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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Effective negotiation skills are becoming increasingly important for today’s global business. A lot of time is spent negotiating in a global setting as companies and individuals conduct business. This paper will attempt to critically assess the significance of cross cultural negotiation skills for the success of international mergers and alliances. To begin with let the definition of negotiation be deduced. Daniels‚ Radebaugh and Sullivan (2004) identify negotiation as a sequence of actions in
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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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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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feasibility of the operation. People’s natural tendency is to try and transplant the skills that work in their home country into the new environment. (Berger‚ 1998) The problem is that the management techniques that work in the home country are not always effective in another country. (Rodrigues‚ 1998) He also believed that this was due to 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
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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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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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AYEBALE GORRETH RE: NO 099034636 CROSS CULTURE MANAGEMENT PGBM 07 (ASSIGNMENT) TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................3 1. CROSS CULTURE MANAGEMENT...............................
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Introduction……………………………………………………………………………2 (2) Cross- cultural Analysis……………………………………………………………….2 (3) Aims of cross-cultural analysis………………………………………………………..2 (4) Hofstede and his 5 dimensions………………………………………………………...3 (4.1) Limitations of Hofstede’s model…………………………………………………………..4 (5) Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner model…………………………………………..4 (5.1) Limitations of Trompenaars and Turner model…………………………………………4 (6) European Cultural Diversity……………………………………………………………5 (7)
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