Compare And Contrast Australia And Singaporean Management Styles

Comparison of Australian and Singaporean management styles with each other

Singapore and Australia are two countries located in the South East region of the world. Singapore are considered a part of Asia, while Australia is considered to be a part of the Oceania or the Australasia continent. The two countries are separated by just over 2700 miles, the countries are that not far apart geographically but when it comes to management styles in business activities, the two couldn’t be more dissimilar. Australia is a relaxed and individualistic culture. The manager recognizes that the employees are professionals and they know what they are doing. The manager would spend as little time discussing the way a job needs to be done as possible. He recognizes

Micromanaging the employee makes it harder for the manager to look into all aspects of the job and do his own job at the same time. This also gives the workers very little room to wiggle and do their jobs in their own ways. A manager is the boss and he knows a little bit about most of the things but he would not know the best way of doing all the jobs hence the workers are hired. The people who are more qualified to do their own jobs are given space to do the job in the way they deem best. The working culture in Australia is also very individualistic. People are driven by achievements for themselves. Internal competition between employees is encouraged to motivate them to work harder than they are doing at the moment. The employees are believed to be working for their own benefit first and then for the benefit of the company. It is the job of the manager to manage these employees and create synergies between them to find out the most effective way of making them work together for the greater good of the firm. Change is considered a good thing in Australia. Managers are willing to take the risk of trying something new and taking steps that are risky for the business. The employees considered to be made part

The culture in Singapore is very formal, group oriented and much of the communication is done via non-verbal methods. In Singapore, the needs of the group or the company in this case, are given higher preference over the individual needs. The success of company is more important than the work that a person does. Since the culture is very formal, some things are not said by an employee to his manager or by the manager to his employee. Non-verbal cues are to be picked up to see if the employee is happy or not or if the manager is happy or not. A hierarchical structure is used and there is a clearly defined boundary of the individual. The employees are expected to follow this structure within the company and stay within their boundary. Relationships between employees and managers take time to develop and it is considered important that the manager plays close attention to the needs of the employees. The manager should realize that each employee has a part to play in the role of the running of the company. Keeping yourself within the duties of the role brings order within the organization and everything remains in a well defined manner. The managers in Singapore try to keep a general view about the life of the employee outside the organization. The manager tries to learn as much as possible about the family of his subordinate to make sure that he understands that