Exercise 8

 

Exercise #8a:

 

Below is a brief explanation of the cultural dimensions:-

 

· Low-context and high-context culture

Our teacher is a low context person while the rest of the class are High context.

· Individualism and collectivism

Our teacher is an individualism person thus for he can live alone and stay away from his family for long time, on the other hand me and the rest of the class are collectivism because we like to stick together and don’t feel comfortable in being alone which is a cultural habit.

· Low power distance and high power distance

Low power distance: is when you have an open relationship with your boss or father for example Todd and his boss has a low power distance relationship because of the way they talk together.

High power distance: is when you can only talk formally with your boss or father and do as you are told and don’t have the option to discus nor negotiate anything.

· Uncertainty tolerance and uncertainty avoidance

In the video it was when Anti J kept asking Todd for justifications why he isn’t married yet and when Todd kept asking his boss about his future and moving to India.

 

 

·        task orientation and stoical orientation

Students in exams experience task orientation why team members while deciding on something experience stoical orientation.