MANAGING ACROSS CULTURES IN A BIG FOUR CONSULTING FIRM Peter Massingham University of Wollongong Abstract This case examines how a big four consulting firm reviewed the performance of two of its Asian practices. It explores how the review was conducted‚ the findings‚ and how the outcomes were communicated. It reveals the challenges faced by Western managers in telling Eastern managers they need to improve their performance. The case is about cross cultural management and organisational structure
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Marketing to the four-eyed‚ four-legged consumer Tim Coffey‚ David Siegel and Greg Livingston The nature of the four-eyed‚ four-legged consumer (4i4l)‚ otherwise known as mother and child‚ changes as the child matures from prebirth (pregnancy) to teen. Today’s mothers and their children are substantially different from previous generations in their approach to life‚ and parenting in particular. By examining their lifestages‚ we can better understand how the 4i4l develops and changes over time. Each
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lifestyle of society‚ and the way women were viewed in America in the 1290’s. Feminism is the advocacy of women’s rights on the grounds of political‚ social‚ and economic equality to men. Before the feminist movement women were very restricted in all aspects of their lives; after‚ they gained more freedom to do whatever they wanted. Along with women’s right emerged a new kind of woman‚ the flappers. The suffrage movement change many aspects of society in America. Prior to the women’s rights movement
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The four agreements -by Don Miguel Ruiz Don Miguel Ruiz was born into a family of healers and raised in rural Mexico by a curandera (healer) mother and nagual (shaman) grandfather. The family anticipated don Miguel would embrace their centuries old legacy of healing and teaching and as a nagual‚ carry forward the esoteric Toltec knowledge. Instead‚ distracted by modern life‚ don Miguel chose to attend medical school and later teach and practice as a surgeon. Don Miguel began teaching in the United
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Sir Francis Bacon’s‚ The Four Idols‚ and Steven Jay Gould’s‚ Nonmoral Nature‚ are quite compatible as comparisons. I would say more so than comparing Gould’s work with Charles Darwin’s Natural Selection‚ from a literary standpoint. I think Bacon and Gould would have shared some similar ideas and agreed with one another on several issues. When describing Bacon’s Idols of the Tribe‚ Bacon states‚"have their foundation in human nature itself‚ and in the tribe or race of men. For it is a false assertion
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J. S. Woodsworth J.S. Woodsworth was regularly active politics throughout his life‚ he dreamed of changing politics to help immigrants‚ farmers‚ the unemployed and the elderly. James Shaver Woodsworth changed politics in Canada forever. Throughout his life he created the CCF‚ founded the Regina Manifesto‚ created social welfare‚ changed the immigration policy and created the labour movement. The CCF was J.S. Woodsworth most successful accomplishment. “Over the years‚ both Liberals and Conservatives
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The Four Modernizations 1975‚ China. An idea conceived by Zhou Enlai was made into effect by Deng Xiaoping‚ the current Chairman of the CCP. His goals were only for the benefit of the country and never had he thought of doing wrong to his people. The idea that was put into effect was called “The Four Modernizations”. He tried to improve four points in the Chinese economy that would mend the mistakes created by past events such as the Cultural Revolution. But how exactly did he accomplish this‚ if
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Four Loko The alcoholic beverage formally known as Four Loko began in an Ohio college dorm room as an experiment in 2006. Recently the drink has been banned in most states in America due to deaths and injuries. These tragedies could have easily been prevented if people were smarter and more responsible about their drinking. Four Lokos have been known for their high amount of alcohol and even higher amount of energy drink. Even though Four Lokos may be the best and most fun drunk ever‚ it is
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"The Four Freedoms" "In the future days‚ which we seek to make secure‚ we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms." An excerpt from Franklin D Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union Address. in Roosevelt’s speech he describes the four essential freedoms: freedom of speech and expression‚ freedom of every person to worship God in his own way‚ freedom of want‚ meaning economic stability so that a nation and its inhabitants can live peacefully‚ and freedom from
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In "The Four Freedoms" speech‚ President Roosevelt describes the historical context in which the U.S. finds itself one year before the attack on Pearl Harbor‚ but describing that context is not the point of his speech. His point is to promote the "four freedoms" but he does not actually get to outlining the "four freedoms" until the very end of the speech. Consider his speech in connection with the "Our Freedoms and Rights" document and the information provided as historical background. Why does
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