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This presentation discusses the socio-cultural environment in India and its impact on business and organizations. It covers two main topics: 1) Indian business culture, focusing on factors like language, greetings, relationships, time management, and decision-making processes. 2) The influence of culture on organizational behavior, communication, and decision-making in multicultural teams, and how cultural factors affect areas like centralized/decentralized structures, risk-taking, rewards, and more. The presentation concludes by noting how technological development can drive social change.
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Group presentation on Socio cultural environment
- 1. Presentation on Socio Cultural Environment Team Member Sushmita Rai Rakshya khadka Susmita Panday Kumari Raut
- 2. Socio Cultural Environment 1. Indian Business Culture. 2. Culture and Organizational Behaviour.
- 3. 1. Indian Business Culture India is a culturally rich and diverse country where one can see varied array of language, religion, castes and regionalism.
- 4. Factor Practised by Indian Business Culture Language Greetings Relationship building Time Inside the meeting room Process Decision Negotiation
- 5. 2. Culture and Organizational Behavior The Cultural impact on management is reflected by several basic beliefs and behaviors.
- 6. Some factor which affect Business Organizational Behaviors Centralized vs. Decentralized Decision Making. Safety vs. Risk. Individual vs. Group Reward. Informal vs. formal Procedure. High vs. low Organizational Loyalty. Cooperation vs. Competition. Stability and Innoviation.
- 7. Influence of culture on communication and decision making Communication in multicultural teams has a high degree of effects on team performance. The cultural factors have a major impact on communication in multicultural project teams. National cultures influence decision making and is very important for managing mixed-culture teams. The major implication is that the knowledge of the cultural differences and similarities would facilities better performances as well as better management.
- 8. Technological development and social change Technology is an important determinant of social change. Development of new techniques, new inventions, and new modes of production are all creating a rapid change in our society along with this it has created some adverse effects on society , for e.g. pollution.
- 9. Thank you
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