Hofstede's Model Of Cultural Analysis

Hofstede’s model is the best-known model for national culture. It is being recognized because of the relationship it has in terms of behaviors in the business context. Geert Hofstede adopted the model when he was determining the effects of cultural aspects of business. The model he managed to establish has some aspects that are contributed by culture of different societies. For example, he determined the associations between individualism versus collectivism as provided by culture. He also learned the aspect power distance, uncertainty avoidance, and achievement versus quality of life orientation. In regard to its usefulness in context of understanding and achieving success in business organization, the area can be broad, and it will be discussed

Numerous leading organizations have employees from different countries that tend to view power distance from different angles. The scholarly definition of the term power distance states that, “it is the degree by which different people originating from different cultural background have a different view of the position of persons in the society”. For example, people are seen in terms of wellbeing; wealth and the privileges they have. Understanding such aspect helps an employee acknowledge how to communicate with someone in a business organization, especially in situation when the groups include people from different cultures working together. An example of this is that countries that are high in power distance are seen to accept disparities associated with wealth and authority when it comes to high and moderate members of a given organization or a group. Learning the model develops an understanding of how the high power distance culture responds when it comes to leadership. For example, it is the mandate of leaders from high power distance culture to exercise powers as contributed by the privileges they have in a society or an organization (Peterson, 2000). Thus, such leaders are not allowed to use a participative approach, as adoption of that style will be viewed as incompetence of the

Understanding such aspects aid to the contributions of national culture in leading business organizations. For instance, companies may employ employees that are from societies promoting culture that is focusing primarily on the achievement end as they only recognize competition, materialism, and assertiveness. Such employees will enable the company to achieve its success because what they value most is success. Understanding the model makes it easy for an organization to know from which culture they should hire employees, as there are some cultures that do not promote organizations success. A real life example is that culture of achievement versus quality life has enabled many people to excel as they work on strategies that would make them succeed. Organizations that have applied such cultural theories have hired employees based on orientation. Such employees promote the success of the organizations they are working for. The usefulness of such cultures is that they help set goals that are achievable, and measurable. People that practice the culture of achievement versus quality life work hard towards the success of everyone, and such people are not selfish. Thus, understanding the model helps the leading business organization promote a culture with a working environment that promote the welfare of all the employees within the organization. Such practices enable the employees to full dedicated skills, knowledge, and