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AGENDA

Analysis based on following 2 models

Hofstedes framework

Halls cultural context model


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HOFSTEDES FRAMEWORK

Five parameters

Power distance

Uncertainty Avoidance

Individualism/Collectivism

Confucian Dynamics

Masculinity v/s Femininity


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HOFSTEDES FRAMEWORK

PARAMETERS GREEKS EXAMPLES AMERICANS EXAMPLES

INDIVIDUALIS

M

v/s

COLLECTIVISM

More

Collectivistic

Huge Family,

Family

Business

More

Individualistic

No family,

everyone lives

his own life

POWER

DISTANCE

High Strong

hierarchy,

father

accepted as

head

Low No hierarchy,

Ian doesnt

accept Toulas

father as head

CONFUCIANDYNAMISM

(Respect for

tradition)

High Proud aboutGreek culture,

Baptized Ian

Low Wedding wasas per Greek

Tradition


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HOFSTEDES FRAMEWORK


UNCERTAINITY

AVIODANCE

High Too fussy

about

traditions and

conventions

Low Simply dont

care. Ian

became Greek.

MASCULINITY

v/s

FEMININTY

Feminine ToulasBrother

has two jobs

1.To cook

2.To marrygreek virgin

Masculine

(According to

studies of

Hofstede)

Not evident

from the movie


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HOFSTEDES FRAMEWORK

INDIVIDUALISM INDEX

POWER DISTANCE INDEX

Small Power Distance/

Collectivist

Small Power Distance/

Individualistic

Large Power Distance/

Collectivist

Large Power Distance/

Individualistic

USA

Greece

Individualistic

Collectivist


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HOFSTEDES FRAMEWORK

UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE INDEX

MASCULINITY/ FEMININITY INDEX

Weak Uncertainty

avoidance/ Femininity

Strong Uncertainty

avoidance/ Femininity

Weak Uncertainty

avoidance/ Masculinity

Strong Uncertainty

avoidance/ Masculinity

USA

Greece (As per

our Analysis)

Weak

Strong

Greece


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HALLS FRAMEWORK- SPACE


PERSONAL

SPACE

Very Close Family moves

very close to

each other/

hugs Ians

parents on the

first meet

More Space Uncomfortable

with huge

family/ their

traditions

TERRITORIALITY/

OWNERSHIP

Low Eat together/

very close

knitted group/

Eager to share

everything

Not Evident

from the

movie

Not evident

from the movie


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HALLS FRAMEWORK- CONTEXTPARAMETERS GREEKS EXAMPLES AMERICANS EXAMPLES

PEOPLE BONDS High Very close knitted

group/ Strong sense

of family

Low Ians Parents

were least

interested in

his marriage

NON VERBAL

COMMUNICATI

ON

High Toulasdad used a lo

of non verbal cues to

express his feelings

Low Ian was very

straight in

communicatinghis feelings be

it Toula or his

parents

OVERTURES OF

MESSAGES

Hidden Instance where

Toulasmom and aunt

are trying to convince

her father

Explicit The part where

Ian proposes

Toula

COHESION /

SEPARATION OF

GROUPS

High/In

Groups

Proudto be a Greek

Every word comes

from Greek

Low/Open to

change

The part where

Ian proposes

Toula


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HALLS FRAMEWORK- TIME


ACTION Many things at

a time

Behavior at the

party

One at a time Dinner at Ians

parents place

FOCUS Easily

Distracted

Behavior at the

party

Concentrate on

one thing

Gave attention

to what eachindividual

spoke

PRIORITY Relationships/

Culture First

Greek girls

have to marry

greek, havegreek babies

and

feed everyone

till they die

Task Oriented Ian was

determined to

marry Toula


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OTHER ANALYSIS

PEOPLE TRAIT EXAMPLES

GREEKS ETHNOCENTRISM ToulasDad said

There are two kind of

people

1. Who are Greeks

2. Who want to be

Greeks

AMERICANS PAROCHIALISM During the dinner with

Toula, Ians motherasked her husband Is

Armenia Close to

Greece?


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ACCULTURATION CURVE

+VE

- VE

FEELINGS

STABLESTATE

ACCULTURATIONCULTURESHOCK

EUPHORIA

When

couple

startedknowing

each other

When it

came tomarriage

Baptism of

Ian, Both

families get

to know each

other

Marriage and

mutual

Acceptance of

cultures


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DIRECTORS MESSAGE

Here tonight we have apple and orange. We alldifferent but in the end we all are fruits


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Thank You

A group Effort by

Ankur Bansal 09PGIM03

Preet Aggarwal 09PGIM07

Pushkar Gupta 09PGIM09

Ramachandran 09PGIM12 Timo Wittner 09PGIM30

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