If a company wants to expand their business to a different country, is the business practices and culture the same? According to the Encyclopedia of management, “The standards, expectations, and benchmarks of business behavior vary across countries” (Hill. p. 491). There are numerous countries in the world with their own culture, which correlates with their business methods. With that said, it is vital for companies to understand that not every country is the same, in terms of business and culture. The culture and business structure, for example in The United States (U.S), is different in Spain. Spain’s business practices and culture has differences in these three categories: contextual, social, non-verbal.
Spain is a high context culture. Business people in this country prefer face to face versus written communication. The Spanish look at nonverbal communication like facial expressions and eye contact. In addition, Spaniards analyze the true intentions of a company; does the company care or is it just a financial gain for them? People with a business proposal must schedule a time to meet Spaniards. Spaniards appreciate those with great personalities and make the effort to meet them. With that said, Spaniards expect businesspeople to build personal relationships with them. In fact, the first meeting is meant to get to know one another, create stable relationships as well as trust (Global Road Warrior. “Spain: The business experience”). Therefore, in Spain, cultural context
In order to deal with businesses in the overseas market it is necessary to be aware of their cultural heritage. The purpose of this report is introducing and addressing the key cultural features of Spain. It is important for businesspersons to avoid some cultural mistakes in their trips to Spain. The report has pointed two main views which are general cultures and business cultures in Spain. For general cultures, it gives information on language and communication, religion, social structure and value and attitude. The
One culture that interests me is the Italian culture. This culture interests me due to part of my paternal heritage coming from Italian descent. I would love to be able to visit Italy one day to experience the Italian culture. Based on some of the research that I have done, there are many ways the Italian culture can enrich one's life, deepen their business expertise, and improve one's communication skills. Italy is among the seven most industrialized nations in the world, and its economy is among the broadest in the world encompassing almost every type of industry. Building close relationships are very important in Italian business culture, so it is important to ensure that one's Italian counterparts like and trust them. During introductions
Similar business cultures and values are shared between mature and emerging market partners. The values of family structure are almost identical in terms of children and spouses (need for flexible scheduling). The overwhelming majority of the population is of Christian beliefs. Economic theories are that of an open market approach, which is common in an emerging and mature market. Educational configuration is The Meeting etiquettes and customs of a hand-shake when greeting each other and a slight hug when greeting family members.
Business culture has been researched and analyzed for differences among American and Mexican business cultures. It is important to stress differences to relocating staff as a measure to ensure proper business interactions during all phases of Shell 2 Shore’s expansion into Mexico City. Communications in the forms of verbal, non-verbal, and written communications will be addressed in this section. This section is extremely important in expansion efforts. Cultural and business culture training for staff should be considered important and necessary to ensure that Shell 2 Shore is received within the community.
The environment and the culture of another country can greatly affect a business that is operating internationally in many ways. Since every country has its own culture and values that differ from country to country, it will affect any business that is attempting to expand internationally, as there won’t only be one culture that ought to be considered before expanding internationally, but quite a few, and also what might be considered as acceptable in one country, it may not be in another.
The way any company or business views culture within their organization is important being that this is what helps people within an organizations work together and are able to interact with individuals on the outside. This ties together and helps the organization run smoothly and become successful which is why UMCU take this to heart and thrives on. There are seven main dimensions and characteristics that are the primary building blocks of all organizations beginning with innovation and risk taking, attention to detail, outcome orientation, people orientation, team orientation, aggressiveness, and stability. In each of the mentioned dimensions Kathie believes that UMCU excels and find that all of them are equally important in their organization and make sure to exceed in each of those areas which is why she rated them all a five.
This report will look at the cultural analysis of Spain, dealing with the country's culture and business culture. It will deal with the cultural components that are prevalent in the country, how the culture affects international business and what business operators can do to operate effectively in Spain.
Individualism/ collectivism. In individualistic organizations people achieve goals alone and they take care of themselves first. In collectivistic cultures instead members have joint responsibilities for example Japan.
establishes their rituals and justifies what are their norms and values. Businesses wanting to expand to different nations must take into account the countries’ culture and values in order to produce and manufacture products and services according to the norms of their society, and ensure their culture is respected and preserved in the way the products are marketed and manufactured. The products must be available and accessible without concerns of dissing religion and aspects of their culture and way of life.
In any foreign expansion, it is important to understand the culture of the country in which you intend to do business. Our company's CEO is sending us to Spain to consider the culture of the Spanish people and try to determine if we can do business there. We will consider the culture among various cultural factors such as the greetings, the manner in which people dress, their food, the language, and the way that they conduct business. Spain has unique fiestas that honor the Roman Catholic patron saints such as the running of the bulls (Lior & Steele, 2002). The domestic culture of Spain is a critical consideration in determining if the business can be successful there. This analysis will consider each of these points as well as make a final recommendation.
This paper serves a purpose of examining the Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions and using such measurement to compare the cultural values of Canada and the United States. It will look deeper into the cultural dimensions, business practices and business etiquette. This paper will also provide information of both countries and where they stand on the dimensions and the reason why. Hofstede decided that when two people interact with each other within an organization, culture characterizes their behavior and attitude towards others. Psychology Hofstede had published his cultural dimension’s model at the end of the 1970s. In more than fifty countries Hofstede studied the people that worked for IBM. The dimensions collectively portray the impact of the culture in the society on the values of the members of the society. The description of the relationship between the values and the behavior based on the factor of analysis.
It is committed to lifelong training and it provides staff with opportunities to gain relevant qualifications such as those offered by the British Institute of Innkeeping. Every member of staff is considered as potential management material and 20% of senior managers began as bar staff or cleaners. It recognises that employees will not stay with it for all their working lives but does wish to build a sense of loyalty.
Business cultures vary from nation to nation because of the impact of its national society. The national culture is moulded by different variable rights from the beginning of that nation to the present day social changes. The social estimations of the countries have huge impact in the day to day life of individual and too in its cultural, economic, business and political environment. The effect of national culture on the administration and hierarchical conduct of an association working in a specific nation is unavoidable (francesco). The organisation working in a global business have set of standard strategies and guidelines however it is evident that those arrangements are taken after distinctively inside it’s could call its own association as the individuals from diverse nation do things in diverse ways. Additionally, individuals inside of the organisations will likewise have distinctive states of mind and behaviour due to the influence of their national society (trompenaars). For instance individuals experience wonders, for example, power, organisation, inventiveness, great partnership, check and responsibility in diverse routes in distinctive parts of the world due to impact of their national society. In this way, it is unavoidable that national culture influences its business surrounding and business organisations as business must interface with individuals, either as clients, workers, suppliers or partners from distinctive parts of the world (jones).
“Culture has become very important topic of international business”. Lee, Y., & Liu, W. (2012). Imagine a successful organization in the United State wants to enter to another country’s market like India. These two countries have many differences in their culture as general and their individuals are influenced by the national culture. It is important for a leader to know individual’s differences and cultures in order to have an effective leadership, and run a productive and successful business in other countries. Even in inside of a country which has multinational employees, culture differences would be challenging. Human diversity may cause many conflicts; a good leader is the one who knows all the diversities, and manages them toward the
The importance of this research is to push the perspective that difference in the national culture must taking into consideration particularly when businesses establishing new start up into foreign country.