Comparison Between Cultures of Two Countries Report
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Comparison Between Cultures of Two Countries Report
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CROSS CULTURE
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................3PART A................................................................................................................................................3Comparison between cultures of two countries...........................................................................3PART B................................................................................................................................................7What is meant by stereotyping, provide an example and discuss how this might act as abarrier, or an aid, to effective communication.............................................................................7CONCLUSION..................................................................................................................................10References..........................................................................................................................................11
INTRODUCTIONCross culture can be stated as starting step which is being taken by each and every company forexpanding the business in various areas in the entire world (Nguyen, 2013). This can be stated asone of the effective processes which in turn helps to have a friendly relation with the company inrespect to trading, businesses and many more and thus it has become one of the essentialelements for having a successful business. Although, the effective funnel of communication willhelp cross culture so that various kind of languages can create issues within communicationchannel (Berry, 2015). Barclays Bank is a financial organisation in the USA employing about119,300 employees (Almond, 2015). All these are work with the aim of achieving long termgrowth and success in the limited time period. In present assignment, chosen countries are Japanand USA. The relation between their culture and objectives that has been completed in thisproject with the assist of the different useful framework of cultural value. There are number offactors which are being highlighted within this report like Comparison between cultures of twocountries like USA and Japan along with theories of Hofsetede and many more in order todifferentiates the features of both cultures. Along with this, definition of stereotyping along withan example and highlighting of it which is acting as a barrier, or an aid, to effectivecommunication. PART AComparison between cultures of two countriesCulture can be stated as a concept which creates differentiation within the nation and thusit mainly varies in terms of giving out feelings and respect through art and music, richcivilisation and many more (Berry, 2015). There is various kind of methods which are beingutilised to create culture differentiation like for example Greet Hofstede model (Briscoe, 2012),Trompenaars (Bodycott, 2012) seven dimension of culture along with the global culture of theproject. This mainly provides help out in determining the differences and similarities in order toperform the business operations in better and effective way so that focus on approaches can bemade for the same. There are various kinds of ways evaluated by culture differentiation forperforming the activities in numerous manner (Engelen, 2011). USA and Japan mainlydistinguished themselves in many of the perspectives which are related to lifestyles, a way of
living, culture and many more. Hence there will be a summary which will give an overview ofcultural differences which occurs among two different nations in the context of Barclays Bank. For enhancing the operations conducted within the business, cross culture is much moreeffective and thus provide assistance in gaining knowledge regarding lifestyles which are beingfollowed for performing work. This kind of term is mainly utilised when a new business is goingto be established or expansion in the area of operations and this can happen when there are twocultures which come together for attaining a common goal. While accomplishing tasks there aresituations when the problem is being created and thus employee faces many kinds of issues inadjusting themselves in a certain area and in result level of performance reduces. Barclays bank mainly deals in the financial sector and thus provides services along withfacilities in the USA and thus want to have set up and operated in Japan as well anddifferentiation within a culture are being evaluated in a better manner (Fischer, 2011). There isvarious kind of issues which are being faced by employees while attaining tasks and activitiesand thus, it is needed to provide training for minimising issues. Hence, handling business invarious nations is difficult and this can have made an impact on the growth of the company inpositive along with negative manner as well. There are numerous issues faced while expandingbusiness, like inappropriate finance or limited resources. Hence, Barclays have such kind ofissues and thus they are strong enough for establishing companies in various parts of the world. There is a number of issues which mainly arise for the company while dealing with acultural environment where the chances of diverse reactions can be observed. Hence, it is highlyessential for management to acknowledge all those kinds of aspects like conflicts among theteam, lesser accepting users in nations and many more. There are various kinds of models whichare being used by the Barclays Bank in order to deal with associated issues along with problems,which in turn can enable handling issues in better and effective manner. This kind of models andtheories mainly provide help in managing and dealing with the ever changing environment, forgaining better and appropriate outcome (French, 2015). Hence, it becomes essential for themanagers to understand feasibility and applicability of every concern within applying ways tochange the internal culture. Various kind of cultures which are being utilised as suggestions formanagers of Barclays Bank, for usage when business start operating in Japan. Hence,understanding the market situation of Japan is what needed to comprehend by the managementof Barclays bank:
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