title: Cultures and Organizations
author: Geert Hofstede
description: An understanding of other cultures is essential if we are to develop a more stable world and at the same time create national wealth -- Brian Burrows Futures Information Associates
  						    	
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  Week 10 Organisational culture 
  and diversity
  • Equality/diversity and HRM
  • How cultures differ
  • Hofstede’s 4 dimensions of culture
  • Culture,gender and power
  • Ref Guirdham,M(1999),Communicating across 
  Cultures
  • Ref Ledwith,S & Colgan,F(1996) Women in 
  Organisations
  • Itzin,C& Newman,C(1995) Gender,Culture and 
  OrganisationaChange.
  Culture
  • Hofstede(1992) Culture is defined as the shaping of 
  the mind that distinguishes the members of one 
  group or category of people from those of 
  another.It is expressed as the collective 
  values,norms,traditions,myths and institutions that 
  characterise are characteristic among members of a 
  group
  • Trompenaars(1994) culture defines 
  people,context,human relationships and leadership-
  virtually every aspect of business
  Gender and  organisations
  • Acker(1990,1992)
  • Argues for a systematic theory of gender and 
  organisations which recognises the significance of 
  work organisations as arenas in which widely 
  disseminated cultural images of gende