  This article outlines different stages in development of the national culture
model, created by Geert Hofstede and his affiliates. This paper reveals and
synthesizes the contemporary review of the application spheres of this
framework. Numerous applications of the dimensions set are used as a source of
identifying significant critiques, concerning different aspects in model's
operation. These critiques are classified and their underlying reasons are also
outlined by means of a fishbone diagram.
