This chapter’s objectives are to: Understand how managers organize international businesses, explain the challenges and opportunities of working with cultural differences, understand the legal requirements for respecting workforce diversity, recognize and explain the implications of changing workforce demographics.
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Chapter 5 Diversity in a
Global
Trang 2§ Understand how managers organize international businesses
§ Explain the challenges and opportunities of working with
cultural differences
§ Understand the legal requirements for respecting workforce diversity
Trang 4§ Global organizations (p. 119)
• Global company – organization with operations in multiple countries and its senior management decision making centrally located in one
Trang 6§ Regional trade zones (p. 119)
• Zones established through trade agreements among several countries in which trade barriers are reduced or eliminated for member countries
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) involves Canada, Mexico, and the United States
• European Union – political and economic union of 27 European
countries that share a common currency
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) – cooperative
organization of 10 countries in Southeast Asia established to promote economic, political, and social progress throughout the region
Managing in a Global Economy (cont.)
Trang 7§ Success to the successful
Applying Critical Thinking (p. 120)
Figure 5.1a
Trang 8§ Success to the client!
Applying Critical Thinking (cont.)
Figure 5.1b
Trang 9Cultural Differences (p. 121)
Trang 11§ Hofstede’s dimensions of culture (cont.)
Cultural Differences (cont.)
Figure 5.2
Trang 12§ Global Leadership and Organizational
Effectiveness (GLOBE; p. 122)
• Network of over 150 researchers from 62 cultures assembled to study cultural dynamics in leadership and management
• Nine cultural dimensions
• Found agreement about universal positive
attributes of leadership
Cultural Differences (cont.)
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Trang 15§ Dimensions of diversity
Legal Basis for Managing Diversity (cont.)
Figure 5.4
Trang 16Legal Basis for Managing Diversity (cont.)
Trang 17§ Wage gap between men and women
Legal Basis for Managing Diversity (cont.)
Figure 5.5
Trang 18§ Women in U.S. business
Legal Basis for Managing Diversity (cont.)
Figure 5.6
Trang 19§ Changing workforce age demographics
Talent in a Diverse Workforce (p. 129)
Figure 5.7
Trang 20§ Workforce trends
Talent in a Diverse Workforce (cont.)
Figure 5.8
Trang 21§ Workforce trends
Talent in a Diverse Workforce (cont.)
Figure 5.8
Trang 22§ Workforce trends
Talent in a Diverse Workforce (cont.)
Trang 24Managing Diversity as an Advantage (p. 133)
Figure 5.9
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Trang 27§ Fixes that fail A doomed cultural fix
Applying Critical Thinking (p. 135)
Figure 5.12
Trang 28§ Fostering diversity (p. 134)
• Build a company culture that embraces diversity as a core tenet (p. 136)
• Design a business strategy to attract and retain talent to
support the organization’s culture and to meet client
expectations
• Establish policies and expectations of practices to support the business strategy
• Structure individual and group skills and competencies
necessary to support the organization’s culture, strategy,
policies, and practices
Managing Diversity as an Advantage (cont.)
Trang 29§ IBM’s diversity as a strategic advantage
Managing Diversity as an Advantage (cont.)
Figure 5.13