Comparison of Business Culture in UK and China

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Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction..........................................................................................................................3
2.0 Countries Background – 2....................................................................................................3
2.1 Cultural Background of UK.............................................................................................3
2.2 Cultural Background of China..........................................................................................3
3.0 Describe the culture of these 2 countries.............................................................................4
3.1 China.................................................................................................................................4
3.2 UK....................................................................................................................................4
4.0 Analysis of culture using Hofstede’s or Globe model.........................................................5
5.0 Challenges of culture to Business........................................................................................7
5.1 China.................................................................................................................................7
5.2 UK....................................................................................................................................8
6.0 Implications of culture on management.............................................................................10
6.1 China...............................................................................................................................10
6.2 United Kingdom.............................................................................................................10
7.0 Conclusion..........................................................................................................................11
8.0 Reference List....................................................................................................................12

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1.0 Introduction
In the course of this report, the business culture of UK and China have been
compared. Initially, the basic culture of the two countries have been compared. Next, the
business challenges in the two countries have been compared. Using the parameters of the
Hofstede’s model, the business opportunities in the two nations have been also discussed in
the report. Lastly, the cultural implications that affect the business of the two countries have
also been reflected.
2.0 Countries Background – 2
2.1 Cultural Background of UK
As a brilliant in many other industrial countries in last two decades the British
industries has also gone through major restructuring. Replacing the more traditional as well
as heavy engineering and primary sectors there has been a subtle emergence of service as
well as hi-tech genres of industry (Barnes et al. 2015).
This shifting process has coincided with the dramatic shift in the manager approaches
as well as company structure is also. As per Liu et al. (2016), many of the hierarchy as well
as class based issues which were a feature of the landscape of British industries has been
replaced by modern models of business and they have often been influenced by the US way
of thinking.
2.2 Cultural Background of China
On the Worlds of the entrance to the 21st century PR of China perceives itself amidst
social cultural as well as economic transition.
The old level of certainties that has been epitomizing the type of the Chinese
communist party at the time of the reign of Mao Zedong have been gradually replaced

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overtime. However, as stated by Burns (2016), policies have been liberal but unclear and this
train have been instituted by the great reforming success as of now, Deng Xiaoping.
The culture of pursuing for profit no longer remains counter revolutionary and the
business heads are no longer perceived as Enemies of the common people (De Cremer 2015).
However it is evident that the Communist Party is still in position and as such there is very
less appetite for political reforms that is quite clamoured for by the western countries.
3.0 Describe the culture of these 2 countries
3.1 China
Perceptions of a job for a lifetime has been highly overtaken by Expectations of rapid
change in the work patterns as well as prospects. Groups of the recent managers in the British
Industries do not expect any more to spend the entire career with one or two of the
companies, rather than look forward in a progressive way to move from one employer to
another (Balicante et al. 2018).
Generalisation in contrast to specialisation tends to become a typical approach of Great
Britain with lower level of merit being placed on absolute technical abilities compared to
other countries. Researchers like Foster (2016), open this tendency as a reason behind the
demise of the domain of manufacturing in United Kingdom in the last four decades.
3.2 UK
As evident in the discussion about, it is a matter of great debate, what business rules
do actually apply, now in China?
The evident answer to this question is obvious. China has fallen back to the drivers of
traditional culture of business and so far is Chinese business domain is concert this refers to
return to the old Confucian values. Highway modern business values are still respected but