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Cultures and organizations by geert hofstede overdrive. Hostede was born in 1928, and grew up in the hague, in the netherlands. He defined organisational culture is an idea system that is largely shared between organisational members. In the mid 1970s, the dutch academic, geert hofstede, based his five dimensions of culture on an extensive survey at ibm in which he investigated the influence of national culture. See all books authored by geert hofstede, including cultures and organizations. Working for the international computing company ibm in the late 1960s, hofstede noted that such cultural differences had huge consequences for international organizations. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
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