We Want More Guitars: a Critical Analysis of a Global Problem

The modern business culture must, by necessity, be fluid if it is to succeed globally. There is interaction between employees, between stakeholders, and between global environments. In fact, this environment is formed through multiple interactions between the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities presented through the organization's unique culture. Since truly the one constant in business is change, it is how we adapt to such changes; as individuals and part of groups, that helps manifest behaviors as he culture evolves. Indeed, many believe that one of the templates that make up this fluidity is the concept, even more popular in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, of mergers and acquisitions (Horibe, 2001).

Due to the diversity of the cultures in the merged organizations, the management team has to facilitate a working culture in the new organization. Each organization

The high-end products have placed the company at an advantageous position different from the rest of the competitors. The quality ingredients and concern for employee welfare are among the factors that have contributed to the businesses strengths. The company maintains a quality internal relationship with the employees through the provision

The significance of Guitar’s name is important because its helps show the conflict of African Americans in that time period because of their inability to have some of the things a white person could easily get. Specifically certain perks that they get to have, in this case a guitar. Guitar got his name not because he was a very good player because he didn't even own, but because when he saw it in a store and cried so much to have it. However he never did but proceeded to carry on the name with him. This is significant to the novel because Guitar first crying as a child to have a nice brand new guitar helps show how black americans at the time we’re not able to have the same things as white people. While this shows a more financial way of showing

. Geert Hofstede (1980) describes culture as, ‘a source of conflict rather than synergy. Cultural differences are a nuisance at best and often a disaster’. Justin Paul (2011) also supports this view stating that, human beings tend to have an instinct ‘deep inside’ that all human beings are the same. Therefore, if one goes into another country and makes decisions based on how one operates in one’s home country-‘the chances are that he or she will make some very bad decisions’ (Paul 2011). Hence, different types of factors need to be understood to ensure that you and the business are readily available to adapt to any change in culture or environment, this will be shown by a number of examples involving companies that have successfully set up business and others that have failed significantly all due to the lack of understanding of CCM.

Culture incompatibilities. In an article written by Schraeder and Self (2003), it was revealed that organizational culture is a factor identified as a potential catalyst to merger and acquisition success. According to the authors, cultures are an integral part of an organization. Some researchers believe that culture is to an organization is what personality is to an individual. During a merger or acquisition, the difficulty of modifying the culture of an organization to fit the other becomes quite salient. Thus, culture difference is seen as a major obstacle in the transition of mergers and acquisitions.

3. How does shifting from a multi-domestic to a transnational model affect the organization’s culture?

An organization is affected by cultural factors on many levels. The top management forms the basic foundation of an organization when they set the primary goals for that organization, the reason the organization is in business. An example might be an American car company with the goal of producing vehicles for the public and bringing in large profits for the shareholders. This goal is derived in the root cultural tenant of capitalism. The United States was founded with capitalist ideas and so American managers will have capitalist ideas. Now the same type of company in the Soviet Union, before the end of the cold war, may have had the goal of producing efficient military vehicles, not being concerned about the profit margin rather the purpose of the product. This goal would have been derived from the socialist belief of “all things are for the good of the state.”

The organizational climate within an organization or company is very important and complex. When two companies merge with different corporate culture, it is important to find out which cultures to keep and which to lose. In determining the best practices, it is important to keep your employees feelings in mind. After all, without the employees, there may be no organization. Acquiring a company that has a different culture than the culture instilled in my company, will bring up many challenges and unique topics. The way management addresses these challenges, will

Have you ever wanted to learn an instrument, but were unable to commit to expensive and time-consuming lessons? Many people identify with this dilemma, but one instrument, the guitar, can be mastered inexpensively and with a busy schedule. The guitar is a beautiful instrument that can be personalized to a musician's pace. Convenient guitar lessons can be utilized online or through apps, like YouTube, completely free. To fully enjoy and appreciate the instrument, it is helpful to learn some background about the guitar. The guitar was first invented in the fifteenth century but was only enjoyed by the elite class of Spanish society. However, in present day, the guitar is a choice instrument for musicians of all genres because of the range and variety of sounds that it can provide. Due to its popularity, many people try to learn how to play the guitar but quickly abandon practicing due to sore

Furthermore, the company’s operating model, and the strategy of manufacturing close to the markets, ensures a constant focus on optimisation and improvement, while securing end to end col¬laboration to deliver against customer

The most challenging decision that a company may face in internationalization is the degree of standardization or adaptation in its operations. The question of standardization or adaptation affects all avenues of a business’ operations, such as R&D, finance, production, organizational structure, procurement, and the marketing mix. Whether a company chooses to standardize or adapt its operations depends on its attitudes toward different cultures. These attitudes are defined by three orientations toward foreign culture: ethnocentric, polycentric, and geocentric.

Achieving Successful Cross-Cultural and Management Integration: The Experience of Lenovo and IBM By Sharona Peng

In terms of future career, the case study equips me with the knowledge necessary to design a product and operation procedures that brings the best out of the entity by offering consumers non-compromised products and services. Value adding draws the difference between the best organizations and those that are lagging behind. Today, technology is a highly essential element of the business setting. It changes with every wake and consumers would like to know that their favourite entity is doing enough to stay at pace with current trends and ensuring their convenience. Through value adding procedures such as building a brand and ensuring consumer convenience, a company is able to create daylight between itself and competitors. The role of

In order to successfully develop global business, an organization needs to connect various cultural communities together so that they can cooperate, which has always been one of the greatest challenges because of the cultural differences. As Hofstede mentioned in Cultures and organizations: software of the mind: intercultural cooperation and its importance for survival (2010), different cultural values often lead people to disagree rather than agree, which is harmful for human development. This is why intercultural cooperation is required for the survival of mankind. Misunderstanding and different cultural values can result in conflicts and difficulties in making decisions. Similar results might also occur in organizational contexts and impair organizational performance and development. Hence, the functioning of a multinational organization heavily relies on intercultural cooperation and