| dc.description.abstract | Germany and Norway are two countries of close geographical proximity. In addition to the
physical dimension, Germany and Norway have partly a shared history, and today the two
countries are important trading partners. The goal of this thesis was to identify and evaluate
if there exist significant cultural differences between the two countries and if any of the
discovered differences were of such character that they would represent significant
challenges, for cooperation between Germans and Norwegians. The major finding is that
there are quite some dimensions were the preferences among, and the behavior of,
respectively Germans and Norwegians, are differing. On the other hand are the findings of
such character that they should not prevent a fruitful cooperation, in particular if both
nationalities spend some time in order to understand the behavior and expectation of the
counterpart. If this is ignored, then various dimensions like organizational traditions, roles of
managers, use of informal and formal language and the attitude towards risk in decisionmaking
processes and other situations, might create significant problems and contribute to
prevent win-win situations and a profitable cooperation. | en |
