Develop a cultural profile for one of the countries listed below: Indicate specific findings regarding religion, kinship, recreation, and other subsystems. Include the prevailing attitudes toward time, change, material factors, and individualism for the country you selected. Also include Hofstede’s findings regarding the four dimensions of power distance, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity, and individualism for the country you selected and compare it to the United States. Assume you are a U.S. manager of a subsidiary in a foreign country and explain how differences in these dimensions are likely to affect your management tasks. What suggestions do you have for dealing with these differences in the workplace?
Here is a list of countries to choose from: Brazil, Cuba, Greece, Italy, Germany, Indonesia, Nigeria, Russia, Japan, Korea, China, India, France, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, South Africa, Peru, Poland, and Australia.