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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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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suitable example from the case study “Ellen Moore: Living and Working in Korea” (1997) and secondly‚ applying the theories of Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner (2012) on cultural diversity within a global business context to the situation in question. This paper is limited to their thoughts on “How we accord status” as their framework provides a holistic view on the different aspects of status‚ which help to understand the “clash of cultures” e.g. those in the Ellen Moore case: On the one hand co-manager
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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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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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Elaborado por: Eduardo Richmond‚ abril 2009 Ventajas y desventajas del aceite de pescado como Triglicérido y Etil Ester Reseña Desde que el mercado de los Omega‐3 de aceite de pescado entró en la vida del consumidor‚ ha existido gran controversia sobre cuál es la forma química más beneficiosa para el organismo‚ si en forma de triglicérido o en forma de etil ester. A pesar de que ambas formas químicas han demostrado ser bastante beneficiosas para la salud‚ existe todavía
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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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But there is one person that makes me laugh everyday. One of my heroes happens to be the well known comedian‚ Ellen DeGeneres. Comedians remind you to never take life too seriously. The average day hero can be a person fighting for our country‚ a well known figure‚ or even a parent. Heroes have the nobility to influence people by doing chastely things. My hero is simply a comedian. Ellen DeGeneres entertains people with her humor in a benign way. Laughter can be the easiest method to access a
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Ellen is a 25 yrs old teacher who is in her 3rd year of teaching‚ she is very involved in extra curricular activities‚ to both impress the principle and for her own enjoyment. Even though Ellen spends many hours away from home‚ she feels justified in the aspect her boy friend is a lawyer and spends many hours away from home as well. Ellen has a student in her class that seems to have a hard time with her math skills‚ and Ellen assists her after school‚ with tutoring her with math. Ellen at first
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admire is Ellen DeGeneres. I admire her for many reasons. One of them is the positive effect that she has on many peoples lives. People write to her all the time telling Ellen that her show is what gets them through a difficult day. She ’s always helping people that could use it too. Her show is always helping families out by giving them money‚ cars and paying tuition’s. Most of all the admire the positive outlook on life that she has about life‚ and how she remains true to herself. Ellen has received
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