Cultural Differences in Australian and Singaporean Workplaces
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Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL CULTUREOrganizational Culture Name of the Student Name of the University Author note
1ORGANIZATIONAL CULTUREExecutive Summary This report discusses the fundamental differences between the organizational cultures inSingapore and Australia in the backdrop of the renowned multinational organizationUnilever. The basic differences have been discussed in terms of working hours, work placelayout, office culture and bureaucracy, individual behaviour and food and socializing.Organizational communication theories have been discussed in relation to these.
2ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURETable of ContentsIntroduction................................................................................................................................3Background of the company......................................................................................................3Work place Layout.....................................................................................................................4Bureaucracy and Office Culture.................................................................................................4Work hours.................................................................................................................................5Individual behaviour..................................................................................................................6Socializing and food...................................................................................................................7Conclusion..................................................................................................................................7Reference list..............................................................................................................................9
3ORGANIZATIONAL CULTUREIntroduction In this era of globalization, the attitudes of management of the companies are alsoevolving with the widen information technologies and the bigger intrusiveness of the nationaland international governments in the major spheres of the business management (Wise &Velayutham, 2014). There have been several studies on the understanding of the difference ofintercultural communication and its impact on the organizational culture between countries.Most such studies are generally restricted within the sociolinguistic parameters or havemostly revolved around the politeness phenomena, lunch etiquette, foreign languageacquisition or norm discrepancy. There are some huge culture differences in Asia andAustralia region and this makes few specific differences in the organizational culture. Someresearchers claim that Australia is almost a part of Asia but this claim is psychologicallywrong and geographically questionable (Barak, 2016). Australia is a major part of a globalpolitics where some Asian countries are entangled with the financial and social development.Therefore this report will cultivate on the organizational culture of Unilever in both thecountries, Singapore and Australia, in terms of their work place layout, individual behavioursuch as dress codes, bureaucracy and interpersonal practices. Background of the company Unilever is a transitional consumer productions organization based in Netherlands.The company has a wide range of products including beverages, foods, personal careproducts etc. It is one of the biggest consumer goods organization along with the biggestmanufacturer of food spreads like margarine. Unilever is the owner of more than fourhundred brands and it is one of the oldest multinationals that sells its products over 190countries all over the world (Unilever Global, 2018). The company is mostly categorized in
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