CROSS CULTURE

Cross culture management

Developing cross culture

Executive summary

When an organization begins to operate on international level and begins to indulge in mergers and acquisition world wide it has to face many challenges of cultural differences. Similarly, in the given case the UK based organization is about to start an international project with Germany and France. So, it has to face up the challenge of cultural differences. With the aid of various renowned theoretical frameworks of analyzing cultural differences this paper aims to provide an extensive detail about the dimensions of cultural differences. In this paper, famous models of Hall, Hofstede and Trompenaar are revealed. Not only this, but this paper also provides possible solutions to manage cultural differences. Various strategies by Lynch and Schneider are discussed in this paper.

Table of contents

Executive summaryi

Introduction1

Culture1

Theoretical models for analyzing cultural differences2

Hofstede's dimension of culture2

Hall's perspective of cultural differences4

Trompenaar's perspective of cultural difference5

Other barriers in cross-culture businesses7

Decision making authority7

Hiring process7

Cultural prejudices8

Non verbal communication process8

Managing cultural differences8

Ways to combat cross-cultural issues8

Creating a positive environment8

Implementation of communication strategy9

Development of competencies10

Three strategies of ignoring, minimising or utilizing11

Conclusion12

References13

Developing cross culture

Introduction

Globalization is a phenomenon that is in vogue nowadays. In this rapidly changing world, to succeed it is imperative for an organization to adopt the phenomenon of globalization. On one hand, globalization cultivates scores of benefits for the organization. On the other hand, it also generates various dilemmas for management. This phenomenon of globalization presents challenges of understanding and managing different facets of cross-culture. According to Stephen Roberts:

“Culture is the framework in which we communicate”

This suggests that various factors give rise to the various problems of cross-cultural. These factors include language, environment, technology, social organization, the perception of authority and nonverbal communications. Having the ability to assess these variables is vital in ensuring for managers to convey messages and conduct business across a wide range of cultures. This paper addresses various problems and dilemmas within multicultural project teams. This paper also pays emphasis on the significance of leadership in the management of cross-cultural differences. The aim of this paper is to reveal different ways or skills that managers need to smooth operation of business in multicultural teams. Furthermore, this paper sheds lights on variegated solutions that the managers adopt to conduct all the business activities smoothly, effectively and efficiently.

Culture

Culture is a shared set of meanings among community of people who develop a common model from shared experiences (Zapf 1991, 106). So, from this statement of Zapf one can say that culture for a different region must be different. This difference of culture plays a vital part in conducting the business smoothly while operating in multicultural teams.

Every country of the world has a distinct culture of its own. People living in a particular country relate to the norms and values of the society. There are values that are drastically different in various cultures and societies. The dressing pattern, languages spoken, colours, buildings, architecture et al differ in different cultures. The mingling of cultures has given way to a new phenomenon of cross ...