MGMT301: Managing Across Cultures Subject Outline Subject Information Semester One, 2015 Offshore Campus (INTI International College Subang) Lecture Information: 3 hours lecture, 1 hour tutorial Pre-requisites: MGMT110 plus 12 cps from 200 or 300 level Faculty of Commerce subjects Co-requisites: Nil Teaching Staff Teaching Role | Lecturer | Name | Mr. Ronald Hor Yew Kheong | Telephone | 603-5623 2800 (UOW Program Office) | Email | ronald.hor@gmail.com | Room
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Leadership UNIT NO/TITLE: Unit 04 / Developing Corporate Culture ASSIGNMENT NO: Individual Report Credit Value: 05 Learning Outcomes: 1.0 Understand how the characteristics of corporate culture affect the achievement of organizational objectives 2.0 Be able to propose organizational values that will influence corporate climate 3.0 Be able to develop strategies to communicate with stakeholders of an organisation who belong to different cultural groups Issue Date: December
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Page Task 1 : The organisational purposes of businesses 2 Task 2: The nature of national environment in which businesses Operate 4 Task 3 : The behaviour of organisations in their market Environment 7 Task 4 : The importance of global factors which shape the national business activities 9 Business Environment Assessment This piece of work aims to provide
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strategy, and the second is cultural differences between the two firms. If both are will though out and planned for then mergers can be successful. EG. However often this is not the case. Today a separation of ownership and control has emerged in organisations. Managers are no longer constrained by the need to maximise profits, and instead aim to maximise growth of the firm. On top of this there is also an increased dispersion in shareholdings, as well as an increasing concentration of
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commercial practices, the scope of managerial decisions, disparities in legal systems, as well as restraints put in place by governments, limitations connected w ith different currencies, not to mention cultural differences. Different business cultures in different countries lead to distinct commercial practices. Therefore, executives operating internationally encounter difficulties that people managing enterprises on a local scale do not have to face. Cultural differences are of fundamental
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Name: Adaeze Nwaorgu REG. NO: 1223551 “Managing across culture”: how a manager should manage a team of staff from different cultural backgrounds INTRODUCTION An over view of the international market has proven that cultural integration in the work place is becoming in today’s global economy, working with people from different cultures is becoming a standard. It brings various productivity and improved performance but great challenges, misunderstandings and conflicts might be introduced in an
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Ethics In Human Resource Management Alisha Wood Saint Augustine’s University Ethics and Human Resource Management Wikipedia, defines ethics as: "…a study of values and customs of a person or a group. It covers the analysis and employment ofconcepts such as right and wrong, good and evil, and responsibility." Wikipedia, defines utilitarianism as: “…ethical doctrine of greatest good. The ethical doctrine that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the criterion of
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The influence culture has on the success of an International Franchise: The case of McDonalds in East Asia and The Americas. Executive Summary In the last six decades, the significance of franchises worldwide has grown to such a large extent that many successful high street shops as well as restaurants have a link to franchising. This dissertation is going to discuss the means by which an international franchise can become successful through the incorporation of cultural adaptations in
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Marie-Joëlle Browaeys & Roger Price Part One CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT Concept 1.1 Facets of culture Introduction to Part One Setting the scene This introductory chapter will give an outline of the research in the field of culture and management, which in turn serves as a framework for Part One. The concept of culture Many experts in their fields have wracked their brains to come up with what they consider to be their concept of ‘culture’. Those working in the field of cultural anthropology
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1. Introduction Primark is an Irish clothing retailer, operating in Europe, in countries such as Germany, Spain, Ireland and United Kingdom. It is a subsidiary of Associated British Foods (ABF), a British multinational food processing and retailing company. Primark first open in Dublin 1969 under the name Penney’s, and have retained the name till this day in Ireland. Over the years Primark have expanded by buying out their competitors such as British Home Stores (BHS) and Clemens and August (C&A)
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