish heroes
What is Holger Danske, Crown Prince Frederik, H.C. Andersen?
A country with high power distance and a country with low power distance
What is (e.g. Russia, India, Brazil etc.) and (e.g. the UK, scandinavian countries etc.)?
His nationality
What is Dutch?
subjects of mental programming
What is all humans?
the purpose of the onion diagram
What is to make a comparative analysis of two or more cultures?
a typical feature of a feminine culture
what is a high degree of social equality?
The models he created
What is mental programming, onion diagram and the six cultural dimensions?
describe the individual level
What is comprises the elements which are unique to the individual person. Each of us have our very own genetic coding from our parents and a personal history of encounters and experiences that have influenced us?
the purpose of heroes
What is heroes personify features regarded as important for the culture?
define uncertainty avoidance
what is the way in which people handle what is foreign and unknown to them?
The company he worked for
What is IBM
describe the collective level
What is concerns the behaviour which we have in common with other members of the cultural community or communities of which we are a part. This is due to the fact that all members of a particular culture have learned that it makes sense to do things in a specific way?
the meaning of symbols in the onion diagram
What is the way in which people communicate within a culture, their dress code, the status symbols they share, the courtesy gestures they use etc.?
The six cultural dimensions
What is power distance, Individualism/collectivism, Masculinity/femininity, Uncertainty avoidance, Long-term orientation/short-term orientation, Indulgence/restraint?
The meaning of his work
What is mapping cultural differences