Managing Cross Cultural Leadership between China and Australia

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Selected Country to Conduct Business with Australian Based Leaders....................................2
Aim/ Objectives of Workshop...................................................................................................3
Aspects of Lewin’s and Hofestede’s Model that can be Used in Managing Cross Cultural
Leadership between China and Australia...................................................................................3
Main differences when comparing these two models................................................................4
Cross Cultural Leadership Training Workshop.........................................................................4
Ways to use leadership knowledge when working with people from different cultural
backgrounds...............................................................................................................................5
Steps a leader take to more effectively lead a multi-cultural team............................................6
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................7
References..................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
Leadership is considered as one of the crucial element that played a main role in the
international business and in various types of international organization. There are various
analysts where they have stated the cost cultural leadership in various ways. There are certain
phases upon which has made different representation of the cost cultural leadership. The first
phase of the cost cultural leadership is consisted of the theories of leadership that are taken
within the Australia. Secondly, the authors do focus on the leadership of team works that has
the composition of multicultural activities. Seeing the multicultural workforce, there are
leading nations within the world that can be seen have argued over the theories of the
leadership. Thus, the study of leadership has taken into the international strategy and also in
the overall management literature which can be done upon the emphasis of the
transformational and leadership theories that is much needed for proper shape of the
organizations. The country that the Australian based leaders have selected for doing the
business is China.
Selected Country to Conduct Business with Australian Based Leaders
Australian based leaders are carrying out observed to carry out business majorly with
China. Cross-cultural teams managed by Australian leaders through following Hofstede’s
Cultural Dimensions theory following which the Australians attain efficiency in managing
the cross-cultural leadership aspects. The Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions theory, which is
being developed by the Greet Hofstede is a framework that has been used for the better
understanding the alterationsin the culture that are across the countries and several ways
through which the business operations are being done across the different cultures(Smith &
Peterson, 2017). The framework is being used so that it will help in distinguishing the

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different national cultures and the dimensions of culture and the impact upon the business
setting.
Aim/ Objectives of Workshop
International business leaders’ workshop will be developed with an objective of
managing the cross-cultural projects and to improve trade relationships between Australia
and China. Following this objective the workshop will be developed that will majorly focused
on training the Australian leaders for enabling them to be highly competent in managing the
cross-cultural teams across Australia and China. After completion of the workshop, the
business leaders will be able to attain better understanding to manage the teams in the
globalized market. The workshop will facilitate the Australian leaders to attain efficiency in
adjusting to changing business environment and work in collaboration with business partners
and employees of other cultures such as China.
Aspects of Lewin’s and Hofestede’s Model that can be Used in Managing
Cross Cultural Leadership between China and Australia
In the hotstede model, the culture that has implemented is done to seek so that it helps
in providing the answers which is essentially the same, that has been posed by human biology
and simplifications of the human situation(Jackson, 2016). In case of the Lewis model, the
culture is not on the nationality or the region but it is upon the behavior. The six dimensions
that the hotstede model possess are the power distance, uncertainty avoidance, Individualism
vs Collectivism, Masculinity vs Feminity, Long-term vs Short-term, Indulgence vs Restraint.
The three topologies that Lewis model possess are Liner-Active, Multi-Active and Reactive.