Researching National Cultures

Researching National Cultures

Introduction It is a well accepted theory that nations do have a culture; as there is a promising amount of literature that signifies that every nation has a unique, dominant and expressive culture. It was stated by Hickson and Pugh that the culture gives a distinct form to everything. (McSweeney, 2002, pp.1) Nonetheless, it is significant to find out the foundation of assertion that supports the notion that influential national cultures survive in the global world. Moreover, the available literature rationalizes its dependence on the conception of national culture by quoting positively the efforts of Geert Hofstede, who is supposed to be responsible to disclose the hidden features of the national cultures (1980b:44). On the other hand, Anderson has dramatically explained nations as “imagined communities” (1991) and Wallerstein claims that he is unconvinced about the idea that the culture is operational. He further says that however, culture facilitates us to utilize it for proclamations, which are more than inconsequential (1990:34). Hofstede has pointed out the five main dimensions' of national culture according to which states can be categorically arranged (1980a, 1984, 1991). He was much more consistent in 1998 by claiming that extent of recognition of his belief of distinguishing-exclusive-dominant national cultures was such that 'a true prototype change had taken place. Nonetheless, Hofstede's theory can be assessed in various ways; it could be judged with the substitute representation of national cultures, specifically the one which has appeared more recently (for example, Schwartz, 1992). His idea of culture and beliefs can be compared with the debatable richer commencement of culture (for example, Geertz, 1973). His assignment could be rejected as a mistaken effort to determine the immense (MacIntyre, 1971; Smelser, 1992). His findings can be assessed exclusively on the basis of their prognostic assessment by considering various smaller-scale reproductions.

The business market in Europe has been affected by drastic changes in national cultures. These changes were the source of investigation linked to the influential features of the cultural authorities (e. g. Hofstede 2001; Hall 1981; Inglehart 1997; Schwartz 1992) and their relevant cultural elements that in a number of ways forms a set of principles for a successful classification of cultures in a systematic style, also termed as 'sophisticated stereotyping' (Osland and Allan 2000). Nonetheless, national cultures have significant impacts on the community, business market, and on the dormant attitude of the community members. The values and beliefs of the home ground have a great impact on the organizational culture (Gulev, 2009, pp. 259).

Discussion

The Hypothetical Background of Organizational Culture

The perception of organizational culture assumes that it is a combination of methodologies on the managerial level, the methodologies that are relevant to customer behavior. This theory supports the notion that all organizations need to be isomorphic and organized within their cultural surroundings. In order to sustain the management strategies that accomplishes the maximum degree of association with the cultural beliefs of the local market (Gulev, 2009, pp. 260).

This theory has been studied by the promising anthropologist; ...