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Organizational change management ESSAY It is analyzed that there are various factors that impact the overall process of change. There are two factors culture and power that impact the overall process of change in the country. This paper takes into consideration the cultural analysis of Singapore and Australia and its impact on the changes that takes place in the company of that specified country. The emphasis will also be given on how the national culture influences the five bases of power of French and Raven’s. Thelast phase of the paper will discuss about the use of power in the programs related to change. To evaluate the cultural dimensions of the countries, one of the best models that should be taken into consideration is Hofstede model (Kuipers, et al.2014, 1-20). To evaluate the various cultural aspects of the country there are many elements that should be discussed like power distance, individualism, uncertainty avoidance, indulgence, long term orientation and masculinity. By giving focus on Singaporean culture it is seen that it is one of the multi ethnic society with 77 % of the Chinese and total 6 % Indians with 15 % Malay and 2 % expatriates. If focus is given on Australia then it is seen that there are 67 % British origins who are staying there followed by some of the European Ethnicities and there are only 3% Aboriginal natives who are left (Lozano,Nummert, and Ceulemans 2016, 168-188). One of the elements of Hofstede model is power distance which is related to accept the unequal distribution of power among the individuals in the company who have few powerful individuals. In this element the scoring part is states that the score of Singaporean is more in the context and individuals depend on the decisions that are taken by the managers(Power, et al. 2015, 63-100). This is due to majority of the individuals who are Chinese in the country and who believes more in teaching related to Confucian. While Australia has a low score in this perspective which statesthat in Australia the structure of the companies are flat and also subordinates can interact easily with the top management. Another element related to Hofstede model is individualism which is related with the overall degree of interdependence of the individuals on each other in the society. By considering individualism it is seen that Australia has a high score (Díez-Esteban, et al. 2018, 1-20). This states that the individuals in Australia are more focused on themselves. In companies, the workers are self-reliant whereas if Singapore is considered it is seen that the score is low and this
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Organizational change management tells that society is collectivist in the Singapore. The individuals focus more on “we” concept as compared to “I”.Masculinity is the next element in Hofstede model. This element is related to motivation of the individuals in the country. It is seen that the country which is masculine in nature is more motivated by considering the overall competition level. It is seen that the society which is relatedto feminine take into consideration the perspective that “they do what they like to do”. In the society the focus is more on enhancing the quality of lives (Pereira, 2017, 349-367). Australia is considered as masculine society as the score is 61 and it give more focus on competition. Next element is related to uncertainty avoidance in which the emphasis is more on the situations that are unknown in the society. In this it is seen that there are many people who are afraid of thesituations that takes place suddenly. The score of Australia is 51 and Singapore score is 8 in this context (Chew 2017, 83-104). This states that Singapore takes into consideration more rules andstructures. One of the essential factors is related to long term orientations in which the needs are required to make the analysis of the culture. In this case the score of the Singapore is 72 and it states that the Singapore society focuses more on long term approaches. The society of Australia has less score and it states that the individuals believe in the approach related to short term and work according to the short term goals.Indulgence is the last element in the Hofstede model which is concerned with the desires and impulses of the individuals and the way their control it. The score of the Australian society is 71 in this perspective and this states that the society is more indulgent in nature. If Singapore is taken into consideration then it is evaluated that the score is 41 which is low and it is difficult to consider the preferences as the overall score is not good. By giving focus on the overall organizational perspective it is seen that there are various types ofpowers that has been taken into consideration by the leaders and these powers are more influenced by the culture of the place where the company is conducting the operations (Yum, et al. 2015, 100-112). In today’s scenario, it is seen that culture is known as one of the major competitive advantage for the organizations. The cross culture is affected by cross culture leadership. In cross cultural management, the behavior related to leadership can be elaborated bythe culture and power which influences the leadership to behave in a specified way. The power
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