Cross-cultural managementDo you think that there is a difference between the management styles of leaders who operate in Eastern Countries than in Western countries?

What particular challenges do managers face when working internationally?

Preface: This presentation was prepared as a part of a UniSA MBA | Contemporary Management Skills | Study period 4 | 2013 group assignment by the following students:

Annette Vandersluis: 100095455Fiona Cartwright: 110114635Joshua Freeman: 110125990Dmitry Bolotov: 110101095

Any further public usage of this material can be done with a proper reference for the initial source and purpose of this report.

1.Review of the management style in Western countries Annette Vandersluis

2.Review of the management style in Eastern countries Dmitry Bolotov

3.Factors affecting the management styles in both countries Fiona Cartwright

4.Implications and suggestions for managers working internationally Joshua Freeman

Contents

1. Management style - West

Factual Lack of Superstition

Little reliance on personal connections

Management Style – West

Political structureDemocratic not communist or dictatorship

Performance appraisalsFormal rather than informal

Approach to conflictAnalyse, document and eliminate

2. Management style - East

COLLECTIVISM

MASCULINITY

UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE

HIGH POWER DISTANCE

Management style - East

High Context CommunicationIt is NOT about WHAT but HOW

Flexible sense of timeTo be not on time but WITHIN the time

3. Factors affecting management styles in the East and West

Thinking

Inductive Deductive

THINKING

GlobalisationCulture Hofstede model

4. Implications for managers working internationally

Cross-cultural human resource criteria is pivotal for selection of good managers

Cultural awareness, interpersonal sensitivity training and behaviour modification

Implications for managers working internationally

Global Leadership Mindset

5. Summary Management styles differ in Eastern and Western countries due to factors

such as culture, thinking styles and globalization.

Managers working internationally need to be globally minded with cultural awareness and effective communication skills.

If we do this we can all work together harmoniously across cultures.

How will you change the way you manage cross-culturally?