Communication
Abstract
The below mentioned paper is a management level paper. It is basically an article review of article- “Do cultural differences make business difference?” based on which the whole article has been summarized and concluded.
In recent years, the world has come closer thanks to advancement in technology leading to business that are global in nature and are able to spread far and wide across the globe. Although the proximity is getting closer and geographical boundaries are diminishing, there still exist many cultural differences leading to different business practices. In the article the author points out that there are many national cultural differences in values, ideologies, work practices etc. I agree to his point of view as some practices and beliefs are ingrained and are influenced by the laws of the land. These automatically seep into business practices too.
Furthermore, people hailing from the same culture tend to be more receptive towards each other than someone from another country. For example, an American heading to England as a manager might not be as successful as a British resident would be. This is even more true in cases where the ideologies and cultural backgrounds differ majorly. Globalization truly set in when the American companies and other first world companies began outsourcing their work to the Asian countries where labour was cheap. In order to achieve better integration and enhanced results, managers from America were sent to open offices and train the local working force. However, many managers were unable to settle and train the local force due to many cultural barriers such as language, dress code, and culture and business outlook.
