Podcast Cross Cultural Management

Podcast Cross Cultural Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
PODCAST & SCRIPT.....................................................................................................................1
Issue 1) Organisational culture....................................................................................................1
Issue 2) Communication.............................................................................................................3
Issue 3) Negotiation....................................................................................................................4
Issue 4) Ethics.............................................................................................................................5
Issue 5) CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility).........................................................................6
CONCLUSION...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Cross cultural management refers to study of the management in cross cultural and
consist study of impact of the social culture on the management practices and management. It is
dealing with or comparison among two or more than various cultural areas. It happens when
manager oversees staff members from culture other than own (Brunet-Thornton and Bureš,
2012). Present case study is based on the Brett Jones in Tanzania. It is related to issue of negative
manager. Under given report, different issues will be discussed i.e. Organisational Culture,
communication, negotiation, diversity, ethics and CSR. The solutions of these issues will be
stated by using some theories relevant to them.
PODCAST & SCRIPT
There is manifestation concerned with the cross cultural management team when Hydro
Generation expand its business in unfamiliar culture. During conducting business in international
market, this is important to aware about the policies, communication styles and some other
things. Cross-cultural management consists organizing the work teams in such a way as to
include variations in the procedures, culture and also consumer desires in international business
background. This includes managing and working effectively in a team which takes into account
preferences, cultural differences and also foreign business practices (Chanlat, Davel and Dupuis,
2013).
Culture is related to the beliefs and norms of an individual. This is important for an
individual to under culture of company so that employees can focus on attaining the specific
objectives and targets in significant way. There are several components such as organisational
culture, communication, negotiation, ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility. These all
impact on the HG business during conducting the business activities at internationally. In context
to Dam manufacture project, there is need to the Hydro Generation company to organise and also
manage the issues which are concerned with activities effectively (Eisenberg, Härtel and Stahl,
2013).
Issue 1) Organisational culture
It is system of the shared beliefs and values which govern how the people behave in
company. These have strong impact on people in company and also dictate how they behave and
act to perform the job responsibilities. This encompasses the behaviours and values which

contribute to unique psychological and unique environment of business. In context to case study,
Graham Steinberg is vice president at the US based Hydro Generation (HG). In this, from Jones
work, Graham Steinberg is not satisfied and it negatively impact on the organisational culture of
the HG organisation. It develops the negative impact on the employees of an organisation.
Graham Steinberg and Jones both are not satisfied from the work of each other and it negatively
impact on the working environment as well as culture of company. The way of conducting
business by Tanzanian, some of them ran the counter both organisational culture of Hydro
Generation and operation method in to the foreign environments (Eisenberg and et. al., 2013).
There is an issue to Steinberg about actions of Jones which might have repercussions for project
of company in Tanzania. On the other hand, Nepotism is a main issue and Jones has made hiring
on the basis of nepotism concept. There are some employees which working at high level and
Jones appointed some people which are relatives of higher authorities. Jones was too comfortable
in African culture that had him assign in the same job individuals and relatives advert by them to
facilitate the completion of the entire project. It is part of the national culture that includes
customs as well as traditions developed through local people living in that area or country.
Theory Identification
According to given case, there is a requirement to implement theory to determine the
solution of arisen issue at workplace related to organisational culture. In regards to this, Harrison
culture model will be applied (French, 2015). The four different categories of Harrison culture
model are given below:
Power culture- Under this, culture is characteristic of entrepreneurial company. On the
basis of this, power is held through some people whose impact spreads throughout company. On
the basis of given case, this is identified that if power culture will be executed then high
authorities of Hydro Generation will having right to take better decision to company and include
Jones to take decisions quickly (Holden, Michailova and Tietze, 2015).
Task culture- It forms when team in company are formed to address the particular issue.
It develops when in Hydro Generation firm team is mainly created to ascertain issue. This will
be determined by the dynamic team. Through mixing the right skills, leadership can be
productive and creative. In case, if HG is having particular project in this case they need to
execute this culture and set guidelines for completion of work done on particular time.