Cultural Differences Between Australia And Indonesia

Power distance describes the distance between power and the members of a particular culture. France has a higher power distance than the United States. Gudykunst describes countries with a high power distance as, “Individuals who accept power as part of society. As such superiors consider their subordinates to be different from themselves and vice

This book identifies three standards of employees which each may require a different method of leadership form the same leader. These employees

Ornate temples, forests, white sand beaches are what define this country. You can also explore surrounding islands like Bali, Java, Sumatra, for some adventure and look forward to food and lodging at unbelievable prices.

Another prospect is Australia’s mineral resources. Australia is predicted to be holding much of iron ore, coal etc. This means that we are on top of vast resources that can be sold to other countries. Japan would benefit as it purchases a large amount of our coal and iron ore. This advantage could also be used to lever a FTA with the Japanese. The infinite capabilities of Japanese technology would allow Australia to keep up with the world in many areas. Of course, most of these are technologically related.

Australian-Indonesian relations are the foreign relations between the two countries, whether economically, politically, legally or socially. Australian-Indonesian relations involve an interaction in foreign policies between the two nations (Wolfsohn, 1951, p. 68). As long as Indonesia is Australia 's closest and largest neighbor, they are bound to have great international relations. These relations began as early as the 17th century and had only become enhanced with time (Daly, 2003, p. 397). The relationship has been defined by a conjoint growth trade of up to $14 between the years 2011-2012 which reports an increase from the previous economic year (Mark, 2012, p.402). These countries are members of various trade deals such as the ASEAN Regional Forum in addition to having close ties with education, defense, and leadership. Australia 's relationship with Indonesia is crucial, and lack of such could severely bruise the economy, and hence they need to keep united by ensuring the use of widespread media with beneficial input. Australia interacts with Indonesia in a way such as sporting activity, tourism, education, economic policies, youth exchange programs, cultures and above all their diplomacy (Okamoto, 2010, p.241).

To best compare and contrast my chosen CALD groups, the cultures of the Aboriginal and Chinese people, I focused my research and analysis on the dimensions of individualism vs collectivism and communitarianism.

Australia has several ties with other countries. These ties are established in several ways, one of which is through trade. The nature of trade includes exporting and importing goods and services which form trade links with partner countries. Trade comes with its advantages and disadvantages. Australia also takes part in multilateral agreements, such as APEC, to be able to strengthen trade links.

2. How would leveraging capabilities with respect to the Indonesian market differ between an Australian/New Zealand producer of computer software and an Australian/New Zealand manufacturer of automotive parts?

The contents and assignment in this course has helped me understand the various theories of leadership and how different leadership styles can have a negative or positive effect on followers and organizations. The leadership theories helped me understand the concept of leadership better because it educates me on the different leadership options that are available. Leadership and followership is not based on specific characteristics. Leaders must draw from things and approaches to find the right style. A follower’s attitude determines the way a leader leads. According to Johnson (2011) “Being a good follower means ensuring your boss is supported, but only if he is making optimum decisions”.

The dimension of power distance affect the HR activities by reactions to management authority differently among cultures. There will be greater status and authority differences between superiors and subordinates if the power distance increases. The next factor is individualism which it can up to which people in a country prefer to act as individual in the group. Asian countries more toward to group-oriented meanwhile United Stated more prefer to individualism. The last factor are masculinity and femininity which means masculine is for men and femininity is for women. The person with assertiveness, success, and competitiveness well known as masculine meanwhile feminine known by quality of life, close personal relationships, and

Kamprad does not want his employees to be sheep or yes men but effective active followers that are independent critical thinkers. Some of Kamprad’s leadership characteristics are “directive, supportive, participative and achievement oriented (Nelson and Quick, 2011- 413).” According to the leadership grid Kamprad is deep in the 9, 1 quadrant which is “Authority-Compliance management: efficiency in operations results from arranging conditions of work in such a way that human elements interfere to a minimum degree (Nelson and Quick, 2011- 409).”

Analysing 116 000 survey questionnaires, Hofstede’s improve four dimensions helping others to understand different culture behaviour. These dimensions were created based on simple problems that most societies have every day.

According to Hofstede’s research on different cultural dimensions , Netherlands score low (38) on power distance which means they are independent , believe in equal rights , superiors are easily accessible , they do not like to be controlled and attitude towards managers is informal and on first name basis. Communication and participation is appreciated. They are an

The KOF Index of Globalization ranks Indonesia 87th in the world in total globalization, below its immediate neighbors like Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and well below Singapore. The country ranked 76th in economic globalization, 146th in social globalization and 39th in political globalization. The country's economic globalization score is based on trade flows and restrictions, equally. Indonesia's score in terms of economic trade is likely dragged down by its significant trade barriers. These barriers represent an obstacle to flourishing trade for Indonesia, which otherwise performs well in terms of its international trade profile.

As per Economic Complexity Index (ECI) Indonesia is the 79th most complex economy in the world. The country ranks 25th in terms of export in the world. As per 2014 export data, Indonesia imported $178B and exported $178B. This resulted in positive trade balance.