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Question1.Identifyandexplainatleastfivereasonswhyculturaldifferencesareimportantintheworkplace.Provideexamples.Selectthreenationalitiesidentifiedinthecasestudy.Whatcontributioncanorganizationalculturemaketoovercomingsomeofthedifferenceswhenpeoplefromdifferentnationalcultureshavetoworktogetherintheonecompany?

Culturaldifferencesexistamonggroupsofpeoplewithdifferentbackgrounds,historiesandheritages.Thefollowingareexamplesofculturaldifferenceswhichexplaintheimportanceofitintheworkplace.

·Communicationandlanguage
Languagedifferenceswithinacompanymaycausecommunicationproblems,whichleadstoabarrierincreatingawelcomingenvironment,andreducesworkingefficiency.
E.g.WhileJapanesepeoplearebecomingmorewillingtoworkforforeigncompaniesthanbefore,theirrelativelylowlevelofEnglishskillsbecomestheproblem.

·Workhabitsandprocesses
Basedonthedifferentculturalbackground,peoplehavedifferentworkhabitsanddifferentwaystorunthings.Itisimportanttounderstandtheculturaldifference,otherwiseitmaycauseconflictintheworkingprocesses.
E.g.ColleagueswhogotusedtoaGermanbosscannotadapttothewaythenewSpanishbosshandlethings.BecauseGermanbosswasverydirectwhileSpanishbosssayonethinganddoanother.

·Worktoolsintheworkplace
Peoplefromdifferentplaceusedifferentsoftwareorhardwareasofficetools,whichmayalsocauseconflictintheworkplace.
E.g.AlthoughmostpeoplelikeMicrosoft’sWindowssoftware,somepeoplelikeworkingonSAP

·Diversityofcultures
Thediversityofcultures,religiousandethnicbackgroundsenrichestheworkforcebybringinginnovationsandnewthinkingstyles.Viewsdifferencesasgenuinelyinterestingandstimulating.

·Eliminatesdiscrimination
Themoreawareyouareofthevariousdifferencesbetweenpeopleandtheprejudiceandstereotypesthatmaystemfromthosedifferences,themoreyouwillbeabletoleadbyexampleandfightdiscriminationintheworkplace.



Organizationalculturecanbedefinedasthesharedvaluesandbeliefsthatenablememberstounderstandtheirrolesandthenormsoftheorganization.Therearemanypracticeswithinanorganizationthattendtobuildauniquecultureandkee