In Chapter3, it introduces what is the power distance. It is one of the dimensions of national culture. In general, the power distance is the concept due to the inequality in society. More precisely , power distance can define as the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organizations within a country expect and accept that power is distributed unequally. In the BMI studies, shows that high power distance values for most Asian countries,the Eastern European countries and Latin countries.
China is one of the high power distinct society. children are expected to be obedient to their parents. There are lots of rules tell us that there should be more powerful of the elder person such as "長幼有序". There are a large hierarchy between the parents in a family and there are a lot of names for different relations. Since I am a student, I want to talk about the school. there are some common cases happen in Asian school , there is even an order of authority among the children themselves, with younger children being expected to yield to older children. Teacher and student are not in the equatorial position and that caters to the need for dependence well established in the student's mind. Teachers are treated with respect or even fear. All the learning is controlled by the teacher and becomes teacher centered. Teacher is most powerful people in the classroom. Students should only listen to what the teaching says. Students in class speak up only when invited to. Even the students want to go to the toilet also need to be admitted by the teacher. Most of the things stated in the Chapter 3 observe in Macau. The result is really close to the real situation.
For a leader, leader should not think that they have a lot of power. I believe it is true that leadership can exist only as a complement to subordinateship. Authority survives only where it is matched by obedience.
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