THE CROSS CULTURAL MANAGEMENT

Running head: CROSS CULTURAL MANAGEMENT
Cross Cultural Management
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Podcast Script
The given case study talks about the different cross cultural issues taking place in the
company named HydroGeneration (HG), that is based in U.K. It is evident from the case
study that Jones, is an efficient employee in the company and has been actually showing a
considerable effort and good performance. It is because of this reason that the company has
been able to perform well on its current project of the dam construction that is taking place in
Tanzania. However it is seen that Jones is very well in handling the local people and can also
converse them well. However as per the opinion of GrahamSteinberg,vice president, there are
some very severe issues that are being seen in this organization. He has noticed that there are
some issues like excessive involvement with the local culture (Koley and Rao 2018). This is
one of the major faults that are seen within Jones. This is because of the fact that Jones is
avoiding the Christian values and culture and trying to promote only the Tanzanian ways of
business etiquette in the organization. The motivation theory must be used so that Jnes is
actually able to motivate all the employees, including himself to get id of the cultural biases
and embrace the cultural differences.
Therefore the organizational culture is getting affected. It is also evident from the
ways in which Jones is hiring the local episode. In order to carry on with the dam building
project, the company needs a good strength and also the knowledge and expertise of local
people to ensure that the work is a carried on smoothly. However Jones is using word of
mouth for hiring. This might make the other employees suffer from lack of motivation as they
will feel that there is nepotism going on around in the organization. Communication is the
key issues identified as Jones is not communicating his ideas and opinions with the VC or
other officials and vice versa.

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Reflection group
In order to work on this assignment, I had to work in a group and also make sure that the
work is going on smoothly. This is because of the fact that communication was a key issue in
my group. I was working as the team in charge and had to make sure that all the members are
being able to understand the work that is being assigned to them. I realized that the group
objectives and the decisions are not being communicated among all the members. This was
because some team members were new and they had no idea or no previous experience about
doing any group project. They were very shy and were not being able to reach out any one for
help. This was actually hampering the fast movement of the overall project work.
Reflection
I was working in a group in order to complete this project. However later on, I realized that
there were several good and also bad things that went on in my group. We were mainly
working on a case study that daft with the issues CCM or cross cultural management.
However it must also be mentioned in the similar context that in order to gain a successful
group project it is really essential to get a very good response from all team members. There
was a difference of opinion among my team mates, when I suggested the idea that we must
all undergo effective communication training. This was because communication was one of
major issues in my group. I realized that the team members were suffering from hesitation
and there were severe errors in the proper circulation of the messages or the team decisions at
the right moment.
I was of the opinion that in order to solve this group assignment all the team members must
try to understand the case study and also relate with them. As it has been seen that cross
cultural management and communication was the major issue in the given case study, I