Question 1: What are the problems in this case? 1. Elllen’s female identity made her an alienated participant in the work place in Korea‚ whose culture is dominantly masculine. The acceptance of her came in and took responsibility as the senior member of the project was early based on a compromise of her obtaining of required skills‚ however‚ her identity as a female was constantly reemphasized in the company’s social events. 2. Ellen and Jack were both initially appointed as the co-manager to
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Case Study Ellen Moore (A): Living and Working in Korea Carman Ka Man Leung 3924137 Operations Management 357 9th May 2008 Executive Summary A Systems Consulting Group (SCG) Consultant‚ Ellen Moore‚ was sent to South Korea as a project management representative for a Systems Implementation (SI) project involving forty Korean consultants and a SI team. Joint Venture Inc. (JVI)‚ formed between Korean Conglomerate Inc. (KCI) AND Western Systems Inc. (WSI) was to implement the recommended systems
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1. What would you advise Ellen to do and why? What should be her objectives? Are there objectives and actions consistent with what you would do if you were in her situation? Even though Bahrain tended to be more progressive than many Middle Eastern countries in its attitude toward women‚ there were still many inequalities between genders. The current situation is that Ellen’s general manager asked her to change her mind about accepting the Account controlling position because of discriminatory practices
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Case Memo for Living and Working in Korea Problem Statement After Ellen been in Korea for a certain time‚ she found out that the Korean consultants were less experienced than expected. Besides that‚ tensions arose between her and the co-manager - Jack‚ regarding who was given directions to the team and they escalated when the project fell behind schedule. At the same time‚ the Korean Mr. Song is blaming Ellen should be accountable for all problems‚ and Andrew needs to decide how to proceed so
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household. Ellen Stowell wakes up‚ walks to the kitchen‚ and turns on the coffee pot. Belle and Andy‚ the two little dogs‚ come running around the corner to be fed. Ellen walks to the far right counter to open the big colorful can which contains the dog’s food. Within seconds of the dogs being fed‚ the coffee pot goes off indicating that the coffee is done. For years now‚ Ellen has drunk her coffee black without anything in it. Her mother never drank coffee with sugar of cream so Ellen doesn’t like
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Case 1: Ellen Moore (A): Living and Working in Korea 1. CQ: Is what happened to Ellen a surprise? Why or why not? Do you think what happened to Ellen would have happened to people like yourself‚ and from your background? Why or why not? ------------------------------------------------- Considering the Korea’s cultural context it was not a surprise what happened to Ellen. First‚ the collective behavior is highly influenced by the country national religion‚ the Confucian. Which dictates several
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ELLEN MOORE: living and working in Korea This case deals with the settlement of a female American consultant in South Korea as project manager and she has to face different problem coming from the different culture and custom. Ellen is a hard-working woman who already has an international and cross-cultural experience in Bahrain as project coordinator before she join WSI working for SGC. After two successful projects in America‚ she was approached for the project in South Korea. Moreover‚ since
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From the Ellen Moore’s case‚ there are lots of causes that relate to the cross-cultural difference that lead to the conflict situations. Differentiation According to cross-cultural aspects on the sources of conflicts in the organization‚ from the case‚ the differentiation source of conflict can be found in the case. The Korean people and the North American people have different beliefs and values. From the case‚ the Korean consultant‚ Mr. Jack Kim has his own beliefs and values to lead his subordinates
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was a teenager (“Ellen DeGeneres”‚ U*X*L). After the divorce‚ Degeneres and her mother moved to Atlanta. There‚ DeGeneres found her mother getting sadder and sadder. So she turned to comedy in trying to cheer her mother up (“Ellen DeGeneres”‚ U*X*L). As DeGeneres grew older‚ she has waited tables‚ sold vacuum cleaners‚ worked as a legal secretary‚ and even painted houses (“Ellen DeGeneres”‚ Newsmakers.) DeGeneres wanted to be a veterinarian‚ but she was “not book smart” (“Ellen DeGeneres”‚ U*X*L)
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