LSS – Intercultural studies Dimensions of Greet Hofstede Movie: Outsourced Instructor: Stephen Trinder Nouf Ali Salem H00247935 Hofstedes Cultural Six Dimensions Scene 1 Individualism vs. Collectivism Indulgence vs Restraint (IVR) 1. In this scene the woman asks Todd if he is married or if he has a girlfriend, what his dad does and how much is his salary. In U.S they have high individualist society Hofstede score?? that mean to respect privacy of each other and not to ask private questions not to strangers. But India is high collectivist society that a bit more friendly to other and people belong to in groups that take care of them in exchange for unquestioning loyalty as one family in India its okay to ask your neighbor or colleague in work private questions ( 2. When Todd eat with his left hand the women told not clean because in India they eat with their right hand because in India eating with your left hand considered as not clean because wash up with it so in U.S high indulgence society so free they do but India is high restraint society they have a self control and they feel that indulging themselves is somewhat wrong. Scene 2 Masculinity vs. Femininity In this dimension, masculinity is defined as “a preference in society for achievement, heroism and feminine society is both men and women are supposed to be equal. (Wikipediaorg, 2015) In this scene Todd saw a group of women's do constructions and surprise by this because women in U.S do not constructions but In India women can do men job and equal as men and can do jobs only men can do like constructions but in U.S you never find a women do jobs like constructions that show how each society accept women and how treat her and also in India but in U.S you can find a women do a men job like be the boss of a company ,the score between U.S and India are a bit close Scene 3 Individualism vs. Collectivism In this scene Asha ask Todd to shake her hand in professional way while they were sitting in lake because there someone spy on them and told him to meet somewhere else because Asha can’t sit with Todd like lover because she's engaged in arranged marriage , In India a lot of girls are in arranged marriage like Asha because they live in high collectivism society that belonging to a larger social framework in which individuals are expected to act in accordance to the greater good of one’s defined in-group(s) But in U.S ideais that the individual’s life belongs to him/her and he/she has the right to live it as he/she want (Geert-hofstedecom, 2015) Scene 4 Power Distance (PDI) his dimension deals with the fact that all individuals in societies are not equal (Geert-hofstedecom, 2015) India score 77 in PDI that’s mean that India is high PDI society and strong hierarchies but in U.S has score 40 in PDI In this scenes Todd told Puro its okay to call me Todd not Mr. Todd because in India the one in higher rank and above you ,you to said Mr or Ms but in U.S Todd taking to his boss in way that you will that not his boss as if he taking to his friend not his boss Scene 5 Long-term vs. Short-term Orientation This dimension describes how every society has to maintain some links with its own past while dealing with the challenges of the present and future (Geert-hofstedecom, 2015) In scene Asha told Todd that Kali is god of destruction and that mean in India they value traditions ,Supported values are linked to the past and present, including stability and respect for tradition and save face and reciprocity and fulfill their social obligations (Wikipediaorg, 2015) is means that India is short-term orientation ,and U.S is long-term orientation because of the high creativity individualism What I learn form this ? I learn that not everyone is the same and there are a lot differences between people around the world like the different language and different traditions and historical background and religious beliefs and practices background that make everyone different but in other way we are all humans no matter what are the differences .. REFRENCES Geert-hofstedecom. (2015). Geert-hofstedecom. Retrieved 12 October, 2015, from http://geert-hofstede.com/india.html Wikipediaorg. (2015). Wikipediaorg. Retrieved 12 October, 2015, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstede's_cultural_dimensions_ theory