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In our proposal (included in appendices) we stated that our primary intention was to conduct a literary review of material surrounding this topic. To this end we sought out journal articles relating to the issues involved in managing across cultures. A lot of the specific material is available, for example focusing on American managers dealing with Europe or Managers from the West dealing with management in the East. Although some of this was relevant we wanted to take a more international approach and look at the issues all managers, regardless of where they are from or who they are dealing with, should be aware of when managing across cultures.
The paper initially reviews literature dealing with culture and its role in business. We then go on to look at the growing importance of cultural awareness and how globalisation is forcing the issue of managing across cultures on managers. A section dealing with the implications, which arise concerning quality and appraisal, follows this. We then proceeded to look into how managers and companies can deal with the challenges of managing across cultures via the creation of a corporate or ?third? culture and discussed the creation of this ?third? culture. The final review section finds us identifying and over-viewing the various models that are used for identifying differences in national culture with a view to helping managers recognise such differences and therefore, helping them deal more effectively with the challenges of managing across cultures. Read more…
