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Thesis Statement for research Paper: International and Intercultural CommunicationLourdes RojasBus600: Management Communication with technology toolsInstructor: John BrockApril 09, 2014IntroductionThis paper explores national cultural dimension through use the Hofstede’s five cultural dimensions. For this paper, selects the United States and Mexico country to explore cultural dimensions in between these countries. Moreover, this paper compares and contrasts the US and Mexico in terms of Hofstede’s five cultural dimensions. In addition, this paper also provides recommendations for management or organizations those locate in each country and face issues related to different cultural perspectives and communication.Compares and Contrasts US & Mexico in terms of Hofstede’s Five Cultural DimensionsHofstede's five cultural is a model for cross-cultural communication that was introduced by Geert Hofstede. The below picture shown Hofstede’s five cultural dimension of national culture these are power distance (PDI), individualism versus collectivism (IDV), masculinity versus femininity (MAS), uncertainty avoidance (UAI) and long-term orientation versus short term orientation (LTO) (Minkov, 2012). Power Distance (PDI): In the US, people do not accept a hierarchical order within institutions and organizations and accepted that power is distributed unequally. The US people