HRM assignment
Gamescorp in China
ENU
Wei Bingxue
Content
1.0 Cultural differences between China and British 3
2.0 Significance of different culture on HRM approach 6
3.0 Orientation of the organization 7
4.0 Practices and polices for the recruitment and selection 9
5.0 Conclusion 11
References 13
1.0 Cultural differences between China and British
According to Hofstede’s (1993) five dimensions, including power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism/collectivism, masculinity/femininity, long term/short term orientation, there is a better way to compare the culture between China and European country, like the UK.
Power distance
In China, people pay more attention to differences in status, as well as their status in the subordinate relationship, the longitudinal relationship between superior and subordinate influences individual behavior. Effect of Confucius thought to strengthen the social hierarchies, in Chinese longitudinal relationship between superior and subordinate always have some degree of popularity, and affect the individual behavior. Generally Chinese also accepted the situation of lack of self-sovereignty in business negotiations in social life. China’s negotiating group members can only act in their jurisdiction and the final decisions are generally made by superiors that not to participate in the negotiations. Also people in China have a preference for dependence and they are not likely to approach and contradict their bosses. So the power distance is really high in China. On the contrary, there is a low power distance in the UK, because of the limited dependence of subordinates on bosses, preference for consultation and small emotional distance. People are accustomed to treating everyone else as
ENU
Wei Bingxue
Content
1.0 Cultural differences between China and British 3
2.0 Significance of different culture on HRM approach 6
3.0 Orientation of the organization 7
4.0 Practices and polices for the recruitment and selection 9
5.0 Conclusion 11
References 13
1.0 Cultural differences between China and British
According to Hofstede’s (1993) five dimensions, including power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism/collectivism, masculinity/femininity, long term/short term orientation, there is a better way to compare the culture between China and European country, like the UK.
Power distance
In China, people pay more attention to differences in status, as well as their status in the subordinate relationship, the longitudinal relationship between superior and subordinate influences individual behavior. Effect of Confucius thought to strengthen the social hierarchies, in Chinese longitudinal relationship between superior and subordinate always have some degree of popularity, and affect the individual behavior. Generally Chinese also accepted the situation of lack of self-sovereignty in business negotiations in social life. China’s negotiating group members can only act in their jurisdiction and the final decisions are generally made by superiors that not to participate in the negotiations. Also people in China have a preference for dependence and they are not likely to approach and contradict their bosses. So the power distance is really high in China. On the contrary, there is a low power distance in the UK, because of the limited dependence of subordinates on bosses, preference for consultation and small emotional distance. People are accustomed to treating everyone else as
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