Oriental - Occidental Business Values and Principles
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Low Context |
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High Context |
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M-organisation |
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O-organisation |
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Digital |
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Analogue |
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Out-group |
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In-group |
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Visual |
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Audio-tactile |
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Universalism |
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Particularism |
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Legal
System |
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Human Relations |
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Analysing |
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Integrating |
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Individualistic |
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Collectivistic |
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Inner-directed |
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Outer-directed |
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Achieved
Status |
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Ascribed Status |
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Equality |
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Hierarchy |
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Monochronistic |
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Polychronistic |
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Sequential |
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Synchronicity |
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Individual
Ownership |
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Communal Ownership |
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Investors & Shareholders |
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Employees
and Stakeholders |
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Careers & Job Descriptions |
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Team
spirit & Networks |
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Capital
/ Technical Assets |
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Human Potential |
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Specialists & Business Schools |
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Generalists
& Job rotation |
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Individual
top down |
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Consensual bottom up |
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Individual Accountability |
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Collective
Responsibility |
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Communication linear & functional |
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Communication
cyclical & aesthetic |
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Explicit (language, body & mind) |
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Implicit
(body language, guts) |
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Information poor |
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Knowledge
creation |
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Segmented
/ Linear |
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Lateral / Holistic |
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Short-term |
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Long-term |
