Teesside University Business School MSc International Management Assignment Title: Cross-culture Effect to Prudential Assurance (M) Berhad Tutor: Maryam Shadman Pajouh Subject : Managing Across Cultures Course Leader : Gill Owens Student : Amira Najwa Lukman Student Number : M2309674 Student E-Mail : M2309674@tees.ac.uk Submission date : 17 May 2013 Word Count : 2900 Table of Contents Acknowledgement 3 1.0 Executive Summary 4
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Culture in organisational change Culture of different countries: Hofstede (1980) and his power distance rating. Nestle – have offices in Switzerland and the Phillipines‚ and need to implement changes from top down in the Phillipines compared to Switzerland – as there is a high power distance (Hofstede 1980) so the staff would not take note of the changes if it was not communicated from Management NHS – trying to implement similar culture to Virginia Mason‚ which is based on the Toyota Production
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QUANTITATIVE MODULE Decision-Making Tools Discussion Questions 1. The 6 steps of the decision process are: 1. Clearly define the problem and the factors that influence it. 2. Develop specific and measurable objectives. 3. Develop a model. 4. Evaluate each alternative solution. 5. Select the best alternative. 6. Implement the solution. 2. The purpose of this question is to make students use a personal experience to distinguish between good and bad decisions. A “good”
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CULTURE AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO SOCIOLOGY STUDENT ID: 2057434 DATE: 3/12/2012 Culture is the way of life of a certain group of people. It simply describes what different groups of people believe‚ think and the values of life unto which the strongly hold on. It consists of the beliefs‚ behaviours‚ objects‚ and other characteristics common to the members of a particular group or society. Culture includes many societal elements apart from the above mentioned‚ they are: language‚ values‚ customs
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the same terminology as the Baka-Tsuki translations have. Its purely to satisfy our shared need for this story. Enjoy! Updated June 24‚ 2015 Now translated up to chapter 5‚ enjoy! Updated June 30‚ 2015 Now translated up to the beginning of chapter 6 1 The bell signaling the end of class rang. Even now that the eyes of the teacher looking off the platform is gone due to the computerization of the classes‚ the sense of release after getting released does not change. Today has been especially rowdy.
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CHAPTER 4 Personality and Values LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter‚ students should be able to: 1. Define personality‚ describe how it is measured‚ and explain the factors that determine an individual’s personality. 2. Describe the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality framework and assess its strengths and weaknesses. 3. Identify the key traits in the Big Five personality model. 4. Demonstrate how the Big Five traits predict behavior at work. 5.
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plant which is located near Sunderland. It has been Europe’s most productive car plant for the past seven years‚ cars produced include the Almera‚ Micra and Primera. Over 70% of output is exported to 55 markets worldwide. Student task: read section 1 and answer the following questions: what models of car are made by Nissan and how many of each are made? (Almera 86‚491; Micra 190‚690; Primera 54473) how many cars in total did Nissan make in 2003? (331‚924) explain how the models produced cater for
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Cultures and Co-Cultures By: Anna Skidmore Delta College A Culture is the language‚ values‚ beliefs‚ traditions‚ and customs people share and learn according to Larry Samovar and his colleagues (2007). Culture includes two different groups called in-groups which are groups that you identify yourself with and out-groups which is a group of people we view as different (Frings & Abram‚ 2010; Quist & Jorgensen‚ 2010). Examples of culture is the foods we eat‚ holidays we celebrate‚ the
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Factors determine personality c. Environment d. Situation What is the Myers-Briggs Type indicator (MBTI)‚ and What does it measure? Myers – Briggs Indicator (MBTI): A personality test that taps four characteristics and classifies people into 1 of 16 personality types using 100 questions. Myers – Briggs Indicator measure: a. Extroverted (E) vs. Introverted (I) b. Sensing (S) vs. Intuitive (N) c. Thinking (T) vs. Feeling (F) d. Judging (J) vs. Perceiving (P) Participants are
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any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. Cengage Learning reserves the right to remove additional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. Archaeology D ow n to E a rt h Fifth Edition R o b e r t L . K elly University of Wyoming D av i d H u r s t T h o m a s American Museum of Natural History Australia Brazil Japan Korea Mexico Singapore Spain
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