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Sorry for the colors and the letter style of the entries but is my first time blogging and its very hard to do it. :S

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Average sales person in Colombia

Before i start i must clarify that all im saying is from my own point of view and my personal experiences.

As we can see in Hofstede analysis the individualism of colombian people, including the bussines man, is very low, we lake to work in groups and support each other; the power distance is very high, it means that we dont need always a boss that tells us what to do and what not to.

In the part of "role of stress", we always avoid conflict, since we tent to work on groups, the conflict rate is very low and we have the information to do what we need to do, that is whay the "role of ambiguity" is very low too. The Colombian sales-people is people very preparated in resolution of conflicts and tend to be more independent and open-minded .

About the Leadership Behaviour, the average sales-person in Colombia is vey bad, because we most of the time think in our own good, even tought we work in groups. The two evaluation categories of consideration and initiation to structure we practice them in the organisations for education but not because of true leadership skills.

Finaly the organizational commitment of the Colombian people (including obviously sales-people) is very high due to the love we develop in the organisations, it can be for the rewards, fear to lose what we have achieved, the people we know, even the boss, etc; anyway we tend to work in the same organisation for "life".


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Other blogs

I´ve seen a lot of blogs but the one i liked the most was the blog of Daniel Botero (http://dboterog.blogspot.com/), because is very organized and his posts are really nice, he say very apropiate things. But the blog of Santiago Carvajal (http://carval.tumblr.com/) is also very good.

Little work about the girls exposition

Well i think the most offensive one is Simbad, followed by Slug, Gregory in the third position and abigail in fourth and last one Ivan.

And the reprehensible conduct i think would be something like this: 1.Simbad, 2.Ivan, 3.Slug, 4.Gregory, 5.Abigail.

Very short post but is a very short activity :D

Legal ¿"Person"?

The wednesday in class the teach show us a movie called "The Corporation" and told us to answer a question of it; i chose: Should corporations be entitled to the same legal rights as individuals ? Where Should the line be drawn ?

I think the corporations twisted their way, and the just have some hidden harm within themselves, they just look for more productivity and more products per man hour. The corporations as a “person”, have no moral (conscience), are an immortal thing and only seek for short term profit, in this part you are probably starting to get my point, as a popular Swedish adage sais “power corrupts and absolute power corrupt absolutely”. To solve this, the corporations should have clear and visible stipulations and regulations, less freedom and rights to do whatever they want and more severe punishment to their corrupt and twisted view of the world.

For example, the environmental impact, is a case in which the corporations doesn´t have any regulations, I mean, doesn´t have any strict and very high obligatory regulation, the corporations always do what they want at the end of the day, in my point of view, the law should put some high rules and standards and bind their action field.

¿Relation between national identity and corporate culture?

Well, i understand the national identity as a creation of the institutions of the state like the law, the education system, the media, etc. and it is different from country to country.

The national identity can modify the corporate culture making it more compatible with the national identity, if the enterprise doesn´t modify it, it might not have succes in the country because, the people, used to what they learned from the institutions of the state might not like what the enterprise bring and it makes the company fail.

There is and existent relation between this two concepts, one surrounds the other and make it more changeable and flexible.

About Culture

Culture:

Culture has many definitions but i found one that inmediatly called my attention and i think is very complete to define what culture is.

• Culture is the way of life of a given society. It includes the way people think, act, interact with each other, and make decisions. It also defines what individuals eat, what they wear, what they think is right or wrong, and much more. Culture is passed down from one generation to another. What individuals learn from their parents and those individuals they grew up with, such as teachers, uncles, aunts, and neighbors, is passed down to future generations. Iowa State University. 2005. About Culture [Online] (Updated March 24, 2009). Available at: http://www.celt.iastate.edu/international/Culture3.html

Also the culture can be defined in terms of organisations and corporations like:

• The set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution, organization or group. Wikipedia. Culture [Online] (Updated January 17, 2010). Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture

And the classic dictionary definiton:

• The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought.

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