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Business Consulting

The MTPD fosters awareness about national identity, as a cohesive whole, provides contexts and the impact these have on one’s role in the society. For example, the functioning of marginalized communities. We are educating students, addressing cultural differences, making clear that we share universal rights and dignity no matter where we are from, by emphasizing that one cannot explain away injustices by cultural relativism.

Cases

When Directness Collides with Hierarchy: Decoding The Culture Clash Inside A Global Tech Giant

This case study examines the intercultural friction between the Western European regional subsidiary and the East Asian global headquarters of a leading multinational technology conglomerate. By applying Hofstede’s Cul-tural Dimensions and Weaver’s Communication Theory, this paper analyz-es the tension between explicit, efficiency-driven regional operations and high-context, hierarchical global directives to optimize cross-cultural col-laboration

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Cases

Cultural Diversity at a top-notch consultant in The Netherlands

This research project is a collaborative assignment undertaken by a group of five students who are currently pursuing their studies in International Business, Business Administration and human Resource Management at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.

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