2. Culture means "to cultivate." There are many definitions, at least 164 have
been published.
There are 3 that are most common:
1. Excellence of taste in the fine arts and humanities, also known as "high
culture."
2. An integrated pattern of human knowledge , belief, and behavior that
depends upon the capacity for symbolic thought and social learning.
3. The set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an
institution, organization or group.
Also, central to Anthropology: Culture is the evolved human capacity to
classify and represent experiences with symbols, and to act imaginatively and
creatively
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3. Nepal is rich in its geography and richer with the
diverse culture
Nepal's culture is greatly influenced by its ,
architecture, religion and literature
Nepal has about thirty-six different ethnic groups and
multiple religions and more than 70 spoken languages.
80% hindu,10% buddhist,5% Muslim and 5% others.
Over 3000 temple
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4. The Nepalese corporate culture, in general, is not very
healthy.
Blocked communication, internal conflicts
practice one-way communication from top to bottom
The leader as assumed to be role model for their
subordinates is not felt in our
Nepalese organizations
Long term planning is generally lacking in Nepalese
organizations
Interpersonal relationships, conflicts and personality clashes
are common features.
The professionalism attitude islacking among employees
belonging to all the levels in
Individual jealousy, negative competition
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5.
Geert Hofstede, born on 2 October 1928
in Haarlem, Netherlands
is an Dutch researcher in the fields of organizational
studies and more concretely organizational culture
His most notable work has been in developing cultural
dimensions theory.
theory of cultural dimensions describes the effects of a
society's culture on the values of its members, and how
these values relate to behavior, using a structure derived
from factor analysis
The five dimensions are; Power Distance, Individualism,
Uncertainty avoidance, Masculinity, and Long Term
Orientation. He is known with his books Culture's
Consequences and Cultures and Organizations
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6.
This refers to the degree of inequality that exists – and is accepted
– among people with and without power
A high PD score indicates that society accepts an unequal
distribution of power and Low PD means that power
High PD : Centralized companies, Strong hierarchies, Large gaps in
compensation, authority, and respect
Low PD: Flatter organizations, Supervisors and employees are
considered almost as equals
Ishwor Ko Najar Ma Sabai Saman. (pronounce)
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7. “Individualism stands for a society in which the ties
between individuals are loose
People
prefer to use “I” in place of “We”
Everyone
is expected to look after him/herself and her/his
immediate family (Hofstede, 2002, p 225ge to fulfill the
personal interest
Only
when I die, I will see the heaven
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8. This refers to how much a society sticks with, and
values, traditional male and female roles.
High MAS scores are found in countries where men are
expected to be tough, to be the provider, to be assertive
and to be strong. If women work outside the home, they
have separate professions from men. Low MAS scores
do not reverse the gender roles.
In a low MAS society, the roles are simply blurred.
You see women and men working together equally
across many professions
Men and women are two wheels of a Cart and both are
needed for well functioning
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9.
reflects the extent to which members of a society
attempt to cope with anxiety by minimizing
uncertainty.
Cultures that scored high in uncertainty avoidance
prefer rules (e.g. about religion and food) and
structured circumstances, and employees tend to
remain longer with their present employer.
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10. it is not necessary to ask the way to
reach in a village where you never want
to go
High UAI
Very formal business conduct with lots of rules and
policies,
Need and expect structure,
Sense of nervousness spurns high levels of emotion and
expression,
Differences are avoided.
Low UAI
Informal business attitude.
More concern with long term strategy than what is
happening on a daily basis.
Accepting of change and risk.
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