Personal Cultural Profile Nguyn Th Hin 11DH710075 March - 2015

1/ Egalitarian/hierarchical questionnaire
I generally prefer a formal, more structured work environment.
Disagree Strongly
1
2
3
4
Strongly

2. I like for my boss to set my priorities

Disagree strongly
1
2
3

5 Agree strongly

3. I think people should acknowledge rank in the workplace

Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4
5 Agree strongly

Agreongly

4. I like to have a clear definition of my role in the organization

Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4
5 Agree strongly

5. I prefer to get my work approved by my boss on an ongoing basis

Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4
5 Agree strongly

Low

High

5-9

10 - 13

14 - 17

18 - 21

22 - 25

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2/ Group focus questionnaire

When confronted with a challenge, I prefer to it solve with a group
Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4
5 Agree strongly

2. I believe that team members should clear their work with each other
Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4
5 Agree strongly

3. I prefer to be recognized as part of a team (rather than alone)

Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4
5 Agree strongly

4. I like to sit in an open office environment

Disagree strongly
1
2
3

5 Agree strongly

5. I am most comfortable presenting a business plan as a part of a team

Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4
5 Agree strongly

Low

High
5-9

10 - 13

14 - 17

18 - 21

22 - 25

11

3/ Relationship Questionnaire
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I make friend easily

Disagree strongly 1

Agree strongly

2. I need to build trust with people before working with them

Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4
5 Agree strongly

3. When I make friends, I tend to keep them for a very long time
Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4
5 Agree strongly

4. I will try very hard to avoid a disagreement, even when that seems necessary
Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4
5
Agree strongly

5. When choosing team members, I pick my friends first

Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4
5

Agree strongly

Low

High

5-9

10 - 13

14 - 17

18 - 21

22 - 25

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4/ Communication styles questionnaire

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I like to communicate the full story with all the details to be sure Im understood.
Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4
5
Agree strongly

2. When giving feedback, Im very careful not to hurt someones feelings

Disagree strongly 1
2
3
4
5
Agree strongly

3. I look for more in a message than the words spoken

Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4

Agree strongly

4. I hate when people get right to the point without concern for the listener
Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4
5
Agree strongly

5. I dont think that being brief and concise is as important as being thorough and sensitive
Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4
5
Agree strongly

LowI think that being prompt is a sign of respect and competence

Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4
5
Agree strongly
14 - 17
5 - 9 should be met
10regardless
- 13
2. I think deadlines
of the personal cost
Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4
5 Agree strongly
3. I think that meetings should start and end on time
Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4
5/ Time orientation
questionnaire

3
18 - 21

22 - 25

High

17

Agree strongly

4. I think its ok to interrupt people who take too long

Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4

Agree strongly

5. I see time as being completely in my control

Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4

Agree strongly

Low

High

5-9

10 - 13

14 - 17

18 - 21

22 - 25

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I think that change generally improves process
Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4

5 Agree strongly

2. I believe that people should be encouraged to take prudent risks

Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4
5
Agree strongly

3. I am comfortable introducing changes into my daily life

Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4
5

6/ Change tolerance questionnaire

Agree strongly

4. I think its ok to make modifications midstream in a process

Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4
5
Agree strongly

5. When proposing new ideas, I like to put a positive spin on them

Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4
5
Agree strongly

Low

High

5-9

10 - 13

14 - 17

18 - 21

22 - 25

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I dont think that work should intrude on personal time

Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4
5

Agree strongly

2. I identify myself more by my personal life than my work life

5 Agree strongly

3. I believe the adage I work to live, not live to work is correct

Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4
5
Agree strongly

4. I believe that personal stature is gained by my interests and my education, not from the workplace
Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4
5
Agree strongly

5. I am not prepared to sacrifice family time for promotions at work

Disagree strongly
1
2
3
4
5
Agree strongly

7/ Motivation/Work-Life
Disagree stronglybalance
1 Questionnaire
2
3
4

6
High

Low

5-9

10 - 13

14 - 17

18 - 21
14

22 - 25

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Factors
Egalitarian/
Hierarchical
Score: 19 Be a
person to lean
much
towards
hierarchy

Advantage

Be the obedient person

Ask more questions

Ask their managers to

make decisions

Ask permission for

small decisions, such
as leaving early for
lunch or ( taking office
supplies from the
supply room when I
served internship at
Tran le company)

Prefer detailed
instructions and will
follow those
instructions completely

Prioritize tasks and

Disadvantage

Solutions To Improve

Hard to debate with

Need to active at work
boss

Have to listen someone

Too stereotypical with elses opinions to avoid
bosss guides
imposing on them
Hard to create or
Practicing brainstorm
innovate something skills to avoid stereotyping
new

Sometimes, to change a
Not to be too dynamic little bit with boss suggested
at work because of plan to get a result better.
waiting for bosss
Need to identify clearly
order
the responsibility, right and
To impose personal position in firm to have
opinion on people at behavior with colleague or
lower level
friends or staff, suitably

Making troubles when

asking
too
much
information

Sometimes,

having

to
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responsibilities based
on the position and title
of the delegating
person

Report frequently to
their managers and
verify that their
managers concur with
their suggested
direction

Rarely, if ever, disagree

with their boss

Be
time-consuming
when following step
by step and asking
more
information
about something

break a rule if necessary

.
Group Focus
Score: 11

Easy to control and

manage the process
we are doing

Sometimes,
working
alone
will
solve
problems faster

Cant divide tasks into

many small parts
To bear
full
responsibility
tasks

of
for

Sometimes, get many

tasks at the same and

Need to balance between

focus group and working
alone

Hide to be full of myself

(t cao, t i) to work
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Avoiding conflicts with

other members when
working in group
Be a person to
lean less towards
group focus.
The real result is
absolutely correct.

Avoiding to give tasks

unfairly for a member
in group
Avoiding to affect to the
relationship
among
members in group
Easy
ideas

to

implement

cant solve it and get

stress

No one to learn good

things such as leader
skill, manage skill. . .

To keep thinking no
one is better than
your-self.

Workflow will maybe

be met deadline.

in group better

Need to expend many

relationships
to
help
group-working
more
advantaged

To get insight of friends in

class

Practicing to persuade
and protect personal
opinion in front of whole
group avoiding conflicts

Easy to get autism

when working alone
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To decrease
communication ability
and relationship

Relationship

Dont put all trust into

relationships

A little bit hard to build

trust with friends

To balance between
realism
and
pragmatism

Easy to lead conflicts

with people when
communicating is not
clear in a relationship

Score: 17
Belonged to the tip
of neutral person
between
relationship and
alone

Dont lose much hope,

expectation
when

Dont have diversity

Should learn how to

balance and maintain the
relationships in life

Need to consider
between expanding
relations uncontrollably
and true relations
To find the way to test
trust and goodwill of
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betrayed

The real result is

50% correct

Can judge people on

both their attitude and
behavior
and
relationship, not to lean
more
towards
any
sides.
To balance between
loss and win in a
relationship

Communication
Score: 17
Balance between
direct
communication
and indirect
communication.
The score reflects

Can take advantage

between 2
communication
methods
To help me diversify my
ways of communication
in life

into relationship just

concentrated on built
relationship
before,
its hard to take
advantage
when
necessary
Dont know where to
share feeling and
personal
business,
because no one is
true
friends
and
relationship

Sometimes, dont
know to choose which
communication
method for every
kind of people
When feeling lazy or
busy, the
communication

relationships
Need to be sensitive to
identify who is worth
making friends forever
Sometimes, dont think
about helps in return
when helping people.

Maybe, practicing to
understand body
language is good
To communicate
effectively, we need to be
flexible in applying 2
communication methods
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my reality

If we cant
communicate in direct
way, We can
communicate in
indirect way
Sometimes, we can
save time if direct way
of communication
takes too much time

method indirectly
used more than the
other. That leads to
transmitted
information can be
wrong or
misunderstood to
listener.

mentioned into daily life

We cant change habits
and inborn characters of
someone else, so just
accept and base on real
situations to apply
suitable communication
method.

Sometimes, we need to
choose the way of
indirect communication
to hide emotional pain
with listener.
Ex: Want to say
goodbye to lover.
Generally, being a
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neutral person
between direct
communication and
indirect communication
is anyway better than
leaning much towards
to one side.

Time Orientation
Score: 18
Understanding the
value of time,
belonged to time
orientation person.
The real result is a
little bit wrong.

Always follow plan

Seldom, be late for
class
Always, meet deadline
(ng deadline)
Very few people to feel
unsatisfied with the
ways I have worked
To
get
respects

peoples

Know how to divide

Take own time to lay

out plan
Sometimes,
respecting time
makes people in team
who dont respect
time feel unhappy
In Vietnam, be on
time just a joke, when
starting working in
group, you are on
time, but my friends
are late for. . .

Should prepare clearly

for people who arent on
time.
If you must to judge work
performance
of
the
people who arent be, so
should not care about
time, care for final result
of
plan
that
they
complete
If we cant habit of
someone, please accept,
smile and walk away
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time into 2 parts; part 1

to works and part 2 to
play
Control and manage
time better than the
other

Conflicts can occur, if

you are on time and
you criticize your
friends for their
lateness of hour.

from them.
If you can afford to meet
the
deadline,
please
extend time to complete

Dont too much care

about time without caring
for your health. Health is
gold

Change
Tolerance
Score: 17
Be neutral
between changes
and conservatism.
The result is 90%
correct

Be flexible in
circumstances

any

Easy to adapt into any

environments
Control and manage
yourself in front of
seductions

Theres
sometimes
times, dont know
whether change or
not
Getting stress when
balancing
between
changes
and

Be always aware, all

things can happen
If change is to develop,

lets
change;
If
conservatism
is
to
conserve good things
and
something
the
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Having a good healthy

life into mind not
thinking about whether
live modern or not

conservatism

precious, lets conserve.

If being a leader of
team, I will see both
new things and old
things into a plan.
Because, not all new
things are good and
not all old things are
bad.
To balance between
modern life and country
life.

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Motivation/Worklife Balance
Score: 14

To know to stop
working if necessary
Dont get too much
stress on me

To reach target without

getting ills
Balancing
between work and
life. The result is
100% exactly

Dont too much worry

about
result,
just
reaching to average
level.

Almost, there has

been no difficulties to
solve at this time

To improve more health

to continue balancing
work and life

To learn more about how

to balance the 2 factors
(work and life)
To learn how to inspire
the way I balance life
and work to people who
want to study.

Feeling
comfortable
with what has been
done

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Relationship,
family
and work are divided
into same parts.

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