Running Head: DECISION MAKING STYLES AND CROSS CULTURE

Decision Making Styles and Cross Cultural Misunderstanding

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Abstract
In an organizational setting, the employees might be of different cultures and therefore have different values. This is likely to bring about a clash in the operations in an organization. Managers normally have difficulties in making decisions based on the fact that those decisions mar rub a certain culture the wrong way. This Essay looks at the ways in which cultural differences could impact decision making in an organizational setting. It also determines whether there are any ways in which this cultural difference can be exploited for the benefit of the organization. These cultural differences do affect the company’s decision making process and therefore slows down business activities that depend on decision making in order to run. This is a great challenge in a business environment and might bring the performance of a business to a halt. This essay therefore looks into ways in which this challenge can be minimized.

The distinct cultural differences between employees of an organization play out in the day to day running of the organization. These cultural differences may be in the form of dressing, values upheld, punctuality, overtime working, teamwork, etc. For example, we look at the Russian managers and the Chinese managers. Chinese managers are known to be very hardworking, very punctual and are more of collectivists. The Russian managers on the other hand are known to be skilled, Individualists, do not like meetings, not so punctual and are not so concerned with the employees. These distinct differences are likely to impact the day to day running of an organization. The employees under a Chinese manager are likely to be punctual