CROSS CULTURE MANAGEMENT National culture National culture is the way people do their things and they believes that they have (Adekola at el 2016). National culture is a vital aspect when it comes to community development and the creation of projects in a specific country, especially when working from outside countries. Like Jones in the Tanzanian dam project, involving the community in decision making was a meaningful gesture that helped to make the sound go ahead without interfering with their daily activities or working against what they know best for their country. Therefore, respecting the culture of other people is a paramount thing. Jones, when he was deployed for the construction of the dam and his businesses, he had to get support personnel who will help him in meeting the speculations of the dam. There are formal guidelines that he had to do in order to meet the lifestyle and ways that they used to conduct their issues (Bird at el 2016). There are practices of putting the Nation ahead , considering development apart from self-gain was one of the…
BUSINESS PROCESS AND SYSTEMS Part One LIDL’s Operating Model within the UK LIDL’s Business systems and operation within the United Kingdom seem to improve due to conducive and enabling business environment. The operating profits of LIDL business have increased over the past years. As shown by Ackley and Steeneken’s business model for supermarket LIDL’s Business is a retail supermarket. Just as B&M, Aldi and Wilko, LIDL Provides services to clients but does not produce its products. Their business model is designed by a functional system which focuses on bringing the product closer to local customers from the suppliers. Supermarket companies define themselves as discount retailers who are close to customers and lie between general merchandise discounters and specialist retailers. The primary operating strategy for LIDL Company is too fast-moving stock products where 30% of the products are purchased directly from Far East suppliers. In contrast, the rest product is bought from the manufacturers as stock clearance sales when their clients had over-ordered. The main focus of this business is a wide variety and volume and also offering excellent value to…
Ethics Leadership In terms of applications of corporate ethics, leadership and ethical theories the Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company is a good example of an enterprise that is leading in ethics in the current corporate environment. The most important ethical theories that apply to the pharmaceutical industry include utilitarianism, moral ethics, natural rights and virtue. Basically, the utilitarianism ethics believes that ethics means doing the greatest good for the biggest number of people. For instance, a drug may be released with a few side effects but with great benefits to most people. Considering that all pharmaceuticals have side effects, the utilitarianism gives moral permission for them to be distributed because since the sum of their positive effects is much greater than the side effects they cause. In company ethics, morality describes the actions and conditions which most people term as good or bad depending on their internal values. Pfizer has in the last few years taken the moral position that is mission is life rather than death. For instance, Pfizer has taken the decision not to sell drugs used for lethal injection…
What are the differences between the US and China cultures Cultural activities vary from one country to another and therefore the US and China show a definite perspective of differences in their cultures. Generally, in all societies, there is something that motivates people to act in a similar way. Things that motivate people include; money, achievements, recognition, satisfaction, comfort, and security among other things. But each culture achieves this by following different paths. In every society, people are driven by something to behave the way they do, the way they talk, wear, how they judge what is wrong and right and several other deeds. China has a culture that dates a thousand years back and it has been noted to poses a unique sense of individuality and it has managed to preserve its uniqueness despite there being numerous influences from outside the country. The United States is a society made up of different people with different cultures because of its high percentage of immigration to other countries. It’s said to be ethnically and racially diverse. There is no one culture…
Understanding of Gender Feminist theories have currently been in the run to define gender and come up with solutions that can solve gender debates. Social justice debates all over are too trying to give identity to people and place privileges according to their genders. There has been tension in differentiating gender has a spectrum (binary) and non-binary. What we mean when we refer to gender has being binary or spectrum is that there are two extremes in gender that is male and female and everyone can be placed somewhere while being non- binary views gender as something beyond the male and female confinements. However gender can only be defined referring to the distribution of gender identities present in the group that one finds themselves in not by individuals point of view or self-determination. This distinction groups can be placed in three approaches which are religious, biological and sociological. In the three the idea of gender is viewed and described in different dimensions. Discussing about gender in a religious perspective we will only be referred to gender as a binary. Religion…
Organizations within the Manitoba-Ontario Prince Edward Island jurisdiction Organizations within the Manitoba-Ontario Prince Edward Island jurisdiction have various main standards of employment. These standards include the vacation leave and the subsequent vacation pay. My food supplying organization being under the Manitoba jurisdiction and planning to start a wide policy under vocational leaves and vocational pays have to set the policy in compliance with the policies of the jurisdiction. It has to pay attention to specific items relating to the vacation policy. They are; Length of the vacation leave Under this jurisdiction, employees are entitled to two weeks leave after the first four years of employment and a three week vacation leave after the completion of the fifth year of employment (Ray et al. 29). However, some organizations exempt their employees from vacations but pay for the missed vacation under ESA. Some employees may opt to exempt themselves from the stated dates of vocational leave and have their leave before and are therefore entitled to a vocational pro-rated pay. Vacation pay that the employee is entitled to during the leave Vocational…
The Impacts of video Surveillance security system on society Use of video surveillance cameras has been widely embraced in the current society globally both in private and public domains. They have enabled distance observation of people electronically. This has helped to curb crime and enhance public safety. Despite multiple benefits associated with camera surveillance, there have been several ethical concerns raised by the society concerning them. This paper will explore on ethical, social, professional and legal issues associated with use of video surveillance cameras. CCTV use has led social problems such as discriminatory observation processes and asymmetrical relations where by the monitoring target different groups of individuals disproportionately. Mostly targeted groups are homeless, drug dealers, mentally ill and homeless. The observers monitor bodily appearance and behaviors which forms the basis of judgment. The judgment depends on moral conviction and outlined normative categories invoked by operators. In addition, there is inbuilt asymmetry implied during the monitoring process whereby the observant are radically exposed while the operators are hidden. This has negatively affected individuals self- respect, self- image, sense of freedom…
Labor Relations Laws The Great Railroad Strike of 1992 The most popular means of transport in the 1920s was by rail. Furthermore, railroads were significant to the nation during that period of World War 1, and the then-president Woodrow Wilson made the whole rail of America national to facilitate war effort. He even instructed the United States Railroad Administration, USRA, to overlook the system of the railroad. Under the supervision of USRA, the rail employees benefited a moment of prosperity, as there was an increase in their salaries, and they worked eight hours a day (Howell, 2017). However, when war came to an end, the government ordered the return of railroads back to their private owners as it is under the Transport Act of 1920. After that, a nine-member panel, Railroad Labor Board, began supervision of the railroads during their return to private control. The companies were then ordered by the RLB to reduce the salary of workers in 1921 due to the drop in postwar productions and increased quantity of labor force. In the following year, after a lot…
BBC GENDER PAY GAP Introduction This paper outlines the ethical dimensions of Gender pay gap in BBC. The paper will bear the introduction of a BBC report on gender pay gap; secondly it will address the nature of ethical issues. Finally, it will focus on the different parts played by business in the Society. The gender pay gap is a moral issue that has a significant impact on the performance of any organization. Gender Pay Gap as an Ethical Question The BBC focused on the difference in pay between a man ranked in the middle payment and a woman from the same group. Gender pay is slightly different from unequal pay, which is offering higher salaries to men compared to women for doing the same job (BBC 2019,p.5). There have been a decrease in the Gender pay gap in BBC as a result of increasing the role of women in the leadership positions and dealing with issues that are directly related to salaries. Changes made in the operations has also contributed in the reduction of Gender pay gap. All the…
Social Media and Oral Communications Introduction Social media itself isn’t word of mouth — it’s one way that word of mouth spreads. #wordofmouth. This hashtag shows how powerful social media has become in conveying any message. Facebook, Instagram and Twitter cannot replace word of mouth, but they have characteristics that word of mouth has. This essay discusses how social media is a hybrid marketing element that combines traditional and digital marketing. Characteristics of Social Media Social media has many forms of communication. There is the use of pictures, written message and short videos. Such means of communication share the same similarities with the traditional way of word of mouths. For instance, speech and the assurance that your message has been received. In addition to the conventional speech communication’s, social can spread the voice and video messages to many people and at the convenience of the receiver. This is one quality that makes social media better than word of mouth. A video message shared on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter will live there for as long as the sender wants and the…