Social cultural issues in business operations
Corporate structure
Indian society is based in a hierarchical manner. Basically, the fact the society is hierarchical is very evident that the environment underlying business operations is set in a mindset of entrepreneur. This situation affects negatively or positively, the investments and most specifically the new business set up. The problem is that the western companies want to have a change on this because they feel that working in a much flatter environment is much better that using the same approach with India.
This approach only works better for Indians because they are aspirational and they also need to progress quickly. In India Corporate approach is measured through increased money or responsibility (Bhaduri & Selarka, 2016)). Developing a flat structure gives people no room to go, rather operating out of the door. Setting any business in India requires a much consideration of corporate structure of the society or the country in general because probably it may result to a very high attrition rates
Using of initiative
This is a very social cultural issue associated with Indian society and most specifically when it comes to business operations. A comparison between taking initiative between the UK and the US society in general is very different. Not unless they are initiated, they do not take an initiative. However, this is caused by the corporate type of operations where authoritarian instructions are given. This has of recent provoked many complains for the individuals working in USA and UK where everything is different (Schlegelmilch, 2016).
Current news on the ethical problems
The most important of all is compliance to the structure for peaceful and profitable operations. According to Bhaduri & Selarka (2016), corporate structure has an effect that employees are expected to stay near the top, that is, they are expected to follow all the authoritarian rules regardless of who is giving out. Significantly, business operation style in the west is very instructional as compared to that of India. People are given instructions and left to work on their own. These differences require education to avoid building inefficiencies in the workplace. Currently, it is necessary to learn the ways of operations of a business in USA and that in India in order to enhance peaceful coexistence and strengthen relations for the two groups.