Graded Homework

Create a table that compares two societal cultures on the nine
dimensions of culture identified by the GLOBE project. Depending on the
countries you choose, you may need to do more research. Your table should have three columns, one
with thenine
dimensions, one
with the first country, and one with the second country.

Following
is an example of comparing one
dimension between Germany and China:

Dimension	Germany	China
Assertiveness	GLOBE scores: West 4.55 & East 4.73 Highest 25% GLOBE study Work relationships are to the point and strict	GLOBE score: 3.76 Moderate range score Indirect approach to communication

Background and Summary of GLOBE

The Wharton Business School of the
University of Pennsylvania was the home of the GLOBE Research Project, which
investigated variations in business leadership worldwide. GLOBE comprised
170 researchers in 62 societies over 11 years. The research team’s stated
objective was…

To determine the extent to which the practices and values of business leadership are universal (i.e., are similar globally), and the extent to which they are specific to just a few societies.

The team is attained this objective. GLOBE’s
findings present to us all a breakthrough in our ability to think about
business leadership in a way that is accurate, action-oriented, and – most
importantly – genuinely global.

Any organization that devotes resources to developing global leaders now has within its grasp the data and the guideposts to accomplish this critical goal. It’s now possible with unprecedented confidence to assess, develop, and measure top leadership talent in a way that captures the full meaning of “global.”

The first report from the GLOBE team was an
818-page book by R.J. House et al., Culture, Leadership, and
Organizations, published by Sage in 2004; this précis addresses the
2004 publication only. A second report of the GLOBE team was published in
2007 (note). A third report is in press.
The other three articles at Grovewell.com/GLOBE (total 8,500 words)
provide all those responsible for leadership development with an overview and
interpretation of the findings reported in 2004.

The first question addressed by the team was which measurement
standards (“independent variables”) to use to be precise about the similarities
and differences among various societal and organizational cultures. Their
efforts yielded nine “cultural dimensions” that serve as their standard of
measurement.

Performance Orientation	Uncertainty Avoidance	Humane Orientation
Institutional Collectivism	In-Group Collectivism	Assertiveness
Gender Egalitarianism	Future Orientation	Power Distance