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Can One Size Fit All? An Application Of Management Theory On The European Sovereign Debt Crisis, Amanda Grayson
Can One Size Fit All? An Application Of Management Theory On The European Sovereign Debt Crisis, Amanda Grayson
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The European Union is a combination of twenty-seven different and unique cultures under one common government. Can culture help explain the continued problems emanating from the European debt crisis?
In undergraduate management courses around the world, from Harvard University to Beijing International, eager young minds are taught the same fundamental management theories. Among others, one of the most popular would inevitably be Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions.
Geert Hofstede, while working for the IBM research department, undertook a detailed survey and analysis of the various cultures of the world. He defined four dimensions of culture, now expanded to six, that can be …