Challenges Faced by Organizations Going International

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Contents
INTRODUCTION 1
BRIEF OVERVIEW 3
CHALLENGES FACED BY ORGANIZATIONS GOING INTERNATIONAL 4
ORGANIZATION CULTURE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS 7
REFERENCES 8

INTRODUCTION
With places people also differ and hence the culture. In Japan people are very polite while in Australia they are blunt. Even if one consider Red colour, it means stop or danger in United Kingdom, good fortune in China and symbol of death in Turkey. This shows vast difference in culture and thinking of people in different countries. Behaviour and thinking pattern of people differ in different cultures that have been studied by lots of political scientists and sociologists from perspective of Patterns of global diversity and their implications.

Figure 1: Organization culture
In this essay, author is concerned as to how corporate organization and their management decisions are affected by diversity in culture and related differences in expectations, norms and behaviour of particular groups of managers, colleagues, customers or employees (Earley, 2006). Few examples will be quoted in this essay by author wherever needed for proper understanding of viewpoint. In starting author will give a brief overview on topic covered. This will later be supported with discussions on globalization and challenges international organizations face in its launch in various countries, organizational culture and its implications, implication of national culture on an organization and how management of organization in international context is impact by organizational and national culture. At the end essay will be concluded with an analytical conclusion of topics discussed.
BRIEF OVERVIEW
In today’s world, with expansion of various multinational firms, there has been an ...

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... multicultural environment and handle it with care and sensitiveness.
REFERENCES
• Earley, P. (2006). “Leading cultural research in the future: a matter of paradigms and taste,” Journal of International Business Studies, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 922–931.
• Li, D. & Keith, G. (2007). “National and corporate culture differences in international strategic alliances: Perceptions of Chinese partners”, Asia Pacific Journal of Management. pp. 191-205.
• Michael, J. (2008). “Organizational Communication Perspectives and Trends”, fourth edition, Sage Publications. Pp:180-201.
• Mosakowski, E. (2000). “Creating Hybrid Team Cultures: An Empirical Test of Transnational Team Functioning”. Academy of Management Journal, pp: 26 – 49.
• Steven, M. & Thomas, W. (2008). “Organizational Psychology, A Scientist-Practitioner Approach”, John Wiley & Sons. Pp: 35-43.

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