CROSS-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA : PROBLEMS‚ OBSTACLES‚ AND AGENDA FOR COMPANIES Nathalie Prime‚ Groupe ESCP-EAP ABSTRACT Within the context of opening of South African economy‚ the purpose of this paper is to explore cross cultural management issues in South African multicultural organisations. Using an emic approach‚ sixteen business cases were studies to explore the following questions : (1) What are the major problems and obstacles to be faced by South African firms
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During the uprisings of the 1970s‚ Nadine Gordimer presented a very dreary and pessimistic prophecy to white and black South Africa in July’s People. This prophecy suggested a probable overthrow of the apartheid system which would challenge the currently existing social and racial roles of its inhabitants. Amid the chaos‚ traditional roles would be overturned and new ones are formed as the Smales accept their servant’s offer of refuge and flee to his village in the bush. Additionally‚ Zoe Wicomb
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of the 1900s tests were imported from abroad and applied in all sectors of the community. Psychological testing in South Africa was originally initiated with white test takers in mind. Psychological tests were initially developed separately for Afrikaans and English-speaking groups‚ but excluded the speakers of African languages‚ who comprise the largest population group. According to Abrahams and Mauer (1999‚ p. 76)‚ members
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the lives of the South African natives. P.K. ends up becoming an orphan and moves in with his grandpa. He spends his nights at his grandpa’s house and during the day he goes to school‚ where he gets bullied for being the only English boy in an all Afrikaan school and then after school he visits with his grandpa’s friend Doc. Doc shows P.K. how to grow cacti and how to play the piano. Doc ends up getting arrested for being a German and not registering with the government for being a foreigner‚ but P
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elected and what powers those elected wield. It affects who lives or dies and how. Without power‚ it is not racism; it is just prejudice. The concept of white supremacy is its root. In 1948‚ South Africa enacted the Apartheid Law. Apartheid‚ an Afrikaans word which means “Separate Hood‚” essentially legalized racism. While never mentioned by name‚ apartheid is a prominent theme in Athol Fugard’s play Master Harold and the Boys‚ which is set in South Africa in 1950. Racism is the outcome of discrimination
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I want to share his wards about his name No one in my family had ever attended school. On the first day of school my teacher‚ Miss Mdingane‚ gave each of us an English name. This was the custom among Africans in those days and was undoubtedly due to the British bias of our education. That day‚ Miss Mdingane told me that my new name was Nelson. Why this particular name I have no idea." — Mandela‚ 1994.[ IN 1950‚ Mandela was elected national president of the ANCYL; at the ANC national conference
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written down and the written forms can be standardised. 2. A) Phonological change – Phonological‚ or sound changes‚ occur in languages. An example of this is ‘light’. The ‘gh’ sound used to be pronounced like the Scottish ‘ch’ in ‘loch’ or the Afrikaans ‘g’ in ‘lig’. Today‚ the ‘gh’ is silent in the pronunciation‚ but the spelling has remained the same. One of the main reasons for phonological change has simply been to make words easier to pronounce. Words which are borrowed from other languages
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Supremely confident market registering strong growth rates. South African salons unaffected by economic downturn Chemical relaxing and African hair styling most popular services accounting for almost all salon business. Products formulated to suit new service combinations – such as colouring relaxed hair – in demand‚ command premium prices in salons The South African haircare market - both professional and consumer - is growing in double digits and this strong growth is expected to continue
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There were many factors which contributed to the ending of apartheid. After years of segregation and oppression of blacks‚ many different chronological events put together led to an eventual reform in South Africa of equality and democracy for everybody. However‚ the factor which I think played the most important part in the ending of apartheid was releasing ANC leader Nelson Mandela in 1990. Not only did it symbolise a fresh start for the country‚ but also a new found uniformity of its people
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for a new constitution and democratic rule. Despite an undertaking to end apartheid‚ negotiations to shape democracy were not without their fair share of difficulty. Apartheid after all stemmed from an inherent belief in white – particularly Afrikaans – supremacy. Therefore‚ some of those who continued to fight to hold on to the laws of the land‚ which exclusively exalted them. It had been three years since talks of democracy began and the idea of sharing equal rights with blacks was soon to be
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