TEACHING CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION Paul Kalfadellis Working Paper 34/05 May 2005 DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT WORKING PAPER SERIES ISSN 1327–5216 Abstract The ability of managers to interact with individuals from cultures other than their own‚ requires a concerted effort on the part of business educators and academics to ‘train’ and ‘educate’ today’s students and tomorrow’s managers in the area cross-cultural communication. This is not necessarily an easy task. Teaching cross-cultural communication
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approximately 500 words‚ what motivates you to study Cross-Cultural and Sustainable Business Management at the graduate level‚ what attracted you to this program‚ and what‚ from your own academic and/or professional experience‚ you can bring to the program. With developing globalization of business‚ it is critical to business success that employees have the ability to effectively communicate with one another across cultural barriers. Cross-cultural understanding and tolerance by individuals serves
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------------------------------------------------- Concerns about Current Cross-cultural Training Training Methods and Training Rigor The first concern is the selection of an appropriate cross-cultural training method and its level of training rigor. The degree of interaction required in the host country and the similarity between the individual’s native culture and the new culture are two determining factors for the selection of training methods and the level of training rigor (Black & Mendenhall
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Brief Integrative Case 1 Cross-Cultural Conflicts in the Corning–Vitro Joint Venture Vitro is a Mexican glass manufacturer located in Monterrey‚ Mexico. Vitro’s product line concentrates on drinkware but includes dozens of products‚ from automobile windshields to washing machines. Vitro has a long history of successful joint ventures and is globally oriented. Corning Inc. is most famous for its oven-ready glassware; however‚ Corning has diversified into fiber optics‚ environmental products
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Coss Cultural Communication: Perspective of Royal Dutch Shell Shell has over 100 different nationalities in its employee population. In a global organization like Shell‚ people need to constantly work with people from other nationalities as part of expatriate assignments. We had a candid interaction with company’s global learning head Manojit Sen. We are elucidating few interesting points from the discussion. Global organisations like Royal Dutch Shell face the constant challenge of cross cultural
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POST MERGERS HR AND CULTURAL ISSUES The post liberalization period was of mergers and acquisitions and still it is continuing as a strategic driver for market dominance‚ geographical expansion‚ leverage in resource and capability acquisition‚ competence‚ adjusting to competition. M&As are strategic alliances. People Management plays a critical role in M&A. People [pic]issues like staffing decision‚ organizational design‚ etc.‚ are most sensitive [pic]issues in case of M&A negotiations‚ but it
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Cross-Cultural Perspectives (Wal-Mart) Sandra M. Hubbard May 13‚ 2013 ETH/316 Ed McCullough Cross-Cultural Perspectives 2 As an organization goes global‚ there is a new set of social and ethical issues that arise. In this instance‚ the organization‚ Wal-Mart‚ is considered the giant of retail and one of the largest companies in the world. It has grown as a staple in America as well as on an international platform‚ touching base in countries such as Japan and China. Wal-Mart is
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Cross Cultural Perspectives ETH-316 April 1‚ 2013 Cross Cultural Perspectives A money-spinning product fed by an incongruous campaign Just Do It‚ Nike a global company who increased its share from $ 877 million worldwide to $ 9.2 billion within 10 years (Nike’s “Just Do It” Advertising Campaign‚ 2011). A brilliant profit boosting marketing campaign‚ in which many evoked possibilities‚ audacity whereas others evoked indifference for human rights standards‚ and the ecological system. This paper
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INTRODUCTION Globalization is the system of interaction among the countries of the world in order to develop the global economy. Globalization refers to the integration of economics and societies all over the world. Because of globalization‚ the number of countries where products can be sold or purchased has increased dramatically. Globalization also cause an increasing influence of Multinational Companies (MNC). An example is a car company whose head office is based in Japan. This company has
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Cross Cultural Challenges and Opportunities for Indian Businesses in China 1. Introduction India and China are both countries with deep-rooted‚ ancient and traditional cultures. They both went through a cycle of prosperity and the economic downfall with the advent of colonialism‚ and now stand as amongst the fastest growing economies in the world. The liberalization of their markets forced them to come into contact with the global market and with each other. “Cross cultural ethical dilemmas often
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