Training and consulting services supported by Geert Hofstede Home Many people and organizations across the world make use of my research. However, there are only three organizations that have my full support based on their extensive experience, professionalism and thorough knowledge of my work. Please feel free to contact any of them for more information about consulting or training based on my research.
ITAP:ITAP International, Inc. a full-service consulting firm, helps clients improve organizational performance impacted by cultural differences using approaches based on the research of professor Geert Hofstede. The ITAP International Alliance is a worldwide network of consulting companies that offer the ITAP/Hofstede approach in areas such as:
- Global Organizational Development: Diversity and Inclusion, Global Call Center Development, Global Competency Development, Finance Transformation, Global Leadership Development
- Global Workforce Development: Cross-Cultural Learning and Development, Global Team Development, Ethical Cultures practice, Global Talent Potential Analysis, and Culture Audits
- Global HRM: Outsourced HR start-up.
ITAP also licenses the Culture in the Workplace Questionnaire™ from Geert Hofstede. This tool allows respondents to discover their own cultural preferences along Hofstede’s dimensions and can be useful in comparing teams, departments and organizations. For more information or information about local contacts, please visit our website at www.itapintl.com.
itim international:Itim is a global partner for global players. Our culture and management consultants in 22 countries draw on almost 25 years of experience in improving effectiveness, successfully extending the global reach of companies large and small. Based on the research of professor Geert Hofstede the itim-group offers clients insight in corporate culture while demonstrating national cultural differences. We deliver solutions to:
We do this by providing an integrated approach to culture on three levels – national, organizational and individual:
- optimize international teamwork
- improve global co-operation
- find the right balance between standardization and localization
For more information or information about local contacts, please visit our website at www.itim.org
- consultancy and training in intercultural management
- insight into the dynamics of your company via an organization x-ray to identify the gap between where you are and where you want to be
- coaching of key managers on the intricacies of culture and management
itim focus:
Itim focus provides change and transformation agents with tools to help their clients change in the most focused and cost effective way possible. Itim focus makes full use of the results of the research professor Geert Hofstede conducted in the 1980s on organizational culture. This research should not be confused with his major work on national cultural differences on which his 5 dimensional model is based.
In cooperation with Feedbackdialog, an international software company based in Helsinki, Finland, we offer the following tools online:
- Data collection: A quick scan to measure actual culture
- Data collection: A survey to assess optimal culture
- Change tool: Input to define a change strategy based on actual and optimal culture
- Change tool: A set of change levers based on actual and optimal culture
- Change tool: A set of additional selection criteria, next to criteria a client already uses, based on actual and optimal culture
- Data collection and change tool: 360 degrees feedback mirrored against optimal culture
For more information, please visit our website at www.itimfocus.com