Flashes

Subgroup Size

Entire group

Duration

50 minutes

External Cost

No

Source

Hofstede, G. J., Pedersen, P.B., & Hofstede, G. (2002). Flashes. In Exploring culture: Exercises, stories and synthetic cultures (pp. 173). Boston, MA: Intercultural Press.  

Tags:

  1. Hofstede
  2. individualism
  3. other awareness
  4. power distance
  5. self-awareness
  6. value dimensions

As a result of this activity, participants will be able to: 1. Apply some of Hofstede's six dimensions to their cross-cultural exchanges. 2. Infer how different values were expressed in previous cross-cultural exchanges.