Cross Cultural Management Construction of a dam in Tanzania

Cross Cultural Management -
Construction of a dam in Tanzania
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
First topic.........................................................................................................................................3
National culture......................................................................................................................3
Second topic.....................................................................................................................................5
Organisational structure..........................................................................................................5
First topic.........................................................................................................................................7
Ethics and CSR.......................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
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INTRODUCTION
Cross culture management can be describe as the process of managing people from
different culture and background. It is essential for company to manage cross culture in effective
manner as it will lead to have direct impact on the performance of employees (Guan, Xie, and
Huan, 2018). Due to increase in internationalisation, cross culture in organisation and education
has been also increase. In this report impact of difference in culture with in business has been
determine. This report will includes case study of construction of dam in Tanzania. It will
analyse some categories such as national culture, organisational structure and ethics or CSR
activities. In this relevant theories are determine about the topic and issues.
MAIN BODY
Hydro Generation is an American company and Graham Stenberg is the vice President
of this organisation. Hydro Generation company is working to develop a major dam project in
Tanzania. In this project administration responsibilities is held by Brett Jones who is too eager
to work in Tanzanian dam project. Jones gas completed his assignment which is related to
preliminary as well as construction phase of the dam project. Brett Jones is very effective in his
work and results of his assignment was highly satisfactory. He is also well aware about the
values and philosophy of Hydro Generation founder and CEO. Jones is most suited for the
Tanzania dam project as he has experience of neighbourhood countries of Tanzanian. He has
completed MBA form University of Boston as well as worked with Peace Corps In Kenya along
with the he has also working ins small form and making side trips with Uganda and South
Africa.
First topic
National culture
National culture cab be define as the values and belief of society that will lead to have
impact over the behaviour and attitude of individuals (Kohon, 2018). This will includes norms,
customers beliefs which exist in the population of sovereign nation. Culture of a nation is
developed by the traditions, customers and history of particular area that is followed by society
and its citizens. This will directly influence the decision making as well as potential of a person
to carry out task. In order to determine the impact of national culture of the project of
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