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ChapterTwo:The Culture Challenge in International Business - Coggle Diagram
ChapterTwo:The Culture Challenge in International Business
Culture
Common Knowledge,belief, laws, custom by members of a society
Guiding conceptual principles
Mental map that guides to our surrounding and other people
Cross-cultural Management and Training
cross cultural training: improve interactions with host-country & reduces misunderstandings and inappropriate behaviors.
Goal: Reduces culture shock
International managers need to understand all cultures and have more social responsibilities
Managers’ skills
and biases, based on their administrative heritage,
Element of Culture
Gender: Progress needs to be done between women and men in the work place in some cultures
Beliefs: Religious traditions in various cultures consciously or unconsciously influence attitudes
Time conciseness: differences in the concept of time around the world,
Communication and Language:Spoken language gestures communication is the part
of a culture’s communication system
Dress and appearance:. Many subcultures wear distinctive clothing/customs and regulations determine
the dress of the day, length of hair, and equipment to be worn.
Systems
Social Control:Laws and other control mechanisms to ensure people obey
Belief Systems:Beliefs that explain the unexplainable occurrences
Economic system: System to control production. distribution and consumptions of essential resources in a society
Family Systems:Pattern system of marriage to develop childbearing and education.
Education Systems:Learning system based to particular society.Responsible for passing on cultural heritage
Culture in Work Place
International managers have more culture sensitive
Management function are affected by culture due to impositions of own values and beliefs
Different religions take different views of work, savings, and material
goods.