André Santiago Beires – DEC 15 (20) Sample REPORT Introducing the Caipirinha in Australia Executive Summary The Caipirinha is a drink considered the symbol of Brazil‚ traditionally prepared with sugar‚ lemon‚ ice and a Brazilian alcoholic beverage called cachaça. It can be well appreciated in several occasions. Recently a Brazilian young man studying in Sydney came up with the idea of exporting the drink to Australia. However he recognizes that there may be cross-cultural issues in introducing
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are influenced by this. Culture is not a static phenomenon but changes irregularly over time with a change in people’s needs and wants. The most interesting thing I found was the culture analysing and comparing frameworks described by Hofstede‚ Trompenaar‚ Johnson and Scholes. The all have explained different influences on organisational culture. For me the most influential factor is the leadership and management style which varies from people to people and play a key role in deciding the culture
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cultures of Japan and USA by using two theories and its impact on the corporate culture of Toyota. The models of “Edgar Schein” and “Charles Handy” will be used to analyze the corporate culture of Toyota while the models of “Greet Hofstede” and “Fons Trompenaars” will be used to analyze the national cultures. Afterwards the case study will discuss the climate of Toyota and the impact of the same to its success. Also the case study will analyze the reasons as to why the Toyota Company had to face failures
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is not inherited but “man-made‚ confirmed by others‚ conventionalized‚ and passed on for younger people or newcomers to learn. It provides people with a meaningful context in which to meet‚ to think about themselves and to face the outer world" (Trompenaars‚ 1993: 24). Successful international operating businesses necessarily have to take into consideration all possible consequences of cultural differences on the management‚ the individual work attitude‚ the communication and negotiations (Rothlauf
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Citations: and Replications‟‚ Organization Studies 15(3)‚ 447–456. Trompenaars‚ F & Hampden-Turner‚ C (1997) Riding the Waves fo Culture Understanding Cultural Diversity in Business. 2nd ed. Finland: Nicholas Brealey. Williamson‚ D (2002) Forward from a critique of Hofstede ’s model of national culture. Human Relations. 55
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com/hofstede_dimensions.php Pan‚ F.‚ & Zhang‚ Z seven dimensions of culture. (2011). Retrieved from seven dimensions of culture: http://www.provenmodels.com/580/seven-dimensions-of-culture/charles-hampden-turner--fons-trompenaars Schneider‚ B.‚ Barsoux‚ J.L and Lawrence‚ P Trompenaar‚ F (1993) Riding the Waves of Culture. London: Nicholas Brealey -----------------------
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Universalism vs. Particularism is a concept forwarded by Fons Trompenaars‚ a Dutch author. Basically‚ this dimension asks if which is more important to you‚ rules or relationships. The Universalist‚ or rule-based‚ approach is roughly: "What is good and right can be defined and ALWAYS applies." In particularistic cultures‚ far greater attention is given to the obligations of relationships and unique circumstances. Universalism vs. Particularism indicates how a society applies rules of morals
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(Chairman of Board of Trustees) Bill Bailey (Chairman of Board of Trustees) CEO Lockhart Director) (Music Anne Ewers (General Director) Factors of new company culture Three stages for successful merger: Awareness Respect Reconciliation (Trompenaars & Prud’Homme‚ 2004) Strategic Goals for the first year after merger Integrate the business process of Opera and Symphony Reduce overall expense to increase profit Retain artistic talented employees Maintain audience base for each entity
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How is Culture formed? Its values‚cultural diversity‚ understanding of culture in an organization and how is Corporate culture helpful in a workplace or in a management. I am going to discuss about Hofstede’s five cultural dimensions and Trompenaars cultural dimensions. Finally I will focus on significance and themes of cultural Intelligence. 6 CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTURE 1) LEARNED : Culture is not inborn. It is learnt. Culture is often called "learned ways of behaviour"
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et al. (2002) “Understanding cultures and implicit leadership theories across the globe: an introduction to project GLOBE” in Journal of World Business‚ Vol Martin‚ J. (2002) Organizational culture. Mapping the terrain. Thousand Oaks‚ CA: Sage. Trompenaars‚ F. (1997) Riding the waves of culture: Understanding cultural diversity in business (2nd edition) London: Nicholas Brealey.
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