Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions and Friedman's Analysis of Globalization

Running head: MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONS 1
Management and Organizations
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Running head: MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONS 2
Table of Contents
Executive summary...................................................................................................................................3
Week 2- Activity 1- Thomas Friedman on Globalisation; 3 Eras of Globalisation; World.................4
Week 2 - Activity 3- Online tool to explore different countries' 5 dimensions by Hofstede.................5
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................................7
References..................................................................................................................................................8

Running head: MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONS 3
Executive summary
In this assignment, The Hofstede’s cultural dimensions have been discussed by providing
a comparison between the Australian and Brazilian cultures. The Provisions of the Australian
Culture in the Hofstede’s cultural indices reflect the real culture of Australia since Australia is a
democratic state with low power distance. Also, Friedman's analysis of globalization has been
discussed, giving the drawbacks of globalization. Globalisation is not uniform between states due
to political, social and cultural differences. Furthermore, a major weakness of Friedman's
analysis is that it ignored the small and developing enterprises in his evaluation, and only
discussed the large and well-established firms.