Why Do Cross-National Organizations Fail?
Autor: Tsz Pei Ng • May 21, 2016 • Research Paper • 5,777 Words (24 Pages) • 1,014 Views
Why do Cross-national Organizations fail?
Prepared for
Anastasia BELIKOVA
Prepared by
Group 6 (T09)
Vicky, Ng Tsz Kei (53050650)
Lief, Fong Hoi Ying (54037742)
Daniel, So Pak Yin (53087250)
Ronald, Sin Ting Fung (53083945)
Cronus,Yung Yat Long(53042348)
CB2300
City University of Hong Kong
November, 2014
Table of Contents
Introduction………………………………………………...
Case Studies & Analysis.…………………………………..
Daimler-Chrysler Merger……………………………………….
Japanese Subsidiaries in Germany……………………………..
Challenges of Managing a Cross-national Organization ….
Hofstede’s five dimensions……………………………………..
Culture Shock…………………………………………………….
Recommendations………………………………………….
Build a Strong Organizational Culture………………………...
Hofstede’s Cultural Onion……………………………
Practices……………………………………………….
Enhance Cross-cultural Communications…………………….
Limitations………………………………………………….
Limitation of Practice……………………………………………
Bad Culture
Unethical Culture………………………………………
Anti-productive Culture……………………………….
No “One Size Fits All” Model…………………………………..
Conclusion………………………………………………….
Reference…………………………………………………
Introduction
Due to globalization, business tends to spread worldwide. Sometimes it could not be prevented from working with others from different national backgrounds. Nevertheless, managing or communicating with those “foreigners” may bring certain adverse effects, because of their cultural gap.
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