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The Concepts And Concepts Of An Organization

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For the past two decades continuous problems have occurred concerning company’s expatriates. Expatriates are sent overseas to manage the parent company’s additional branch according to the company’s culture. The goal for these expatriates, “domestic equals overseas performance”, is, having the ability to run the company as efficiently overseas as it is in the states. For the past two years expatriates are have not been able to attain this goal. Many companies did extensive research and decided on four components every expatriate must learn in order to adjust successfully. The four dimensions are: The Self-Oriented Dimension, The Others- Oriented Dimension, The Perceptual Dimension, and The Cultural-Toughness Dimension. The Self-Oriented Dimension includes activities and attributes to strengthen self-esteem, confidence, and mental stability. There are three important sub factors, reinforcement substitutions, stress reduction, and technical competence. You must be able to understand what makes that culture happy. You need to be able to replace your cultures values with the countries values, based upon importance. For example, sports are not put on a high pedestal as they are in America in other countries or cultures. Learning about new cultures has always been an interest of mine. I think I would be able to successfully learn about a new culture, what they value, and in what order they are valued, and then, personally apply it. I do, like many have my own values and

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