Compare and Contrast Japan and Aust

Japan and Australia- According to Hofstede

Jennifer LipFord

ORG 300

Colorado State University- Global Campus

Michelle Olmstead

Introduction

While going into another nation or working with a gathering of individuals who are from an alternate society, it can be difficult to make sense of how to treat those individuals. Some might be exceptionally preservationist about their lives where others could be outraged on the off chance that you are not social with them. There is no definite approach to treat everybody with the goal that they will be upbeat. Rather, you need to investigate every individual society and what they look like at changed things. In circumstances like this current, Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions is a good place to begin. In this paper it will investigate how Japan and Australia compare and contrast in each of the five social measurements raised by Hofstede.

Power Distance

One of the first things to look at is power distance. Power distance according to the text is defined as “the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organizations within a country expect and accept that power is distributed unequally.” (What about Japan?,n.d.) In this category Japan receive a score of 54. Japan received a moderate score which right on the border of being a hierarchical society. For example, every decision has to be confirmed by each hierarchical layer and after that then it goes to the top management in Tokyo. This process make decisions extremely long. (What about Japan?,n.d.) Now taking a look at Australia they scored pretty low in this category with a 36. In Australia hierarchy is there for convenience and the higher up are always accessible. Managers rely on the expertise of their employees. However, unlike Japan their communication is informal. (What about Australia?,n.d.) As you can see there is a significant difference between Japan and Australia when it comes to power distance.

Individualism

Individualism can be...