The Americans and the FrenchFor this question, I chose the Americans and the French because they represent very different aspects of the Western world. Furthermore, although we are allies in the marketplace and international community, there is ongoing hostility and intolerance towards each other in terms of cultures and practices, both in the workplace and in traditions and beliefs. social, which makes the comparison even more interesting. To determine which dimension the French and Americans belong to, we should look at the differences in how they approach their cultural issues and how they perceive the world around them. America was nicknamed “The New World” when it was discovered and this is still relevant today in its national identity. America was built on philosophy and freedom of expression, in the sense of the new and generous lands that welcomed the first settlers. With a blank canvas, we realized that everything we did was possible because we had a seemingly inexhaustible supply of materials and land to do what we wanted, which didn't was no longer available in Europe. This frontier mentality sums up the "American Dream", you can achieve any goal and after the establishment of the presidency after the Revolutionary War, any citizen can become president and not be dependent on their position social or wealth. The greatest proponent of this ideal was Abraham Lincoln, who from simple beginnings became the most important and revered of all American presidents. Compared to this “can do” attitude and the belief that anything is possible, the “Old World” is based on history. and traditions. As we will see in the next section, Europeans, and in particular French managers, will adhere to old constructs and bureaucracy rather than taking risks and hazarding future possibilities like the Americans. Taking the example of the presidency to demonstrate how French society works and how it can be considered as a dimension, it is not an open position and not everyone is considered to have a birth rite to access at the highest level of power. Although there was a revolution to remove an absolute monarchy, the resulting political system produced another king, almost in name, Napoleon. Furthermore, to become President of France, it is essential to have followed the right path through the best schools, the Grandes Ecoles, then through a professional career with networking and a rapid rise in the hierarchy...