Delphine Ménard wrote: > [OT] > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 13:34, Sebastian Moleski <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Delphine Ménard <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> It is interesting how the "power distance" thing is playing out here. :) >> I'm not getting the reference. Can you help? > > For Germans, power distance [1] [2] is small, which means, for > example, that it's easy for the employees to go to their boss and talk > about things and make decisions on their own, it makes delegation > easier. For the French, power distance is big, which means hierarchy > is much stronger, and chain of command is more important, which makes > delegation harder. > > Of course, there are millions of other factors coming into play at any > given time. But I thought it was interesting to see yours and > Florence's reaction on this. > > Delphine > > [1] http://www.geert-hofstede.com/ (scroll down the page) > [2] and for a little self promotion: > http://blog.notanendive.org/post/2008/07/25/Distance-to-power-somewhere-in-the-middle
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