Diversity

Diversity

Cultural diversity

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Introduction
When Disney Company and other multinational companies went global, there were effects of cultural differences, dimensions and attitudes that came up. Scientists and observers came out and with their own set of discoveries and observations. The main cultural difference came up when workers of different countries came to work together on one project and conflict arose between them. From these observers and scientist, a Dutch sociologist, Gerald Hofstede came up with his great study called Greet Hofstede’s cultural dimensions which laid stress on several aspects that caused cultural difference between the French and United States. Hofstede came up with five aspects that included power distance index, individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance index, and long term orientation. This paper focuses on the cultural differences on the cultural difference between employees of Euro Disneyland particularly France. The paper further elaborates on Trompenaars’ research on organizational culture helped to explain   the cultural differences.   Disneyland made   grieve mistakes and certainly had lessons to learn from it their operations.

Using Hofstede’s cultural dimensions as a point of reference, what are some of the main cultural differences between the United States and France?
      According to the provided Euro Disney case study, the main cultural dimensions between France and the United States are mainly individualism, low masculinity in French culture, centralized power structures and the strong uncertainty avoidance. It is by examining the dimensions that we can derive the cultural differences between the two nations as portrayed in the case study.
      Individualism
      This refers to the cultural dimension through which the extent at which people look after themselves and their immediate family members can be determined....