For the issue of systems implementation, we can divide culture into National and Organizational. Either on a national or organizational level, culture affects the behavior of its members and guides their actions. It provides an interpretive context that enables those members to make sense of their surroundings. Usually, culture is learned through the stages of early socialization and it is not easily changeable. People often do not understand the pattern of their behavior and attitudes until they encounter someone from a different culture.
Cultures differ in many aspects.
According to Gert Hofstede, there are four dimensions on which most of the world's cultures are based. The extend to which members of a society accept that power in institutions and organizations is distributed unequally. In high power distance societies, organizations tend to be hierarchical and power is centralized. In low power distance societies one can observe flatter, more egalitarian organizations. A high UA society tends to have more written rules and structure and there is high need for security.