Riding the Waves of Culture
by Fons Trompenaars and Charles Hampden-Turner
Seven dimensions of culture, universalism versus particularism and the rest, with research data and reconciliation strategies. Academic-practical.
Read it if…
you want a dimensional model for global business.
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Skip it if…
you want anecdotes.
Try instead: Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind →
Three things you will actually use
- Seven dimensions.
- Reconcile, do not choose.
- Data on difference.
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Read the chapter on universalism and particularism.
Our verdict
Trompenaars's dimensions.
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