Cultural Values In China Case Study

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The journal was discussed on the Cultural Values and Decision-Making in China. The journal was discussed by 22 senior managers at multinational corporations in China which related to doing business in China. They were using five different cultural dimensions of Hofstede and Hofstede and Bond Scheme approaches upon the discussion and providing information.
Introduction
According to the article, several journalist has been stated that cultural values are refer to the growth of globalization, cultural sensitivity will dealing with global complexities involved in conducting business in host countries have been expanding. Culture also defined in terms of making decisions and power of people which refer to political and economy issues of the country. According to the journalist, cultural can affecting management decisions.
Cultural sensitivity can makes managers understand their ability to those who living in very different culture when they put themselves in another people’s perspective. International managers can understand the nature, dimension and variables of a specific culture and how these affect work and organizational processes. Also, international managers through cultural awareness able to develop appropriate policies and they can determine how to plan, organize and control in a specific international organization since they always overlooked to the cultural awareness in terms of international operations.
Objectives of the Present Study
The discussion and information were provided by 22 seniors managers which is 17 males and 5 females were employed at multinational corporations in China. This discussion also included 10 western, 4 Chinese and 1 Far East multinational companies. This study is discuss on the cultural value...

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Conclusion
As conclusion, based on this study, we can conclude that culture values were influencing in decision-making in China. Decision-making was influenced by social obligations and relations based on harmony, cooperation, loyalty, reciprocity, “guanxi”, patience, avoidance of risk and each individual being conscious of his/her position in society. Knowledge of cultural influences cam make managers more effective in dealing with their subordinates, colleagues and negotiating partners in foreign countries. But at the same time it will help managers at home and in operations abroad in predicating the macro-environmental factors that may influence an international company. The most important is political in China is one of the factor in influencing life of Chinese.

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