Cross-Cultural Issues: Doc

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Cross-Cultural Issues: Doc

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Running head: CROSS CULTURAL ISSUES CROSS CULTURAL ISSUESName of the studentName of the universityAuthor note

1CROSS CULTURAL ISSUESTable of Contents1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................22. Problem identification.................................................................................................................22.1 Ethnic and cultural differences..............................................................................................32.2 Language and communicational issues.................................................................................42.3 Gender discrimination...........................................................................................................53. Recommended actions.................................................................................................................53.1 Recommended actions for managing Ethnic and cultural differences..................................63.2 Recommended actions for managing Language and communicational issues......................73.3 Recommended actions for managing Gender discrimination................................................84. Conclusion...................................................................................................................................9References......................................................................................................................................10

2CROSS CULTURAL ISSUES1. Introduction The cultural diversity maintains the smooth performance of the workforce and processesof the organization. Globalization has brought about changes in the processes of the business. Ithas equally contributed to the growth of the organization while operating in the internationalmarkets by widening scopes of the business. Globalization has also brought about modificationsin the structure and the processes of the business as per the requirements of market (Wrench,2016). Firstly, this case study will examine the cultural diversity problem relating to ethnic andcultural differences. Secondly, it will administer language and communicational issues. Lastly,the case study will be enumerating the issues relating to the gender discrimination.The casestudy will also enumeraterecommended actions to overcome this cultural diversity issue. The discussion is aimed at identifying the different recommended strategies that areundertaken by the management of the business to mitigate different issues that are faced by thepeople relating to the cross- cultural communication and diversity in the workforce. On the otherhand, management of cultural diversity helps organizations to maintain and balance thefunctions that are undertaken by the business. The report aims at evaluating “Leading forChange: a blueprint for cultural diversity and inclusive leadership 2016” and thereby evaluatethe manner in which the issues are being addressed relating to cross- cultural diversity basedworkforce. It has helped in forging changes 2. Problem identificationThe cross cultural workforce helps the business to bring in modifications in the systemsand the performance of the same while operating in the global platforms. Globalization has

3CROSS CULTURAL ISSUEShelped the businesses to bring forth modifications in the systems and the functioning of thebusiness through the smooth functioning of the same as per the needs of the organization.Diversified workforce helps to maintain the different innovative approaches of the organizationas per their needs of sustaining in the competitive market structure. However, Nathan and Lee, (2013) stated that there are varied issues that might be facedby people while operating in a multicultural environment. Different diversified workplaces helpin balancing varied amount of modifications as per the needs of business to bring in innovations.The key problems that are faced by the employees while operating in a cross cultural workplaceis being enumerated in this section of the report. 2.1 Ethnic and cultural differencesThe differences in the cultural and ethnic background often cause issues while operatingas per the needs of the organization. The key elements of the change is due to management’sprejudice to different cultural and ethnic backgrounds, which might create greater misconductand dissatisfaction among the employees (Trax, Brunow & Suedekum, 2015). The variety ofchanges in the processes and the operations of the business are dependent on the performance ofthe business and the manner in which workforce collaborates to bring forth the required changesas per the objectives of the business. The ethnic and the cultural differences affect the morale of the employees whileperforming their job role through the gaps that are created among the employees through the biaspractices of the organizations. On the other hand, favoring the different employees from the samebackground accords to the dissatisfaction in the workforce. Hogan (2012) stated that diversity inthe workforce and the manner in which the management of the organization reacts to the issues

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