Managing Across Cultures

MANAGING
ACROSS
CULTURES

Contents
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◎ Introduction
◎ The concept of cross cultural differences.
◎ How culture can impact upon management activities
◎ The impact that cultural differences can have upon work a multi-
cultural team
◎ The methods used by the business to promote positive and ethical
cross-cultural behaviours
◎ Conclusion
◎ Reference

Introduction Managing across cultures entails being able to identify and
appreciate parallels and contrasts between nations and cultures, as
well as approaching major organizational and strategic challenges
with an open and inquiring mind. Cross-cultural management
enables to better comprehend visitors from other cultures. It is
essential since companies are becoming more global. Today's
modern managers must interact with people from other nations,
whose cultures are significantly different from those of their own.
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Cross cultural
differences
Communication is a dynamic process that is highly impacted by the
interactions with others. To various people, certain words may have diverse
interpretations. Furthermore, the differences in language make cross-
cultural communication extremely challenging, even the same word may
imply various things in different contexts. Miscommunication is more
frequent when there are substantial cultural variations between the
communicators. This is referred to as cross-cultural difference. Cross-
cultural variations in prosocial or good interpersonal conduct have been
regularly established. These distinctions ranged from being willing to offer
a note for somebody else, to asking directions, to assisting a disabled man
in crossing the street.
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Example of
cross cultural
differences at
work
Cross cultural differences are the ideas, attitudes, languages,
traditions, and expressions that are thought to be distinctive to people of a
certain ethnicity, race, or national origin. Professionals who are young or
elder than respective colleagues, personnel with higher degrees than others
in the office, and persons who currently live in either urban regions or rural
villages are examples of cultural differences in the workplace. Workers are
considered to have more similarities than differences although the
variances might occasionally exceed the similarities. While these varied
variations might make for a more lively office, they can also cause a
variety of issues due to clash of cultures.

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The value of
understanding
the concept in
the workplace
Becoming awareness of common cultural differences boosts trust,
enhances professional connections and simplifies tasks. This significantly
enhances interaction that is the foundation of every effective collaboration.
When employees are interested sufficient about one another to learn about
cultural similarities and differences and appreciate each other's uniqueness,
the beneficial influence on commitment is strong.