Cultural Differences Between Developing Countries (China/ India) and Developed Countries (Uk)
Introduction
globalization is prevalent in the world business. Developing countries such as China and India have therefore, become appealing markets to foreign investors. It is anticipated that China and India will soon be the world’s biggest economies. Presently, eighty percent of the electronic goods globally are manufactured in china. This has resulted to more western companies wanting to invest in china as opposed to other countries. Unfortunately, there is intercultural management problem with the unprecedented increase in cooperation between the developing nations and the western counterparts which are culturally different.
Cultural differences between developing countries (China/ India) and developed countries (UK)
Obviously, the culture in UK is totally different from Chinese culture. UK focuses on individualism, as opposed to collectivism. For instance, people talk of individual rights rather than valuing the entire society above oneself. UK’s culture is exploration and adventurous based. On the other hand, china places the family, society and the country above individuals. People in the United Kingdom want new inventions, discoveries and expansion outwards. The United Kingdom is science based and attempts to resolve nature’s and people’s relationship by the use of law. Poeter (1980) argues that China on the other hand, is founded on human relationship, as opposed to law. China concentrates on people and humanism, to resolve man’s and nature’s relationship. Peace is honored in china and tolerance and ethics, mean, focusing on balance and internal cultivation are the key things to resolve matters.
As a result of the farming civilization, culture in china expands internally rather than externally. Culture consists of the people’s deep-held beliefs and values that are collective, and this shape the conceptions that the people form of the surrounding world. According to Terpsta and Sarathy (1997), business globalization has increased and therefore,
globalization is prevalent in the world business. Developing countries such as China and India have therefore, become appealing markets to foreign investors. It is anticipated that China and India will soon be the world’s biggest economies. Presently, eighty percent of the electronic goods globally are manufactured in china. This has resulted to more western companies wanting to invest in china as opposed to other countries. Unfortunately, there is intercultural management problem with the unprecedented increase in cooperation between the developing nations and the western counterparts which are culturally different.
Cultural differences between developing countries (China/ India) and developed countries (UK)
Obviously, the culture in UK is totally different from Chinese culture. UK focuses on individualism, as opposed to collectivism. For instance, people talk of individual rights rather than valuing the entire society above oneself. UK’s culture is exploration and adventurous based. On the other hand, china places the family, society and the country above individuals. People in the United Kingdom want new inventions, discoveries and expansion outwards. The United Kingdom is science based and attempts to resolve nature’s and people’s relationship by the use of law. Poeter (1980) argues that China on the other hand, is founded on human relationship, as opposed to law. China concentrates on people and humanism, to resolve man’s and nature’s relationship. Peace is honored in china and tolerance and ethics, mean, focusing on balance and internal cultivation are the key things to resolve matters.
As a result of the farming civilization, culture in china expands internally rather than externally. Culture consists of the people’s deep-held beliefs and values that are collective, and this shape the conceptions that the people form of the surrounding world. According to Terpsta and Sarathy (1997), business globalization has increased and therefore,