Comparison of American and Finnish Working Culture in Business : understanding and utilizing differential cultural values
Walker, Camille (2021)
Walker, Camille
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202201031018
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202201031018
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Working culture, particularly in the business sector, can be instrumental in determining the success of a company, organization, or project plan. Understanding the different elements of working culture and creating an efficient and effective environment when working with people from different countries and cultural backgrounds vital to creating and maintaining a successful business environment.
The aim of the thesis is to look more in-depth at the working culture, specifically for America and Finland, then to compare and contrast the findings for each country and their working culture, using Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions analysis and Trompenaars Cultural Dimensions analysis. These tools are used to break down the fundamental cultural values and aspects for both individual countries.
The introduction provides how the research will be executed, the research questions, and the structural layout of thesis. The theoretical section helps to explain key terms to further understanding as well as analyze the two different countries and their cultures. The empirical section is a review of the quantitative and qualitative questionnaire sent out to a large number of employed persons who have worked in either a Finnish or American work environment. These results were then collected, analyzed, compared to the theoretical findings, and then summarized.
The results have determined that Hofstede and Trompenaars’s dimensions both have some validity to their models. Finnish and American cultures have more in common with one another in values and practices than differences. This conclusion is then reasserted by the empirical findings.
The aim of the thesis is to look more in-depth at the working culture, specifically for America and Finland, then to compare and contrast the findings for each country and their working culture, using Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions analysis and Trompenaars Cultural Dimensions analysis. These tools are used to break down the fundamental cultural values and aspects for both individual countries.
The introduction provides how the research will be executed, the research questions, and the structural layout of thesis. The theoretical section helps to explain key terms to further understanding as well as analyze the two different countries and their cultures. The empirical section is a review of the quantitative and qualitative questionnaire sent out to a large number of employed persons who have worked in either a Finnish or American work environment. These results were then collected, analyzed, compared to the theoretical findings, and then summarized.
The results have determined that Hofstede and Trompenaars’s dimensions both have some validity to their models. Finnish and American cultures have more in common with one another in values and practices than differences. This conclusion is then reasserted by the empirical findings.