RUGM_C05.QXD 8/18/08 4:16 PM Page 129 Chapter 5 I NTERNATIONAL CULTURE Contents Objectives of the chapter Introduction 131 Places and people differ. The Japanese tend to be very polite‚ the Australians characteristically blunt. Red means “danger” or “stop” to the British‚ but in Turkey it signifies death and in China‚ good fortune. In France getting into a grande école tends to guarantee good job prospects whereas in Saudi Arabia the wealth and status of your family
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orientations‚ and norms typical of the members of a particular society (Trompenaars‚ 1997). Management techniques inconsistent with national culture can lead to conflict between multinational corporations (MNCs) and its employees and‚ perhaps the broader society. Comparative studies of national culture across a large number of countries are limited because of the significant costs associated with data collection. A study by Geert Hofstede‚ using data collected in around 60 countries in the late 1970s‚ remains
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Table of Contents Introduction 1 Problem statement 2-5 Solution 6 Recommendation 7-8 Reference……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………9 Introduction This assignment purpose is to study the problem in term of cross culture management in the Airbus. Aircrafts in the market Airbus is the company that deals with the manufacturing of. 1970 it was formally established in as a European consortium. Furthermore‚ the paper will discuss the impact of proper cross cultural management
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References: French‚ R. (2007)‚“Cross Cultural management in work organizations‚” Kerry Press LTD‚ London. Hofstede‚ G (2001) “Cultures and organizations: software of mind” McGraw Hill‚ New York Gubbins‚E.(2007)‚ “ UBS: Alcatel faces mobility decline‚ culture clash” telephony online: Penton media online press [Online] Available at : http://telephonyonline.com/wireless/news/alcatel_mobility_revenue_121907/
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Culture • Culture – a community’s set of shared assumptions about how the world works and what ideals are worth striving for. • Culture can greatly affect a country’s laws. • Culture influences what people value‚ so it affects people’s economic systems and efforts to invest in education. • Culture often determines the effectiveness of various HRM practices. Culture • Cultural characteristics influence the ways members of an organization behave toward one another as well as their attitudes
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both for students of business and managers in work organisations’? Abstract: The aim of this essay explains my knowledge and understanding about the term ’national culture’ and introduces the differences mentioned by the theorists such as‚ Hofstede‚ Trompenaars in the study as well as analyses a content that both business students and organisational managers in work should consider culture as a main notion which was argued by French‚ R. (2010). Illustrating from the book‚ websites and my own experience
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Theoretical Diversity. Journal of management‚ 30(6)‚ 907-931. Czinkota‚ M.R.‚ & Johnston W.J. (1983). Exporting: Does Sales Volume Make a Difference? Journal of International Business Studies‚ 14(1)‚ 147-153. Drogendijk‚ R. & Slangen‚ A. (2006). Hofstede‚ Schwartz‚ or managerial perceptions? The effect of different cultural distance measures on establishment mode choices by multinational enterprises. International Business Review‚ 15(4)‚ 361-380. Eden‚ L. & Miller‚ S.R. (2004). Distance Matters:
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Corporate culture is the collective behaviour of people using common corporate vision‚ goals‚ shared values‚ beliefs‚ habits‚ working language‚ systems‚ and symbols. It is interwoven with processes‚ technologies‚ learning and significant events. In addition‚ different individuals bring to the workplace their own uniqueness‚ knowledge‚ and ethnic culture. So corporate culture encompasses moral‚ social‚ and behavioral norms of your organization based on the values‚ beliefs‚ attitudes‚ and priorities
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Differences. 8th ed.‚ Elsevier Inc. 2) M. Armstrong. (2009): Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice. 11th ed.‚ Kogan Page Limited- London and Philadelphia. 3) Герчиков В.И. Мотивация‚ стимулирование и оплата труда персонала. – М.: ГУ-ВШЭ‚ 2007. 4) Hofstede G. (2001). Culture’s consequences: Comparing values‚ behaviors‚ institutions and organizations across nations. -2nd ed. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications‚ Inc. 7) Heidi von Weltzien Hoivik (2007). East Meets West: Tacit Messages about Business Ethics
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flexible ingroups and outgroups. On the other hand‚ in high-context cultures (Japan‚ Arab countries) the message is unclear and it ’s difficult to be entered if the person is an outsider. Another academic known for his research in the field is Geert Hofstede. He developed four cultural dimensions power distance‚ individualism‚ uncertainty avoidance and masculinity. Power distance is the emotional distance between superiors and subordinates. It ’s concerned with a society ’s level of inequality.
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