International Management Report: Comparative Analysis of Six Countries

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of international management, focusing on six key countries: Australia, China, India, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. The report begins with an executive summary, followed by a detailed examination of each country's real GDP growth, GDP per capita, and current account balance. It presents data on exports, imports, and merchandise trade, along with an analysis of cultural and religious practices, including languages and education systems. The report then delves into the political and legal systems of each country, covering government structures, voting systems, and key political figures. The conclusion summarizes the key findings, highlighting the comparative insights on economic performance, cultural diversity, and political frameworks. The report utilizes data from the Australian Government's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) website, providing a well-structured and informative overview of international management principles and practices.

Running head: INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT
International Management
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The assignment provides the GDP growth rate of six countries China, Japan, The United
Kingdom, India, Australia and The United States of America. The second table below provides
the total imports and exports of Australia with the six countries. The total merchandise trade is
also given. In part 2 the culture and religion of the six countries are given. Lastly, in part three
the different political and legal systems of all the six countries are provided.

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Table of Contents
PART 1 GROWTH AND TRADE..................................................................................................3
PART 1 TABLE 1.......................................................................................................................3
PART1 TABLE2.........................................................................................................................3
PPART2 CULTURE AND RELIGION..........................................................................................4
AUSTRALIA...............................................................................................................................4
CHINA.........................................................................................................................................5
INDIA..........................................................................................................................................5
JAPAN.........................................................................................................................................6
THE UNITD KNGDOM.............................................................................................................6
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA....................................................................................7
PART 3 POLITICAL AND LEGAL SYSTEMS............................................................................8
AUSTRALIA...............................................................................................................................8
CHINA.........................................................................................................................................8
INDIA..........................................................................................................................................8
JAPAN.........................................................................................................................................9
THE UNITED KINGDOM.........................................................................................................9
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA..................................................................................10
CONCUSION................................................................................................................................10
REFERENCE LIST.......................................................................................................................11

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PART 1 GROWTH AND TRADE
PART 1 TABLE 1
2016 2017
COUNTRI
ES
REAL
GDP
GROWT
H
GDP
PER
CAPIT
A
CURRE
NT
ACCOU
NT
BALANC
E
REAL
GDP
GROWT
H
GDP
PER
CAPIT
A
CURRE
NT
ACCOU
NT
BALANC
E
AUSTRALI
A
2.6 51,920.
50
-38.8 2.2 50,333.
70
-34.2
CHINA 6.7 8,115.8
0
202.2 6.9 8,643.1
0
164.9
INDIA 7.1 1,749.2
0
-15.3 6.7 1,982.7
0
-51.2
JAPAN 1 38,982.
90
188.1 1.7 38,439.
50
195.4
THE
UNITED
KINGDOM
1.8 40,529.
60
-153.9 1.7 39,734.
60
-106.7
THE
UNITED
STATES
OF
AMERICA
1.5 57,558.
90
-451.7 2.3 59,501.
10
-466.2
(Source: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 2018)

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The GDP of United States of America is the highest as seen in the table both in 2016 and
2017. The Real GDP growth falls in 2017 for Australia, India and UK whereas for countries such
as China and USA, the GDP growth rises. India’s GDP per capita is the lowest compared to
other countries.
PART1 TABLE2
COUNTRI
ES
AUSTR
ALIA
CHIN
A
INDI
A
JAPA
N
THE
UNITE
D
KING
DOM
THE
UNITE
D
STATE
S OF
AMERI
CA
EXPORT 3,01,998 1,00,18
4
15,748 44,98
1
6,114 12,26
9
IMPORT 2,88,174 64,524 5,109 21,09
8
6,876 31,31
3
TOTAL
MERCHAN
DISE TRADE
5,90,172 1,64,70
8
20,856 66,07
9
12,99
0
43,58
2

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AUSTRALI
A'S
INVESTM
ENT
22,80,23
7
77,099 13,957 1,25,1
22
3,33,
117
6,64,5
12
TOTAL
INVESTMENT
IN
AUSTRALIA
32,66,43
1
64,954 15,494 2,19,2
36
4,81,
387
8,96,8
50
AUSTRA
LIAN
EXPORTS
(A$m)
COAL 57,129 11,792 9,181 16,49
9
IRONORE 63,092 51,660 5,588
BEEF 1,991 1,673
COPPEROR
E
1,970 688 1,260
WOOL 2,741
AIRCRAFT 911
PHARM
PRODUCTS
673
LEAD 493
ALCHOLIC
BEVARAGES
361
SILVER 297
VEGETABL
ES
1,377
GOLD 17,632 689 2801
NATURAL
GAS
25,620
AUSTRA
LIAN
TELECOM
PARTS
12,783 7,468 1,012

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IMPORTS
(A$m)
COMPUTE
RS
5,463
PETROLEU
M
19,166 1,554 2,810
FURNITUR
ES
2,758
GOLD 2,271
VEHICLES 22,810 199 7,609 1,537 2,322
MEDICAM
ENTS
335 445 1,101
ALCHOHOI
C
BEVERAGES
261
AIRCRAFTS 1,82
6
(Source: Cia.gov,2018)
Australia mainly exports coal, iron ore, copper ore, gold, natural gas and alcoholic
beverages to other countries like China, India, Japan, UK and USA. It mostly imports petroleum
and vehicles from other vehicles. Other things which are mainly imported by Australia include
telecom parts, aircrafts and medicaments.
PPART2 CULTURE AND RELIGION
AUSTRALIA
Religion- Majority of the people of Australia follows Christianity. With around 23
%Roman Catholic and the Protestants (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 2018). Along
with this 30% of the people follows no religion.

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Languages- The English speaking people accounts for 76.8% followed by people speaking in
various languages such as Arabic, Italian, Mandarin, Greek and lots more.
Education- The secondary school enrolment rate in Australia is the third largest in the world. In
order to help the children in remote areas, School of the Air is introduced where students in
remote areas can attend school through computers.
Cultural Practices- Australia mainly follows the western culture. It is also a multicultural society
and they are very down to earth people along with placing high value on the relationships.
CHINA
Religion- It is a multi religious country. The four official religions of China are Buddhism,
Christianity, Taoism and Islam. It is officially an atheist state.
Languages- The official language of China is the Standard Mandarin. Min, Wu, Yue and Hakka
are the other languages spoken here.
Education- The literacy rate both for male and female is quite high which is around 98%. It also
has a provision of government funded nine years of compulsory education. It has also become
one of the top destination of the international students.
Cultural practices- An extremely large country ranking first in population. One of the important
legendary cultures of China is the Chinese dragons which also acts as a symbol of power and
strength.
INDIA
Religion- 79.8% of the population are Hindus while 14.2% of the people are Muslims. Rest of
the religion followed here are mostly Christianity and Sikhism.

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Languages- Most of the people in India are generally Hindi speaking while English is used as a
subsidiary official language and also used in political and for commercial communications.
Education- Both the public and the private sector is responsible for providing education in India.
For the children between 6 and 14 free and compulsory education are provided to them. The
literacy rate is around 71.2%
Cultural Practices- India has a diverse culture. It has 29 states with different cultures and
traditions. The culture of India is a collection of thousands of unique cultures comprising of all
religions.
JAPAN
Religion- 79.2% of the people follows Shintoism, 66.85% practices Buddhism and the rest 1% of
the population follows Christianity (Ellwood & Pilgrim,2016).
Languages- Japanese is the most widely spoken languages in Japan. Along with it Ryukyuan
languages are also spoken in this region and they also do not have any official language.
Education – Education is compulsory or everyone at the lower secondary levels. Japanese
students consistently rank high in math and sciences compared to the other OECD students.
Cultural Practices- China has some influence o0n Japanese culture. They also celebrate Matsuri
once in a year. Painting, calligraphy and sculpture are some examples of visual arts of Japan.
THE UNITD KNGDOM
Religion- Christianity is followed by majority of the people followed by Muslims, Hindu and
25.7% of the people follows no religion.

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Languages- English is the most widely spoken language in the United Kingdom. It is also the
official language. Welsh, Scots and Cornish are some of the languages spoken all over the
country.
Education- The literacy rate in the United Kingdom is quite low compared to other countries
(Compare countries - Hofstede Insights, 2018). The Primary and Secondary education is
completed by the students within sixteen years and then pursue General Certificate of Secondary
Education
Cultural Practices- The cultures of United Kingdom is diverse. Cinema, architecture, British
Literature and art are some of the important aspects of the British culture.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Religion- 46.5% of the people are Protestants, 20.8% are Roman Catholic and the rest are
Jewish, Mormon and Muslims.
Languages- majority of the people speaks English with 13% Spanish speaking people.
Vietnamese, French and Korean are some of the other languages spoken here (Campbell &
Mithun, 2014).
Education- compulsory schooling is provided to students till the age of sixteen. Both private and
public as well as the home schools provide education in America.
Cultural Practices- the people of The United States of America follows western culture.
However, due to high rate of migration, it has a diverse population.

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PART 3 POLITICAL AND LEGAL SYSTEMS
AUSTRALIA
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is the head of the Government of Australia since 15
September, 2015. Once in every three years the Federal elections are held in Australia (Curtin,
2016). There is also a system of compulsory voting in Australia where citizens are needed to
participate in voting when they are over eighteen years old and also it is required to register
themselves on the Electoral Roll. The Federal elections is usually conducted by The Australian
Electoral Commission. The Senate and The House Of Representatives are the two chambers of
The National Parliament (Cia.gov, 2018). Australia is also known to be constitution al monarchy.
Its political system also can be said to be democratic. Lastly it can be said that Australia is a
constitutional monarchy, a Federation and a parliamentary democracy.
CHINA
President XI Jinping is the chief of state of China since 14th of March, 2013. National
People’s Congress are held responsible for electing both the president and the vice president for
the term of around five years. The Chinese Community Party is the only one party which is
present in China. All the citizens who have reached the age of eighteen years old have the right
to vote (Breslin, 2016). The political structure of China is that it is ruled by the Communist
Party. The highest body of state power in the People’s Republic of China is called the National
People’s Congress.
INDIA
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the Head of the Government since 26 May 2014. The
Government type is federal parliamentary republic. The Constitution and the Representation of

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People’s Act provide the right to vote in India, which guarantees that citizens above 18 years of
age have the full right of vote. The President and the vice president both are indirectly elected by
the Houses of Parliament for a term of five years. The Lok Sabha members of the winning party
are in charge of electing the Prime minister. The Preamble of the Constitution of India states
India to be democratic republic.
JAPAN
The type of Government which is present in Japan is parliamentary constitutional
monarchy. Prime Minister Shinzo ABE is the head of the Government of Japan. The voting age
was reduced from twenty years to eighteen years in 2016. The general elections and the local
elections are held every four years and the House of Councilors election is held once in a while
in three years. The Japanese Communist has been one of the largest non governing communist
parties in the world. The Legislative power includes the House of Councilors and the House of
Representatives whereas the Judicial body is assigned to the Supreme court.
THE UNITED KINGDOM
Queen ELIZABETH II is the chief of the state and the Prime Minister Theresa May is the
head of the Government. It follows the hereditary monarchy. Citizens who have reached the age
of eighteen are eligible to vote. The leader of the winning party usually becomes the Prime
Minister of the country. The general elections are usually held at the interval of five years
according to the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, 2011 (Oakland, 2015). The elections are generally
held on the first Thursday on the month of May at the end of every five years. The United
Kingdom is a representative democracy.

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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
President Donald J. TRUMP is both the chief of head and head of government of the
United States of America since 2017(Campbell & Mithun, 2014). The election is held once in
every four years. The lowest voting age is eighteen which is same like those of the other
countries mentioned above. The President usually heads the executive branch and the Legislative
power is divided between the Senate and the House of Representatives.
CONCUSION
International management is defined as the management of business organizations where
business is conducted in more than one country. The investment in the United States of America
by the Australians is the highest. It has also been noted that the minimum age of voting remains
same for all the six countries along with the frequency of election taking place which happens
once in every four to five years (Douglas, 2014). Majority of the people in the above mentioned
countries speaks English. In order to conclude it can be also stated that all the six countries
mentioned have a diverse culture and follows many religions.
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