Organizational Behavior

Agenda of Paper

The main agenda of this paper is to highlight the organizational behavior of organizations in Mexico. This has been done by tying all the key issues of organizational behavior with that of the culture and business environment of Mexico. The step wise agenda of the paper is given as:

History of Mexico

In this section, the history of Mexico has been provided along with its political, social and economical aspects.

Business strengths

The business strengths of Mexico are explained in terms of the people, technology and natural resources that are available there.

Culture

The culture of Mexico has been explained in this section along with its key concepts and values.

Impact of culture on organizational behavior

In this part of the paper, the key points of organizational behavior are tied with culture of Mexico to provide an understanding of how to conduct business in Mexico.

Summary and recommendation

This final part of the paper summarizes the entire work and provides recommendations for the foreign businesses that want to conduct business in Mexico.



Agenda of Paperii

Introduction1

Discussion1

History of Mexico1

Political Aspect of Mexico2

Social Aspects of Mexico2

Economical Aspects of Mexico2

Business Strengths in Mexico3

People3

Technology3

Natural Resources4

Culture of Mexico4

Communication Style4

Family5

Time5

Impact of Culture on Organizational Behavior5

Decision Making5

Communication and Control6

Time6

Competition6

Work Ethics6

Ethical Issues7

Mexicans in Hiring7

Mexicans as Associates and Business Partners7

Summary and Recommendations7

References9

Organizational Behavior

Introduction

The organizational behavior refers to the investigation of individuals, structures and groups on the behavior that occurs in an organization. Every organization's behavior is different from the other because of factors such as the management philosophy, structure, mode of communication and relationship between the superior and subordinates. The organizational behavior is also influenced by the culture of the country in which the organization is. Therefore, culture plays a very important role in determining the behavior of the individuals in an organization. This paper is focused on determining the organizational behavior of the individuals in Mexico and how it's highly contextual culture affects the organizations and businesses.

Discussion

History of Mexico

Mexico is situated in the southern part of North America. The country had complex civilization before it was conquered by Spanish in 16th century. After the conquest made by Spanish, Mexico's native civilization was fused with the European culture. Mexico was considered to be just another Kingdom that was conquered by Spanish for three centuries. During this time period the population was reduced by almost half and was replaced by Spanish. This is the reason why Mexico consists of a mixture of both Spanish and Indigenous populations. In 1810, the country got independence from Spain. The country lost almost half of its territory to United States during the Mexican American Was in 1846. In 1861, Mexico was invaded by France and they set Maximilian I on the throne for six years. After half a century of political chaos and economic stagnation, Porfirio Diaz came in power and stabilizes and modernized the economy and society of Mexico. Its economy has increases integration with America as a result of lower trade barriers in NAFTA (www.nationsonline.org).

Political Aspect of Mexico

The politics in Mexico is formed in the framework of federal president ...