Presented By:

Debanjan
Chaudhuri
Kaushal Pujara
Saumil Shah
Varun Celly
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AGENDA FOR THE PRESENTATION

 Background

 Trompenaars’ Model

 Trompenaars’ and Turner’s

Dimensions of Culture

 Comparison of Trompenaars’ and

Turner’s Dimensions with that of
Hofstede’s

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 ABOUT THE RESEARCHERS

 Dutch author

 Exposed to multicultural diversities

at home itself

Fons Trompenaars  Area of interest: Differences in conceptions

of organizational structure in various cultures

 British management philosopher

 Area of interest: Dilemma Theory

 Worked with Trompenaars at Shell

Charles Hampden-Turner  Authored the book “Riding The Waves of Culture”

along with Trompenaars

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 MODEL OF CULTURE

Language
Physical
contact
Food
Work ethic
Architecture
Public
emotion Music

Pace of life
Dress
Noise
Climate Literature

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 MODEL OF CULTURE

Explicit
Culture

Implicit
Culture

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DIMENSIONS OF CULTURE BY
TROMPENAARS AND TURNER

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DIMENSIONS OF CULTURE BY
TROMPENAARS AND TURNER

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COMPARISON OF TROMPENAARS’
AND
TURNER’S DIMENSIONS WITH
THAT OF
HOFSTEDE’S

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