Why%20study%20Culture

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Why study Culture

• Phani Radhakrishnan
• Senior Lecturer
• Organizational Behavior Human Resources
• Management U Toronto _at_ Scarborough
• Centre for Ind Relns Human Resources

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Globalization

• Inter-connectedness in terms of
• Economies
• Political
• Cultural
• Legal

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Focus on Econ Inter-connectedness
Free Trade
Economic Inter-connected-ness
Organizational Environments
IT
Team- Based
Out-sourcing
MAgtLoose Orgn Boundaries
Increased Competition
Privatization
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How do Managers function in these Organizational
Environments
Team- Based
Out-sourcing
MAgtLoose Orgn Boundaries
Increased Competition
Privatization

• All involve people (interacting with them)
• Current knowledge is primarily based on research
  in US/European contexts

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Need to know about Culture

• Culture is invisible
• Affects legal, political environments
• Crux of management is learning about behavioral
  and psychological differences between people

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