Cultural Dimensions

The uncertainty avoidance is slightly higher than United States which means people are more tolerable to not have complete information as compare to the American culture . The fourth dimension of Power Distance is also quite higher than the United States meaning that people expect more differences in organizational hierarchies . The American score on Power distance was 45 while the Chinese score is 85 therefore one can imagine the amount of differences in the structures of organizations , governmental institutions and families etc . One major difference is in the long term orientation dimension of

the two cultures . While the American culture was more on the lower side of this dimension , the Chinese culture is known to have the highest ranking factor when it comes to long term orientation . These means that people tend to overcome obstacles with time and not with will and strength (Hofstede , 2003 . Some other important details of the Chinese culture include being used to the communist form of government . The Chinese culture is very hospitable and accepts people from all backgrounds Since there is no one particular religion that is followed in the country , anyone can adjust easily (International Business Center , 2003 .All these cultural characteristics largely influence many issues in business . For instance any strategy usually requires everyone to stick together and work collectively because of the collectivistic nature of the culture and also teamwork is very effective as people realize that they are dependent on each other . However , because of high power distance , both strategy and team communication is affected Communication within team becomes more broken as it has to be passed through several levels of hierarchy . The cultural values are imbedded in the he influence tactics . For example these tactics project the idea of togetherness as it is evident from their advertisements that promote family...