LEADERSHIP ACROSS CULTURES: THE ROLE OF CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE Dr. Alexi Matveev College of Staten Island New York‚ NY‚ USA Dr. Elena Lvina Concordia University Montreal‚ Quebec‚ Canada Abstract New theoretical frameworks are needed to better understand effective transformational leadership in different cultural contexts. In this article we illustrate the relationship between transformational leadership and the cross-cultural communication competence frame. We show
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Cross Cultural Group Presentation - Germany 2012 Yash Karnik (483)‚ Tanvi Swami (498)‚ Ritesh Saurab (499)‚ Ritanshu Mai (533)‚ Vijaya Laxmi Manne (477) Group 7 12/23/2012 What is important about Germany? Germany is an industry leader in areas such as automobiles and healthcare‚ to name a few. With globalization and reducing trade boundaries Germany has in fact become a trade partner for many Indian firms. Thus understanding business etiquettes‚ culture and protocol will supplement international
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Wal-Mart Cross Culture Perspectives Ethics 316 April 18‚ 2013 Lilia Rosales Wal-Mart Cross Culture Perspectives Walton was the founder of the World’s number one biggest company‚ according to Fortune 500. In 1950‚ along with his wife Helen‚ Sam Walton owned his first store. In 1962 Sam opened the very first Wal-Mart store in Rogers‚ Arkansas. Wal-Mart is one of the largest companies in the United States‚ but internally touching base in countries just as Japan‚ China‚ Mexico‚ Canada‚ Brazil‚
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Case 2: Euro Disney 1. The factors that contributed to Euro Disney’s poor performance during its first year of operation were their lack of knowledge of their target market and the fact that they didn’t take into consideration that the target market was not intended to just focus on one culture. Disney builds and promotes Euro Disney as a piece of America in Europe although Disney failed to adapt to the culture. In the European culture they perceived Euro Disney as being overpriced and the vacation
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Cross Country Perspective Sedata Pams ETH/316 July 6‚ 2013 Amanda Blekes Nadohou Cross-Cultural Perspectives We all know of McDonald’s a being one of the biggest‚ popular‚ and best food chain restaurant around the world. The fast food chain was started in 1955 by Ray Kroch in California. The restaurant took pride in providing hot French fries‚ delicious hamburgers‚ and their speedy drive-thru service. The fast food chain started with one small restaurant and got restaurants all over the
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CROSS CULTURAL MANAGEMENT RESEARCH Key Course Concepts “Organizational Culture has been defined in several different ways. In its most basic form‚ organizational culture can be defined as the shared values and beliefs that enable members to understand their roles and the norms of the organization” (Hidgetts‚ Luthans‚ & Doh‚ pg. 10). Practices of each Company Starbucks Starbucks embraces diversity to create a place where all employees can be themselves and treat each other with
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multinational corporations such as Exxon‚ Wells Fargo‚ Citi‚ Bank of America and Hewlett Packard and how they have created strong international management plans to overcome the numerous hurdles involved in cross cultural management to become successful corporations across the globe. Key Team Findings Cultural and language barriers differ from physical barriers because the aforementioned barriers can be eliminated. Additionally when employers place an emphasis on learning a language the organization can
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International business is not only an economic activity‚ but also a cultural activity. When foreign companies are doing business in China‚ many Chinese companies planning to enter the international market‚ which faced with the enormous cultural differences .Depth understanding of Western culture makes the Chinese state-owned enterprises to adapt to international business activities between the main economic environment‚ and better adapted to the cultural environment and with each other to achieve competitive
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Case Analysis of Hong Kong Disneyland Table of Contents Overview 1 Service Concept 2 Current Issues 3 Analysis 5 Recommendation 7 Overview Hong Kong Disneyland was opened in September 2005 through a joint venture between the Walt Disney International and Hong Kong government. Disney has been on an international expansion since it first opened its park in 1980 in Japan and China being the most lucrative market‚ Disney decided to open the park in Hong Kong after selecting the city
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Cross-Cultural Human Resources Management Abstract: As human resources management and organizational culture are closely related‚ it is very meaningful to study human resource management from the cultural and cross-cultural perspective. Effective management of cross cultural human resources is the guarantee of Chinese enterprises running successfully under cross cultural background and region. The article concerns that the following aspects should be understanding of the cross-cultural human resources
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