Research National Cultures: a comparison of Chinese and Australia national cultures

Introduction Nowadays, people are facing increasingly international trade and they also work within a cross-culture environment. Even a pure domestic company need to face the competitor from worldwide level. It is important for a company to use the national culture efficient. International companies develop management and other practices in accordance with national culture they are operating in (Kogut, Singh, 1988). The effect which caused by the national culture on people's values and behaviours is the essential part of the multinational corporations' success within the global competition. With a good use of national culture, the company can have a better and deeper understanding of the local circumstances which is a critical ability for a managers who want to enter into the international markets (Esterby-Smith,1997). This report will compare three core cultural dimensions between Chinese and Australia national cultures. It will focus on how the national culture influence the corporations in the two country and the difference between the two cultures. one two three four seven six five chart talk The second part of this report will introduce the concept of culture which include the typically aspect of culture, values and behaviours. It will also discuss the theoretical frameworks of national cultures which can be used to analysed the difference between China and Australia. The main body of this report is the three dimensions of culture: approaches to power distribution, approaches to social relationships and approaches to uncertainty and social control. A conclusion will also be made to summary the reasons for the culture difference in those two countries.

Concept of culture National culture is the set of norms, behaviours, beliefs and customs that exist within the population of