International Marketing Review #50

Cindy King — Sat, 02 May 2009 10:00:56 +0000

International Marketing Review – Cross-Cultural Management

To be effective as a global business person, you need to be aware of the major underlying cultural values that have implications for business relations and organizational functioning. There are soft skills you need which are harder to develop than the technical skills. Some people are fortunate to have a natural strength in these areas, most need education and training. Today’s articles are all related to Cross-Cultural Management. Here is a very interesting video presentation on Cross-Cultural Management and Diversity.

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Emanuel (writing at) @OBL_ezine presents Cross-cultural values posted at organizational behavior leadership saying “Globalization is a buzz word. Isolationism is another. In any case there are some cross-cultural values that can be applied to nations which where defined by Geert Hofstede. These values influence the organizational behavior and can be applied to the work environment of a company as well.”

Michael Gates presents German or Global? posted at Cross-Culture saying “The management board are all white males. Our top 600 managers are predominantly white German males. We are too one-dimensional,” he said in an interview to mark his first year in charge, according to the Financial Times.”

Rouf Hussain Mir presents Cross-Cultural Senior Management in Asia posted at SiliconIndia saying “The booming Asian economy is drawing an increasing amount of business process outsourcing. Many US companies are seeking help to improve communications and team efficiency through intercultural management training. It may confuse you to realize that the challenges you counter are not unique to your team and the offshore group. “.

Culture Matters presents Anthropologists in cross-cultural management posted at Culture Matters saying “People from so-many cultural background study and work in closely cooperation at universities and public and private organisations. Looking at your Indian, English, Dutch, Japanese or German colleague as representatives of fixed national cultures will not help you very much in your collaboration.”.

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Cross-Cultural Management and Diversity – Carlos Ghosn

Cindy King — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:00:44 +0000

Culture Videos

Here is a very interesting video presentation on Cross-Cultural Management and Diversity.

Carlos Ghosn has an unusual profile. Originally from Brazil, he has CEO experience in both Japan for Nissan and France for Renault.

This video is an hour and a half long, but Carlos Ghosn is well worth listening to if you are interested in international business and cross-cultural communication in general.
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