CROSS CULTURAL MANAGEMENT

Cross Cultural Management



Cross Cultural Management

Introduction

Defining cross-cultural difference was developed and initiated in the 1930s, mainly due to a survey undertaken by George Peter Murdock, an anthropologist coming from Yale University. In the preamble of the survey, relating to studies of comparison based on combinations and application of statistical tools on cultural data; this, with the passage of time, gained reputation for being termed as inferior to cultural interactivity. Cross-cultural terms, cross-cultural intersection, and the terms alike have been used many decades largely restricted to the social sciences.



Individualism v/s Collectivism: China Olympics and India Commonwealth Games

Under the Hofstede's platform of cultural distinction and explanation, the dimension regard exactly how far and how much in depth do the cultural members within the society define themselves, apart from their roots and belongings. Individualism suggests cluster of people who have developed, grown and display their individual and distinct personalities and choose their own affiliations. On the other hand, collectivism puts forth the theory that people living in a society largely live together as one, performing duties and contributing largely and jointly towards the growth of the society respectively. China is a classic example of individualism, since they have maintained their identity, culture, history and civilization for the longest times; they have been here since the time of dragons, samurai and the worst kinds of assassins knows to man. With rules so strict, that they do not learn languages of other origins as English or French, they continue to succumb and elevate in their building and expansion culturally and globally.

On the other hand, India is the best model for understanding collectivism. With 27 national languages and with its colorful, wealthy and ambient culture, India continues to make way for the world to see the best it has to offer. India's cultures traces back to 8000 BCE and have an incessant history for over 2,500 years. With its origins coming from the books of Indus Valley, it has managed to preserve established traditions while inculcating new and improved ideas, customs and traditions from immigrants and invaders, plaguing its sway and authority to all chunks of South East Asia and beyond.

In 2010, the Commonwealth of sport, publicly known as the XIX Commonwealth Games were played and is in New Delhi, India, 3-14 October 2010, with a number of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth residents competed in 21 sports and 272 events. It was the largest and leading international multi-sport event ever to the platform in Delhi and India, eclipsing the sport of Asia in 1951 and 1982. The elimination and final implementation took place in the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main stage events. It was for the very first that that the sport of the Community took place in India and the second time took place in Asia, after Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1998. Games mascot Shera authorized and authoritative history of the sport, "Bado Jeet Utho Jiyo" was created by renowned Indian instrumentalist AR Rahman. Initially, several anxieties and controversies appeared before the ...