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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INTRODUCTION Why there is need to study IHRM and cross culture management? For our purposes let’s define culture as the way in which each of us is programmed to behave in the environment. Cultures are like icebergs; some features are apparent to anyone not in a fog‚ while others are deeply hidden. Above-the-surface features include overt behaviors: how people dress eat walk talk relate to one another conduct themselves during public ceremonies such as weddings or funerals. Also included are such
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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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Understanding Cultural Differences in the Work Place Spring Session B Professor Davis 5/6/2012 Chamberlain College Of Nursing The importance of understanding cultural‚ ethnic and gender differences by managers and professionals in a business setting is essential to make the work environment comfortable. In every culture there are basic standards of thinking‚ and acting and these cultural differences strongly influence workplace values and communication. What may
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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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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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Cultural Misunderstandings Darcy Lingg PSYC3540 – Culture‚ Ethnicity & Diversity Capella University March 2014 My example of a cultural misunderstanding is between a doctor and a Chinese patient. Are you drinking plenty of fluids? < Patient thoughts: I wonder why he is asking me that‚ what it is with these people and water > I don’t like the water here. It’s too cold. I don’t know what’s wrong with people here that they drink that. Really??? And what happens when you drink the
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globalized environment‚ cultural difference is a significant consideration for managers within organizations. Therefore‚ we will try to understand the connections between management and culture. Many MNCs have focused on Asian markets due to their rapid economic growth‚ large market size and investment potentials. However‚ to develop and implement effective human resource management strategies in their expansion into Asian markets‚ it is imperative for MNCs to understand Asian cultural values. For the
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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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