Cross Cultural Management: Case Study of Tanzania

CROSS CULTURAL
MANAGEMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
PODCAST AND SCRIPT...............................................................................................................1
REFLECTIVE REPORT ................................................................................................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Cross Cultural management is an imperative activity that is related towards appropriate
planning, organising, staffing, directing and controlling the individuals belonging to different
cultures in order to appropriately and effectively achieve organisational objectives in various
different countries effectively (Tran, 2016). Hence, in this relation, the report below is based on
the case study of Tanzania, where Hydro Generation is a company that has been working
towards a dam project. The report would be upon the problems that the firm is facing due to
Brett Jones, who was the project liaison specialist that was responsible for a range of operations
and a linkage between the individuals of the firm and the local people. For this purpose, the
assignment would be including a podcast, as well as a personal reflection in an appropriate
manner.
PODCAST AND SCRIPT
As per the case study, it was realised that there were several problems that were
associated with the management of Brett Jones that are causing several issues to the senior
managers and individuals of the company. Two of these particular problems are Nepotism, as
well as Harmful Communal Practices that are hampering the project, as well as mindset of
individuals working within the firm (Stahl and et. al., 2017).
Hence, Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions is one framework that is being implemented
within this case. This model has several cultural dimensions that reflect the differences between
cultures and which could be used as key essentials to solve the problems within the company.
Hence, as for the case of Hydro Generation, this framework is applied below: Individualism vs. Collectivism: It contains the extent up to which the societies are
appropriately integrated into several groups and have dependency towards the same.
Tanzania seems to have several collective communities, which could give rise to the
problem of Nepotism, whereas the US based employees have a highly individualistic
society. Hence, in this context, it is necessary for Brett Jones to ensure that
individualistic approach is to be adopted in hiring individuals on the basis of talent which
would be beneficial for the company (Pudelko, Tenzer and Harzing, 2015).
 Indulgence vs. Restraint: Within this dimension, the extent of a society towards
fulfilment of its desires is measured. The communal groups within Tanzania have
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