Developing Cross Cultural Capability

Developing cross
cultural capability

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Opportunities and risks of shift in manufacturing to other countries..........................................3
Hofstede model of cultural dimension in country China ...........................................................4
Literature review on cross cultural capabilities of Crown Northampton in context with China
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Issues around legal, marketing, purchases and logistics.............................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
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INTRODUCTION
Cross cultural capabilities refers to the power of understanding people from different
cultures and engage with them efficiently. It is very important to have an effective
communication and work accordingly with respect to culture. The below report involve
opportunities and risks of shift of manufacturing, various issues, cross cultural and HR related
considerations which arise with shift in production. The report includes hofstede model. The
below report is based on Crown Northampton(Caligiuri and et.al, 2019). It is the fifth generation
family owned company which had effective knowledge as well as understand rich and important
shoemaking heritage of their own town. The designs were been established with progressive
mindset and all products included traditional British methods in context with construction
dealing in both men's as well as women's unisex styles. The company products were handmade
in England since 1908.
Opportunities and risks of shift in manufacturing to other countries
In case of China, while doing production brands mainly consider China only to produce
their products but now there is low cost export platforms so companies don't want to take risk
while manufacturing their products. In accordance with U.S. Companies they usually chose
Mexico because it was considered as a favoured spot. The working and functions of
manufacturing are different from country to country. Therefore, it is essential for chosen firm to
overview about these so that decision making is done in most effective way. There are many
opportunities and risks and these are explained as below:- Labour cost and competition for talent are rising:- China is considered as the most
cheap and abundant labour but it was also at risk. The major challenges which were been
faced was increased cost as well as increasing competition. Rising of costs:- When companies shifted their manufacturing the costs were also
increasing due to which company was not able to do business. The risk was also in