martes, 3 de agosto de 2010

Uncertainty Avoidance, Cultural Dimension

Uncertainty Avoidance is a cultural dimension that explains how a society can deal towards uncertainty and ambiguity, this kind of society tries to be specific in all task, implementation of policies and regulations, strict follow of those laws, to avoid unexpected situations, this is an emotion as a result of being not easy adaptable to changes and a risk adverse personality.

In a hypothetical situation regarding this cultural dimension, a company from colombia is trying to make some business with a singapore company, colombia´s company members in other to proceed with a more regulated process, set up a group of procedures to make the possible transaction more serious, the counter part, the singapore company tough of this as an unnecessary paper work that will only delay the business, they tough Colombian company weren't so interested on making the deal and the singapore company felt not to be trusted by colombians, this delay the business and made it to end its course.

This could happen if we don´t attempt to study counter´s part organizational behavior in simple issues as uncertainty avoidance.