Cross Cultural Management in Russia
Cross Cultural Management in Russia
February 24, 2008
Business Management in Russia The purpose of this paper is to educate me as I prepare to embark on a journey of management of a bunch of Russians as well as having to report to a Russian boss. There are many areas I will need to have an operational understanding of to successfully supervise the native people of Russia. These areas of the Russian culture I will need to have a functional knowledge of include, but won’t be limited to, attitudes and beliefs, family values, etiquette, punctuality, religion, appearance, behavior and communications. In addition to the aforementioned components I will lead a discussion of Hofstede’s Four Dimensions of Culture, the GLOBE study, and Trompenaars Cultural Dimensions. As to stress the importance of my understanding of the above components and cultural research as it pertains to my endeavor to successfully manage my foreign counterparts, I will lead a discussion of those components and my understanding thereof in more thorough detail in the sections to follow. The first component we will discuss is Russian attitudes and beliefs. Historically, Russia has been a totalitarian society. The people had no opportunities afforded to them to make their own decisions. The communist party made all the decisions. Russians were expected to respect the opinions and behave as officials told them to. Russians have a high respect for authority. Friendship is very important. Russians are very open with people they trust. They help their friends through the good times and the bad. Although Russians don’t think there is much hope for a better future, they still take pride in their country’s achievements in world literature, science, art, medicine and technology. Russians try to worry less about money and focus their attention to religion. The impact on my management technique’s would be that I would probably have to be aware of observed religious holidays and allow my employees to be
February 24, 2008
Business Management in Russia The purpose of this paper is to educate me as I prepare to embark on a journey of management of a bunch of Russians as well as having to report to a Russian boss. There are many areas I will need to have an operational understanding of to successfully supervise the native people of Russia. These areas of the Russian culture I will need to have a functional knowledge of include, but won’t be limited to, attitudes and beliefs, family values, etiquette, punctuality, religion, appearance, behavior and communications. In addition to the aforementioned components I will lead a discussion of Hofstede’s Four Dimensions of Culture, the GLOBE study, and Trompenaars Cultural Dimensions. As to stress the importance of my understanding of the above components and cultural research as it pertains to my endeavor to successfully manage my foreign counterparts, I will lead a discussion of those components and my understanding thereof in more thorough detail in the sections to follow. The first component we will discuss is Russian attitudes and beliefs. Historically, Russia has been a totalitarian society. The people had no opportunities afforded to them to make their own decisions. The communist party made all the decisions. Russians were expected to respect the opinions and behave as officials told them to. Russians have a high respect for authority. Friendship is very important. Russians are very open with people they trust. They help their friends through the good times and the bad. Although Russians don’t think there is much hope for a better future, they still take pride in their country’s achievements in world literature, science, art, medicine and technology. Russians try to worry less about money and focus their attention to religion. The impact on my management technique’s would be that I would probably have to be aware of observed religious holidays and allow my employees to be
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