{draw:frame} {draw:frame} Managing Across Cultures- Group Report on Case Study Analysis of Alcatel-Lucent BY TEAM: Meenak*shi Mukherjee* 000579613 Carlos Andres Serna 000583118 Quasirat Hasnat 000573202 Sangeet Premkumar 000573398 Imran Shahzad 000527971 Executive Summary This paper examines a case study sprouting mergers of two firms Alcatel and Lucent technologies. This paper provides an insight into the French and American cultures taking into consideration the parent
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managing across cultures The determinants of a culture are the evolutionary product of a number of factors‚ including the prevailing political and economical philosophies‚ the social structure of a society‚ and the dominant religion‚ language and education. Language Is a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds‚ or conventional symbols. Language is one of the most defining characteristics of a culture. Countries with more than one language often have more than one culture. Eg Canada
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How are business relationships valued and treated compared to the host culture? There is a saying in Mexico that translate into time is not money‚ money is for enjoying life and “Americans live to work‚ but Mexicans work to live!” This is an example of how cultural differences involve more than just language and demographic existence. The development of business relations between Mexico and United States has long been established as very important. The necessity for individuals
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Politics and Culture of Mexico SOC315: Cross-Cultural Perspectives Instructor Theodore July 2‚ 2012 While politics in Mexico may one day be good for the people of Mexico‚ the current state of the country is not so good. The poverty level of Mexico has always been high‚ the country is known to be run by drugs and horrible‚ inhumane working conditions are common because of outside business coming in and taking advantage of what people will do for little money in the country
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How do negotiation styles differ across cultures? Learn about the culture‚ values‚ beliefs‚ etiquette and approaches to business‚ meetings‚ and negotiations. Nine times out of ten‚ the latter will succeed over the rival. This is because 1) it is likely they would have endeared themselves more to the host negotiation team‚ and 2) they would be able to tailor their approach to the negotiations in a way that maximizes the potential of a positive outcome. Cross-cultural negotiation is about more
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Business Across Culture Week 3 Learning Journal Hospitality Across Culture Hospitality is the relationship between guest and host‚ or the act or practice of being hospitable. When coming to another country‚ we always want to make a good impression to the native people like showing them our hospitality. But sometimes‚ because of different culture our hospitality is considered as offence.So what should we do in this case? In case study‚ a typical situation
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ranch named Sayulapa. The population of Sayulapa is approximately 100 people or less. Where my father’s culture says “ incest is better than OK.” And example is my uncle married his cousin’s daughter. This is acceptable in my father’s culture because the population is very compact‚ so it is hard to not fall in love with someone who is part of you family. It is very difficult for my family in Mexico to navigate around without an automobile‚ especially when the city is at least two hours away from where
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CO2520 Homework Week 3 Communicating Across Cultures Individualist cultures‚ such as those of the United States and Western Europe‚ emphasize personal achievement regardless of the expense of group goals‚ resulting in a strong sense of competition. Individualistic cultures are those that stress the needs of the individual over the needs of the group as a whole. In this type of culture‚ people are seen as independent and autonomous. Social behavior tends to be dictated by the attitudes and preferences
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02-088 Leading by Leveraging Culture Jennifer A. Chatman1 Sandra E. Cha 1 The first author wrote this chapter while a Marvin Bower Fellow at the Harvard Business School‚ and is grateful for their support. Copyright © 2002 by Jennifer A. Chatman and Sandra E. Cha Working papers are in draft form. This working paper is distributed for purposes of comment and discussion only. It may not be reproduced without permission of the copyright holder. Copies of working papers are available from the author
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.... 6 References........................................................................................................................................................... 7 Page | 1 Differences in Cultural Values 1. Literature Review Culture may be described as a collection of shared values that influence the perceptions within a given society‚ ethnicity or nation. These values influence the preferences that the said society holds as well as the way in which they respond to situations
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