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In Geert Hofstede ’ s terms Europe can, to a large extend, be considered an individualistic civilization ( i. e. a rather direct and analytic style is preferred, important points are mentioned before an explanation or illustration in an argument, decisions are based on compromise or the majority ’ s vote ); in contrast, the Sinic ( Chinese ), Japanese, Arabic and Hindu ( Indian ) civilizations are collectivistic ( i. e. a rather indirect and synthetic style is used, explanations and illustrations are mentioned before the essential point of an argument, decisions are reached through consent ).
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The order in which the hierarchy is arranged ( with self-actualization as the highest order need ) has been criticised as being ethnocentric by Geert Hofstede.
( Geert Hofstede, 1991 )
* Hofstede, Geert ( 1980 ) Culture's Consequences: International Differences in Work Related Values, Beverly Hills, CA, Sage Publications, reprinted 1984
* Hofstede, Geert ( 1991 ), Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind., McGraw-Hill Professional
The main theories for cross-cultural communication are based on the work done looking at value differences between different cultures, especially the works of Edward T. Hall, Richard D. Lewis, Geert Hofstede, and Fons Trompenaars.
Geert Hofstede, born as Gerard Hendrik Hofstede ( 2 October 1928 in Haarlem, Netherlands ) is an influential Dutch researcher in the fields of organizational studies and more concretely organizational culture, also cultural economics and management.
Geert was born to Gerrit and Evertine G. ( Veenhoven ) Hofstede.
When World War II ended, Geert Hofstede was seventeen and had always lived in the Netherlands under rather difficult circumstances.
Geert Hofstede has received much recognition for his work in cross-cultural analysis.
The Hanze University Groningen in the Netherlands established the Geert Hofstede Lecture, a bi-annual conference on topics of intercultural communication in 2004.
In 2006, a Geert Hofstede Chair for Cultural Diversity was established at Maastricht University, and in 2010, the School of Business and Economics launched a fund named after Geert to encourage activities around multicultural interactions and research.
In 2004, the Hanze University Groningen, the Netherlands established the Geert Hofstede Lecture, a bi-annual conference in the area of intercultural communication.
In 2006, Maastricht University, the Netherlands inaugurated a Geert Hofstede Chair in cultural diversity
And in October 2010, Maastrich University School of Business and Economics launched the Geert Hofstede Fund, aiming at encouraging activities around multicultural interactions and research about the impact of cultural differences.
In 2008 six European universities united to create the Master in International Communication ( MIC ), Hanze University Groningen have named themselves the Geert Hofstede Consortium
* Geert Hofstede Consortium
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This was an important period in Geert ’ s life, where he actually worked in industry.
Geert ’ s model, when introduced in 1980, came at a time when cultural differences between societies had become increasingly relevant for both economic and political reasons.
Much of Geert ’ s research on the basic dimensions of nations came through the IRIC.
In 2001, Geert published an entirely re-written second edition of " Culture ’ s Consequences ".
Geert ’ s books have appeared in 23 languages.
World Wide Web ’ s citation indexes between 1981 and 2011 listed more than 9, 000 articles in peer-reviewed journals citing one or more of Geert ’ s publications.
Emphasizing her divergence with the Dutch MP, she claimed: “ That ’ s the difference between Geert Wilders and me.
* Geert van Turnhout-Missa ‘ O Maria vernans rosa ’ a 5
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Dutch writer Geert Mak used Jorwert as the hook for his book Jorwerd: The Death of the Village in late 20th century Europe ( ISBN 1-86046-803-9 )-though the Dutch title Hoe God verdween uit Jorwerd translates as How God disappeared from Jorwerd.
* The Dom Tower in the city of Utrecht, the Netherlands, houses the second largest free-swinging bell of Europe, the Salvator, weighing 8. 2 tons, cast in 1505 by Geert van Wou.
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* Geert Adriaans Boomgaard ( 1788 – 1899, 110 years, 135 days ): first person to reach the age of 110 ( on September 21, 1898 ) and whose age could be validated.
Scholars such as French demographer Jean-Marie Robine, however, consider Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, also of the Netherlands, who turned 110 in 1898, to be the first verifiable case, as the alleged evidence for Peters has apparently been lost.
* The Maria Gloriosa in Erfurt, cast by Geert van Wou, is considered to be one of Germany's, and also Europe's, most beautiful medieval bells, serving as a model for many other bells.
Proposals for a ban may be linked to other related cultural prohibitions: the Dutch politician Geert Wilders proposed a ban on hijabs, in Islamic schools, in new mosques, and in non-western immigration.
He was expected to be a strong opponent to Geert Wilders and was described in the press as " authoritarian but enlightened.
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In January 2009, a court in Amsterdam ordered the prosecution of Geert Wilders, a Dutch Member of Parliament, for breaching articles 137c and 137d.
* 1878 – Geert Lotsij, Dutch rower ( d. 1959 )
* September 21 – Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, first validated supercentenarian ( d. 1899 )
** Geert Groote, Dutch preacher and founder of the Brethren of the Common Life ( b. 1340 )
* October – Geert Groote, Dutch founder of the Brethren of the Common Life ( d. 1384 )
* August 20 – Geert Groote, Dutch founder of the Brethren of the Common Life ( b. 1340 )
* Geert Adriaans Boomgaard ( 1788 – 1899 ) was the last surviving veteran.
It won no seats in the 2006 elections, by which time the Party for Freedom, led by Geert Wilders, had emerged as a successor.
Right-wing politicians gained power after Fortuyn's death, such as former Minister for Integration & Immigration Rita Verdonk and the prominent critic of Islam, Member of the House of Representatives Geert Wilders.
The Rutte cabinet's parliamentary majority has been provided by Geert Wilders ' Party for Freedom ( PVV ), but this majority became unstable when Wilders ' party refused to support austerity measures in connection with the Euro crisis.
On September 2, 2004, VVD MP Geert Wilders left the party after a dispute with parliamentary leader Van Aartsen.
Wiegel also opinioned that the VVD should become part of a larger liberal movement, that would encompass the social-liberals Democrats 66, the Party for Freedom of Geert Wilders and Rita Verdonk's Proud of the Netherlands movement, although he found little resonance for this ideas from others.
After the Dutch general election of 2010 the VVD became the largest party with 31 seats and is currently the senior party in a centre-right minority cabinet with the Christian Democratic Appeal supported by the Party for Freedom of Geert Wilders to obtain a majority.
Controversial Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, who has often been accused of being far-right, has also criticized Le Pen.
* The Party for Freedom ( PVV ), an anti-Islam populist party founded and dominated by Geert Wilders, formerly of the VVD.
Its construction led preacher Geert Groote to protest against the vanity of such an immense project, suggesting it was too tall, too expensive and all but aesthetic.
In 1505 Geert van Wou, in his time the most famous bell-founder of the Netherlands, made a harmonious peal of thirteen bells.
Geert Lernout asserts that the Wake had, at this early stage, " a real focus that had developed out of the HCE Comes Everybody " sketch: the story of HCE, of his wife and children.
But with support of the Party for Freedom ( PVV ) of Geert Wilders.
The populist Party for Freedom had won the most seats in the local elections, which was both national and international news due to the controversial statements of its leader Geert Wilders.
However, in recent years a few changes in voting patterns occurred, such as a growing support for national protest parties such as the LPF or Geert Wilders ' PVV Freedom Party.
* Geert Wilders, Dutch politician.
* Geert D. Dales ( born 1952 ), Dutch politician
The current mayor of Lede is Geert Grepdon, from the VLD ( Liberal ) party.
* Geert De Vlieger, Belgian international soccer player ( b. 1971 )
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