Development of Skills on Cross Cultural

Running head: DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS ON CROSS- CULTURAL CONTEXT
DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS ON CROSS- CULTURAL CONTEXT
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Introduction
The development of the leadership skills in the cross- cultural context is necessary for
empowering the performance of the expatriates. Petrie et al. (2019) stated that there are certain
barriers related to language, differences in approach and the established culture of the nations. In
this connection, the development of workshop activities for empowering the cross- cultural
knowledge of the business managers permits an organization in improving the rate of operations
in accordance with the needs of the customers. The current research will identify the different
training based activities that might be conducted by an organization with the purpose of
improving the performance of the managers and the leaders while operating in the cross- cultural
context.
Decision on the country with which the Australian-based leaders are doing business
The research will focus on choosing the most relevant practices that might be considered
by Australia based leaders while operating in the markets of Bhutan. The chosen organization for
the research is Bhutan due to the differences in the power distance might create issues for the
leaders of the Australian organizations while operating from Bhutan. It has been observed that
the power distance between the employees and the hierarchy, in Australia, is relatively lower
than that of Bhutan (Bird & Mendenhall, 2016). Therefore, the workshop for the leaders in the
Australia based organization would allow the same in empowering their understanding of the
leadership approach, communication and other factors that might be a restricting factor to
performance while operating from Bhutan.
Objectives of the workshop
The objectives of the workshop are:

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 To develop language and workplace culture related knowledge of Bhutan among the
Australian leaders
 To instill knowledge on the leadership approach that might be considered by the
Australian leaders while operating in Bhutan
 To identify drawbacks in the approach that is infested by the Australian leaders and
thereby rectify the same
Design and documentation of the workshop
Agenda
The CCL program (Cross- Cultural Learning) program will be held with the objective of
improving the self- awareness, resilience and agility in learning new concepts among the leaders
of the Australia based organizations. The workshop would likely address all the issues that are
being faced by the Australian leaders while coping with the changed business or operational
environment. The development of the different activities in the workshop would allow the
Australian leaders in developing an idea on the nature of change that might be expected by the
same while operating on their roles in Bhutan.
Description of exercises
The workshop will consist of different exercises with the purpose of improving the cross
cultural knowledge of the Australian managers while making the same aware of their respective
strengths and weaknesses and strategies for overpowering their flaws. In this connection, the
exercises would include a brief introduction to the cultural background of Bhutan, speech
therapy, relevant leadership approaches and way of collaboration. The brief on Bhutan’s cultural
history would enable the leaders in identifying the logic behind the different societal norms and
organizational culture (Ramsey & Lorenz, 2016). Moreover, the briefing on the history of