Report on Cultural Factors in China-UK Joint Venture Success

This report examines the dynamics of a joint venture between China and the United Kingdom, highlighting the crucial role of cultural understanding in such collaborations. It identifies key differences in education systems, classroom environments, and communication styles between the two countries. The report emphasizes the need for cultural sensitivity training programs to bridge the gap between Chinese and UK employees, fostering better collaboration and mitigating potential challenges arising from differing values, norms, and behaviors. Ultimately, the report concludes that acknowledging and addressing cultural differences is fundamental to the success of joint ventures between China and the UK, providing a framework for understanding and navigating these complexities.

A joint venture between
China and UK

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
Main differences between the United Kingdom and China.........................................................3
Use examples based on the Chinese context...............................................................................3
Cultural sensitivity in China / The differences from the UK.......................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
The following report deals with the manner of the Joint venture between China and as well as the
United Kingdom. A joint venture is a form of cooperation among several sorts of companies that
maintain their independence. The purpose of a joint venture is to carry out a specific project or
economic term of activity (Chan, Tetteh, and Nani, 2022). A joint venture is simply cooperation,
not a merger of the companies involved.
TASK
Main differences between the United Kingdom and China
Both of the nation’s China and as well as the United Kingdom are located in different
geographical locations and have several sorts of diverse histories and as well as cultures.
Adapting to such differences and culture sections is generally significant for visiting students.
The British education system is very different from that of China. They spent lower time
in class and most of them follow themselves in the study section. Chinese had more than 10
courses in one semester, compared to only 3 courses this semester. In addition to it, British
teachers will have to read the literature to gain more knowledge (Jiang, Liu, and Li, 2022). In
the UK most classes are taught in tutorials but in China, most of the classes are taught in lectures
as effectively and efficiently.
Chinese students are not very active in their classrooms. The educational environment of
Chinese students is dominated by tutors from the primary age and they have deficiencies in
independence. So when they come to the UK, most are not good enough at English and they also
do not feel comfortable with their answers and by which they keep quiet.
Use examples based on the Chinese context
In this section, the format of the university is different. Universities are not closed like in
China, so it will have a positive impression that they are very big schools. They have to "travel
mountains and as well as rivers" every day to attend their classes. Classrooms in China are all
comfortable for the students and changing the classrooms is fast and suitable.
Communication can be done with the procedure of E-mail which is also a habit that can
be acquired for the first time when students came to the United Kingdom.

Cultural sensitivity in China / The differences from the UK
As it is easy to manage the joint venture, the division involves employees from two
nations. As it is a collaboration, management should offer their employees specific terms of the
training programs (Sun, and Yang, 2022). By having a suitable term of training programs they
should divide into two aspects. The fundamental criteria of cultural training targeted of helping
workers a better section of the differences between Chinese and UK individuals to manage the
cultures that influence values, norms and behaviours.
CONCLUSION
From the above-mentioned report, it has been concluded that Cultural differences among the
home and as well as host nations are considered to be the fundamental reason for the success of
joint ventures. The above framework covers the cultural dimensions that can help in
understanding the cultural differences and challenges between China and the UK.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Chan, A.P., Tetteh, M.O. and Nani, G., 2022. Drivers for international construction joint
ventures adoption: a systematic literature review. International Journal of Construction
Management, 22(8), pp.1571-1583.
Jiang, F., Liu, L.X. and Li, J., 2022. From horizontal knowledge sharing to vertical knowledge
transfer: The role of boundary-spanning commitment in international joint
ventures. Journal of International Business Studies, pp.1-21.
Sun, Q. and Yang, Z., 2022. ‘We lose a lot of value’: feedback on English for academic purposes
speaking skills in online teaching in a UK-China joint-venture university. Assessment &
Evaluation in Higher Education, 47(4), pp.622-635.