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I enjoyed reading your essay. I agree that rigidity towards change is affected by how connected a culture is to its past and maintaining those traditions. Its interesting, though, that if a culture’s history was full of embracing change, than that value wouldn’t be as difficult. However, when a culture’s history is based on maintaining tradition, then change will be much harder. 

How would you assess Chinese culture using the Cultural Web and Hofstede’s Dimensions? As you mentioned earlier, the Cultural Web includes paradigm, rituals and routines, stories, symbols, control systems, power structures, and organizational structure (Palmer, Dunford, & Buchanan, 2017, p. 116). Hofstede’s Dimensions include means-oriented vs goal-oriented, internally driven vs externally driven, easygoing work discipline vs strict work discipline, local vs professional, open system vs closed system, employee-oriented vs work-oriented, degree of acceptance of leadership style, and degree of identification with your organization (Hofstede, n.d.).

I used the references listed below to find more details about these two categories. The Cultural Web is in our text book on the page I cited in the paragraph above. I found great information about Hofstede’s Dimensions from the creator’s website linked in the references below.

References

Hofstede, G. (n.d.) Organisational culture. Geert Hofstede. Retrieved from https://geert–hofstede.com/organisational-culture.html

Palmer, I., Dunford, R., & Buchanan, D.A. (2017). Managing organizational change: A multiple perspective approach (3rd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw Hill Education.