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How do different cultures and age differences affect workplace relations?
Just like no workplaces project is alike, no project team is alike in terms of the background and values of the individuals that make up the team. All too often it is tempting to assume that our personal values are universal values. Something as simple as personal space can feel very intuitive, even though what is considered the 'correct' distance is actually culturally determined. In many societies, such as Mediterranean cultures, a very close distance between two conversing parties is normal. In other cultures, a respectful distance is demanded, particularly between superiors and subordinates. A Japanese-American manager might find his Italian-American employee to be excessively familiar and confrontational,...
We all use body language to communicate: the danger is our language may send out a message we do not wish to convey.
Despite the new emphasis placed on 'teamwork,' in general, American culture tends to stress the value of individualism and competition, especially in the workplace. People from cultures that lack such an emphasis may appear weaker and less driven on the surface to Americans, simply because they fail to use 'business-speak' so common in the U.S. like 'making a slam dunk' (Wong 5). But this can be a profound misreading rather than the truth -- moreover, many U.S. workplaces could benefit from the stress placed upon cooperation and harmony in other business sectors. However, to be fair, the focus in America on speaking one's mind and a sense of fearlessness about articulating one's personal opinion can be extremely valuable and instructive…
Managing Individuals As a team leader or team member, it is vital to foster communication and understanding within the team. Teamwork is the key to a successful project, whether the team consists of one supervisor and one worker, or if the team is a large group assigned to a particular task. Team members can use a variety of methods to better understand communication in the team setting, as well as finding
Management As organizations become larger in both scope and scale, the need for both management and leadership compounds. Many organization problems today, correlate heavily to a lack of true management. Aspects such as fraud, high employee turnover, product recalls, and strikes, all have origins with management. To better combat many of these negative influences, companies must hire, attract and retain talented management. In order to do so, many companies use the
Manager Interview: Quality Manager for a Chemical Company William Wood is a quality manager for an international chemical company. The company has locations throughout the world, but has a number of chemical processing plants in Houston, Texas and the surrounding areas. As an international company that has multinational suppliers and customers, the company takes a global focus to order fulfillment, shipping, and environmental issues. The company develops and manufactures chemicals for
Aging Workforce The workforce in America is rapidly aging. This rapidly aging workforce creates challengers for organizations that must manage an aging workforce. The purpose of this discussion is to explore the challenges of managing an aging workforce within any given organization. This topic is of particular interest because many older baby boomers are retiring while other are choosing to work well passed the retirement age and managers must devise ways
Having good case management software could easily avoid all of these types of problems that might come about from rival gang members and from other issues where a person would not be 'safe' in a prison cell with another individual for a specific reason. The same is often true with a police officer that has broken the law and is now incarcerated, or a child molester being put in
Managing Individual Behavior How Google's corporate values and goals concerning employees, customers, and the business combine to create job satisfaction and motivate the people who work there Google Inc. has been handling its personnel successfully. This has resulted in the enhancement of the overall motivation and commitment to its goals. Moreover, the effective management of human resources has made Google elected the 'Best Company to work for' in the United States. Google