Ernst & Young's Global Strategy: International Management & Culture

This report provides an analysis of international management practices at Ernst & Young Plc, a leading consultancy firm, focusing on how these practices influence organizational culture across different regional business units. The report highlights the importance of understanding various factors in the international business environment and how organizational culture facilitates efficient employee performance. It discusses how Ernst & Young maintains coordination between its headquarters and global units, adapting its organizational culture to specific geographical locations while addressing challenges like power distance, individualism, and uncertainty avoidance. The report concludes that Ernst & Young's strategies, including its performance-based organizational culture and consideration of regional cultural issues, have contributed to its global success. It also offers a self-reflection on the key effects of national culture on organizational culture, emphasizing the company's effective communication and decision-making practices. This document is available on Desklib, a platform offering study tools and resources for students.

International Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1(b).......................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
International management is meant by management practices in order to carry out
operations and activities of business organisation offering services in more than one economic
nation. The study of international management is comprised of knowledge and understanding of
various concepts and factors in the international business environment. Organisational culture
determines a systematic approach of carrying out activities and operations in a workplace of
organisation. Ernst & Young Plc has been taken into consideration for carrying out this report
assessment. This report assessment will be comprised of insightful knowledge of various factors
and aspects that facilitates in encountering regional cultures. Furthermore, this assessment will
facilitate in understanding of international management of organisations in order to achieve
organisation goals.

TASK 1(b)
Referring to my knowledge and information, Ernst & Young Plc is among the leading
business organisation in consultancy industry. The company has been controlling and regulating
operations and activities from head office being established in London, United Kingdom. For
instance, the company considers an efficient and systematic approach in regulating and
controlling these operations and activities being carried out in the global economic markets.
Organisation culture developed in respective organisation facilitates efficient performance of
employees. Moreover, it ensures consistency in improvisation and enhancement of performance
of employees in the work place. Furthermore, this organisation is determined at producing high
quality output with efficient cost of production as well as upright performance of employees in
carrying out tasks and activities.
According to information and knowledge provided in the respective presentation, it can
be said that management of Ernst & Young has been maintaining an efficient coordination and
connectivity between headquarters and other business units in different economic nations. I
learned from the provided presentation that organisational culture is influenced according to their
specific geographical locations. For instance, rules and regulations as well as availability of
resources is uncommon in almost every nation or economy. These differentiated aspects include
availability of resources, cost of using these resources, government policies regulating in that
particular geographical location, etc. These aspects influence organisational culture according to
location of established business unit.
In order to acquire information and knowledge in an efficient manner, I considered going
through this presentation in order to accumulate insightful knowledge of concept and elements
provided in this particular presentation. According to my understanding, higher level
management of respective organisation engaged in headquarters considers various aspects in
order to facilitate suitable and appropriate organisation culture according to particular
geographical location. For instance, I learned that these considerations of organisation facilitate
in controlling and influencing organisation structure in regional business units to a higher extent.
In accordance with mentioned PPT, I came up with understanding of strategies and
approaches implemented by management of companies in order to ensure effective and efficient
organisation culture of business units in different regional nation or economy. These strategies
and approaches are implemented and applicable in every phase of management practices in order

to facilitate company’s aim and purpose of regulating these business activities and operations.
Moreover, it provided to me with knowledge of organisation culture implemented in workplace
of respective organisation being performance based organisational culture. In order to promote
this determined organisation culture, management of company initiates various approaches and
strategies that influences organisation culture of several regional business units of respective
organisation.
Referring to my findings, the provided information and knowledge allowed me to
understand various key effects of cultural issues upon corporate culture relating to the chosen
organisation. The primary aspect among them is considered as Power distance, which determines
relationship between headquarters and other business units. This issue occurring in a particular
regional business unit will result in affecting efficient interconnection of superior business unit
with other regional ones. For instance, according to my knowledge and findings, the respective
organisation maintains lower level of power distance as it facilitates efficient execution of
communication, relations, and interactions. On the other hand, higher power distance results in
raising conflict and cultural issues which degrades performance of overall workplace.
Furthermore, this initiative includes contribution and participation of subordinates towards
decision-making practices in order to ensure effective decision-making.
Another major effect is considered individualism in a workplace that results in employees
getting determined upon achievement of personal and desired goals. This cultural issue results in
being a barrier in influencing practices and approaches initiated by superior management towards
other business units. In order to promote company’s core organisation culture, management
undertake various practices and initiatives in prevention of individualism from the workplace in
order to influence organisation culture.
The remaining effects in accordance to my knowledge and findings includes masculinity,
uncertainty avoidance, and long term orientation. These organisation culture issues results in
being barriers in regional organisation culture. I learned that superior management of respective
organisation considers all these issues and challenges to regional culture in order to influence
particular regional organisation culture to maximum extent. Moreover, my personal belief lies in
company's management strategies as it is engaged in carrying out suitable and appropriate
practices which facilitated Ernst & Young Plc in reaching succeeding heights of growth and

expansion. Therefore, these positive initiatives has allowed company's management in effective
coordination and influencing organisation culture in various regional business units.
Referring to this mentioned and provided power point presentation, I have acquired
information and knowledge of various elements and aspects of organisation culture. Moreover,
going through research of the particular concept and topic, I was provided with understanding of
regional culture as well as how is it influenced by headquarters organisational culture of an
business organisation. Therefore, all these information and knowledge facilitated in my learning
and personal development procedure in order to be ready for future circumstances with sufficient
knowledge and experiences.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it could be concluded that, respective organisation is a
multinational business organisation operating in global economic market with a worldwide
presence. In addition to that, organisation culture followed in workplace is determined at
performance of employees in carrying out operations and activities of organisation. Moreover,
strategies and approaches are implemented by company’s management with consideration of
various aspects including general management approach, staffing, controlling, and decision-
making. Furthermore, self-reflection is provided which determines key effects of national culture
upon organisation culture.

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