Cross cultural management



Cross Cultural Mansagement

Introduction

The core focus of this paper is to identify the importance of GeekChic into a new region. The manager to be transferred is female and in her mid-thirties. She joined the company four years ago and has performed exceptionally well, earning two promotions in that period. Company evaluations (which you have been permitted to read) indicate that she has the right skills-set and that she would be an ideal candidate for this assignment. However, no formal training has been carried out, and this would be her first international work assignment. Your company has been invited by the client to deliver a cross-cultural briefing report to this new manager from GeekChic.

Discussion

Overview of the French Macro Economic Factors

The traditional feature of French economic policy - a large share of the public sector, particularly in strategically important areas - the oil and gas industry and transport. There is some planning, but it is not normative and indicative (Designated indicators are not mandatory for private companies). A high proportion of foreign capital in the economy (industry 40%, real estate about 27.5%, trade - 20%, services - 9%). In enterprises with foreign capital are working more than 20% of the workers. Particularly large share of foreign capital in computer science and other fields of advanced technologies (over 50%). A substantial part of the GDP gives industrial production - 20%, it provides more than 30% of employment, 40% of investments, 80% of exports (Holden, 2002).

France has significant reserves of minerals, iron ore and uranium, bauxite, potash, etc. This forms the basis for the mining and heavy industry. According to the level of development of non-ferrous metals country occupies a leading place in the world rankings, the output of steel is in third place in Western Europe. Main industries: mechanical engineering (2.6% of world production), chemical (fourth place in world exports), aerospace (France played a leading role in the European Space Agency), automotive (tenth in the world for production cars), food (in terms of export second in the world after the United States), electronic, computer, shipbuilding, electrical engineering. A relatively minor role in the total economy, but important for the prestige of the country has the production and sale of luxury goods. One of the most advanced countries in the field of nuclear energy: over 75% of the energy produced by nuclear power plants.

Importance of Culture in Management

O'Reilly has established a profile of a culture of an organizational by utilizing the Q-sort method on the fifty-four value statements, which he managed to gather by a very wide and extensive review of the literature. The researcher has recognized seven attributes of the culture of an organization, which includes things like orientation of the results, innovation, and esteem and respect for the individuals, teamwork, and stability in working, attention to detail, and aggressiveness (Warren, 2006). There are three basic three dimensions of organizational culture i.e. orientation towards the mission or goal of the organization, the level of adaptability of the firm, and ...