Cross-Cultural Management‚ ORGB 380 Winter 2013 Weekly Readings Prof Chantal Westgate Introduction to Cross-Cultural Management 1. CP Thomas‚ D.C. “Describing Culture: What it is and where it comes from‚ “ Ch.2‚ Cross-Cultural Management: Essential Concepts‚ 2008‚ Thousand Oaks‚ CA: Sage. Understanding Cultural Differences for the Global Workplace 2. CP Guirdham‚ Maureen. “Cultural Differences at Work‚” Ch.2‚ Communicating
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Cross-cultural management coursework 2 Introduction In the current business environment‚ cultural intelligence is a reality. One of the issues that are most frequently talked about is the ability by managers to adapt to diverse cultures. In the global workplace of the twenty first century‚ individuals must be sensitive to cultural differences. They must also be able to interact in the right way with people from diverse cultures. Regardless of whether one works in his home country or abroad‚ there
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discuss new project. 6) Alan McDyre interrupts them and proposes to bring drinks from the fridge. 7) Everyone stops talking and stares at Alan. 8) Mr. Fukuhara is about to say something. V. Issues. 1) Outside issues: * Cross-cultural communication and associated problems; * Difficult multinational companies’ situation that need thought-out policy to provide comfortable atmosphere at the workplace for all international employees. 2) Inside issues. * It is
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2007 The Cultural Impact of Information Systems – Through the Eyes of Hofstede – A Critical Journey Michael Jones University of Wollongong‚ Wollongong‚ Australia mjones@uow.edu.au Irit Alony Central Queensland University‚ Rockhampton‚ Australia i.alony@cqu.edu.au Abstract With the increasing levels of multiculturalism in today’s business and the proliferation and essentiality of information systems‚ development and management of IS needs to be considered in light of the cultural factors
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* Based on your study on this module of cultural theories‚ international business ethics and the practice of managing across cultures‚ and assuming the role of a business consultant specialising in cross-cultural issues‚ write a cultural briefing for the Human Resources department of a real international business. Your briefing should cover a range of cultural issues‚ including the creation of cross-cultural teams‚ training employees for expatriate assignments‚ national negotiating styles and training
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Cross cultural reflection Introduction What I felt about the cross cultural simulation was that it was very useful in letting us take on the Disney World France situation at that time. It puts us in the shoes of the different parties affected during that point of time and gives us just sufficient amount of information needed such that we are free to use our judgment to shape the negotiation. For each person‚ the information and the ideal terms and conditions that each of us are looking for are
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institutions. It is widely the accepted behaviour in a group and likely the most striking or peculiar form of behaviour noted by a foreign member new in the group. Considering this‚ multinational corporations (MNC) must be highly sensitive towards cross cultural management in order for them to expand‚ implement their strategies and achieve their goals in domains outside their home. According to the GLOBE Project (House and Hanges‚ 2004‚ p15)‚ leadership is the ability of an individual to influence‚
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managerial attitudes and values being linked to a societies culture. Therefore‚ as cultural values mirror how people are raised‚ they are deeply held and unlikely to change. (Berger‚ 1998) This view is supported by many other theorists in the cross-cultural management area (Hofstede‚ 1991; Trompenaars & Hampden Turner‚ 2000‚ 2002) 1.1 Benefits to the Hogshead As knowledge of the value systems and other cultural aspects is a prerequisite for any company intending on penetrating a new market
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Literature: Cross-cultural competence definition We present the results on the basis of three categories. International business Workplace diversity Intercultural communication Defining Cross-culture competence Field Authors concept Definition International business Leiba-o‚Sullivan(1991) Cross-culture competence Knowledge‚ skills‚ abilities and other attributes which include personal interests and personality construct. International business
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ever-increasing number of cross-cultural interactions in the workplace. Understanding the influence of culture on interpersonal interactions in organizational settings is now a fundamental requirement of effective international management. In todays international business world we often have to cooperate with people from different cultures. Cross-culture management techniques help cope with this differences so as to better succeed in the diverse environment. Cross-cultural management concerns the
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