Professional globalists demonstrate a global mindset involving a personal intention to focus on being global, with global abilities such as tolerance of ambiguity, cultural cognition, learning agility, and mastery of handling complexity.
Geographic or Regional Classification: Culture is created out of the systems, processes, human capital and associated continual development, and organizational hierarchy. Anytime people work together for an extended period of time, a culture is formed. It’s the force that guides how people will interact with one another and deal with those beyond their group. Culture is not a mythical "thing" that comes automatically. Culture results from a lot of factors such as human endeavors, common goals, and philosophies to reach the goal, their emotions in various scenarios and so on. Culture is influenced and shaped by interactions between people. Geographic or regional classification divides cultures by broad geographic regions, such as Eastern cultures, Western cultures, African cultures, etc. This is a very general classification system and doesn't account for the vast cultural variations within each region.
-Power Distance: This refers to how a society deals with inequalities in power. High power distance cultures tend to have a more hierarchical structure, while low power distance cultures are more egalitarian.
-Individualism vs. Collectivism: This dimension looks at how much emphasis a culture places on the individual versus the group. Individualistic cultures prioritize personal goals and achievements, while collectivistic cultures emphasize group harmony and social obligations.
-Uncertainty Avoidance: This dimension looks at how comfortable a culture is with ambiguity and uncertainty. High uncertainty avoidance cultures prefer rules and structure, while low uncertainty avoidance cultures are more flexible and adaptable.
-Long-Term vs. Short-Term Orientation: This dimension refers to whether a culture is more focused on the present or the future. Long-term-oriented cultures value thrift and planning for the future, while short-term-oriented cultures are more concerned with the present and enjoying life.
Indulgence vs. Restraint: This dimension looks at how much a culture allows for the gratification of desires. Indulgent cultures value leisure time and enjoying life, while restrained cultures are more self-disciplined and focus on saving and achievement.
Professional globalists demonstrate a global mindset involving a personal intention to focus on being global, with global abilities such as tolerance of ambiguity, cultural cognition, learning agility, mastery of handling complexity. It's important to remember that these culture classifications and frameworks are generalizations and there will always be exceptions within each culture. However, they can be a useful tool for understanding some of the basic differences between cultures.
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