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Product Description
Globalization has expanded the business landscape and increased interactions between people from diverse cultures. Consequently, businesses are challenged to manage global workforce and supply chains, and professionals are challenged to work together to achieve performance. This article offers insights into how cultural differences can affect key aspects of business, including planning and decision-making, human resource management, project management, and performance recognition. The author also discusses key cultural variables and presents a cultural framework to help interpret behaviors in certain business situations and leverage cultural variables to achieve positive outcomes. This article provides valuable insights to anyone who works in an international business setting or who manages a multicultural workforce.
About the Author
Yuko Morimoto-Yoshida is a consultant specializing in intercultural communications among employees in multinational organizations. In her consulting work, she identifies how culture influences aspects of business —such as management styles, team dynamics, sales, and communication—and she helps clients build strategies to overcome cultural differences. She has worked with clients in various industries including high-tech, finance, retail, telecommunication, and manufacturing.
Prior to consulting, Yuko spent more than ten years with a U.S. financial institution located in Japan, for whom she served as global liaison, working with colleagues and clients in Asia, Europe, and the U.S.
Yuko has a master's degree in organizational/intercultural communications. She was born and raised in Japan, has lived in Europe and Mexico, and currently resides in California. Yuko is the author of Culture Shock! Tokyo At Your Door (Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co., U.S.; Times Media Private Limited, Singapore; 2003), part of a well-known international series of books providing insights into the impacts of culture on both business and social life.
Contact Yuko: yuko.morimoto@globalcompetency.com . www.globalcompetency.com
Product Details
Format: Article PDF (Adobe Reader)
File Size: 236KB
Printable: This title cannot be printed.
Mac OS Compatible: Yes
Windows Compatible: Yes
Handheld Compatible: Yes
Digital: 38 pages
Publisher: Meridian Deployment Corporation, Fremont, California, U.S.A.
Publication date: 2005
Category: Management; Intercultural communications
Contents:
Introduction
What Is Culture?
Case Studies
Cultural Variables
Attitude toward Hierarchy
Emphasis on Individualism versus Collectivism
Focus on Task-achievement versus Relationship-building
Degree of Tolerance toward Uncertainty
Communication Style
Time Orientation
Business Processes Are Affected by Cultural Variables
Planning and Decision-making
Managing Human Resources
Management Processes
Recognition of Performance
Analyses of Case Studies
Conclusion
Bibliography
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Acknowledgements
Editing: Lana Okerlund
Illustration: Eric T-S. Pan
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