Hofstede’s Model of National Culture, which covers Geert Hofstede’s research on power distance
(low vs. high), individualism (vs. collectivism), masculinity (vs. femininity) or assertiveness (vs. nurturing), uncertainty avoidance (high vs. low), and long-term orientation (vs. short-term orientation).
You (a citizen of the United States) have been given an assignment to travel to a foreign country
(not Canada) and deliver a training program for citizens of that foreign country. You need to choose a
specific country for this assignment. The internet has country comparison tools (such as the one from
Hofstede Insights) that provide information on the culture of each country. Find a tool and determine how you will design and deliver training for foreign employees of the country you select keeping in mind
Geert Hofstede’s research about cultural differences, and your plans to assess its success.
Hofstede’s model has five dimensions so in your paper you will need to have a section to to compare the
five dimensions and a comparison between the U.S. and your country. It would be helpful to research
employment and training laws for whatever country you choose to feature for this assignment. For
example, if you choose Japan as your country you could do a “Google” search with the keywords
“Employment Laws Japan”.
Your response must be at least 500 words in length, have clear paragraph separations and headers for
each main section, APA formatting to include a title and references page with all sources cited in APA, and a separate page for all the references used for this paper. You will need no less than two peer-reviewed
sources (the “Google Search for employment laws”) is the one exception when a non-peer-reviewed
source can be used.
