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GlobalBusinessTodaySixthEditionChapter3Chapter03-DifferencesinCulture3-PAGE\*MERGEFORMAT21DifferencesinCultureChapterOutlineOPENINGCASE:McDonald’sinIndiaINTRODUCTIONWHATISCULTURE?ValuesandNormsCulture,Society,andtheNation-StateTheDeterminantsofCultureSOCIALSTRUCTUREIndividualsandGroupsSocialStratificationCountryFocus:BreakingIndia’sCasteSystemRELIGIOUSANDETHICALSYSTEMSChristianityIslamCountryFocus:IslamicCapitalisminTurkeyHinduismBuddhismConfucianismManagementFocus:DMG-ShanghaiLANGUAGESpokenLanguageUnspokenLanguageEDUCATIONCULTUREANDTHEWORKPLACECULTURALCHANGEFOCUSONMANAGERIALIMPLICATIONSCross-CulturalLiteracyCultureandCompetitiveAdvantageSUMMARYCRITICALTHINKINGANDDISCUSSIONQUESTIONSCLOSINGCASE:Wal-Mart’sForeignExpansionLearningObjectives1.Knowwhatismeantbythecultureofasociety.2.Identifytheforcesthatleadtodifferencesinsocialculture.4.Identifythebusinessandeconomicimplicationsofdifferencesinculture.5.Understandhowdifferencesinsocialcultureinfluencevaluesintheworkplace.6.Developanappreciationfortheeconomicandbusinessimplicationsofculturalchange.ChapterSummaryThischapterbeginsbyintroducingtheconceptofculture.Thedeterminantsofcultureareidentified,whichincludereligion,politicalphilosophy,economicphilosophy,education,language,andsocialstructure.Thefirsthalfofthechapterfocusesontheinfluenceofsocialstructure,religion,language,andeducationonculture.ThesectiononreligionexplainstheeconomicimplicationsofChristianity,Islam,Hinduism,Buddhism,andConfucianism.Inaddition,GeertHofstede’smodelofhowasociety’scultureimpactsthevaluesfoundintheworkplaceispresented.AccordingtoHofstede,culturesvaryalongthelinesofpowerdistance,individualismversuscollectivism,uncertaintyavoidance,andmasculinityversusfemininity.Theconceptofethnocentricbehaviorisintroduced.Finally,theauthorreiteratesthepointthatthevaluesystemsandnormsofacountryinfluencethecostsofdoingbusinessinthatcountry.OpeningCase:McDonald’sInIndiaSummaryTheop