The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Speaking up could help to expose bias or prejudice, it could promote innovations that go against the status quo, or simply suggest strategies that differ from one’s line manager. New research from the University of Pennsylvania explores why employees tend to be uncomfortable with speaking up, and what managers can do about it.

Hofstede 139

Hofstede Edmondson Construction Innovation 139

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2022

The importance of organizational agility was reaffirmed in a second report , from the Institute for Management Development’s (IMD) Future Readiness Centre. It brings to mind the groundbreaking work of Dutch sociologist Geert Hofstede. Organizational agility.

Company 129

Company Hofstede Supply Chain Agility 129

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Choosing to move In management and business, self-initiated expatriates are defined as those who move to another country for work on their own initiative, intending to stay for a limited time. Migrants, on the other hand, move with the intention of staying long-term and often becoming citizens.

Hofstede 52

Hofstede Short-term Long-term Competitive Advantage 52

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2012

Professor Geert Hofstede calls the phenomenon " power distance." It has the highest power distance of any country in the world: a staggering 104 on the Hofstede comparative power distance index. When businesses fail to address issues of power, they remain vulnerable to failure. What makes it particularly relevant in Asia?

Power 20

Power Hofstede Follow-up Learning-by-Doing 20

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2012

Sure, there are language issues and not everyone likes the way other people manage their time, but the most insidious and intractable problems between coworkers from different parts of the world often arise from variations in how colleagues perceive (literally) and prefer to use space. Great Britain, and the Scandinavian countries.

Hofstede 15

Hofstede Objective Retail Resistance 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2018

So we relied on a setting where firms faced an unexpected competitive shock, one that directors could not have anticipated and selected specific CEOs to manage it, and one that forced CEOs to make complex, non-routine, and unstructured decisions — decisions where CEOs’ characteristics are likely to affect how they respond.

Banking 14

Banking Sample Hofstede Chief Financial Officer 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

Geert Hofstede, the author of the pioneering book Culture’s Consequences , makes that point when he talks about how his Dutch modesty failed to win him the job he wanted with an American firm.) Leadership Managing yourself' Yes, we must learn to connect with people in order to move them.

Hofstede 8

Hofstede Charisma Seminar Diversity 8