Management Work and Society
UNIVERISITY OF HUDDERSFIELD
Department of Leadership and Management
Management Work and Society BHO0007
Assignment 2011
Hong Kong Management Association
Title of the project: Occupational Choice
Lecturer Name: Chris Collins
Student Name: Yiu Ka Ming, Bryan
Student Number: u0976190
Date Due: 21st February, 2011
Table of Content
Chapter no. Title of Chapter Page no.
1. Introduction including definitions of national and 3 - 4 organizational culture. Comment on the link between national culture and organizational structure/ culture. Implications for managers - the Chinese Dimension. 2. Review of the academic literature on a national culture of my choice. 4 - 5 Hofstede, Laurent, Trompennars, Halls and Kluckhohn-Strodbeck.
3. Options for Cross Culture Working 5 - 7 -Influence on choice of approach; -staffing approaches.
4. Risk Vs Control. 7 - 8
5. Cross culture managerial skills. 8 - 9
6. Implications for a HK manager working in my chosen country. 9 – 10 Trompenaars plus two other theorists.
7. Adaptation, recruitment & selection, training, reward and support 10 - 11 are applied to a HK manager.
8. Conclusions 11 - 12
9. Bibliography 12 - 13
Chapter 1 Mead and Andrew (2009) identified that there were three definitions of organizational culture. First of all, the organizational culture is the product of structures, systems and regulations, planned and imposed by management. But most of the time, these are inefficient and ineffective within their organizations as they do only the superficial changes. Not only these may not make workforce devote themselves to “go the extra mile” but may
Department of Leadership and Management
Management Work and Society BHO0007
Assignment 2011
Hong Kong Management Association
Title of the project: Occupational Choice
Lecturer Name: Chris Collins
Student Name: Yiu Ka Ming, Bryan
Student Number: u0976190
Date Due: 21st February, 2011
Table of Content
Chapter no. Title of Chapter Page no.
1. Introduction including definitions of national and 3 - 4 organizational culture. Comment on the link between national culture and organizational structure/ culture. Implications for managers - the Chinese Dimension. 2. Review of the academic literature on a national culture of my choice. 4 - 5 Hofstede, Laurent, Trompennars, Halls and Kluckhohn-Strodbeck.
3. Options for Cross Culture Working 5 - 7 -Influence on choice of approach; -staffing approaches.
4. Risk Vs Control. 7 - 8
5. Cross culture managerial skills. 8 - 9
6. Implications for a HK manager working in my chosen country. 9 – 10 Trompenaars plus two other theorists.
7. Adaptation, recruitment & selection, training, reward and support 10 - 11 are applied to a HK manager.
8. Conclusions 11 - 12
9. Bibliography 12 - 13
Chapter 1 Mead and Andrew (2009) identified that there were three definitions of organizational culture. First of all, the organizational culture is the product of structures, systems and regulations, planned and imposed by management. But most of the time, these are inefficient and ineffective within their organizations as they do only the superficial changes. Not only these may not make workforce devote themselves to “go the extra mile” but may
Bibliography: • Chris Brewster, Paul Sparrow and Guy Vernon, CIPD, 2007. “International Human Resource Management” • Ray French, CIPD, 2007 • Raymond J Stone, (2005), Human Resource Management, 5th ed. Australia, Wiley • Richard Mead & Tim G • Rosemary Lucas, Ben Lupton and Hamish Mathieson, CIPD, 2006. “Human Resource Management in an International Context” • Schneider, S Online Materials: • The institute for working future (visited 24 June 2010).