Differences in national culture

DIFFERENCES IN NATIONAL CULTURE
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Differences in National Culture
Yes, I agree that differences in national cultures have impacts on the organization and process of management. Well, organizations may be similar concerning objective dimensions, physical layout or produce the same products but have a difference in meanings which human cultures read. Typically, the culture of an organization can be shaped by the cultural preferences of both employees and leaders. National culture, in this case, has a significant effect on how people interpret, understand and assess those who are within their workplace. Also, national culture has an impact on worker’s behavior than an industrial culture (Intezari, Taskin & Pauleen, 2017, 493). Basically, cultural values are essential in interpersonal trust and teamwork. How employees behave and conduct themselves in the workplace is shaped by cultural aspects.
In the national culture aspects, there are variables which influence how organization exercise management (Schmiedel, Vom Brocke & Recker, 2014, 5). Examples of these national culture variables include religion, language, time concept, power distance, masculinity, and femininity or social organization. These national cultures influence management cultures of a company, like staffing, time management, decision making, employee motivation, controlling and the general management style. A national culture like religion plays a significant role in influence of people’s approach on work.

For example, protestant work ethics tends to promote hard work, time management, saving money and may, therefore, forego leisure activities.
In another dimension, some couture may view work as a way to earn God’s blessings, hence an essential obligation in life according to some societies. In that way, influence of religion, a national culture, gets viewed to build a positive attitude. On the other hand, national culture is a component with a lot of impact on international business and management. Language not only does it aid in management communication but also shows an insight of a specific culture. When organization owners learn languages of host nations, for instance, they get to understand the sensitivities of their local workers or managers.

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Intezari, A., Taskin, N. & Pauleen, D.J., 2017. Looking beyond knowledge sharing: an integrative approach to knowledge management culture. Journal of Knowledge Management, 21(2), pp.492-515.
Schmiedel, T., Vom Brocke, J. & Recker, J., 2014. Development and validation of an instrument to measure organizational cultures’ support of Business Process Management. Information & Management, 51(1), pp.43-56.