HR-related issues in Cross Cultural Comparison

HR-related issues

Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.............................................................................................................................3
TASK 1......................................................................................................................................3
Cross cultural comparison......................................................................................................3
Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions.............................................................................................6
Conclusion and recommendations:............................................................................................9
REFERENCES.........................................................................................................................10
Books and Journals:.............................................................................................................10

Introduction
Human resources basically a set of people who builds the working team in the
organisation (Barcus and Trudeau, 2018). Human resources is the most essential element that
is it the reason of success and failure of business. Every organisation has set of people’s i.e.
human resource which give their efforts to accomplish organisational goals and objectives.
Human resource department is the separate department which deals with all human resources
related activities but it depends on the size of business. Small size of organisation does not
require separate human resource department whereas large size of organisation has separate
human resource department that deals with all HR related activities. To handle HR is not the
easy task for anyone because every employee has different own perspective, behaviour, etc.
So there are many issues occur related to HR in the organisation. In this context, Crockett &
Jones is undertaken for understanding HR related issues and solving their problems. Crockett
and Jones is the company that manufactures shoe in Northampton, England. This report
covers the expansion of their shoe manufacturing into another countries.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Cross cultural comparison
It is very obvious when the company wants to shift their manufacturing unit into another
country than the face lot of problems. Because to shift the manufacturing unit into unknown
world as not a easy task, it requires a lot of efforts. To shift the partial manufacturing units of
shoe company i.e. Crockett & Jones is very tough because their environment is different that
maybe not adjusted by the company. Shifting of manufacturing units in another country leads
to expansion of their business and make their business globally. So that they increase their
productivity and profitability. There are many factors that affect the organisational culture of
Crockett & Jones that can be internal or external. Crockett & Jones wanted to expand their
business to China, Vietnam or Ethiopia (Broughton, Voss and Rodríguez Contreras, 2020).
These three countries have their own nature and culture that definitely affect the organisation.
Cross culture comparison is compares the sociological, cultural and psychological factors. If
the company e wants to expand their business in three countries then they should compare the

culture show that they get flexible to deal with upcoming situations. Crockett & Jones is the
Northampton business so that's why we can be face many issues which are mentioned in the
following points:
 Employee relations
Employee relation is one of the main important factor that influence the organisation
culture. Employee relations refers to the relation between employees and employers in the
working environment. Because employees are the main source of productivity of
organisation. So when the Crockett & Jones wants to expand their business then they should
know about the importance of employee’s relations and maintained them to deal with
upcoming situations. Crockett & Jones wanted to expand their business in China, Vietnam or
Ethiopia. All three country have different culture that affects the working environment of
business. So firstly it is better to understand the culture of these three countries to deal with
them and to make their culture according to them.
China is one of the developed Nations that lead their organisation in the global market.
China is the manufacturing hub where all organisation wanted to manufacture their products
and services. Because they have lot of people who wanted to work as it is the first position in
terms of population.
Ethiopia is also aims to become Africa's manufacturing hub so that de capture the whole
market and lead to other countries. Ethiopia is the country that focuses on feeding
manufacturing hub so that it will become the leader of manufacturing units in front of global
market. For that create many opportunities to become the leader of manufacturing global
market (EDM7007 and Yusuf, 2019).
Vietnam is the country that is on number one position because of their manufacturing cost
are low, having skilled labour force, economic stability and geo political stability. Vietnam
emerging number 1 from 7 emerging Asian countries in respect of manufacturing units.
It is analysed that China is the developed the nation and having many competitors so that
Crockett and Jones can face a large amount of problems to shift their manufacturing units
partially. Vietnam is better than Ethiopia because it is a number one position in the emerging
Asian countries.
 Mobility of labour