University report summary about cross-cultural management issues.

1. Cross-cultural management
Do 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: 100095455
Fiona Cartwright: 110114635
Joshua Freeman: 110125990
Dmitry 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.

2. 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

3. 1. Management style - West
Factual Lack of Superstition
Little reliance on personal connections

4. Management Style – West
Political structure
Democratic not communist or
dictatorship
Performance appraisals
Formal rather than informal
Approach to conflict
Analyse, document and eliminate

5. 2. Management style - East
COLLECTIVISM MASCULINITY
UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCEHIGH POWER DISTANCE

6. Management style - East
High Context Communication
It is NOT about WHAT but HOW
Flexible sense of time
To be not on time but WITHIN the time

7. 3. Factors affecting management
styles in the East and West
Thinking
Inductive Deductive
THINKING
GlobalisationCulture
Hofstede model

8. 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

9. Implications for managers working
internationally
Global Leadership Mindset

10. 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?