Impact of Regional Cultural Issues on HSBC Organizational Culture

This report examines the impact of regional cultural issues on the organizational culture of HSBC Holdings, a multinational corporation. The introduction defines international management and highlights the report's focus on HSBC. The main body of the report, labeled as TASK B, delves into the effects of regional cultural differences, gender conflicts, religious differences, and differing perspectives on HSBC's organizational culture. It explores how these factors can negatively influence productivity, create conflicts, and impact decision-making within the company. The report draws upon various academic sources to support its arguments. The conclusion summarizes the findings, emphasizing the importance of addressing cultural issues to ensure successful international operations. The report is structured to analyze various aspects of how regional cultural issues affect a business.

International Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................2
TASK A......................................................................................................................................................2
Covered in PPT.......................................................................................................................................2
TASK B......................................................................................................................................................2
Effects & impact of regional cultural issues on corporate organizational culture of HSBC Holdings.....2
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
International management is defined as administration of a venture operations in a
company that serving in markets their quality services and providing satisfactory products as
well as operating in more than two nations. The current assignment will be based on HSBC
holding, which falls under list of top multinational organizations in the UK. The study will
explain the impact and effect of regional cultural issues on corporate organizational culture of
firm as it conducts ventures activities at international level.
TASK A
Covered in PPT
TASK B
Effects & impact of regional cultural issues on corporate organizational culture of HSBC
Holdings
There are several forms of factors exist in the world of business that has been affected
companies, especially that operate at international level. In term of external factor, regional
cultural problems may put negative impact on company culture as it has conducted its venture
globally, for commercial purpose.
Regional Cultural differences-
It is one of the most affected and impacted regional cultural problems that may put
negative impact on organization business culture in term of decreasing productivity of staff
members who perform in their home town and in future may do the same but in other nation,
where the culture and environment may quite different (Buecker and et.al., 2020). For example,
HSBC holding operates in UK, its organizational culture is affected and impacted due to this
factor or issue negatively, when it takes initiative to enter into new market or nation, where the
culture that people follow it totally different from where it came. It can be said that differences
between two regions also create an issue that may put unexpected affect or impact on existing
business environment where number of skilled and talented employee are working, just to grow
venture and make it successfully, while operating business internationally. It may lead to create
conflict between existing and new workforces, who belongs to different regions.

Gender conflicts-
It is another regional cultural issue that also put same impact like above does on
corporate organizational culture such as HSBC holdings that has been conducted its business
globally. In term of problems, it many create negative environment within organization, where
existing employees perform in productive manner, in order to sustain their business forever
internationally (Tran, 2020). In some regions, just because of gender issues, most of the female
are do not interacting comfortably with male workers, which may affect the work of other and
their behavior as well. Overall it can be said that gender conflict as issue may create more
challenges in front of management, which is not that easy to overcome as it requires a lot of
attempts and time, in order to handle the situation. Amount of eye contact and physical space
between a women and men matter in some organizational culture, without these no one firm may
grow and maintain its brand image at international market, which is quite important for it to do
so.
Religious differences-
It is the most common regional cultural issue that put direct impact on HSBC
organizational culture and the way its workers perform within company as it conducts venture
internationally. It is fact that there are key differences in religious practice and belief that has
been considered by people outside the most isolated and smallest communities, and work within
a company (Szydło and Grześ-Bukłaho, 2020). While working in any organization such as
chosen one, individual worker performs, behave and conduct each practice according to their
religious. The clashes between employees on the basis of different religious may create barriers
to growth for management, which they may overcome by taking varied actions that takes a lot of
time. When two people work on same task, but due to this kind of factor they may do not follow
the instruction of each other, it may lead to develop conflicts at workplace which is not good for
the culture within company. It affects the way management take decision and also the ways
employees behave.
Different perspectives-
It may also consider as regional cultural problem because each person has different
perspective related to product, service, activity, practice and other things, which may create

clashes, when they perform with those who also have their own perspective but, quite different
from others. It may put negative impact on corporate organizational culture of a multinational
organization that is HSBC holding as it conducts its venture internationally. It may lead to
increase work pressure on management to deal with this situation and solve issue as faster as
possible, which is really quite important for maintaining influencing and motivating
organizational culture that may be affected due to this force. Perspective differences is one of
those cultural issues that emerge within varied companies and affect the way each candidate act
or behave. Each person in this world have their own way of thinking and understanding, which
may impact negatively upon company when two people from different religion and perspective
conduct investigation based on same subject.
From above discussion, it can be said that each regional cultural issue put impact against
positive and productive corporate organizational culture of HSBC holding, for which
management may take initiative to overcome these in appropriate manner (Srivastava, Singh and
Dhir, 2020). It helps to obtain desire outcomes and allow firm to sustain and operate its business
internationally, which is not an easy task for any brand to accomplish. There are varied forms of
methods, techniques and ways available in the corporate world that company and its
management may take into their consideration for gaining competitive edge and in the future
success more than other companies that has operated in same industry for similar or may be
different purpose.
CONCLUSION
By summing up above analysis, it has been concluded that by taking varied initiatives
organization has successfully overcome the negative impacts of cultural problems upon its
organizational environment.

REFERENCES
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