So, after the brief presentation on the main cultural concepts. Now, let’s have a look on how the researchers score the countries. I will compare here the results on France, the Netherlands and Vietnam. You can find more scores on other countries in: http://geert-hofstede.com/countries.html. 1, About the Power-distance dimension: France: 68
During the conversation with John, he told me about the cultural differences between French and Danish societies. Some concepts like “power distance” that he used reminded me of the Intercultural Cooperation class. In addition, John insisted me to do research on someone names ‘Hofstede’. I came home and looked in
He sat beside me when we were on the plane. His face is not ‘typically French’, rather like North European people. ‘He should be Dutch’, I thought at first, as the plan was from Paris to Amsterdam. Then, I saw him reading “Le Figaro”, that made me confused. ‘Okie, so
One of the new things that we learn from this Game On! minor is the Scrum method. By the way, despite the fact that I had no idea on what “Scrumming” was, I decided to try to be the Scrum Master in my team. For an overview, the Scrum method
Before Christmas and New Year holiday, our class (the teachers included) organized an international dinner. The “rule” is that each member brings a traditional and hand-made plate of his/her original country. The list of plates is long and all of them are very delicious. For instance, from the Netherlands, there are
In the second bloc of the semester, the project goes to the Production phase: we create the assets, the animations, the code structure of the game and test it. Thus, all our activities at school become concentrated into 3 subjects: GON 6 – Preparation: This class is the continuation of GON
This article is the description of all the 8 subjects that we have for the first semester. These classes have the catchy “surnames” GON and are numbered from 1 to 8. Our semester is also divided by two blocs/phases, each one of about 2 months and a half. The first
Okie, it is true that for the title, I exaggerate a little bit. But that is for expressing how much that I don’t like the weather in Groningen. If it is to complain about Groningen and my life here, the first thing I would list will be the weather. By the way,
To change a little bit the atmosphere, this article will consist of some facts and numbers about Groningen and my class. Let’s start first with some facts about the city: – 567,76 km: is the distance between Paris and Groningen. If you want to travel between these two cities, there
“Khi thầy viết bảng Bụi phấn rơi rơi Có hạt bụi nào rơi trên bục giảng Có hạt bụi nào rơi trên tóc thầy…” These are the first lines of a very popular Vietnamese song called “Bụi phấn” (“Chalk dust” in English). In special occasions like the Vietnamese Teachers Day
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