Social Organization

Social Organization

Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions

Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions

Sociology

Social Organization

Starting from the Case Study on Disneyland (p. 196) and using Hofstede’s theory on cultural dimensions, please identify a different multinational corporation (MNC) and describe/ analyze:

  1. Its organizational culture (symbols, artifacts, values, norms, practices etc.)
  2. The cultural clash in other countries or within their own company between different subcultures or countercultures, and how they managed it.

In your answer, please use theories/ concepts from Ch. 6, cited sources and organizational logos (inserted images).

Textbook

Hatch, Mary Jo. 2018. Organization Theory: Modern, Symbolic, and Postmodern Perspectives. 4th edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780198723981.