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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INFOSYS CASE STUDY Question1: Introduction to the organisation‚ knowledge management needs and focus at infosys 1- Introduction to the organisation Founded in 1981 in India‚ Infosys is an Indian software services company with their headquarters in Bangalore‚ Indian. The organisation now has current revenue of over $ 2.1 billion (case study‚ 2006) and has over 69‚000 employees worldwide. Infosys is one of the leading information technology service companies in India that uses an extensive
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• • Cross-Cultural Materialism: Commodifying Culture in Japan Mary Yoko Brannen‚ School of Business Administration‚ The University of Michigan [ to cite ]: Mary Yoko Brannen (1992) ‚"Cross-Cultural Materialism: Commodifying Culture in Japan"‚ in SV - Meaning‚ Measure‚ and Morality of Materialism‚ eds. Floyd W. Rudmin and Marsha Richins‚ Provo‚ UT : Association for Consumer Research‚ Pages: 167-180. [pic] Meaning‚ Measure‚ and Morality of Materialism‚ 1992 Pages 167-180 CROSS-CULTURAL
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It is believed that these factors influence beliefs‚ emotions‚ behavior and success. It is imperative for companies to be aware of cultural differences in order to be successful. Managers should explore how culture affects leadership styles and practices. There are many cultural value concepts that influence leadership style. In Hofsted’s ground breaking cultural study he defined four different dimensions of culture‚ one of them being Power Distance. “Power distance refers to the extent that power
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Indian Institute of Management‚ Bangalore‚ India‚ as a basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of an administrative or business situation. Please address all correspondence to Prof. Ram Subramanian‚ School of Business‚ Montclair State University‚ Montclair‚ NJ 07043‚ USA. E-mail: Subramanianr@mail. montclair.edu. Infosys Technologies Limited: The Global Talent Program T.V. Mohandas Pai‚ Director and Member of the Board for Infosys Technologies Limited
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Culture can be defined as the attempt to exploit the individual’s anxious striving for selfhood‚ through the expert psychological dissection and reconstitution of modern subjects‚ for the organisation’s purposes (management lecture 3). The way pay systems are set‚ the attitude of management to customers through a high level of service or even the way employees are asked to dress‚ are just a few examples of what an organisations culture could be like‚ specified so that employees are aligned towards
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impairment can affect the mental health of children and adolescents. The aim of this study is to investigate the depression and anxiety levels and the self-concept characteristics of adolescents with congenital complete visual impairment. Method: This is a cross-sectional study. 40 adolescents with congenital complete visual impairment studying in a specialized primary school for visual impairment‚ and 40 sighted adolescents were included in the study. Both groups were matched in terms of age‚ gender and socio-economic
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Case Summary: Infosys technology is a billion dollar company with over 58000 employees all around the world. Infosys operates in a number of business ventures that range from banking to retail and services provided by the company mainly focuses on end to end IT solutions. The company in 2004‚ established a strong brand equity and began to look for ways to combine its excellent reputations with service by launching a consulting unit. The company did not believe in acquiring existing companies as
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or universal themes? Think about how myths explain the unknown and the tribulations of mankind. * * Myths from dissimilar cultures from around the world deal with the same type of common theme because other cultures are a source of our cultural values and our behavior. We learned from other cultures and developed our intellectual thinking that help us address common questions and develop our own mythological understanding. When we study other cultures and their myths we learn how other
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has been widely influenced by many other nationalities‚ such as Indian‚ Lao‚ Burmese‚ Cambodian and Chinese (Wikipedia. Thailandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand). In the following paper we are going to apply the Onion model as learned in Cross Cultural Analysis Classes at School‚ using Geert Hofstede’s “Cultures and Organizations‚ Software of the Mind”. Then we apply four different cases in order to draw a picture of Thai culture. Firstly‚ we are going to look at the phenomenon of transgendered
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