WorksheetsTPC-3 "PRELIM EXAM"
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 7mins
4th Cultural Dimensions of Trompenaars Hampden-Turner
(a)
FIRST NAME OF HAMPDEN-TURNER
(a)
Trompenaars and hampden-turnes achievement/ascription value orientation, which describes how status is accorded, appears to be linked to what Hofstede's cultural dimensions?
Collectivism/Individualism.
UAI (Uncertainty
Avoidance)
IND (Indulgence versus
Restraint)
PDI (Power Distance)
it is about the conflict between an individual's desire and the interests of the group he belongs to.
Universalism – Particularism
Achievement – Ascription
Individualism – Communitarianism
Neutral – Affective
4th Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions
(a)
according to both Hofstede and Trompenaars in terms of individualism this countries are both relatively weak.
(a)
according to both Hofstede and Trompenaars this country/ies are both relatively individualistic.
Denmark
UK
USA
all of the above
many countries appear to be more individualistic according to Trompenaars than Hofstede's research indicates
TRUE
FALSE
"Globalization is a vital step toward both a more stable world and better lives for the people in it." Who define this statement?
(a)
"Many societies, particularly indigenous peoples, view culture as their richest heritage, without which they have no roots, history or soul. Its value is other than monetary. To
commodify it is to destroy it." Who state this?
(a)
the sociologist George Ritzer coined the term (a) .
What is the name of the book made by the sociologist George Ritzer?
(a)
Measure: to try to distinguish the difference in thinking
between the East and West
LTO
IND
PDI
PRA
Measure: how most people in the past culture, as well as today, relate to the fact that so much that happens around us cannot be explained.
Time Orientation
Pragmatic - Normative
Specific – Diffuse
Long - Short-term Orientation
What is the other introduced dimension of Trompenaars?
(a)
Measure: the extent to which people try to control
their desires and impulses, based on the way they were
raised.
(a)
Leaving your home country to reside in another.
Immigration
Acculturation
Emigration
Enculturation
Learning one’s own culture
Immigration
Enculturation
Emigration
Acculturation
Entering and residing in a country not your home country.
Emigration
Acculturation
Enculturation
Immigration
Learning a culture other than one’s own, especially when living in that other culture.
Acculturation
Enculturation
Immigration
Emigration
THT is a research driven consulting firm that was founded by whom?
(a)
Universalist societies are those in which particular circumstances are more important than rules.
TRUE
FALSE
Particularist are inclined to follow the rules - even when friends are involved - and look for "the one best way" of dealing equally and fairly with all cases. They
TRUE
FALSE
This dimension also concerns our degree of involvement in relationships.
(a)
People structuring time (a) They usually do several things at once.
