Managing Across Culture

THE ASSIGNMENT­ MANAGING 

ACROSS CULTURES

You are asked to write a report; advising Managers working for international organisations on the issues involved in managing staff from different cultural backgrounds. How would you start your report – here is our example.

What should be in the introduction

A good introduction is in two parts – both parts are included and both are important:

1   (a)      why is this report important to the reader

(b)            what is the topic about

2.          Outline of what is in the report – prepare your reader

Introduction; Part 1 – why is it important; what is the topic about

    In today’s global economy, working with people from different cultures is becoming the norm. Although this brings many rewards it also introduces challenges for both workers and management alike. All managers know that motivating their staff is the key to a successful business. To do this, they must understand what drives their staff. But what if their staff seem to think and behave in unexpected ways? This can happen when people from very different cultures work together. Organisations are beginning to realise the importance of training their managers to become inter­culturally competent in order to ensure their staff continue to be motivated and productive.

Part 2: Outline of what is in the report – the main issues

The main issues to be discussed in this report are:

•             How culture influences working styles

•             Different management styles

•   The importance of training managers to become inter­ culturally competent

Where am I going to get the source material to help with assignments

Normally:

Lecture notes and set reading

Other Textbooks

Journals

Websites

THE PRACTICE REPORT

Where do I get source materials to write my Practice Report

•       See the link provided

The Practice Report

What is the topic? ­ “ Managing Across Cultures “

What does it mean? ­ how a manager should manage a team of staff from different cultural backgrounds.

•  What is the word count? 1,500 excluding the reference section

Where do I get the source material? – from the Link provided Remember – the source materials has to be creditable

•          Cross­cultural communication http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Cross­cultural_communication ­ this is interesting, but is it credible???

•  Quality management : a cross­cultural perspective http://www. emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do; jsessionid=4E6779B84E7B9FB1689E81123174751F?contentT ype=Article&contentId=1786448 interesting and credible

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