The majority of my Globesmart scores seem valid. I have always enjoyed working in a team and building relationships that way. I like the feeling of belonging to a group of people and sharing a common goal with them. I specifically enjoy the communication process and the final results of collaborating.
My egalitarianism tendency was also to be expected. I believe that people should be flexible and viewed as equals.
I enjoy new and different experiences and I have taken some steps in my life that most people would probably not consider (or would need more time and convincing to reach). Uncertainty is part of life and we as well learn to embrace it.
I am a little surprised about my score on the Direct-Indirect dimension. I consider myself a very direct person (what you see is what you get). This is definitely more valid when it comes to personal relationships and not so much in a business environment. Since this tool was measuring our perspectives on business situations I can see how my score would be somewhere in the middle.
When it comes to focusing on tasks rather than relationships at work, I try to establish relationships in the process of completing job responsibilities. I develop relationships with colleagues and customers quickly even when my main focus is on finishing the task at hand.
My short-term orientation can be explained easily by the fact that I enjoy taking risks. I usually focus on planning only in the near future since circumstance change easily.
When comparing my results to what I believe my grandparents' scores would be, I definitely see that there will be a major shift from risk taking to a more restraint behavior. The main reason for that is mobility. We are living in a time where every place on Earth is within our reach, which is something my grandparents didn't even think about 30-40 years ago. The information flow and communication technologies allow our generation to be much quicker in making important decisions.
Another area of difference is the Task-Relationship dimension. I believe that my grandparents would have taken the time to establish a relationship first. They had worked at the same companies with the same people and customers for many years and building relationships was vital. They also had more down time at their places of employment which is not the case nowadays.
I found the comparison to the two cultures I have been exposed to very intriguing. I was born and raised in Bulgaria and spend the majority of my life there so one would expect that my scores would be close to those of other Bulgarians. This is the case when it comes to the Risk-Restraint, Independent-Interdependent and Short-term-Long-term dimensions. As for the second culture I have been exposed to in the past few years, I share similar scores on the Egalitarianism-Status and Task-Relationship dimensions. I have always felt comfortable with both cultures and appreciated the differences which is evident from my results.
My egalitarianism tendency was also to be expected. I believe that people should be flexible and viewed as equals.
I enjoy new and different experiences and I have taken some steps in my life that most people would probably not consider (or would need more time and convincing to reach). Uncertainty is part of life and we as well learn to embrace it.
I am a little surprised about my score on the Direct-Indirect dimension. I consider myself a very direct person (what you see is what you get). This is definitely more valid when it comes to personal relationships and not so much in a business environment. Since this tool was measuring our perspectives on business situations I can see how my score would be somewhere in the middle.
When it comes to focusing on tasks rather than relationships at work, I try to establish relationships in the process of completing job responsibilities. I develop relationships with colleagues and customers quickly even when my main focus is on finishing the task at hand.
My short-term orientation can be explained easily by the fact that I enjoy taking risks. I usually focus on planning only in the near future since circumstance change easily.
When comparing my results to what I believe my grandparents' scores would be, I definitely see that there will be a major shift from risk taking to a more restraint behavior. The main reason for that is mobility. We are living in a time where every place on Earth is within our reach, which is something my grandparents didn't even think about 30-40 years ago. The information flow and communication technologies allow our generation to be much quicker in making important decisions.
Another area of difference is the Task-Relationship dimension. I believe that my grandparents would have taken the time to establish a relationship first. They had worked at the same companies with the same people and customers for many years and building relationships was vital. They also had more down time at their places of employment which is not the case nowadays.
I found the comparison to the two cultures I have been exposed to very intriguing. I was born and raised in Bulgaria and spend the majority of my life there so one would expect that my scores would be close to those of other Bulgarians. This is the case when it comes to the Risk-Restraint, Independent-Interdependent and Short-term-Long-term dimensions. As for the second culture I have been exposed to in the past few years, I share similar scores on the Egalitarianism-Status and Task-Relationship dimensions. I have always felt comfortable with both cultures and appreciated the differences which is evident from my results.
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