Western Markets & Learning China Strategies
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Running head: CULTURAL CHALLENGES OF DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA 1INTRODUCTIONFor the Western business people, doing business in China has become their primarypreference according to various reasons. Reasons such as China ’s cheap manufacture andproduction an industry that offer discounted goods and services for the Western businesseswhich makes China the largest exporter in the world currently. China is rapidly developingwhich means that the economic growth is always on the rise (Bruton & Ahlstrom, 2003). Thenumber of Western countries outsourcing products and services from China is also growing andthere is a constant need to develop a business sense in the value of understanding business inChina. Western business people face various cultural challenges that lead to difficulties in thebusiness outcomes (Lee, Pae & Wong, 2001). The cultural differences between China and theWestern world should be well understood so as to avoid avoidable situations that may discouragebusiness. This paper will explore the various cultural difficulties that are likely to be encounteredby a global company from the Western economy and recommendations on how the venturewould succeed in spite of the cultural differences. Language barrierCultural misunderstanding mainly arises from lack of proper communication and inChina ’s case, language barrier is one of the primary cultural difficulties Western business peopleface while doing business in China. It is difficult to meet Chinese business people who are fluentin both English and Chinese. The language barrier factor leads to inconvenient business meetingsand delicate business negotiations. One can't get away from the conclusion that somehow theseissues of expanding correspondence, expanding assorted qualities, and expanding size ofoperations must bother the issues introduced by the language boundary (Lockett, 2005). Thisbeing the situation, these issues ought to be showed in recognizable examples in the waymultinational organizations modify methodology, structure, and frameworks with a specific endgoal to adapt. Lamentably, the worldwide administration look into group has so far donegenerally little to recognize and think about this language issue. Cultural mistaken assumptions emerging from miscommunication are one of the greatestdifficulties which remote organizations confront in China. Despite the fact that there are anexpanding number of Chinese individuals profoundly capable in English, it is phenomenal to
2come across somebody who comprehends the English language and has a sufficiently solidcomprehension of both Chinese and Western culture to explore sensitive business transactions.On various occasions, business leaders of remote organizations make business trips to China,have a few profitable meetings, and return home with solid business prospects (Busenitz, 2004).While correspondence between the outside and Chinese organizations goes easily at in the firstplace, things begin to separate as business issues get more unpredictable and the Chinese sideexperiences issues disclosing to the remote organization business that are novel to China in away that is justifiable to a Western group of business people. What began as a promisingprospect for both sides regularly separates because of false impressions brought about bylanguage barrier?
3To keep away from such issues, it is imperative to have a worldwide group set up whichcan connect Chinese and Western cultural contrasts. The thought that cultural contrasts can be ahuge hindrance to working together is presently acknowledged. Be that as it may, this ordinaryacknowledgment may have blinded Westerners to a more essential nation trademark with asimilar effect that is language (Jameson, 2007). Doing business in China requires that a Westerncompany has explored the effect of language on the differing qualities on administration. Language obstructions are in this way prone to assume a key part in any multilingualbusiness relationship. Maybe the most affirmed indication of the language boundary at work canbe found in the relationship between a multinational organization and its system of worldwidebackups. Regularly, seeing someone conceived out of acquisitions, the language capability of thesecond language clients is at neither extraordinary to the language hindrance. Regularly, thesecond language clients will have some capability, however insufficient to be completely casualand powerful in the correspondence. For the most part, the communication is interpersonal innature and more regularly are experiences between languages misunderstanding especially to theChinese who lack comprehension of the English language (Busenitz, 2003). Languagemisunderstanding adds to the issues of viable communication in business. Regularly, the lines ofcorrespondence are bended by the nearness of the expatriate work force in the auxiliaryassociation, who can mediate in the communication procedure to sidestep the formal reportingchain. Most importantly, the highlighting of the Chinese lifestyle is important for Westernerswho seek to bond together with organizations in China. The solid cultural accentuation in Chinaupon the framing and keeping up of integral and honest business connections with a perseveringexhibit of good character and notoriety (Li, Lam & Qian, 2001). It is crucial to identify thesecultural issues that could pose threat to Western investors seeking to engage their business inChina as it would save them from the costs associated with such cultural factors.It is essential to comprehend the rules of how to associate with individuals from analternate culture without falling back on assumptions that might be obsolete and cliché. It isexceptionally vital to be able to consolidate conventional cultural profiles with scientificstructures, which permit experts to take an underlying recognition about a culture, assessadjusting components, and have the capacity to adjust the profile for potential changes in
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