Analysis of Common Language Policy in a Multinational Public Utility

This report delves into the intricacies of language policy within public utility companies, particularly those operating on a multinational scale. It examines the adoption of common corporate languages and the implications of maintaining a parent company's language. The report explores the dynamics of language use, including the impact of language policy decisions on power structures within the organization. It emphasizes the importance of standardization in communication while acknowledging its limitations in multilingual environments. The study highlights the significance of factors such as learning, information flow, and the role of expatriate managers in ensuring effective communication and information transfer within the company. The report also references academic research on corporate language policy, addressing the gap in literature regarding the benefits of a public utility's choice to keep its parent company language upon adoption of a common corporate language.

COMMON
LANGUAGE POLICY
IN PUBLIC UTILITY
COMPANY

Introduction
Language policy may be comprehended as
the implicit & explicit policies that are
adopted in an attempt to change the
language behavior of people within society
Minimal academic research has been
published regarding language policy and
planning in various business organizations.
The objectives of this paper are to establish
the best practices regarding language
policy

Corporate Language Policy
A reason for the study of corporate
language policy is the minimal academic
research where language is being used
in corporations has been conducted
(Rahman, 2017)
Another reason is corporate language
policy presumably affects everyone that
works or intends to work in a
corporation

Language Dynamics
An MNC has one language policy that
includes a parent company language, a
common corporate language & multiple local
languages
Suppose a public utility has
 relocated headquarters to another nation
 or even has experienced an international merger,
the parent company language can be substituted by a
common corporate language

Subsidiary Languages Acceptance
Public utilities communication use their
foreign subsidiaries in numerous languages
Communication between the headquarters
and the expatriate’s personnel take place
within the language of the parent company &
common corporate language.
Communication between the personnel of the
headquarters & locally hired managers
normally take place in the common corporate
language.

Parent Company Language
Continued maintenance of language of
parent company comes has benefits to
employees of parent organisations
There’s a gap in literature regarding
language policy on the benefits of a
public utility’s choice to keep its parent
company language upon adoption of a
common corporate language

Language policy and power implications
All the policy decisions of language come
along with power implications (Gariup,
2017)
Language policies are often perceived as
inevitable, practical & natural
It’s unfortunate for corporate language
policy makers to fail to consider the manner
in which language policy decisions take
part in the dynamics of power within an
organization

Language Standardization
Companies are more complex when they
internalize.
It is recommended that public utilities
should acknowledge standardization of
language is cannot solve all problems of
communication it will come across when
within a multilingual surrounding (Mar-
Molinero and Stevenson, 2016).

Conclusion
Learning, information the executives, and
information move are viewed as key
components in making upper hand for global
partnerships.
How information enters an association and
changes it have been focal worries in
hypotheses of authoritative learning.
Quite compelling in ongoing examinations on
information move in MNCs has been the job
of exile directors

References
Gariup, M., 2017. European security
culture: language, theory, policy.
Routledge
Mar-Molinero, C. and Stevenson, P. eds.,
2016. Language ideologies, policies and
practices: Language and the future of
Europe. Springer
Rahman, T., 2017. The role of English in
Pakistan with special reference to
tolerance and militancy. In Language
policy, culture, and identity in Asian