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Five Cultural Dimensions Model of Geert Hofstede

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person acts the way he or she does, how one attributes moods, feelings and emotions, the way in which one interacts with another, as well as what governs overall cultural  behavior. Working on the assumption that, for the most part, people live their lives out of habit and routine, philosopher John Dewey postulated that problem solving techniques are borne  out of what has already occurred in ones past. However, there are some problems that necessitate the implementation of basic intelligence to overcome obstacles. In these particular cases,  Dewey states that such situations cannot be solved merely by habitual action and thought, which he effectively notes in his 1908 thesis entitled The Practical Character of Reality: "...The order  of the natural world itself necessarily includes our interaction with it through scientific investigation; what the world is depends upon what we do with it" (Kemerling, 2000).  Geert Hofstede devoted life and career to the study of collective cultural behavior of humans in an attempt to ascertain the laws that influence such behavior  within the multinational business world. It may be true that at the very core of each human being exists a common thread of kinship with regard to the inner  workings of cultural reality, however, there are grand variances that separate one era from the next - and even one community from the next - that serve to detrimentally impact  business if not effectively addressed. Hofstede addresses the most important aspects of cultural dimension in his 5-D Model, which characterizes national cultures according to key magnitude: * Power  Distance: The extent to which the less powerful members of society accept that power is unequally distributed * Individualism vs. Collectivism: In individualistic societies there are few ties beyond those