Essay About Culture Shock And Strong Organizational Culture

Why Do Cross-National Organizations Fail?
Why do Cross-national Organizations fail?Prepared forAnastasia BELIKOVAPrepared by Group 6 (T09)Vicky, Ng Tsz Kei (53050650)Lief, Fong Hoi Ying (54037742)Daniel, So Pak Yin (53087250)Ronald, Sin Ting Fung (53083945)Cronus,Yung Yat Long(53042348)CB2300City University of Hong KongNovember, 2014Table of ContentsIntroduction………………………………………………                 Case Studies & Analysis.…………………………………..                                     Daimler-Chrysler Merger……………………………………….                      Japanese Subsidiaries in Germany……………………………..                Challenges of Managing a Cross-national Organization ….                     Hofstede’s five dimensions……………………………………..                     Culture Shock…………………………………………………….Recommendations………………………………………….                                     Build a Strong Organizational Culture…………………………Hofstede’s Cultural Onion……………………………                                        Practices……………………………………………….                     Enhance Cross-cultural Communications…………………….Limitations………………………………………………….                      Limitation of Practice……………………………………………                      Bad Culture                            Unethical Culture………………………………………                                           Anti-productive Culture……………………………….                      No “One Size Fits All” Model…………………………………..Conclusion………………………………………………….Reference…………………………………………………                      IntroductionDue to globalization, business tends to spread worldwide. Sometimes it could not be prevented from working with others from different national backgrounds. Nevertheless, managing or communicating with those “foreigners” may bring certain adverse effects, because of their cultural gap.