“INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR”
Readings : Ch. 01 – Culture and Management; Ch. 02 – How Cultural Differences Affect Organizations; Ch. 03 – Communicating Across Cultures; Ch. 10 – Managing Cross-Cultural Transitions: Moving Abroad and Coming Back Home; Ch. 07 – Motivating people from around the world: inspiring people to contribute;

Questions : 01 – What are the key messages in each chapter? 02 – How do they apply to my experience?

Ch. 01 – Culture and Management

Business is everywhere and has existed for centuries. People and corporations have always made business. The evolution of practices during the twentieth century reaches to the implementation of strategies called global. The way to success to a worldwide activity is achieved through four successive stages: Domestic, Multidomestic, Multinational, and Global phase.
The complexity of running a company outside national boundaries implies the necessity to develop a more adapted management style: as parochialism is over nowadays, managers must be open-minded. Cross-cultural management describes organizational behaviour, compares organizational behaviour and interacts between all the stakeholders, from countries and cultures around the world.
As cultures vary from place to place on the earth, it is important to keep in mind four main interrelated notions: Culture, Values, Attitudes, and Behaviour. So diversity and global mindset are key factors for top managers to define business strategies and determine the success of the firm.
My first and previous work experience was in Spain, because I was attracted by the Spanish culture and behaviour. The company is a global manufacturer and seller of porcelain figurines products and I could share its values and adapt my attitudes in my relationships between the headquarters and the different worldwide subsidiaries.

Ch. 02 – How Cultural Differences Affect Organizations

Everyone has its