Dimensions of cultural diversity

            A culture is a concept that refers to a group; it acts on social basis and beliefs in the society.  The policies of Hofstede can be used to explain why the managers have to be aware of the cultural differences.  These dimensions explain how people from divergent cultures behave and how they will behave on their work.  Power distance is one of the dimensions explained by Hofstede that the managers should be aware of.  The culture that is exposed to low power distance expects that the power in their society should be shared equally.  They also know that this power is also distributed to those with less power.  Thus managers should be aware that power should be distributed equally despite the great influence space cultures and short control space values.  They should know the need of ancient rules and policies in their workplaces. This dimension shows that people are really threatened by unclear conditions.  The people living in a culture with the unclear situations are uncomfortable and uncertain (Hofstede, 2000). 

             They should also equalize females and males in the working environment.  This dimension focuses on putting emphasis on male related works more than the females.  This dimension describes how people are potentially inspired in cultures that are based on the female and male culture. The dimension on personalism versus communism is where managers should focus on.  The personality cultures, people show themselves as persons who needs to accomplish their personal goals and objectives while in the socialist culture, people mainly focus on the whole group where personal needs are put aside for a common good.  Long and short term alignment is the other dimension which means that the managers should know that sometimes businesses may take a long time to succeed while in the short term alignment means that the outcomes and the success of any business can be reached within any time (Hofstede, 2000). 

Reference

Hofstede, G. H. (2000). Culture's consequences: International differences in work-related values. Beverly Hills, Cal. [u.a.: Sage Publ.