International Management - Week 5 Managing Across Cultures

1. MGF3681: International Management
Week 5:
Managing Across
Cultures
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2. Week 4 Lecture
• Explain the terms cultural convergence and cultural
divergence? Do you think cultures are becoming increasingly
similar? If so, why? If not, why not?
• Define the term national context. Provide examples of social
institutions to support your answer.
• Social institutions can influence organisations through
coercive, mimetic, and normative isomorphism. Define these
concepts, and provide examples to demonstrate how they
work.
• When managing globally, what are the four (4) key types of
managerial predispositions that international management
can utilise?
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3. Assignment 1
• Cross-Cultural Communication
• Due week 6 on the Friday 5pm - Moodle
• Worth 40%
• 2,500 – 3,000 words
• 15 Journal Articles
• Harvard Referencing
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4. Explain the following concepts
• National Context
• Social Institutions
• Convergence vs. Divergence
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5. Email-gate
1. Comment on the statement “speaking a language is not
the same as knowing a culture” and use another
example beside the case to illustrate your point of view.
2. Relate a personal experience in a given company and a
given country – or cite an example – of a
disproportionate development of a media message.
3. Comment on the relevance of the three traits mentioned
in the case to your country – or any country of your
choice.
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6. Week 5 Lecture
• Define each of the five (5) conflict management styles.
• Identify and briefly describe the six (6) steps in the
international negotiation process.
• Explain four (4) ways in which cultural differences can affect
the key negotiating processes.
• Define five (5) of the seven personal characteristics needed to
be a successful international negotiator.
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7. Assignment
due next
week
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