Portfolio Exercise #8a

Exercise #8a:

Below is a brief explanation of the cultural dimensions:- 

·         Low-context and high-context culture.

Low-context	High-context
Westerners Direct Exact on time Expect a common understanding	Orientals and Arabs Indirect Flexible with timings Unspoken etiquette

·      Individualism and collectivism.

Individualism	Collectivism
Usually western people are individuals. They tend to do things on their own.	Middle Eastern cultures, especially Emiratis, tend to work as a unit or a family whether its college or going for lunch.

·         Low power distance and high power distance.

Lower power	Higher power
It’s between an employee and his boss have a close relationship.	Leader, gets respect and money, but don’t have any relationship.

·         Uncertainty tolerance and uncertainty avoidance.

Uncertainty tolerance	Uncertainty avoidance
Emiratis tend to tolerate uncertainty, for example I could say I can see you tomorrow, and the location, timing and reason not mentioned.	Japanese tend to avoid uncertainty by being sure time, place, and objective planned before hand.

.          Task orientation and social orientation.

Task orientation	Social orientation
It generally means that the primary focus and preference is the job itself.	An Emirati cares more about who is in the company, the reputation society talks about, and other factors like family, where as the task itself is not the primary focus.