There are many ways in which Chinese and American cultures differ, among them attitudes about power, individualism, uncertainty avoidance and time management. Power distance is more centralized in American businesses than Chinese. Also, Americans tend to consider themselves more individually and Chinese consider themselves more collectively. Chinese people are more likely to avoid uncertainty and Americans have a more short-term mentality. Any one of these differences can cause major conflict in an organization, so it is important to understand each one.…
“All major hiring companies need global citizens. Global sensitivities, global perspective, global insight; along with maturity and a capacity for risk-taking, are exactly the skills every major organization is looking for–in every industry.”…
With the trend of globalisation, the number of multinational companies is constantly increasing as well as expatriates (Business Recorder, 2011). Expatriate management now is an essential issue of human resource department because it takes a large amount of budget from the corporation. It is inevitable for expatriates to face culture barriers in subsidiaries because of unique national cultures in all countries over the world.…
Companies have the ability to outsource jobs in their company to another country because it saves the company time and money, as well as boosting productivity (“Globalization Pros and Cons”, 2014). Globalization is able to generate needs for products and services, which in turn creates an easier accessibility for jobs to promising candidates (“Globalization Pros and Cons”, 2014). (2, Conclusion) Through the use of globalization, companies are able to integrate productive individuals from different cultures and boost the productivity of a company through the ability to outsource jobs to promising…
Heterogeneous workforce brings creativity and innovative ideas to the workplace. Different backgrounds of everyone give more and unique outlook on a problem. But it could be a huge problem to manage people from different cultures working together. Emerging market employees may consider them selves inferior or less valued than their developed country colleagues. This was taxing on Adesemi CEO as she had to settle their disputes. She suggests to improve working environment and cross cultural tolerance there should be an HR manager. This will create a better work…
In order to overcome issues such as hiring manager conflicts, compensation issues, job incentives and employee retention. Managers and leaders have to think global today; they have to understand different cultural backgrounds. This is a fantastic opportunity for Human Resources. The global HR policies drive processes in different countries, but the processes produce comparable results (Rosenfeld, 2008).…
Currently, there are many organizations that plan to become global companies in order to reach the international markets that have a need for the specific products and services provided. This form of expansion has also been identified as a necessity in order to for businesses to survive financially in the current economy. It will decrease costs for the company, open a new market for new ideas, and allow a more competitive position within the new market (Heizer & Render, 2012, p. 27). An international strategy will help to diversify and expand a business; therefore management should be trained and have a clear understanding on the multiple aspects, including multiculturalism and diversity management.…
In today’s global business world society and the workplace are changing in many important ways. One of the most visible and perhaps most important ways is the increasing diversity. This offers us challenges as well as opportunities. Recently, the concept of intercultural communication in global business has completely witnessed a fundamental change compared to before. It was predicted that women, minorities, and the disabled will dominate the workforce. Organizations that are viewed as biased against these groups will not attract the competent workforce and can face not only legal troubles also the life span of their business can be greatly reduced. Today, it is vital that organizations prove their ability communicate intercultural in order to be successful in a constantly changing business environment. This is why it is important that we train our management to deal with people from many different places. Many believe enhanced communication abilities will prove profitable, in which case it's in the companies' own interest to support it. Communication is necessary if the organization is to prosper. Intercultural communication in the global business world is accomplished by adding diversity and understanding of the many different cultures that are in the work force. Potential contributors are most often not naturally attracted to an enterprise that they do not perceive as having a culture and micro society that would be comfortable, interesting, and supportive.…
The Chinese have a predominately collectivist mindset of life; they're more attuned with needs of others, and base their achievement and successes on the strength of the relationship between themselves and others. They also take the mindset that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts; they look at the business in terms of "we" instead of the more individualistic, Western standing of "I". Due to their collective nature, how they weigh in on their communicative messages depends on the ability and the mission to either garner a strong connection or to maintain it. For example, in the American business setting, whenever there's a disagreement between a subordinate and a supervisor, there's more incentive for the subordinate to be more explicit in communicating that disagreement, even if it might cause a loss in reputation for that supervisor; again, Americans have a more individualistic outlook on the business world than the Chinese do. However, with the Chinese, the subordinates are encouraged to maintain and harmonize that relationship; if ever a disagreement were to arise between the subordinate and the supervisor, the subordinate must communicate it implicitly to protect the reputation of the boss and to make sure that the message is still conveying the important notification of the disagreement. Not only does this allow the Chinese business…
In the article “A New Mandate for Human Resources” by Dave Ulrich he focuses on increasing challenges that human resource faces. Among them is globalization. In this article Dave Ulrich states that “with the rapid expansion of global markets, managers are struggling to balance the paradoxical demand to think globally and act locally” (Ulrich, 1998). A challenge that needs thought, it’s not hard to see that some of this is do to diversity. Those managers not having the required diversity training, a multi cultural sensitivity, experience and clear business strategy that assist them in capitalizing on the challenges, instead of struggling in the situation will drown in this globalizing world. Ulrich further argues that having a strong HR department can help an organization deal with globalization. “Globalization requires that…
Let’s begin with Doing Business within the Community – Again, China is heavily influenced by tradition, religion and Confucianism. China has been influenced by the western world and the business and family units have changed with this influence. However, Confucianism says that structure comes from order of life and society. There is a hierarchical structure not only within families but also within a business and it is respected. In America, we are use to making a decision, calling a meeting, talking about it or voting on it, and then moving on. This can sometimes happen in a very short amount of time. Unlike us, the Chinese like to ponder. It is not uncommon for them to take days to make a decision. It is always in…
Attracting and retaining talents adds a competitive edge to the workplace, by enhancing communication skills, building team relationships and increasing profitability (Steinberger, 2007). The global marketplace today interacts with many different cultures and diversity allows employees and the organization to seek new global understandings, new processes and solutions, making a stronger customer base and market insight, while improved hiring, employee retention and customer…
They must also recognize the benefits that they can attain from the varied workforce. Moving forward these companies, and the employees that work for them, will become more diverse in their makeup. For constant progress, they must ensure that there is harmony between management and the staff. Motivated by a swiftly changing market, institutions are looking for new ways to imagine, arrange, communicate, and work. It has to be recognized that the worker to management association is ever changing. Staff members must be mandated to take more accountability for the work that they are assigned and leadership must make sure that they have the critical thinking and problem solving skills necessary to perform the task at hand. The various backgrounds and skills of all employees, whether they are the president of the company or someone working in the mailroom should be recognized for the value and education that they can bring to the company. With the workforce growing to include people from all over the world it has become apparent that the many cultures and benefits of having such a diverse group cannot be measured. Management will need to understand the importance of them not taking the easy road and falling back into old behaviors and that they use the catalyst of the diversity training and change attitudes which will guarantee that the company moves forward in…
They will find that successfully importing Western human resource policies and practices into operations based in some developing countries was very difficult because there are some cultural barriers between different countries (Faten, 2008). In order to deal with this situation effectively, HR must be knowledgeable about cross-cultural factors in international human resource management. So the companies could more effectively and efficiently use their HR to achieve successfully their mission and goals by promoting study of cross-cultural…
This article talks about globalization is a common trend for not only developed countries but also developing countries. Companies shouldn’t against this trend, but adopt. Much of the management writing on globalism adopts the Enlightenment-era ideal of world citizenship. Unfortunately, this is not realistic. The vast majority of firms are deeply rooted in their home countries. Also for firms’ customers, employees, investors, and suppliers, they are always deeply rooted in their country. Given this reality, global firms and managers must adopt a cosmopolitan approach of understanding and working with differences rather than against them.…