CSCI 207 VB'NET

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Interpersonal Interaction Preferences

• Instructor Stan Schuyler
• Team Formation Interpersonal Profiles

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Dimensions of Culture Attempted

• PDI - Power Distance Index
• Beliefs about Power Distribution
  (centralized/distributed)
• IND Individualism Index
• Role of Individuals in Society (individualism/coll
  ectivism)
• MAS - Masculinity Index
• Gender Role Expectations (differentiated/shared)
• UAI - Uncertainty Avoidance Index
• Tolerance for Risk
• LTO Long Term Orientation
• Time Orientation (long/short term)

Hofstede, Geert., Hofstede, Gert Jan.
(2005). Cultures and Organizations - Software of
the Mind. New York McGraw-Hill.
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Personal Needs Orientation

• How I prefer to respond to situations around me
• ambig ??clear
• Tolerance for accepting challenging or ambiguous
  tasks versus preference for clarity of role and
  outcome.
• present??future
• Preference for short term gain versus holding out
  for a long range term benefit (deferred
  compensation).
• Staff??mgr
• Preference for assuming supporting roles and
  tasks in contrast to managerial roles and tasks.
• self??other
• Orientation toward outcome (benefit) for self in
  a situation versus the collective outcome for
  others.

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Other Needs Orientation

• How I prefer others to respond around me
• Central ??Distrib
• Preference for centralized (concentrated) or
  distributed (shared) power in an organized
  setting.
• Supp??Ctrl
• Preference for others to take personal control in
  difficult situations or for others to be quietly
  supportive.
• Safe??Risk
• Preference for others to be in a socially safe
  zone (not make waves) or to take risks in
  difficult social situations.

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