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Table of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................3The key factors which influence intercultural business...................................................................3The relationship based and rule-based cultures...............................................................................7Present Cultural situation.................................................................................................................8Communication and etiquette..........................................................................................................9Intercultural business communication...........................................................................................10Doing business and Business meetings.........................................................................................10Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................11References......................................................................................................................................112| Page
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IntroductionThe successful and efficient utilisation of cross-cultural teams can give a source of experienceand innovative thinking for enhancing the competitive situation of the business. But, the culturaldifferences can act as hindrance with the effective accomplishment of projects in currentmulticultural worldwide trade (Alatabani. et al., 2017). For achieving the business objectivesand avoiding cultural gaps, the project managers must be culturally sensitive and encourageinnovation and motivation by flexible leadership (Hoyne, 2010). This report covers the cross-cultural management theory linked with Australia and Saudi Arabia. The cross-cultural theoriesare based on relationship between individuals, motivation, attitude, timeliness, responses towardsthe environment etc. For any business to be successful the leadership has to be culturally awareand there has to be cross-cultural communication along with mutual understanding and mutualrespect (Hunter, 2010). Without this, the global businesses are destined to become failure.Theaim of this report is to advice an Australian business person who wants to communicate andnegotiate effectively in the Saudi Arabian culture.The key factors which influence intercultural business In the today’s multicultural worldwide trading, managers usually face cultural differences anddue to globalisation, the places of work arehighlyintegrated. Therefore, the communication andcross-cultural understandinghaveturned out to be key points for everybody. For developing thecapabilities of communicating, one must aspects which can make the cross-culturalcommunication to be a success or a failure. As per Feher (2012), a few of these aspects include:Racial identity, 3| Page
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ethnic identity, cultural identity, social classes, age, gender roles, roles identity, Individual personalities.The two leading researches of cross-cultural management have been carried outbyGeerdHofstede and Fons Trompenaars.These two suggest a set of cultural factors by whichthe prevailing value system can be laid. This value systems and cultures have impact on the waypeople think, feel and act along with the behaviour of businesses in a predictable manner. Thesetwo set of aspects show basic issues that any community has to deal with however the set ofsolutions are different for every culture (Exciting and New Perspectives in Cross-Cultural andCross-National Research in Marketing, 2016).4| Page
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