However, when it comes to management positions I believe that Tanglewood should first look at their internal associates. Typically, those associates already know the culture of the business and the mission of the company. Core or Flexible Workforce: I don’t recommend the use of flexible workforce for Tanglewood. I say that because having a rotating schedule of associates like that doesn’t maintain the consistency that the company needs. Each person that comes in will have a different view on the business.
Gap Analysis: Riordan Global markets create opportunities for businesses, but simultaneously generate difficultchallenges. The different cultures in the international market can produce conflicts becauseappropriate behavior in one country may be inappropriate for another. Riordan Manufacturing(Riordan) is a multinational company operating in the United States and China (University of Phoenix, 2010). The CEO, Michael Riordan, wants to expand the Hangzhou facility after aprofitable year (University of Phoenix, 2010). The company does not have a personnelmanagement plan to address cultural issues to incorporate in an international managementapproach.International management applies management ideas, procedures, and adaptablemultinational practices
Tanglewood INTRODUCTION Tanglewood is seeking to bring in an external consultant to address the issues of practices and philosophies that are not being demonstrated throughout the different store regional locations. There is a strong need to realign the regional managers with the practices and philosophies of Tanglewood. This will help them to understand the importance of the method because they are what the Tanglewood Company is based upon. BACKGROUND Tanglewood is a western distributor that manufactures goods and products that cater to a middle to high income population. Tanglewood is a company that is also known to have an employee participation philosophy, such as; a strong base for employee participation.
Japan There are many advantages in a company seeking to expand into the Japanese Market, it is one of the world’s large economies. There are also cross cultural issues in an American Company marketing to Japanese Society. A company can very easily “make it” or “break it” if not sensitive to the culture and etiquette in their marketing strategies. The Japanese Culture is ancient and full of traditions that make up why someone of this descent may act or carry themselves in a certain way. This would also affect the decisions an individual makes regarding product selection.
Identify the main reasons for reviewing working methods, products and / or services in a business environment. The main reason why a business should review working methods, products and / or services are to ensure that they are keeping in line with other businesses. An example of not keeping up with the times is HMV. Change can cause added pressures to the business. However there are changes that would have a small affect on the business.
axia university bcom/275 | Cross Cultural Communication | | | Marc Gregory | 11/16/2012 | | There are many ways Japan’s business environment differs from that of the U.S. Japan’s culturally accepted modes of communication, and the expectations reflected are the base of the values of its society. Accordingly, any presentation with Japanese persons conducting business in the U.S. or Japan should follow certain guidelines; so to should business conversations. It is important to remember that confrontations should be avoided at all costs, as they can end a business relationship and even prevent partnerships with other American companies. In learning Japanese customs, American businesses should understand that
It state that without effective education in the business environment in other counties, employees and business partners are more likely to make incorrect judgments by putting themselves as well as the company at risk of a infringement. The United States companies and their representative and subsidiaries offices must establish strong interior accounting control. The U.S. employers also must ask the tough questions of employees and must work with the persons to come out with a legal solution that still allows them to be competitive. This act cannot be a one time discussion or a few comments after a preparation sitting. It should be an ongoing exchange of ideas that helps the company expand a sound approach for meeting the market necessities within the limitations of the Foreign Corrupt Process
Labor Relations MGT/431 - Human Resources Management August 25, 2010 Labor Relations The economy of today limits the power of unions within an organization. Priorities of businesses focus on staying in business not the threat of unions. Open communication between businesses, employees, and labor relations is vital to the strategy of any company. This paper will define union and labor relations and the affect on organizations. This paper will also observe the effect of changes in employee relations strategies, policies, and practices on performance.
Assignment 1 “The American Red Cross (ARC)” 1. Determine the impact of this even on ARC’s “benefits of business ethics” (employee commitment, investor loyalty, customer satisfaction, and bottom line). “Business ethics relates to rules, standards, and moral principles regarding what is right or wrong in specific situations. Business ethics comprises values, and standards that guide behavior in the world of business.” (Ferrell and Fraedrich 2011 page 7). Creating dependable leaders should always be a part of business education, but it seems over time it has become more of incident by result than by vital content.
Working in organization is to work for the betterment of organization rather than seeing our personal perspective or to see personal relation with the employees. It happens every now and then, that when we move up in the organization, our colleagues become our junior and it becomes hard to take decisions against them because some time they were friends of us. But if we work in corporate we have to follow ethics of corporate rather than personal ethics. So it’s very natural for a good leader or manager or head of particular area to compromise their personal ethics if that ethics are not good for the company or organization because a good employee is said to be the one who do whatever is needed to benefit the