CONTENTS:

•INTRODUCTION

•HISTORY OF COUNTRY

•CULTURE OF COUNTRY

•POLITICAL VIEW OF COUNTRY

•WORKING CULTURE OF COUNTRY

•CONCLUSION

•SOURCES

CAPITAL SINGAPORE CITY

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE ENGLISH, MALAY,CHINESE,TAMIL

PRESIDENT TONY TAN KENG YAM

PRIME MINISTER LEE HSIEN LOONG

FOUND IN YEAR 16TH FEBRUARY 1891

INDEPENDENCE (FROM UK) 31ST AUGUST 1963

SPERATION FROM MALAYSIA 16TH SEPTEMBER 1965

GDP (2011)

TOTAL $259.849 BILLION

PER CAPITA INCOME $ 49,270

CURRENCY SINGAPORE DOLLAR

INTRODUCTION

In 1826, it became part of the British Straits Settlement, becoming its capital in 1836. Many Chinese and Indian immigrants came to Singapore to work in the rubber plantations and tin mines, and their descendents later formed the bulk of Singapore's population.

During World War 2, the Imperial Japanese Army invaded Malaya culminating in the Battle of Singapore. The British were defeated, and surrendered on 15 February 1942.

On 31 August 1963, Singapore declared independence from Britain and joined with Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak to form the new Federation of Malaysia as the result of the 1962 Merger Referendum

HISTORY

Singapore gained independence as the Republic of Singapore (remaining within the British Commonwealth) on 9 August 1965. In 1967, it helped found the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and in 1970 it joined the Non-aligned Movement.

Singapore, as a country, in general is conservative socially, but some liberalisation has occurred. Racial and religious harmony is regarded by the government as a crucial part of Singapore's success and played a part in building a Singaporean identity.

Singapore has a reputation as a nanny state. Singapore is known as the 'Lion City'. Public holidays in Singapore cover major Chinese, Western, Malay and Indian festivals.

Cuisine

Arts

Sport and recreation

Media

CULTURE:

Parliament House

POLITICAL VIEW OF COUNTRY :

"The middle, the lower middle level - foreigners are here, many on employment pass. Singaporeans are working - they are probably graduates or diploma holders, not hard up, not unskilled but not so confident of themselves that they are ready for unrestrained competition... I think at this middle level, we need to tighten a little bit further,"

(SPEECH BY PREIME MINSTER)

Singapore work culture is a unique mix of Asian and Western cultural influences. Singapore is often called as a place where east meets west. These cultural themes bring about unwritten cultural rules and regulations that govern the way Singaporeans act in a place .The non-interventionist approach taken by the Singapore government provides a relaxed environment for cultural tendencies to predominate.

Large western MNCs located in Singapore will often exhibit predominantly western-style work culture whereas majority of the local government and private companies will have greater influence of traditional Asian culture in their work environment. ori

Singaporeans have a predominantly strict attitude to life, marked by clear authority structures and distinct social status lines.

WORKING CULTURE IN SINGAPORE:

(a)Hierarchical Relationships

(b) Collectivism

(c)Rules, Rules, Rules

(d)Working hours

(e)Happy Working!

CONCLUSION:

culture is apparently unifying and this stronglyappeals to management’s concern with projecting an image of the organizations as acommunity of interests. Perhaps most importantly culture penetrates to the essenceof an organizations.

GROUP 5:

•PINKY MEHTA

•HETA MEHTA

•MIKIR PATEL

•SWETA GOYAL

•RADHIKA SOMANI

•ABHISHEK JOSHI

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