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The Culture Challenge in International Business - Coggle Diagram
The Culture Challenge in International Business
What is Culture
Marriage and family Systems
Societies in order to survive must mate, childbearing, and provide education.
Educational Institutions
Children must learn the way of life of their particular society.
Economic System
Each society must develop systematic ways of producing, distributing, and consuming essential resources like food, clothing, water, and housing materials.
Culture
Is everything that people have, think, and do as members of their society.
Social Control Systems
Develop mechanisms that ensure that most of its people obey most of its laws.
Supernatural Belief Systems
Societies rely on supernatural explanations like religion, magic, astrology, sorcery, and witchcraft.
The Elements of Culture
Food and Feeding Habits.
Time and Time Consciousness
Sense of time differs by culture, some are exact while others are relative.
Sense of Self and Space
Some cultures are closed and prefer being reserved, while others prefer being more open and interactive.
Relationships
Social structure of households and businesses.
Communication and Language.
Gender.
Dress and Appearance
Outward garments, adornments, and any body decorations that create distinction between cultures.
Beliefs and Attitudes
Determining major beliefs themes of individuals. These beliefs and other factors can influence attitudes.
The Study of Cultural Differences
Kluckhohn-Strodtbeck Framework
Do people focus on past events, on the present, or on the future?
Are people easily controlled in to be trusted, or can they be trusted to act freely and responsibly?
Do people believe that there environment controls them, that they control the environment, or that they are part of nature?
Do people desire accomplishments in life, carefree lives, or spiritual lives?
Do people believe that individuals or groups are responsible for each persons welfare?
Do people prefer to conduct most activities in private or in public?
Hofstede Framework
Uncertainty Avoidance
Individualism
Power Distance
Masculinity
Culture in the Workplace
Ethnocentrism
Those who operate from the assumption that their ways of doing things are best no matter where or under what conditions they are applied.
Manager’s
Must be aware and appreciate cultural diversity. They must understand how to build constructive working relationships anywhere in the world.
Parochialism
Is when someone expects those from another country to automatically fall into patterns of behavior in their country or state.
Cross-Cultural Management and Training
Culture Shock
Adapting to new environments by being aware and appreciating so you can reduce culture shock.