Cross Cultural Leadership

Cross Cultural
Leadership

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
1. Analysis of culture of Spain and discussion of two suitable leadership approaches...............1
2. Review of human capital management statics from two countries..........................................3
3. Challenges that could be faced by future leaders.....................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Cross cultural leadership can be defined as the ability of an individual to deal with other
and treat them properly in different cultures. Main purpose of it is to guide all the staff members
who are working under a leader (Bird and Mendenhall, 2016). For all the supervisors it is very
important to make sure that they pay attention towards all the needs and requirements of
subordinates who are working under them. Present report is based upon cross cultural leadership
analysis in context of different countries around the world. This assignment covers various topics
such as assessment of cultural of Spain, suitable leadership styles, review upon human capital
management etc. Along with this, all the challenge which could be faced by leaders in future are
also covered in this report.
MAIN BODY
1. Analysis of culture of Spain and discussion of two suitable leadership approaches
Spain is one of the most beautiful countries around the world it is situated on Europe's
Iberian Peninsula. Its culture is based in a variety of historical influences which are based in the
Celtic of Rime and culture of Iberia. There are various other ancient people who has influences
upon it. These are Phoenicians, Carthaginian, Greeks, Romans etc. Rome created the Hispania as
a legal, administrative and political unit which has resulted in the lasting legacy in the Spanish
Culture in the areas of language and religion (Egel and Fry, 2017). Various subsequent courses
of the history of Span also added elements to the culture and traditions of the nation. 75% of the
Spanish language is derived from Latin because ancient Greek has contributed in the vocabulary
of Spain which left a great impact upon the culture.
Spain is considered as a country which is a mixture of different complex cultures. Most
of the citizens consider themselves Spanish, some of them consider Catalan, Galician or Basque.
Empire of Spain was began when America was discovered by Columbus in year 1492. It led the
colonisation of central and south parts of Mexico, America, Caribbean etc. Spain suffered from
critical hardship between years 1936 to 1939 as it was the time of civil war. It resulted in the 36
years of military dictatorship by Franco. It was faced by Spain until the death of General
Francisco Bahamonde (Culture of Spain, 2020). He was died in year 1975 and till this year
various difficulties were faced by Spain. Right after his death the country tried to establish
peaceful and collaborative society which resulted in the growth of economy and modernisation.
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