successful telecommunication sector overseas. I am here to tell you that I am the candidate for the job. I have over 6 years of experience in high profile positions where I am responsible for managing a diversified team of employees who come from various cultures and held different professional backgrounds. My career growth went from performing complex administrative task for senior employees to being a property manager for one of the largest banks in the world. Therefore, I can sympathize with employees
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between two countries, Mexico and Austria. To be more precise, the topic is a business negotiation between two companies, a Mexican car parts producer and an Austrian car parts designer. This paper will highlight all the differences and similarities in culture and conduct of business. Description of Industry In order to provide a credible and realistic scenario I have chosen to work with the automotive industry. In Mexico for example this sector is one of the most important of the economy, representing
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1. EXECUUITIVE SUMMARY Cultural influences on organizational cultures and practices have become a very important research topic in the field of management and organization since the last decades of the 20th century. National culture has been seen as one of the most influential situational factors, which determine organizational phenomena. More recently, after the collapse of socialism, the role of national culture in organizational practices in countries that are in transition is becoming a
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formal rules and policies. This dimension measures the extent to which people feel threatened by ambiguous situations. These uncertainties and ambiguities may e.g. be handled by an introduction of formal rules or policies, or by a general acceptance of ambiguity in the organizational life. The majority of people living in cultures with a high degree of uncertainty avoidance, are likely to feel uncomfortable in uncertain and ambiguous situations. People living in cultures with a low degree of uncertainty
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diversity Culture is a term that has many definitions in academia; Hofstede (2001) introduces culture as “the collective programming of the mind that distinguishes the members of one group or category of people from another” (p.9). Moreover Hofstede (2001) has developed the theory of using five different dimensions in order to analyze differences between cultures. In addition not only National Culture can have an impact on the workforce but also the implementation of an organizational culture that can
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Paper # : 07-08 Page- 1 /7 Challenges of Intercultural Management: Change implementation in the context of national culture Prof. Taina Savolainen School of Business, Management and Leadership, University of Joensuu, Finland taina.savolainen@joensuu.fi ABSTRACT This keynote address considers change implementation in the globalizing business environment in the context of culture. Organizations seek ways to cope with new situations in order to survive and be competitive. The primary strategic challenge
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Deming’s 85-15 Rule Contingency Approach Human Capital Social Capital Congruence Model Organizational Culture & Socialization: K&K Chapter 2: Definitions (key terms): adhocracy culture, anticipatory socialization, change and acquisition, clan culture, enacted values, encounter phase, espoused values, hierarchy culture, market culture, mentoring, onboarding, organizational culture, organizational socialization Reading: p. 36-54 (just the top of 54) Key
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countries that affect the organization. Governments may act to reserve a portion of their industries for domestic firms, or may subsidize particular types of businesses to make them more competitive in the international market. Some countries may have a culture or undergo a change in leadership that limits the ability of firms to participate in the country's economy. As with the other elements of the macroenvironment, such actions are not directed at any single company, but at many firms. ECONOMIC ASSOCIATIONS
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minds associates and recognize organization to metaphors. The organizational culture and communication system determines the perception of the metaphors in the organization. Our research was carried out in the Dubai branch of XYZ Company, a Swedish telecommunication company, to provide an analysis of the organization by observing it from two metaphoric perspectives: the cultural and the political. Organizational culture encompasses values and believes of the founder and is reflected in the structure
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so they could finish a special account analysis before the team meeting at noon. The Russian employee responded affirmatively but next day he arrived at his usual start time. Cultural analysis United States: According to Hofstede’s dimensions, United States has a low uncertainty avoidance index (46); therefore American society accepts ambiguous situations and handles well risk. There is a great level of acceptance for new ideas, innovative products and an inclination to try new ways
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