BUS7049 Cross Cultural Managemen

BUS7049 Cross Cultural Managemen
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1 Review some journal articles relating to management and leadership styles and from them (and the lecture slides)derive the key theories and models.

2 Do this critically by seeing whether the various authors agree or disagree on the challenges and the way to solve them. (Think of the evaluation stage in Bloom’s Taxonomy)

3 Make sure you characterise clearly the cultures of the team members,or at least three cultures represented there, using appropriate cross-cultural models

4 Note the key differences and see how they would be expected to affect the management and leadership of the team

5 Relate these models to your experience of working in your multicultural team, both as manager and being managed

6 DO NOT just offer a re-hash of the lecture PowerPoint – you are expected to look for relevant journal articles yourself, read them and the ones you have been given,and come to conclusions.

7 Make sure you reference fully and properly

To Answer This Essay Question

1 Review the literature and appropriate models of negotiation and conflict resolution using appropriate articles relating to at least three cultures represented in your team

2 Do this critically by seeing whether the various authors agree or disagree on the challenges and the way to solve them.

3 Use appropriate cross-cultural models to show the differences between the cultures

4 Show what specific issues are relevant because of the cultural differences between the cultures.

5 Relate this to your own experience of working in your multicultural teams.How well does you experience relate to what the models and theories suggest?

6 DO NOT just offer a re-hash of the lecture PowerPoint you are expected to look for relevant journal articles yourself,read them and the ones you have been given,and come to conclusions.

7 Make sure you reference fully and properly